If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it still make a sound?  Draper Elementary 6th graders explain why the answer is ..... well, I am not going to tell you.  You will have to listen to the podcast for the answer!

As you listen to the podcast, what do you think is happening so that the sound reaches your ears and allows you to hear it?   How is sound made?  What is frequency? Can sound travel faster through solid objects or through air?  What is pitch?

Those and other questions will be answered in this enjoyable podcast!  The students' personalities really shine through!  Happy Listening!

 

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�This podcast was created by 6th grade students about presidents in our history.� Since this month is President's Day month, I thought it would be fitting to post We The People. I loved how these three students collaborated and created a page to view, even though it is an audio podcast.� They were very creative with how they organized and planned their podcast.� There was was some editing done before it was posted to this site. (Hope you don't mind boys!)� Great job Jared, Jackson, and Gabe!� Way to be engaged with your learning.�

A 6th grade student from Terra Linda Elementary produced this podcust during a science unit.� Kudos to her teacher Ms. Murdock who uses technology as part of her teaching practices.�

�A brief overview of the AverVision 300 AF+ Document Camera.�

Mr. Jethro Jones, Engaged Classroom Trainer at Ft. Herriman Middle School teaches a lesson at Tech Fair sponsored by USOE, November 7, 2009

�This is a screencast on embedding a Google Form in a Wikispace Wiki. There is some audible hum for which I apologize.

�Again from Classroom 2.0 August 14, 2008. A brief conversation between Darren Draper and Kevin Honeycutt via Skype.

This audio is from a session held on August 14th at Classroom 2.0 SLC. This was a basic session on RSS, Blogs, and Podcasting.

Columbia Elementary Exploring in Google Earth

Mrs. Buttars 6th Grade class from Columbia Elementary takes a look at exploring different countries using Google Earth. The students are asked to locate three different countries in Google Earth. After locating some facts about those countries, they are to pick their favorite country they would like to visit and tell us why. The students are being interviewed by Mrs. Buttars and Mrs. Giles in the computer lab.

Students were interviewed via iPod using an attached recorder device. These recordings become voice memos in the iPod and can be direclty downloaded into iTunes.

Great Job 6th Graders!

This is an actual working version of the podcast. A look at Apple's iWeb.

The audio recorder device we used is a MicroMemo from Xtreme.Mac

If you have a moment, would you please go to this link and vote for your for the continent on which your favorite place on earth is located? Thank you!

�An introduction to iPhoto '08

To participate in the poll created in the podcast, please go to http://my.uen.org/myuen/10184.

eMedia is where you can discover just the right video for your quality content needs from over 2,000 media items. Once you find it, you downlaod it and keep it. It's easy, it's free and it's legal. All the video rights and curriculum content are approved for Utah teachers to use in their classroom. Check out the new UEN/KUED Multimedia Resource Catalog that will be coming your way soon!
http://www.utahitv.org/

Helpful resources for using eMedia:

Access eMedia through Pioneer Library
http://pioneer.uen.org/k12/index.jsp

When at home access eMedia through your myuen login page and choose your personal page
http://my.uen.org

Students can access eMedia/Pioneer
(need to use current login name and password)
http://pioneer.uen.org/k12/index.jsp

3 Step Brochure Tips for Using eMedia http://www.uen.org/News/news_group.cgi?category_id=339

Effective Use of Video in the Classoom
http://www.kqed.org/topics/education/educators/videoclassroom/effective.jsp

Tips for Using Video in the Cassroom
http://www.iptv.org/wallace/docs/Tips_use_video.pdf

QuickTime Download
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Windows Media Player Download
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx

Video and Student Achievement Research
http://www.uen.org/tv/itv.shtml�

A brief tour of the all-new, all-different iMovie '08

This podcast will show elementary teachers in the district how to get rid of last year's PowerGrade data and set up their new class. If you have any questions please contact the PowerGrade specialist in your building. If you need further assistance contact your Curriculum Technology Specialist.

(This is a redo, the first video did not export correctly)

Connecting PC and Mac laptops to a projector. Here are the different adapters for the Mac laptops.

