Teacher Cloning

Aug 8

Automating teacher functions with technology…

Admin Tasks

•Attendance•Communication (Parent, Staff,

Student)•Evaluations•Curriculum•Scheduling, discipline, etc.

Grading

•Blackboard testing•Layered Curriculum•Textbooks•Benchmark testing (D2SC)

Packaged Curriculum

•Textbooks•A+•Epic (Early College)•Cognitive Tutor•Quia

Grouping Students

•Blackboard groups (teacher defined)

•Adaptive release based on student performance

•ED-Soft data

Peer Communication•Discussion Boards and wikis•Track Changes

–Google Docs

•Yack Pack•Digital Cooperative learning

Strategies

Digital Echo

•“Ask three, then me…”•Make up work•Commonly repeated tasks

(format work, publish moviemaker files, logging into specific web sites, etc)

Automated Lecture•Audacity (Podcasts)

•PowerPoint w/narration•MS MovieMaker

•Camtasia (jing project), Captivate

Types• Personal Narration - Create your own

narration to go along with a PowerPoint show, Podcast

• Narrate Pre-existing video - Producer can combine any video clip and the PowerPoint show that narrates it or explain how it fits into the curriculum. You can also use MovieMaker to insert subtitles or questions in a video

• Screen Capture - capture video footage of on-screen actions. This is a great training tool.

Video Basics

•PowerPoint - Free•MS Producer – Free (wmv)•MS MovieMaker – Free (wmv)•Jing – free (swf)•Camtasia - $100 (avi, wmv, swf)•Captivate - $300 (stuff)

Examples

•Log in to Blackboard and enroll in “Elearning”

•Look at the “video lecture” examples. (You have 5 minutes)

Fun!

•Click on “Do Not Enter,” and run the install program. For the remainder of our time, create a brief video lecture for your class.