I also found this great video while reading Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling in a 4th grade classroom, but again, before I knew how to download a video and so back then it was unusable to me. I picked this because it is a good example of finding a good video but having to use care with the audio (also a lot of the music used in the background of some YouTube videos might not be appropriate). For this particular video, using with students, I would ensure the sound was off (and double check – although the bad word is at the very end and there is other talking to remind you to turn down the sound). Back then I did not know how to download YouTube videos with a Firefox add-on, and so although I found several great videos, I had to go another direction because I couldn’t show the videos using the CMCSS server. While student teaching I was looking of videos on rock climbing (turn the volume down or off BEFORE clicking the hyperlink if young children are present), to build background information on a novel I was doing for 5th grade Language Arts ( On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer). I love YouTube videos but have been frustrated that CMCSS blocks access to YouTube on the school server (I understand completely – there is a lot of YouTube stuff you do not want children viewing). It would be fun to have on a class website, classroom blog, or other site parents had access to. I guess for special events you could have pictures of the class (Christmas, end of school year), or maybe use this after a field trip or field day. It was a fun little application, but I did not see much practical use for the classroom.
Once my pictures were resized I finished the project in another 15 minutes. To resize the picture smaller just lower the quality, as you do it will tell you the file size right below the slide bar. Down at the bottom there is a slide bar that lets you adjust the quality of the picture.
First you click on the picture to open it, then go to the File/Save As and a dialogue box open up.
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On a Mac you do this through the “Preview” application that is preloaded on a Mac.
I canceled my upload and resized my picture. I tried to delete some photo but couldn’t get them off the uploading tray while they were “pending.” Then I read the uploading tip that suggested I resize the images to speed uploading time. I started working on this during the evening, went to bed to let the photos upload while I sleep, and still had photos trying to upload the next morning. Well I obviously did not read the tips about uploading images before I selected my images. Student could outline the process of photosynthesis via podcast of pretend they are recording scientific observations during an exploration through the Amazon Rainforest (some great ideas from some podcast entitled Science from the Wild Sidenarrated by an adult but students could easily do something similar). They could create a podcast describing the Civil War (as if they were reporting on a radio) or narrate the Lewis and Clark Expedition as either of these two men or as Sacajawea. In addition to using podcasts in reading it would be a great way to narrate a social studies story the student could create. It is very easy to see a classroom application just by listening to these two student podcasts. Another great one was a younger child reading Hedgehog is Hungry. Here is one of my favorites by a younger child (kindergarten or 1st grade) reading Caterpillar, Caterpillar. Listening to an elementary grade podcast I found using the Educational Podcast Directory I listened to several students retell a story accompanied by pictures from the book. The blog and Zoho writer are very multifunctional, having uses in all the content areas as well as reading and writing. Podcast would be great for student reading books or sharing their favorite stories in a low stress, non-threatening way. The Wiki is great for content area reading and writing as I see tremendous potential for science and social studies projects. I am working on my reading specialist degree and so I see a lot of benefit for all of these in helping students to read, write, listen and speak better. Thinking back on the ones that really excite me, all revolve around the really practical classroom use I see for elementary students: (a) Wiki, (b) blogs, (c) podcasts and (d) Zoho writer (web application). Now the thinking and reflecting is setting in. I guess my lifelong learning goal is now that I’ve had a quick overview of some great technology helps, to go back over them one by one and really develop fluency with them all. A lot of these “things” went by so fast I hurried just to get them done.
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Finally done, my only complaint was amount of projects crammed into this last weekly session (and the only thing I would do different – 12 projects and 12 blog entries and an assignment on the NET-S Wiki plus the regular discussion board was a little too much).
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