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8th Grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri
Graduate Instructor at Park University teaching
“Technology for the Classroom”
Currently serving as the 2007 / 2008
Missouri Teacher of the Year
A Whole New Mindby Daniel Pink
The World Is Flatby Thomas Friedman
Started my journey in spring of 2005 when I purchased my first
MP3 player
Speaking of History podcast and blog began in June 2005
visitors from 145 countries in past two years
Speaking of History Podcast / Blog Visitors - August 2007 to July 2008
162,879 podcast downloadsin 2008 to date
Edit audio with a free program named AUDACITY
Teaching the Declaration of Independence as a break up letter
activity podcast
StudyCasts - Record audio review for upcoming test Post MP3 file to the Internet
Students listen at home on Internet, MP3 player, or CD
- Record tests for students who have modifications
- Books have been recorded for students with reading disabilities
- Record young students reading for fluency
Currently part of a pilot using Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player
Transfer pictures, audio and video podcasts with wireless connections – studycasts, presentation notes
AT&T Grant to create historical information about Liberty using
Guide by Cell technology
Students will narrate museum artifact
information
Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast
Historical perspective and power of media
Students write the scripts
Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create video from still pictures
TV commercials from history using
PhotoStory3
Create a TV election ad for
Lincoln to help him win the presidency
in 1860
Create a TV commercial
supporting either the Federalist or Anti-
Federalist
Students understood the subject more than they ever had before
Liberty Minutes video project
3-5 minute videos on local historical
topics
Hollywood Night with parents and
guests
Need to be using Web 2.0 tools to connect my classroom with the
rest of the world
Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project – 2007 and 2008
350 Liberty students with parents, students in California and Illinois,
home school students and the author in Philadelphia
Donner Party Debate
Record class debate with MP3 player
Send experts MP3 file of debate and they
respond with comments – 2 pages
each
E-Mail an Expert
Teacher sends the e-mail and 10
question limit
Archaeologist answered during a hurricane from her laptop on kitchen floor of her home
Classroom connection on the Internet for parents and students
Online assessment
Quia and QuizStar
Immediate data and
feedback on tests and pretests
South Valley Jr. High 8th Grade Social Studies test results:
-Highest score of any content area
- Largest yearly improvement
