Session 3: June 28 Modem vs. High Speed

Paint Podcast Feedburner address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/676engman
Back up location off my School CMS Site: http://cms.dsusd.k12.ca.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=1390&fileitem=5276&catfilter=108

Session 3 -Online Envisioning and Actualizing your Podcast
So I have the gift of talk, so I recorded my Podcast and when I was done I had 9+ minutes of recorded material. What I love about Audicaty is that you can remove dead spots, the 'um's, the clicking noise of a mouse or your mouth. IT IS AWESOME! I just wish I could do this when I am actually speaking in real life. I am still learning the ropes with the software, so this podcast will be pretty basic in the technology sense.
I decided to do a podcast about the Paint program that comes standard on most computers. This is the first assignmnent for my 7th grade technology students. By performing the podcast, I now have my reteaching done when a student does not get it, or if I get a new student two weeks later, etc.... I am enjoying the Podcasts and wish I knew about these a few years back.
My Podcast:
Here it is, Ourmedia Version: (Will be here soon)
Here is my back up location off my School CMS Site: http://cms.dsusd.k12.ca.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=1390&fileitem=5276&catfilter=108
Provide the Feedburner address to the instructor: http://feeds.feedburner.com/676engman
Show Notes:
1. Intro riff
2. Intro to Paint "How to Open it"
3. Basic navigation in Paint
4. What the buttons in Paint do
5. What the Drop Down Menus do
6. The Assignment
7. Closing remarks
8. Closing riff, The End

I will be adding the media later today from a high speed computer, because dial-up is a waste of my time and I have to go work at my fireworks booth for my shcool. If you live in the desert and buy fireworks, come on down to my booth and buy some, we are 1 block South on Monroe at 111. On the way to JFK, by Farmer Bros and In and Out Burger :-). All profits go to golf, drama, AVID, and our Robotics programs (My shameless plug for the quarter). Drop on by and talk Tech with me :-)

Session 2, June 26th: Get 'er Dun!

Session 2: So I needed to do this:
1. Establish Ourmedia account. Done
2. Establish Feedburner account. Done
3. Download Audacity Software if needed (don't forget to download and install the LAME encoder). Done
4. Produce a test recording and save/convert it to mp3. Done
5. Post your mp3 file to Ourmedia. Here it is: http://www.ourmedia.org/node/243890 back up location of mp3: http://cms.dsusd.k12.ca.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=1390&fileitem=5255&catfilter=108
6. Link your podcast to your blog and produce your shownotes.

Show Notes for first podcast:

a. Intro Music

b. Me babbling

c. Closing music, the end

7. Burn your feed using Feedburner.
8. Provide the Feedburner address to the instructor. Here: Subscribe to your feed (and share with others!) at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/676engman

June 21: Session 1 Setting up the Blog and Getting 3 Podcasts reviewed

Session 1: Setting up the Blog and Getting 3 Podcasts reviewed
Podcast1: Episode Information: NIH Research Radio — June 2, 2006
Discription and Review: You must forgive me for the orriginal bad link, I copied the link and forgot to grab the HT off http :-). This podcast deals 100% with my thesis so I had to listen to it even though it does not have many updates. THe NIH site has many podcasts though.
The sound quality is more than professional. There was a music intro, commercials, interviews, and it pretty much sounded like a NPR radio show. If I can get my podcst to sound 50% like this, I will be happy about this class. The NIH show was hosted by Bill Schnaldfelt and talked about strokes, living a long healty life, the 25th anniversary of AIDS, and the middle Schol Curriculum. It was 20:35 minutes long and I believe episode 007. On my Media Player there was a text scroll bar that scrolled these things: Artist, Playing, Album, and Song. I found that a neat bell and whistle. One thing that was missing was the total time.
I learned about the middle school medical curriculum that has three free units: Looking Good from the Inside, the Science of Mental Illness, and Defining Science. You can go to their website to see more.
Overall this podcast was a good place to start and I am pleased to find more free resources for my upcoming class I am developing.
Podcast2: The Savy Technologist
Discription and Review: This program hails from my stompting grounds in Minnesota which instantly merrits a good review :-). Dr. Tim Wilson got his Instructional Systems and Technology pHd from the U of Minnesota and is the Technology Instruction Spec for Hopkins School District in Hopkins, MN. The Pod cast was 31:09 minutes long and discussed Digital Storytelling and he interviewed Bernajean Porter. He had intro music (maybe a skill I will have to include in my podcasts), and the sound quality on his side was awesome. Bernajeans mic sounded like she was trapped in a Tin can. I loved the Playback Speed Choice. I set it at 2.0 speed for some of the podcast and was able to listen to pieces without having to wait (this is a good option for coffee drinkers and procrastinators).
Some things I picked up on this podcast: The idea of using Power point to have students tell stories from their LA/Lit classes is not new, but the idea of Decorating your message, Illustrating your message, and Illuminating your message are three wonderful terms I will take from this and use next year in my technology classes. Also hearing the rubric scoring method is always nice to hear over and over again. Many great tips were mentioned and I highly recommend this podcast if you are a LA/Lit, Technology teacher, or a Power Point user.
Podcast3: Instant Anatomy
Discription: Doctor, Doctor, give me the word... Dr. Robert Whitaker discusses the abdominal wall to the inguinal canal with great detail. 21:00 and change for time.
Review: If you are not in Med school, you may want to pass on this. If you don't believe me, grab your Grey's Anatomy book sit down, grab a gup of tea and listen with the Shownotes. The doctor has an English voice and the recording is great quality. The shownotes are a bit lacking, but quite colorful and with many photos which might make sense if I knew what he was talkign about. I am glad I listened to the podcast and found his website, because there are some positive uses I can see trying to implement into my MedLab B class next fall. Don't worry, this will only be a side lesson throughout the year. I think the High School students in the medical classes would greatly benifit from this podcast and any college student in a medical class. Heck some doctors may want to go to InstantAnatomy.net to brush up on their vocabulary before a presentation. This was his 33rd podcast and the website has just about every body part out there to learn. You can also buy a CD with all this stuff on it too. My Advice: Buy a 2gig iPod download all the podcasts, buy a Grey's Anatomy, Sign up for med school, drink 10 expresso's and you might be performing surgery next month. :-) If youhave no interest in medicine, ignore this post.

See you next week, Dale