Audio Editing Tutorial--Oh My Darling
Here's an example of the finished tutorial, "Oh My Darling"
View ArticleAudio Theater--I've Been Waiting for You
Here are student samples from the audio play "I've Been Waiting for You"
View ArticleHistoric Interview
The historic interview project is a powerful way for students to connect to both history as well as to friends and family. It gives them a reason to talk meaningfully with a grandparent, uncle, or...
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Metamorphosis: Audio Play Scripting
The following example was provided by Kate Mazzetti. It's an audio play based on an excerpt from Kafka's Metamorphosis. Turning a work of prose into a audio play is riddled with 'teachable moments'....
View ArticlePoetry Walk Remix--Nature
In this project students select and mix lines from poetry with appropriate music. The theme of this mix was "nature walk."We mixed Walt Whitman, Longfellow, and Trifonic.“The smallest sprouts show...
View ArticleYouth Radio
Below are some excellent works from YouthRadio. “That Sickening Smell?”http://www.youthradio.org/oldsite/fourthr/061205_airpolution.shtmlYouth Radio’s Sophie Simon-Ortiz grew up in West Berkeley near a...
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Character Interview
Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is put on the hot seat in this character interview. Click to play
View ArticleRemixing Primary Sources
This activity tackles new formats and new ways of creative expression that remix and digital media allow. Students are asked to creatively remix text, audio from speeches and broadcasts, audio from...
View ArticleLeave your Tone after the Beep
QuickstartThis is an activity to teach tone. It connects to teaching writers how to use tone with different audiences and different purposes.For this activity, you will leave a short voice mail...
View ArticleISTE Contests
ISTE is running two contests related to the new book. The first one involves using the same six sounds to create an original one-minute story--Six Sounds in Search of an Author.The Second contest...
View ArticleSix Sounds Contest @ NJAET
The New Jersey Association of Educational Technology (NJAET) is sponsoring the Six Sounds in Search of an Author Contest. Here's the contest rules. It's for grades 3-12. It comes with a tutorial,...
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Teaching with Foley
Foley is the art of making sound effects with ordinary objects. It can be used to both support traditional literacies and expand the communication tools of students. It can augment and expand...
View ArticlePhotoshopping History
Earlier this year I was asked to develop a project on Photoshop for 150 history teachers in San Bernardino County. I thought that the idea of image manipulation throughout history would be a good...
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When the Lit Hits the Fan (Guest Post for the School Library Journal)
This week I was honored to be a guest blogger for the School Library Journal on the topic of fanfiction in education, thanks to the great Peter Gutierrez, who I've been cyber-stalking since I met him...
View ArticleCourses
I'm trying an experiment to get as much of course material out to the public as possible. I'm starting with my Using Integrated Software and Introduction to Authoring Tools. Here's my syllabus with...
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Presentation to Chinese Educators
On Friday December 21 I had to pleasure to present Major Trends in Technology, Society and Education to a group of visiting educators from Futian District of China. Here's the presentation....
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Shakespeare for Everyone: Working with Students with Severe Disabilities
This is some work I'm doing at a school for students with multiple disabilities. This was originally posted on the Folger Shakespeare Library's Making a Scene Blog in July 11, 2013 and reposted...
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Maker Movement
I've been introducing the concept of makerspaces to different students and people (as well as being a participant observer at a fewmakerspaces). It connects and extends my work in DIY media, and I've...
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From Blocks to the Boardroom: A Systems Approach to Educational Technology
Why does technology often seem underused in classrooms?What's the best framework for using technology in educational setting?What can systems thinking teach us about the use of educational...
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