I hope you enjoyed our audio/video lab with guest, Rich McCue from the Digital Scholarship Commons. I encourage you to signup to their mailing list by visiting their workshops page. All of the resources, tutorials, and support material are shared openly and with a license for reuse, a great example of open education! You can access those resources on demand, download and adapt them for use in your own teaching, or share them widely. Here is a quick link to the tutorials we used today for Video Editing with iMovie and Microsoft ClipChamp and Introduction to Podcasting with Audacity

Screencasting

As mentioned, I strongly encourage the screencasting tutorial as one of your learning goals. A screencast is a video that includes your voice(s) and a video recording of your screen. You can use this to record a video presentation, create a digital story, do a software demo, or tour the web. There is a lot of power in this medium and getting comfortable creating short videos can be a great asset to your teaching toolkit. You can record screencast with tools such as Screencastify or by using Zoom to record your screen.

I did note an issue raised with Screencastify changing their offering model, however, it appears you can still capture ten videos under 30 minutes for free. That is still a great start!

As alternatives, without installing additional software, you can also look at using the Snipping Tool in Windows, Quicktime on a Mac, or mobile screencapture tools. Here are some resources to help you along:

Pod Presentations and Project Resources

I enjoyed hearing about your educational technology inquiry projects! Here are some resources that you might find useful to your projects and to have as part of your resources.

  • MediaSmarts has been developing digital media literacy programs and resources for Canadian homes, schools and communities since 1996. They have teaching resources and research that is very useful for assessing educational technology.
  • Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. One feature I most enjoy is their pedagogical assessments of popular technology tools, see this one on Kahoot for an example.
  • BC Digital Literacy Framework elaborates on six characteristics identified by B.C. educational leaders. These characteristics are based on the National Educations Technology Standards for Students (NETS•S) standards developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and encompass the types of knowledge and skills learners need to be successful in the 21st century.
  • For scrutinizing specific educational technology apps and tools you may find the SECTIONS Model for Assessing Technologies in the Classroom. You can find many resources and examples of applying the model online.

To do List for Week Six

  • Continue with your weekly WordPress class reflection as well as your free inquiry project update. Try to incorporate video, either something you created or something relevant and useful from the commons.
  • You have your educational technology groups formed so you can begin research and discussions to move that forward. Let me know if I can help at any time.
  • Have a great break!