Webcast Academy
Graduation Cast -- Jose Rodriguez AKA Number 3
This is my version of a Graduation Cast. I followed Number 1 (the Chief, Jeff Lebow) and Number 2 (Alice Mercer). Thanks to the Webcast Academy for making this such a memorable summer. Well back to work. 2007-08 here I come! Link to my Webcaster Portfolio.
Chat Log Below
Audio of planning meeting for It's Elementary
Show #3 for my Webcast Portfolio: Alice's Restaurant - A conversation with Dave Cormier of Ed Tech Talk
Show notes:
LAUSD Technology Showcase
This was a Webcast hosted by LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) in an Elluminate Session. I simulcasted on Webcast Academy Sandbox A. My co-hosts for this event were Henry Anker and Mathew Needleman. Henry talked about the development of Mr. Anker's tests. He walked us through a couple of his flash programs in math and in reading comprehension. We had a great discussion on how teachers use these web based programs for practicing of skills and review on learning standards. Mathew talked about his work as webmaster of Videos in the Classroom and Open Court Resources Sites. How he has used digital media to give his students access to learning success. He talked about the correlation between using these tools for learning and production of content by students and the ongoing debate on the digital divide. I talked about the Web 2.0 classroom. The different tools available to us. I talked about my plans for 2007-08 and making connections with other classrooms. Our conversation continued as Martha Valencia spoke about professional development opportunities in the UPDATE program. We had discussion about other tech happenings in LAUSD.
Links Referred to on Show:
Webcast Academy Session 2.2.5
This is the audio from the Webcast Academy meeting 2.2.5, our last offcial meeting of this intern group. As we discussed, this is more of a beginning than an end because now you are all ready to become active webcasters in the Worldbridges and EdTechTalk communities. We look forward to participating in your shows!
Please note that in keeping with our tradition of putting raw audio up for webcast academy meetings, this audio file has a number of problems. I (Susan) was using a new computer to stream. One hour earlier, I had tested with members of the community and all seemed fine. As you will hear, there is a tinny sound, not quite an echo but a very unpleasant almost echo sound. Also in keeping with webcast academy and open source learning- all suggestions will be appreciated as I have not yet solved the mystery!
Thanks for a wonderful session to a wonderful group!
Best, Susan, Cheryl and Jeff
Reflecting on It's Elementary
This was cross-posted on my website at Inside Edition: It's Elementary behind the scenes...
It’s Elementary » Blog Archive » It’s Elementary Show #3 Podcasts - Just Listen to Me! If you check it out, the show is surprisingly good and we sound like we know what we’re doing, but this show had some real pain behind it…
Show #2 for my Webcast Portfolio: Alice's Restaurant - A conversation with James Farmer of edublogs
Okay, James is a very hard guy to pin down, but I did it! Our discussion was based in a series of blog posts that started with Will Richardson's post from a conference on the Future of the Teacher.
The Educational Bloodbath Show!!! (tell us what you think)
I found myself today chatting with my webcasting partner in crime Chrissy about what to do next as interns at the Webcast Academy. By the end of the convo we found ourselves laughing about show ideas for post-academy life and Chrissy comes up with this u-beaut title, "The Educational Bloodbath Show!!!" (disclaimer: actually it was my idea for the title but her idea for the show)
Here's the pitch: Weekly show where we tackle the controversial topics in education.... HEAD-ON, NO PRISONERS!
Possible topics:
Webcast Academy Session 2.2.5
Interns, feel free to edit this page to add agenda items and/or questions for this meeting.
(don't worry, revisions are made automatically, so you can't do any long-term harm) click on the title of this post to see the full agenda
This is the day you thought was so far away just 5 weeks ago. Susan and
I feel the same way! First we have to say Have a great vacation to Jeff
Lebow as he is taking a well deserved break from Worldbridges and
Edtechtalk. Welcome to Dave Cormier who has been participating in the
WCA chat at skype.
1. Music
Please add resources that you use to this forum post.
When you add links, be sure to explain how to actually capture the mp3
file and any other instructions needed to make good use of your
suggested site.
2. Participate at edtechtalk!
Remember there are many shows at Edtechtalk and Worldbridges that you
can participate in weekly. You can chat and ask to be invited into the
skype.
Additional note to this item: This week, after a great show, Cheryl L said, "I am so excited that through the webcast I connected with someone who loves monarchs as much as I - who would've thought. It's connections like this that keep me going." This is the essence of webcasting! Connecting!! Soooo, what's the difference between podcasting and webcasting and what do we need to put on our checklist to make sure that we take advantage of the live nature of webcasting? Please add your thoughts and experiences to this forum post and then we will add all information to the Book of Webcasting
What does it mean to connect through webcasting?
3. What's next?
However, if you want to continue streaming how about the following?
Suggestion for continuing this collaborative learning, what do you think?
Create a time, weekly or bi-monthly, for different interns to sign up to stream a show so the interns can still meet.
