NCCE08 – Eric Langhorst
Speaking of History – Eric Langhorst
speakingofhistory@gmail.com
Books:
- A Whole New Mind – Daniel Pink
- The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman
Students are different. Information is everywhere – understanding how to use it is critical. Learning can take place anyplace anytime. We have the ability to reach students with multiple learning styles; Reaching higher order thinking skills, creative
Eric has created a network with other educators around the world with his podcast. He records his podcasts with Audacity (cross platform audio recording). Here are some of the things he has podcasting:
- Interviews with authors
- Lessons plans from classroom
- Break up letter lesson – Declaration of Independence
- Museum visits
- Interview curator
- Student projects
- Comments on Ed tech topics
- Reflections on teaching
- Review of online resources
Other Ideas:
- StudyCasts – Record audio interview for upcoming test
- Post MP3 file on Internet
- Students listen at home on Internet, MP3 player or CD
- Record test for students who have modifications for taking tests
- Books have been read and recorded (with permission)
- Record young student reading for fluency
- Currently part of pilot using Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player
- Transfer pictures and audio with wireless connections – StudyCasts, presentation notes
- Students are conducting family history interviews – give copies for family and local museum
- AT&T grant to create historical information about
- Students will narrate museum artifact information
Hints:
- Keep content for student simple – no background music
- Allow students to use this tool for other projects
- Use USB microphone – $20-30
- Create a folder of medial elements in advance for your students to use
- Good source of images from Flickr
- Keep projects short
Allow students to become producers of the content they use not just consumers.
- Microsoft PhotoStory3 – create video from still pictures
- Microsoft MovieMaker2 – create video from video
More Ideas
- Do a family videos first – interviews of how parent’s met
- Create a 30 second TV ad for historical election – 1860 Lincoln Election
- Create a TV commercial supports either the Federalist of Anti-Federalist in the ratification of the Constitution
WEB 2.0 ideas:
- Book Blog Project – 350 copies of book – student and parent’s blog with home school students in CA & Author participates in project
- Donner Party Debate – record class debate. Send experts MP3 of debate and they respond with comments; Email questions to experts – teacher sends 10 questions from class
- Online assessment – Quia and quiz star (Immediate data and feedback) Include a pretest of the next information after the chapter test
