Michelle+II

=NECC= Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Hall Davidson - //Director, Discovery Educator Network//
 * Finally, Staggeringly Good Things Mixing Google Earth and Media**

Handouts available at: [|discoveryeducatornetwork.com]

Get Google Earth Pro Free - contact Debra Kettman at GEEC@google.com for keys

Google Earth Pro: - make movies - make music - overlay pictures - link articles from wikipedia

How to Tips: - Insert Picture Overlay - click on insert overlay, browse for the file, upload image, rotate image, resize image - Insert Video - click on insert media, browse for the file, upload media - Preferences - to select that videos play in new windows - Picture in Description Box/Get Handout - click on link to get info (right click on the link), copy and paste the code into the Word document, save place as (on desktop as a .kmz file) then you can send it in email - Get Handout - go to the place, save it as a .kml file, code appears, then you can modify the code to include your own media, got to a picture on the web, copy url of picture, paste it into the code, save the code, save the file as .kmz (Google likes to read .kmz files) - Network Link - use this to creat tours of places (example tour of Hollywood neighbourhood)

Application - tonnes of really cool stuff - students would really love it - not too out there for our teachers and administrators - but really long, complicated instructions - hopefully they are contained within the handout - hopefully I can figure it out over the summer - good opportunity to integrate pictures from summer travels!

Check out [|Google Lit Trips] Check out [|Internet Archive]

Larry Anderson, Lucy Gray, Theodore Lai, Julene Reed, Tim Tyson, David Warlick, Tim Wilson
 * Podcasting and Podcatching for the Absolute Beginner**

Handout Available at: podcastingforbeginners.wikispaces.com

Podcasting - mash up of iPod and broadcasting

democratization of information - citizen journalism - anyone, anywhere can create and share content podcast is just a container - content can be specific to any subject, topic or grade level possible to subscribe to a podcast through RSS podcasting shifts individuals from consumers to producers moving interaction from one to many to many to many audio or video file (or even a .pdf) + XML + storage space on a server to push the content out to subscribers a blog is read but a podcast is listened to but their connection is RSS podcatching - services which allow you to seach out podcasts (example iTunes) iTunes - check out education, k-12, then search for podcasts playlists - can share libraries with other iTunes users (example - teacher creates a playlist and then all students can listen to the podcasts) podcast is a series with several different episodes - similiar to ER podcasts give students an authentic audience for their learning necessary to do a great deal of preparation - then finally record - good for students(and teachers!) to practice brevity G-Cast - podcasting so easy that Grandma can do it use Jodix to convert .wmv to .mpg4

Recommended Hardware: Olympus digital voice recorder - WS200S (has USB stick on the bottom) iPod - Belkin digital capture device (just plugs into the bottom of the iPod) Shure SM58 microphone

Need to check out podcasts for: Quick and Easy Computer Activities for the Math Classroom (Tammy Worcester)

Need to check out video on demand for: Contemporary Literacy in the New Information Landscape (David Warlick) Driving Questions ([|Kevin Honeycutt])

Need to check out presentation: Reinventing Education for the 21st Century (Designing School 2.0) ([|Wes Fryer])

L&L Daily Leader
On the new NETS for students: Quote "The first set of standards was about learning to use technology. This set is about using technology to learn." David Barr

David Warlick
 * Contemporary Literacy in the New Information Age**

Handouts Available At: [|handouts.davidwarlick.com]

Information - Find It - Decode It - Evaluate It - Organize It

Leslie Fisher
 * The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Taking Good Digital Pictures and Editing Them Effectively**

websites [|www.lesliefisher.com] [|www.bluepixel.net]

Recommendations: - minimum 1 GB card - use Lexar or San Disk cards only - improves speed

Tips and Tricks: - take more pictures, share less - frame your photos - move in and get closer - apply the law of thirds to put the most important part(s) of the picture in the intersection of the vertical and horizontal lines - use the squint test to determine what to focus on in your photograph - use lines to your advantage - they are a strong element of the photograph - use the running man setting to shoot your photographs - light will be sacrificed but you can always improve that using PhotoShop - use the natural light that exists within the photograph - take one with the flash and one without - use only optical zoom, not digital zoom - portrait mode puts the foreground in focus and blurs out the background a little bit - landscape mode puts all elements of the photo in equal focus - white balance is important to correct for the indoor lights

PhotoShop Tips 1. Image - Adjustments- Auto Colour 2. Enhance - Adjust Levels - move the triangle 3. File - Automate - Crop and Straighten Photos (useful for scanned images that are a little crooked, not in PhotoShop Elements) 4. Filter - Sharpen (always sharpen before saving)