Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Little Soldier-Podcast

http://podcastmachine.com/user/accounts

The Little Soldier
1. This lesson is intended to allow the students to experience an excerpt from the Christmas play that they will perform. The purpose is to convey the mood of scene three of the performance, and to help the performers grasp the idea of a climax in a performance.
2. The target audience will be the third fourth and fifth grade classes who will perform to play.
3. First, I write a script of the action taking place in scene three. Next, I will make selected slices of narration to be introduced into selected areas of the music. The music chosen is named FUM, FUM, FUM (4:51) from the CD entitled Christmas Extraordinaire By Mannheim Steamroller.

Friday, September 10, 2010

The NXT STEP - LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Blog

http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/

This has the potential of becoming one of my favorite blog sites.  I'm introducing my students to the Lego league in hopes exposing them to other uses for the computer and hopefully build an interest in robotics.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

SMART Document Camera with 60 Sec Phil - Podcasts

Watch this video on how to use a SMART Document Camera by 60 Sec Phil
Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5_XH_a5bTc&feature=search


When learning about document cameras in the classroom and other SMART products I subscibe to 60 Sec Phil podcasts.  I would them to be short, concise and informative.  I was able to share the videos with my teachers and help us determine if we should purchase cameras. 

The podcasts are also available in iTunes.

Sunday, August 1, 2010


This is step one of a series of videos about how to create rough dash and pebble textures in 3ds Max. The blog for these videos can be found at http://www.mentalboutmax.blogspot.com/. I would use these videos as an enrichment for my advanced level two students. I am always in need of things like this for advanced students who find the projects in our curriculum too easy. I addition, I think it will expose them to "real world"scenarios, since these tutorials are done by professionals and they talk about real industry concerns in them. Sorry for the late post. But this part of the assignment got lost in the shuffle.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast

The goal of this podcast to share lesson ideas that use technology to engage students in learning with a focus on SMARTBoard Interactive Whiteboards between educators. Teachers can listen on lunch breaks or recesses as they mark papers or on their way to school in the morning via their iPod.
I love my SMARTBoard. I am still in the learning mode but I have acquired a wealth of knowledge just by listening to podcasts on youtube. I love it!