Comments on: iTeach, iLearn: Student Podcasting (The Presentation)

By: Tama’s eLearning Blog » Blog Archive » The 5G Video iPod Microphones are almost here … (finally!)

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:40:46 +0000

[...] … all set to enter the market in the near future (release dates range from a vauge “late spring” [which would be late Autumn for those of us in Australia) to no date at all, but you can pretty much guarentee they’ll all appear in quick succession). Given the far greater audio recording quality inherent to the 5G iPod Video models (44.1khz stereo), the owners of the latest iPods are (finally) about the become (potentially, at least) the creators of high-quality podcasts (and numerous other digital audio products)! At a higher education level (and, indeed, a K-12 level, too), this means that buying iPods can simply be supplemented with a microphone plugin to turn them into a high quality recording device and separate devices won’t be necessary for a wide range of audio recording tasks. Bring on the student-created podcasts! [...]

By: Tama’s eLearning Blog » Blog Archive » Social Constructivisim

Tama’s eLearning Blog » Blog Archive » Social Constructivisim — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:09:32 +0000

[...] Student podcasts, as I’ve said before, are one of our most cutting edge tools for social constructivism, using the ubiquity of iPodness and the iGeneration to built learning and teaching strategies for and with a new generation of university learners. [...]

By: dave

dave — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:31:24 +0000

I’ve recemtly started to use microsoft producer & the breeze plugin for powerpoint which record audio rather well.
You can download the breeze plugin here: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/faculty_support/presentationTools/Breeze/index.htm

other solutions are Camtasia Studio: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp or thier page on powerpoint http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/education.asp
However, the best solution is an application called ‘captivate’ by Macromedia, a truely inspired application

Dave

By: Tama

Tama — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:56:58 +0000

Thanks Jennifer – as much as I’m Windows Moviemaker phobic, it seems like the best option for now …

By: Sarolta

Sarolta — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:11:57 +0000

Thank you, Tama, very much for sharing your experiences and observations with us. Thanks to Burk and Jennifer for their comments too.

By: Jennifer Maddrell

Jennifer Maddrell — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:51:35 +0000

Here are 2 “poor woman” (free) suggestions for XP users. The editing tools are very basic, but also very easy (and did I mention? free)

1. Microsoft Photo Story 3
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

If you want a very easy way to narrate Power Point slides, save the PP presentation in JPEG (file / save as, change the save type as to JPEG). Files can then be uploaded in Photo Story and narrated directly in the application – a REALLY easy process. Audio can also be uploaded.

2. Microsoft Windows Movie Maker
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

If you want to sync up existing audio with Power Point slides, save slides as above, upload JPEG files and audio file and extend length of picture to match audio.

Both applications allow you to save the project in various compressions (for e-mail, DVD, Web) – and, of course, you can use a free video file converter to save to your format of choice. There are likely other options, but these tools are easy to use (Photo Story is really easy) . . . and (did I mention?) free!

By: Tama

Tama — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:32:49 +0000

Thanks Burks, I’ll take a look at Impactica.

By: Burks Oakley

Burks Oakley — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:52:22 +0000

Tama – Hi! Thanks for sharing all this with us. Really a great presentation – and you are right on target with your comments about “coursecasting”.

You might want to look at Impatica at:

http://www.impatica.com/

for providing synchronized audio with PowerPoint.

– Burks