Okay, so I know this probably occurred to the rest of you, but I'm slow on the uptake. I realized as I was reading about podcasting how the different tech strategies of learners not only target different levels of Gardner's multiple intelligences (visual for d.s., aural for podcasts, etc.) but also that they CAN kind of address multiple views of philosophies of teaching. Wikis are extremely constructivist, blogs are humanistic, etc. This made the dork inside of me (okay, outside) very proud.
So anyway, back to the point. In chapter 8 of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts . . . Will (we're on a first name basis now that he responded to my blog) talks about some really neat tools that I'm excited about using at school. I'd done podcasting in Kajder's class (she's awesome if you haven't had her yet), but I like that he walks you through how to do it. Kajder explained it to me because I'd expressed interest, but I'm bad at listening and being able to then "do" when it comes to technology. I'd love to do book talks with podcasts when we do literature circles. I think the kids would eat it up.
Also, screencasting sounded super neat. Right now, I'm working with two other LA teachers, Lauren and Beth to develop a website to act as a resource to our students that provides frontloading material for books, will steer them to resources for these books (internet articles, and such) and will provide a space for them to discuss the books with kids from our three schools. (That is our vision anyway). I see potential for screencasting to be a useful multimedia tool for something like this that is a sight intended to promote student-centered learning. (Of course podcasting would be great for this sight too)
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Adding multimedia like screencasting could really help the kids with discussing the works - a whole new way to convey their understanding and thoughts about the books.
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