Wednesday, February 25, 2009

David Warlick: In Rapid Change we Learn by Sharing

Deep Thoughts:

  • Strive to be a Master Learner
  • We are preparing our kids for a future we do not understand or know
  • In rapid change we learn by sharing
  • We are preparing kids for the 21st century by using 19th century instruction
  • We are not preparing our student for our future we are preparing them for their future.
  • The key to educating a student is to teach them to teach themselves

Internet sites worth checking out from his presentation:

Thursday, February 19, 2009

School House Rock on YouTube

These songs have been etched in my brain ever since I can remember. What a great tool to use in the classroom to make learning fun.



American Rock...
I’m Just a Bill:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Bill.html


No More Kings:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYmhlclqr4
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/King.html


Preamble:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TXJRZ4CFc
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Prea.html


Shot Heard around the World:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VQA5NDNkUM
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Shot.html

Three Ring Government:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5I2KFENjS8
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Thre.html

Mother Necessity:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8wuGRlRZqk
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Moth.html

Sufferin’ til Sufferage:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dPF0SGh_PQ
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Suff.html

The Great American Melting Pot:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWJ4udW41Ns
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Grea.html

Elbow Room:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJZLjR4t5B8
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Elbo.html

Fireworks:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvH7ySQi37E
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Fire.html

Grammer Rock...
Unpack Pack your Adjectives:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzGLzFuwxI
Words to song: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Adj.html

Lolly Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWYmEICNgOQ
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Adv.html

Conjunction Junction:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/conjunction.htm

Interjections:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Int.html

Rufus Xavier Sarsaparila:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOaty7FpwMI
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Rxs.html

A Noun Is A Person, Place or Thing:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2iLAI0gUW0
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Nou.html

Busy Prepositions:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4jIC5HLBdM
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Prep.html

Verb! That’s What’s Happening:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4GomSmWZs4
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Ver.html

The Tale of Mr. Morton:

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7S_B9GcRI0
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Pred.html

Math Rocks...
My Hero, Zero:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPE_xB0HIbw
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/0.html

Elementary, My Dear:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shvURXhdn8Y
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/2.html

Three is A Magic Number:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11N-BD1aBo0
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/3.html

The Four-Legged Zoo:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP8rebXF8E
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/4.html

Ready or Not , Here I come:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSnZFykq5n8
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/5.html

I Got Six:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwkgNf69ihY
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/6.html

Lucky Seven Sampson:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssuCj83VAGs
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/7.html

Figure Eight:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/8.html

Naughty Number Nine:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eds1_rmxIpw
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/9.html

The Good Eleven:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTjMILODX3c
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/11.html

Little Twelve Toes:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJYMSc6ppb8
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/12.html

Science Rocks...
The Body Machine:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_H89pIWis
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Body.html

Do the Circulation:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgDQN-pvyqw
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Circ.html

Electricity, Electricity:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPyClNtyFOs
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Elec.html

The Energy Blues:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3nvDJe6PU0
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Ener.html

Interplanet Janet:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfPEvKsme-c
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Inte.html

Telegraph Line:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4hw-KCnJts
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Tele.html

Them Not-So-Dry Bones:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2dkT2sIug
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Bone.html

A Victim of Gravity:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIJeZ4MIXgI
Words: http://www.school-house-rock.com/Grav.html

Monday, February 16, 2009

Qik Video: The fastest way to share live video on the web.

Qik is a video sharing site with a unique twist. Instead of taking the video with a camera or phone and sending it to an video hosting site like youtube. Qik allows you to stream live video from your telephone. So as long has you have a mobile phone signal you can stream video from practically anywhere. (Yes you too can have your own reality TV show) I think this would be an excellent application to use on field trips, sporting events, and classroom how-to-videos.
It is simle to set up and install. Go to the qik website and click join on the top right hand of the screen. They dont ask for any personal information, just screen name and password. You can install it on your phone via SMS and you are ready to go.

Here is an example...
http://qik.com/video/1050639


Thursday, February 5, 2009

Podcasting in the Classroom TCEA (2009)

All the links are active so if you want to know more click on the links inside the slideshow.