EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES In Education

Podcasts

Photo Story

Graphic Organizers

by Barb Abshier

Menu Podcasts - What are They?

Podcasts - How Can They be Used? My Podcast Concepts Photo story - What is It? Photo story - How Can It be Used? Photo Story 3 Concepts Graphic Organizers- What are They? Graphic Organizers - How Can They be Used? Graphic Organizer – Inspiration.com Conclusion

Podcasts: What are They?

A podcast is an emerging technology. By definition it is an audio file on the Internet. They are one-way communications and are not

interactive. Podcasts can be accessed from desktop computers,

laptops, iPods, Pocket PCs, Palm handhelds and other devices.

They are inexpensive and easy to use. 3 types of podcasts are:

Audio Enhanced (with pictures) Video

Source: Deubel, Patricia. (June 2007). Podcasts: Where’s the Learning? T.H.E.

Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://www.thejournal/the/printarticle/?id=20764

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Podcasts: How Can They Be Used?

There is no limit to the ideas for learning with podcasts. Some projects could include: updates on classroom news, record a class discussion, conduct interviews, share book reviews, and review curricular content.

Teachers can also record notes and lectures for downloads. Students can use podcasts for projects and project support interviews.

Podcasts can be used for audio recordings of chapters in textbooks to supportaudio learners and make content easily portable. They can also be used to capture sounds found in nature, such as animal, bird and human heart sounds that would be useful for field studies.

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My Podcast Concepts Podcasting has become so important that online course management systems, such as Angel Learning are now incorporating features enabling providers to include podcasting.

When you subscribe to a tag through an RSS link, such as Podcast.net, you automatically receive new podcasts that contain the tag of interest. “Thus, content finds you, not the other way around.”

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For managing podcasts, Juice for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux is recommended. Juice is free software, and lets the user listen to podcastsanytime anywhere, and supports more than 15 languages.

Photo Story: What Is It?

Photo Story 3 is an emerging technology. Photo Story is digital storytelling. Presentations can be very basic or users can

add special effects, such as transition effects, titles, captions, music and narration.

It is easy to use and guides the user through each step.

The program allows users to touch up, crop and rotate images.

Source:Porter Elizabeth. (December 2008). Photo Story 3: Science Video. Bright Hub. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/21260.aspx.

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Photo Story: How Can It Be Used?

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Photo Story can be used for many projects. Window users can create slideshow videos with digital photos. You can use photos or images downloaded from the Internet. Students’ work can also be downloaded and incorporated. Also use Photo Story to make class or individual videos to showcase student projects, work, and narration of what they learned.

Digital stories can be viewed on the television, computer or a Windows Mobile- based portable device. Teachers can use photo story to make presentations for teaching units and for classes to see their progress. Older students can use photo story to engage in their own projects. The possibilities are endless!

My Photo Story Concepts

Photo Story is a great resource to create presentations to tie the end of learning units together.

Students that create presentation with Photo Story are using critical thinking skills.

“Educators need to integrate technology into their lesson plans more and more as companies are demanding future employees with computer skills, and the technology generation is growing bored with traditional teaching methods.”

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Graphic Organizers: What Are They?

Graphic organizers are communication devices that show the organization or structure of concepts as well as relationships between concepts.

There are two types of graphic organizers: Those that depict basic information structures and those that serve special needs.

Inspiration.com is an emerging technology that creates graphic organizers.

Source:Ellis, Edwin. (2004). Q & A: What’s the Big Deal with Graphic Organizers?Graphic Organizers. Retrieved April 27, 2009, fromhttp://www.graphicorganizers.com/Sara/ArticlesAbout/Q&AGraphicOrganizers

Graphic Organizers: How Can They Be Used?

Macbeth is an example of a graphic organizer from Inspiration.com.

This work easily goes from diagram to outline with one click.

The organization, graphics and color of this technology enhances the learning process.

Language Arts Example: Macbeth Inspiration.com

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Inspiration.com specializes in graphic organizers and has made them much

easier for teachers and students to use. Teacher’s can design and file their lessons

on the computer and students can engage in their lessons on the computer.

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Inspiration.com graphic organizers are efficient in helping students organizeand learn their material more easily. This in turn uses time most effectively. It also enables students to process information at higher learning levels.

“While information sometimes does get put into little boxes when graphic organizers are constructed, what is important to understand is the powerful nature of all the processes that occur both before and after the informationis put into the boxes.”

Finally, emerging technologies and the World Wide Web offer powerfulteaching resources that provide educators with an endless wealthof information and shared professional practices.

With resources such as podcasts, photo story and graphic organizerseducators can create meaningful learning experiences for students, giving them the opportunity to learn sophisticated computer and research skills.

Emerging technologies are interesting and creative for students and teachers. They engage students in their learning process. They are efficient, effective and competitive resources for today’s education.

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