Podcasting, screencasting and videos are examples of
multimedia that the internet has made consumable to a wide audience. It is inexpensive to download and save video
files because of cheap RAM, hard drive disk space. It is more efficient and enjoyable to
use. It is personalized for your particular interests; and it is time-shifted because it is available when you want to listen or watch it. And, it is much easier to create
and consume multimedia, not just text and images.
Podcasting consists of creating and distributing web
radio. You need a digital audio recorder
that can create an MP3 file, space on a server to host the file, a blog, and
something to say. It is best to use some
kind of microphone device and it is important that you try it out first before
teaching students to do it. You need to
publish before a digital audio recording becomes a podcast.
Video publishing is simply YouTube or TeacherTube. You need a digital video camera with external
input for microphones. It takes time to get professional looking
results. A story board should be
created. Careful editing helps, too. I believe my student would be thrilled to make a movie and post it on the web.
Screencasting is a
way of narrating videos or text. The
author includes John Udell's screencast about heavy metal logos as an example,
(http://tinyurl/ydp2sf). This tool may
be a good way to provide assistance to struggling students. I would create a screencast with step-by-step
instructions on a problem then I would embed it in a class wiki.
This is the essence of the read/write web - create and share
what you and your class creates with others.
You add these contributions to the larger database of learning.
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