User:BleeckerOne

Educational Technology

The purpose of this Wiki is to examine the best of the Web 2.0 technologies in education. Our goal is to outline and use the technologies and host our findings here on Wikia. Here we go...



Our first few topics will include


 * Screen Narration Software
 * Smartboards
 * YouTube
 * Wikis/Wikipedia
 * Del.icio.us
 * Cartooning

Screen Narration Software

Screen narration software like Wink, Camtasia (Win) and iShowU is quite useful. The idea is that the program captures the screen and audio-input. In many cases, a headset is all that is needed to start. I've had the opportunity to use iShowU on a Mac-Mini Core Duo, and it works like a charm. For our student newspaper, the CHS Predator, we've used it to complete technology reviews of Coverflow & Quicklook, Photobooth, and Time Machine for the new Mac OSX.V Leopard. Being a technology teacher, it's hard to be away sometimes and still deliver a lesson. Recently, I used iShowU to complete an Appleworks database lesson with my IT9 students. Perhaps the most interesting project that I had the opportunity to use screen narration for was a webquest teaching earthquakes and geology at the grade 10 level. Check the word document which outlines the quest. All in all, screen narration software produces the raw video materials to import into a movie editor such as iMovieHD. From there, additional layers, sound, and video clips can be added to make your presentation everything you want it to be. The only limit is imagination.