0 Podcast Recording Day 2

Please complete the following tasks if you are done recording, or while you are waiting to record.

1. Make sure you have completed a well constructed blog post (yesterday or today).  It should have correct spelling, grammar, and a cited image or link.

2. Get a blog design rubric and put your name at the top.  Make sure your blog has everything on the rubric before giving the rubric to me.  Once you hand in the rubric, you are telling me that you are ready to have your blog graded.
 **  ---Some people were having trouble finding & adding a counter/page view gadget, here are links to some.

Cluster Maps - See where people are viewing your blog from around the world

Hit Counters- variety of styles to choose from

Video on adding a counter

3. You are going to need some sort of sound effect or music added to your podcast (see rubric) so please check out the links below.  If you find something you like, watch the video on how to download it and save it to your P-Drive.  We are only using open source music and sound effects.

How to Download Music for Digital Story

Music Sites

Community Audio

http://archive.org/details/opensource_audio

Freeplay Music

http://freeplaymusic.com/

Creative Commons Audio

http://creativecommons.org/audio/

Complete any of these, but you must do something:

• Create a Google Doodle- You Could Win!! “The National Winner will have his or her doodle featured on the U.S. Google.com homepage. He or she will be awarded a $30,000 college scholarship to used at the school of his or her choice, a trip to New York City for the final awards ceremony on May 22nd, 2013, a Google Chromebook computer, a Wacom digital design tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it. We’ll also award the winner’s full-time school a $50,000 technology grant towards the establishment or improvement of a computer lab or technology program.”

Forms on front table
More Info Here
Or watch Video Here

• Clean Out School Gmail Account
• Clean Out Google Drive Account-Just stuff you don’t need!
• Use any of the websites listed on my Creativity Link Page Here or Games & Activities Here

First Four MUST be completed before choosing anything else on list.

Complete all & receive tickets!

1.Make sure your podcast script is complete, printed and your lines are highlighted.

2. Take the Yearbook Pop Culture Survey Located Here

3. Create a Blog Post on anything you want.  Can’t think of anything? Write about February Vacation or what it’s like to use iPads in the classroom.  --Make sure to check your spelling!!!

4. Go over Blog Design Rubric to make sure your Blog has all requirements (Rubrics on front table)
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Complete any of these, but you must do something:

• Create a Google Doodle- You Could Win!! “The National Winner will have his or her doodle featured on the U.S. Google.com homepage. He or she will be awarded a $30,000 college scholarship to used at the school of his or her choice, a trip to New York City for the final awards ceremony on May 22nd, 2013, a Google Chromebook computer, a Wacom digital design tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it. We’ll also award the winner’s full-time school a $50,000 technology grant towards the establishment or improvement of a computer lab or technology program.”

Forms on front table
More Info Here
Or watch Video Here

• Clean Out School Gmail Account
• Clean Out Google Drive Account-Just stuff you don’t need!
• Use any of the websites listed on my Creativity Link Page Here or Games & Activities Here

0 Podcast Scripts & Recording Practice

 

 Image Source: theplayvault.com

Please complete the following tasks in this order today.

• Complete Podcast script

• Print 3 copies of script (one is for me!)

• Highlight Your own lines

• Practice Your Script at least four times OUT LOUD, being sure to time it. Make sure it is at least 1 min for two podcasts or at least 2 min for one podcast. If you stumble over any words, change your script

• Each partner, check out the links for Audacity & Adobe Soundbooth below. Check out both to decide which one you want to use

• Take a microphone headset from the front table (one per group) plug it in, and open Soundbooth or Audacity.  Both located in the Audio & Video folder on your desktop.

• Try out the one you want to use or both.  You DON”T need to do your podcast now, record anything you want to practice and see how it sounds.  

• Try editing, or changing what you recorded(Use tutorials & resources on my blog)

• Sign-up for a recording time on the recording sheet hanging on the front board

DO Not Do ANYTHING that is not on this list please.  If you do everything keep practicing, try editing, read about the program, do research.  Use effort with this please.

 Check out the tutorials and resources below for Adobe Soundbooth & Audacity

Audacity Resources

Audacity Video Tutorial Part I

Audacity Tutorial Part II

Power Point- "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Podcast?"  

Audacity Wiki

Soundbooth Resources

Cleaning up Audio Article

Creating a Multi-track  

Adobe T.V.  