Make some day and time suggestions to see if you can continue the learning 2.0!
4. Kick the Stream
Kick the Stream- you can sign up to take part in kicking the stream
during the class. You will need to stream during this activity.
Susan Ettenheim
Cheryl Oakes
add your name here! (all you have to do is be ready to stream)
Reading treasures part 1
So here is the edited version of part 1 of reading treasures.
Cuentos De Mi Tierra -- Leyendas Mexicanas
Shownotes:
This was a Spanish Webcast. Join us as we discuss Pre-Columbian Folklore. The Rodriguez Clan; Jorge Adrian Rodriguez, Don Rosendo Rodriguez and I (Jose Rodriguez) are joined by Kevin Sandridge. Special thanks to my It's Elementary Webcast buddies Lisa Durff and Alice Mercer (AKA stream checkers). Yes Alice; There was a story about Giants. I had a last minute change in computers after simplecast crashed on me. The skype gods stayed on my side. Only difficulty was audio on my mic was really low. Special thanks to Jorge Rodriguez for his superb storytelling; you can contact him at [email protected]
Stories referred to on show below;
La
Llorona; The Weeping Women a women that drowned her children and now is
cursed to look for them for eternity. We talked about the different
versions popular throughout Mexico. Many people claimed to have seen
her, even today. Rosendo shared his experience. One night his wife
sewing late into the night when she heard her wailing down the streets.
Duendes/Chaneques; miniture goblins that create havoc. Don
Resendo gives us examples of how the goblins would hide their sandals
and throw them in the prickly pears. Don Rosendo talks about duendes
appearing near the Laguna where he lives now.
Tales from the Belen Cemetery in Guadalajara Mexico. El nino que le tenia miedo a la oscuridad.(Nachito) The boy that was afraid of the darkness. When he was left at home and his night light went off, he died of fright. When he was buried the next day its tomb was open and the body outside. The grave digger reburried the body. Each night for the next 10 days the same would happen. It wasn't until his body was put on an outside grave with the body exposed so that light would it rest in peace. Visitors still routinely leave candy and and toys to him. Many believe him to be a guardian angel.
Tales about Giants. The Mountain of dead in the state of Aguas Calientes. How Giants that lived on Earth were called back to the heavens. When they refused to go they were turned into Mountains. There was a certain romanticism. About a couple of Giants that still walk the alleys of Aguas Calientes.
Jorge shared with us a story about the great Volcanoes. The son
of the Sun and the daughter of the moon come down to Earth. An Adam and
Eve story and how they lost their divinity. When She dies he is so
heartbroken he stays at her side until and filled with sorrow the cries
his hear out (literally) the Sun God so endeared decides to keep them
together forever as the two great Volcanoes outside of Mexico City.
Kevin shared with us his trip to Puebla. The Folklore he learned while there. Jorge tells us of the Creation of the Sun and the Moon. How the Sun is put in the sky. and how when the Moon is created it was just as bright as the Sun. The Aztec Gods decide this could not be. The Aztec Gods thew a rabbit at the Moon. It's impression is still there today. And with impact it starts the Moons rotation around the Earth.
Finally, Don Rosendo shares his personal stories of the bracero life in El Norte. The times he shared with my grandfather Tomas Rodriguez.
Chat Log Below
Show #1 for My Portfolio: Coffee Klatch with Maria Knee
This show was a discussion about planning for teaching technology to primary students. I asked for input to my lesson plans from Maria Knee, since she teaches kindergarten. Notice the forceful patience that Maria uses in pointing out how I need to let the children actually use the computers on the first day. Notice how tired I am talking at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning.
Technical notes:
Streaming from within FlashMeeting
Today, Lisa Durff (from America) and I (from Australia) managed to get a stream working and tested by Kevin Sandridge via FlashMeeting, a free alternative to Elluminate. It worked very well I think and here is a short video I recorded of the live event using Jing:
http://www.screencast.com/t/H4UjkHV88tj
Perhaps FlashMeeting would be a worthwhile alternative platform for future broadcasts, especially given the recent choppiness of Skype and downtime from last week. Interested in what others think.
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Streaming without skype about books
So here are 15 minutes worth of skypeless talk. Note how the silences slowly become fewer as the topic consolidates around books. Boy, I was in a sweat!
Oh, and I wasn't alone. I had some wonderful people in the chat room!
See http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1221 for more about the show
and http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1222 for the successful streaming on alado
Streaming without skype
Carla Arena, Dennis Oliver, Dennis Newson, Erika Cruvinel and I had planned a great session on reading treasures with everything planned and organized. However, Skype choose exactly this moment to detach itself from the rest of the world. So after several minutes of ho-humming, Carla and I took the stream without Skype and kept it up separately, each talking to ourselves.
Congratulations!
Aren't you going to tell everyone about your BIG news, Chrissy?
Reading Treasures in the Language Classroom - Resources
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends: they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors,and the most patient of teachers.” Charles W. Eliot