If you have an iBook, you will need to have the Apple VGA Display adapter. Part # M8639G/A $17.10

If you have a PowerBook G4 or a MacBook Pro you will need the Apple DVI to VGA Display Adapter Part #M8754G/A

If you have a MacBook (not the Pro) you will need the Apple Mini-DVI to VGA Adapter. It looks like the same adapter as the iBook Adapter, but the pinout to the computer is different. Part # M9320G/A. This is also the adapter for the 12" PowerBooks.

Are you updating your system software regularly? If not perhaps you should be. Let's look at how.

To download Sunbird, please visit the Mozilla website.

To Publish (Share) A School Calendar

• Create a calendar to be shared using Sunbird.

• Open Sunbird
• File > New Calendar
• At this point in time, choose to create the calendar "On My Computer".
• Name your calendar
• Select a color
• Add events to the calendar by double-clicking on the day of the event.

• Visit the iCal Exchange website (http://www.icalx.com/).

• Create an account if you have not already done so.
• Visit the account information page at icalx.com.
• Take note of the special publishing addresses (URLs) at the bottom of the page (see screenshot below).

• Select "Publish Calendar..."
• Type in the address given to you by icalx.com. Don't forget to complete the address with the title of your calendar. It's best if you don't include spaces or special characters in your calendar name.
  
  For example: http://icalx.com/public/jordanschooldistrict/calendar.ics

• Enter in your icalx username and password.

To Subscribe to a Published Calendar

• iCal:
  

• From the Calendar menu, select "Subscribe".
  
• Enter in the calendar address (from above).
• Enter in your icalx username and password (if the calendar is private).

• Sunbird:

• From the File menu, select "Subscribe to remote calendar".
• Enter in the calendar address (from above).
• Enter in your icalx username and password (if the calendar is private).

To View a Listing of Subscribable Calendars

All of the sites below offer many .ics calendars to which you may subscribe (subscriptions are nearly always free).

Calendars using the .ics extension can be viewed in Mozilla Sunbird, Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook 2007, and many other calendar software applications.

• Apple's iCal Library
• iCalShare
• iCal World

Using RSS to get the daily information you want. This is a great guide for educators on using RSS.

In today's show get yet another email account, You will need it to explore and use Google Docs and Spreadsheets . Think of the collaborative possibilities for students and teachers as you use these free tools.

Introducing tools from Google. Overview of Google Maps and Google Earth. 

This weeks show is about subscribing to podcasts via iTunes. iTunes is available for both Windows and Macintosh. For more tips on subscribing visit the Apple iTunes page and view the multimedia tutorial on subscribing to podcasts.

It is important to know and remember that you don't have to have an iPod or any MP3 player to listen to podcasts. You can listen on your computer, or even burn them to a CD and play in your car or other CD player. 

Welcome to the T4 Tips podcast. The T4 team is currently comprised of 4 members, Margo Shirley, Kelly Dumont, Bonnie Muir, and Darren Draper. We will be bringing you a weekly podcast full of tips for integrating technology into the classroom. For this first episode, we think we need to answer a few questions.

What is a podcast?
In general a podcast is nothing more than an audio (or video) file that has been put online. Generally it is in the .mp3 (.m4v) format. It can be listened to on your computer, downloaded and listened to on an .mp3 player, or downloaded and burned to a CD that can be played on any CD player. The one thing that sets podcasts apart from just a regular audio (or video) file is that it is also set up on a feed that can be subscribed to. That means if you want to automatically get new episodes of a podcast you can set up a program such as iTunes to download them as they become available.

What are these podcasts about?
We intend to use these podcasts to provide tips and tricks for you and to help keep you informed about what is going on with technology integration here in Jordan School District. Each week of the month we will cover a different topic. One week will be devoted to Windows tips, another to Macintosh tips, a third to open source software, and the fourth a general tech tip.

Why should you listen to the podcast?

• To help you learn new things without having to leave your desk.
  
• To learn about new technologies.
  
• To keep up with what is going on with technology integration in Jordan School District.