ArTechTivity (TM)

NEWS RELEASE January 15, 2008

When the region’s teachers, administrators, educational technology specialists, library media specialists and school board members gather in Seattle in February for the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE), many will attend workshops and presentations being lead by Everett Public Schools staff.

“Everett’s technology and teaching staff are well known for the ways they use technology to help students learn, and they are often asked to share their expertise with other educators,” said Everett’s Information Systems and Technology Director, Ken Toyn. “NCCE’s mission is to promote and support the effective use of technology in all aspects of education, and it speaks well for Everett Public Schools that so many of our staff are NCCE presenters this year.”

Toyn also points out that parents and community members will be able to see many of these same teachers and their students in action during the school district’s annual technology fair at Cascade High School on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2007 beginning at 6 p.m. “These staff will be among dozens of others with their students at Cascade that evening,” said Toyn. “Our annual Student Technology Exhibition is our way of showcasing to the community how we are using technology as a teaching and learning tool and to express our thanks for the consistent support which has made it possible to have technology in our schools.”

Presenting at the NCCE Seattle workshops between Feb. 26-29, 2008are the following educators from Everett Public Schools:

· Cynthia Gaub, who teaches art and technology at North Middle School, will demonstrate how to Inspire Girls Through Podcasting in TechREACH Clubs. Gaub’s workshop will show how to leverage podcasting to improve student learning and increase communication between home and school. Those who attend will learn to use free software to produce their own podcasts and how to locate educational podcasts for their classrooms. TechREACH is an after-school program Gaub uses with students at North Middle School.

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Day Two…

Today we will be planning our “final project”

ArTechTivity (TM) Pod Zero

This is Podcast ZERO of ArTechTivity (TM) why zero? Because this is my teacher made sample of what I plan to create with my students next year

Also Today we are sharing our storybooks and learning more about podcasts in general. We are searching through eudcational podcasts to hear what others are doing out there with the medium.

Here are some of my STUDENT MADE favorites:

• Gigapeas in a Gigapod: ACS Student Podcast - A Podcast created by the middle school students of Academy Charter School in Castle Rock, CO
• Middle School Art Teacher Podcast: An educational podcast with a mix of lesson sharing, Tales From the Classroom, problem solving, news and more. Your host, Brian Rhea, teaches in Carrollton and lives in Coppell, Texas.
• My Trivia Podcast: A Trivia Podcast of ten questions and answers, of material that is easiliy verifiable. Occasional audio questions, and totally random. This podcast is short, with a duration of generally less than eight minutes.
• WJJL Radio is a monthly radio show published by our 6th graders. Each new show has a different host who introduces the segments.  The class came up with the tagline, “Where education meets utilization,” to be our overall theme of our shows.  Each month the students volunteer to try out for the show. Shows are recorded in the classroom using a microphone attached to the computer.  They use a planning sheet to brainstorm their ideas as a group as well as to help refine and edit their final product.

Here are some of my teacher/educator MADE favorites:

• Academic Aesthetic:The philosophical musings and goings on of a technology loving Art teacher.
• Digital Photography Tips from the Top Floor:Short and sweet - with non-techy tips that you can put to use immediately. Covers everything from image composition to post processing. No matter if you use a digital point-and-shoot or an expensive digital SLR. With a good sense of humour, Chris Marquardt manages to convey tips for the beginner as well as the professional photographer.

Here are the ones my “Play it BY Ear” classmates found that they liked:

• Information Station: Branson Elementary Library Media Center
• DreamExtreme:DreamExtreme is produced by the students of Mr. Cosand’s 6th grade class at Kennedy Elementary School in Medford, Oregon
• TechTipTuesday:TTT presents weekly computer tips that will help you and your computer(s) remain friends for life!
• Pterodacyl Lounge:Original music done by students of Skowhegan Regional Vocational Center, the Marti Stevens Learning Center, and thier Interactive Media Instructor Paul LeBrun

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Day One….

Play it by Ear: Complete Storybook Project

Summer Professional Development class on Podcasting and using Audacity.

The Next Project is a group project. A picture book was copied and pages divided among a five person group. Each person read (with FLUENCY) their pages, pausing for sound effect and page turns. Then spent time adding sound effect, background music and page turns. These were each saved and then combined to complete the entire story.  This is a fun fast way to complete a larger project. It sure will be intertesting to see how the complete project sounds.

Complete Storybook Project

Storybook project (my segment)

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Play it by Ear: Interview Assignment

Here is our first project. The idea is one person recorded the questions and a second person recorded answers (separately) then each person swapped and combined to end up with several unique radio shows.

Here is my first sample: My Questions with John’s Answers

Here is another sample: Alan’s Questions with my Answers

Here is another sample: Group Interview

Here is another sample: German Interview