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 **EDT 604**
 * Assignment #1 and #5: Article Summaries AND Unit Lesson Plans**

__The Guardian __, Tuesday 18 September 2007 [|**http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/sep/18/link.link16**]   This article lists many benefits of podcasting: a way to distribute learning materials which include sound, images, and video and as a communication tool to parents and community members.
 * 1.)Why Every School Should Be Podcasting** By: George Cole 

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 * 2.)Recording Mobile Podcasts with Gcast** 

This article gives a cool scenario to consider of a great use of podcasting….RECORDING FIELD TRIPS! Through a quick sign up through, Gcast, a user can easily create a podcast right from their cellphones.

//The Washington Post // This article supports the idea of students bringing their technology devices such as iPods into the classrooms. Many schools require these items to be left in the lockers, but schools like Jamestown Elementary in Arlington, Virginia, are looking at another approach. Rather than fighting the fad, they are capitalizing on it by giving students the opportunity to use their iPods as a learning tool.
 * 3.)Teachers See iPods as Educational Tool**
 * By Fern Shen** 

By ETHAN TODRAS-WHITEHILL Published: August 3, 2005 []  This article focuses on perhaps the youngest production staff history of broadcasting. Weekly broadcasts are being written, produced, and performed entirely by third and fourth grade students from Bob Sprankle’s class in Wells Elementary School in Wells, Maine. Each week, this online 20-30 minute radio show can be downloaded to many MP3 players that includes segments like “Student News,” “The Week in Sports” and “Word of the Week.” The kids appear to be quite motivated to read, research, and write new features for their audience each week. Beyond podcasts, students of all ages are also becoming technologically involved in activities such as Blogs. A blog is an educational tool that allows students to post ideas and respond to peers questions, reactions, opinions, and comments about any subject matter. Teachers are finding this a fresh learning activity that is exceeding expectations.
 * 4.)New Tools: Blogs, Podcasts and Virtual Classrooms** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By Rhea R. Borja Published: December 7, 2005 []
 * 5.) Podcasting Craze Comes to K-12 Schools**
 * Educators discover value of Internet audio programs.** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

This article is about how students are creating podcasts to help their vocabulary, writing, editing, public speaking, and presentation skills. Students are learning skills that will be valuable in the working world, such as communication, time management, and problem solving. It was also mentioned in this article that teachers are finding creating podcasts are becoming a whole lot easier as software and other related equipment for it becomes more user-friendly.

By JEFFREY SELINGO** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">New York Times // Published: January 25, 2006 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: purple; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [] <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> This article is addresses many benefits of podcasting in today’s classrooms. It also highlights many concerns such as a learning curve for the staff and students. Technologies have become more user friendly which in turn helps students create audio programs for the whole world to access. Students have commented in regards to podcasting with the quote, “ Working with podcasts is much better than learning out of the textbook because you are actually doing something with what you learn.”
 * 6.) Students and Teachers, From K to 12, Hit the Podcasts

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 * 7.)Get Them Learning Anywhere** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

This article is about what iTunes has to offer teachers and students. iTunes is one of the largest and fastest-growing sources of free educational content, with more than 100,000 lectures, presentations, videos, readings, and podcasts from all over the world. It has become one of the easiest ways to put information into the hands of the students.

//<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Susie Meserve //<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [[URL: [] |URL:]] []
 * 8.) iPods in the Classroom**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">From a teacher’s perspective, the iPod allows you to integrate audio seamlessly into the curriculum. Every class, you can use music to set the stage, immediately jump to any point in an audio book, or play a famous speech accessed from the Library of Congress. Video, audio, and images can be loaded on the iPod and provide an excellent manner for bringing a student who missed a day up to speed. Or perhaps a student is struggling with a concept; they can watch a video a number of times on the iPod to fully understand the content. ELL students struggling with vocabulary can have flash cards on the iPod to see an image, hear a word used in a sentence, and read the word in text—and do it as many times as they need to understand it. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * Ipod Possibilities:**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

//<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">John Parrot //<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> [] <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">One school started out by allowing iPods to be used in music classes. Yet another school is providing the iPods to students studying foreign languages. For the foreign language programs the students download lessons to their devices with the school hoping students will find increased motivation to study and not just in the classroom. The school actually has included downloadable files on their website for the students. The files for download are tailored just for that school's classes and students. The students are already finding ways to study away from class using time when they normally would be idle, like on the bus ride home or to school. They free up time at home for fun, and they look cool doing it. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * 9.)Using iPods in the Classroom Promotes Interactive Learning and More Effective Studying**
 * Ways Schools are starting to integrate the use of iPods**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

//<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Anthony Pace //<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-underline: none;">[] <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Virtual technology will play a leading role in the future of education. Already most colleges and universities offer distance learning programs (online classes). Hybrid courses, in which physical meetings compose only a third of the course time, are also becoming popular. This model moves the educator from the head of the classroom, handing knowledge down, to a guiding medium. This new role forces a teacher to not merely present knowledge, but to be sympathetic in facilitating its acquisition. The characteristics of the contemporary web will push this trend forward.
 * 10.)Classroom Dot Com: The Big Shift in Education**
 * Moving to the Future**<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">


 * Assignment #4**


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Lesson **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">: Digital Field Trip Report


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Grade Level **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">: 5th


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Materials **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">: (12) I-pods (with a voice recorder) and digital camera


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Setting **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">: Milwaukee County Zoo


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Day 1: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;"> Students will be working on their projects in pairs. They will determine what types of things they want to know about and what questions they would like answered prior to the trip.


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Day 2: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;"> Students will use their iPods to capture their learning, thoughts, and reflections on the various exhibits and how they relate to the various biomes we are studying. They will be taking photographs with a digital camera to capture the visual portion of their learning.


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Day 3 and 4: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;"> Once they return to school, they will combine their recordings (audio) and photos (visual) to create a guided tour of the Milwaukee Zoo using iMovie. This iMovie will teach others about their findings and how they correlate to what we’ve learned about biomes of the world.


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Day 5: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;"> Students will then present their guided tours to the class!

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">F.8.8 Show through investigations how organisms both depend on and contribute to the balance or imbalance of populations and/or ecosystems, which in turn contribute to the total system of life on the planet F.8.9 Explain how some of the changes on the earth are contributing to changes in the balance of life and affecting the survival or population growth of certain species <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> C.8.8 Use computer software and other technologies to organize, process, and present their data
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Standards **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">:

C.8.10 Discuss the importance of their results and implications of their work with peers, teachers, and other adults

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: NewCenturySchlbk-Roman+2; msobidifontfamily: NewCenturySchlbk-Roman+2;">A.8.1 Use common media and technology terminology and equipment

A.8.3 Use a computer and productivity software to organize and create information

A.8.4 Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information

A.8.5 Use media and technology to create and present information <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">Assessment **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'MyriadApple-Text','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadApple-Text;">: Students will be assessed on their creativity and ability to connect this experience to classroom content (biomes).