0 7A Link for Script

Please take the link below and wait for the next instruction

Script Outline link Click Here

0 Podcast Bookmarks

Let's go to Diigo (do you remember this site? It's been awhile!) Please look at the sites below and bookmark each into Diigo.

If you forget how to bookmark, please check out this screencast reviewing  How to Bookmark in Diigo. 

1. Apple-iTunes-Tips for Podcast Fans

http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/

2.  The Education Podcast Network

http://epnweb.org/

3.  Our City Podcast

http://learninginhand.com/ourcity

4.  Learning Out Loud

http://www.learnoutloud.com/

0 Podcasting

7th Grade students will be creating Podcasts giving instructions on How to Do something. Your goal today will be working with your partner to decide a few things;

1. What are you going to teach/show your audience how to do?
2. Are you doing two 1-2 minute podcasts or one 2-4 minute podcast?
3. Do you want to include video in your podcast, or just audio?

Before you decide, check out at least four "How to Do..." videos on the sites below to get some ideas.

Howcast- This site has tons of videos on how to anything! They aren't podcasts, but they may give you some ideas on how to do yours!

Teach Parents Tech by Google- Website by Google where kids made short videos on how to use technology for adults

Wonder How to- Another site packed with How to do... videos!

Once you have made some decisions, please fill out one form per group to hand in to me with your choices.  (**Forms on Front table under board)

0 Substitute Class Thursday

Hi 7th graders, I'm sorry I will be missing you today.  I hope you will do your best to follow ALL of the instructions on here to complete each task.  If you need help, or don't understand something please ask the person NEXT to you, or email me and ask, I'll be with my computer all day. (sweeney@mybps.me)

The other day, one of your classmates was contacted by a blog owner asking your classmate to take down a picture she had used, or face a fine for violating copyright law.  It made me think that maybe we could all use a refresher on Copyright, Plagiarism & Fair Use.

Follow these steps in order, please take your time, and watch everything.  Your next class will most likely depend on what you have learned.

You may start class by logging into X2 and checking your grades if you want.  They were posted yesterday. Username & password on back board.

1. Take the link to my Prezi. Please read everything and watch each video. Watch & read more than once if you need to. http://prezi.com/m9vvdhjaxngp/copyright-plagiarism-fair-use/ 

2. Do you feel like you need more information on some of these topics?  Check out at least one link below, or all of them.

Taking the mystery out of Copyright Videos & games

Copyright Kids!

CyberBee Questions/Answers & Games

Slide Show: How Students Use technology to Cheat

Plagiarism in Plain English Video

BrainPop Video (username: BIS123  Password hint --BHSmascot-I forgot to ride on board sorry!

Link for 7C ONLY!!!

3. Log -in to Google Apps and go to Google Docs

4. Create a new document, give it the title: PCF ILT# (add your number, 7A=#4,  7C=#1, 7D = #2)

5. Open another tab and go to google search

6. Search any topic, but keep it school appropriate and click on any result (Doesn't matter which one, you are only doing one thing with it.)

7. Number your Google Doc 1-3

8. Number 1: Give me an example of plagiarism from your search result (hint* copy and paste), then give me an example of how you could make it so it isn't plagiarized. (hint* put it in your own words & say where it came from)

9. Number 2: Give me an example of something that is copyrighted. What does it mean to break copyright? (Doesn't have to be from search result)

10. Number 3: Give me an example of Fair Use.  How does Fair Use apply to you or one of your teachers?

11. Don't know an answer?  Go back to one of the links above and review

12. Check that you used full sentences, proper spelling, and grammar

13. Doc automatically saves, so exit out of it, go back to drive, and drag and drop this document into your ILT folder.  ***This will make the doc shared with me, and I will be reading them at my conference :)

14. Double check your doc is shared with me before moving on

If you finish, you have the flollowing options and only these options please.

• Google Doodle Contest! Win $$$---> check out the video here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s1PPYo6WL-Q                 and read more information on the contest here: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/       There are entry forms, markers, colored pencils and drawing forms under the front board on the rolling cart.  Leave them with me and I will let you finish them another time or mail them in for you!
• Creativity tools on my website http://www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/Page/638 
• Google Earth
• Write another blog post

****Absolutely NO YouTube or Pandora please*****

Have a great Day

~Miss Sweeney