Week 6 -- February 11, 2013
21st Century Educator, Skype/Introduction to Podcasting
Checkpoint | Lecture | Reading Reflection | Assignment | Rubric | Resources
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| LECTURE |
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| READING REFLECTION #4 |
NOTE: Reflections will be posted each week to your group blog. Responses to other groups reflections on their blogs will be a comment post to those reflections. Please see rubric for Reading Reflections. Covers Chapter 4, Strategies for Discovery, of Reinventing Project-Based Learning, p. 59 to 74. Your reflection should include:
DUE DATE: Reflection is due by Friday, February 15, 2013. Responses to two other groups' reflections are due by Monday, February 18, 2013. |
| ASSIGNMENT VI |
Collaborative Podcast You will create an informative Podcast, using Audacity. This podcast will identify and describe several aspects of your project to share with parents and others. Each team member will be required to discuss a different area of your progress. You will also be required to pull out at least two concepts from the textbook. NOTE: When you first open up Audacity, please go immediately to Edit, Preferences, click on the Tracks link on left, then change the Default View Mode (click on arrow on right to bring drop down) and choose Waveform (dB). This is the only way you will be able to edit once your have recorded. It will have to be done EVERY time you open up Audacity.
Procedure: NOTE: When you first open up Audacity, please go immediately to Edit, Preferences, click on the Tracks link on left, then change the Default View Mode (click on arrow on right to bring drop down) and choose Waveform (dB). This is the only way you will be able to edit once your have recorded. It will have to be done EVERY time you open up Audacity.
*To combine podcast files, one group member will collect the rest of the podcast files. The other group members need to export their portion as an MP3 file. Then attach it to an email. The group member putting them together needs to save the file from the email (not open), and then import the file into their audacity file. It will be automatically added to the program in a new row. The group member putting it together needs to move the imported files in the correct spot using the Time Shift tool. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENT : Once you have exported your podcast as an MP3 file, it needs to be submitted in Module #5 under Submission of Podcast -- only one team member will need to submit the podcast. DUE DATE:Your podcast needs to be submitted by 11:59 p.m., Friday, March 1, 2013. NOTE: All assignments have specific due dates. Late assignments will lose 10 points for each WEEK they are late. NO EXCEPTIONS! |
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| RESOURCES |
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/. If you are downloading Audacity at home, you will also need to download the LAME MP3 Encoder. Follow the directions at http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#lame and find the download for the LAME MP3 Encoder at http://lame1.buanzo.com.ar/ |
| COURSE CONTACTS |
| If you are having difficulty completing any of these tasks, please make an appointment with Sharon Peterson or your lab instructor to get additional assistance. |
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