I am placing some finishing touches to my ACEC presentation (Australian Computers in Education Conference). I have added some graphics here that I am using in my poster presentation to help explain some of the concepts of using Web 2.0 (particularly podcasting) in learning programs. I have tried to answer the How and the Why questions around Podcasting and then tried to tie that back to web 2.0 tools in general. It is important for me to give the impression that this is something that is worth while integrating into classroom practice.
First of all the how… I have two diagrams here. “Preparing for a podcast” is my attempt to give an overview of the thinking that teachers must do before attempting to implement podcasting as a learning tool.
I have tried to answer some basic questions and also outlined some questions for educators to think through. The next diagram is an overview of how I see5 steps to producing an educational podcast. Remember my aim here is podcasting a learning experience. Almost like using it as a reinforcement tool of the learning. This diagram gives some more food for thought and questions for the educator to think through.
To answer the second section of the presentation – The Why Podcasting. I have decided to do a deeper look into developing higher order thinking. 21st Century education is about encouraging those higher order thinking skills that students so desperately need to develop. This diagram is an attempt to demonstrate how producing a podcast addresses all levels of thinking (in this case Blooms Taxonomy has been used). I have suggested the questions to be answered and then given an example based on the learning program I teach about sound and music.
I would like to welcome some feedback on these ideas. This is a poster presentation I am giving for the ACEC conference. It is the first time I have presented a poster presentation. Actually, it is my first presentation at a conference like this!! All the feedback and ideas I can get from readers would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance….
The ACEC conference has been added to hitchikr with the tag acec06. Still trying to drum up interest in blogging the conference with hitchikr.
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Brett,
Your tying podcasting in with higher order thinking skills is brilliant and it is astonishing how good the fit is. One thing, however, that will get their attention is if there is some way that you can demonstrate the process of podcasting. It is such a dramatic and impressive use of technology that I suspect most people believe that it takes a lot of training and investment in technology to accomplish podcasting.
I always try to demonstrate how, if they already have a laptop with a built in mic, they could be podcasting in two hours — for free! It’s part of its value, that podcasting is so accessible.
Great luck to you. Wish I was going to be there. I will be speaking at a conference in New Zealand in February!
– dave –
Thanks for this, Brett – especially the diagrams which should get people thinking!
I produced a 5-part guide to podcasting a few months back which you’re free to use and remix under the Creative Commons license…
hi brett,
I like it that you are presenting before the actual conference, merging real time into virtual time and giving both those who will be present and those not, a pre-taste
I’ve setup a wiki to do something similar:
http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/teaching+programming
I didn’t know about hitchhikr, I had a quick look. Not sure about what I will need to do with my blogger tags before a post with acec06 will show up at http://hitchhikr.com/index.php?conf_id=38&tag_focus=acec06 but I’m looking into it. I just added an acec06 tag to one of my posts but doubt that this all that is required (?!)
Very interesting, thanks
hi brett,
I figured out from hitchhikr FAQ that I just need to register my blog at technorati. I think I’ve just done that so hopefully some of my blog post will start to show up
Thnx for initiating this and to David Warlick too for the service
Hi Brett, I’ve been following your blog, travels and progress with great interest since we did the live blogging at Sydney for the education.au seminar ‘So what’s Changed?’. Well done. Your approach to sharing your skills with podcasting is wonderful.
I’m certainly very interested in hooking up with other bloggers at the ACEC conference and even more so at the Global Summit in Sydney, ‘Technology Connected Futures’ 17-19 October
http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/305 Will you be there?
ACEC – I can’t get my posts onto hitchhikr. Here are my attempts.
http://alupton.wordpress.com/2006/09/23/acec-the-conference-in-cairns/ Any ideas? {Send me an email so we can tee up for Cairns]
See you there, Al