Multi-Media and English Education – Week 5

6555466069_3246e8b54e_b Image Courtesy of opensourceway under the CC 2.0 SA licence Goals

    • to share reflections on the collaboration assignment, assessing the tools used and their usefulness
    • to read an introduction to podcasts and discuss potential benefits
    • to be able to record, edit, and upload audio and, through a web feed, create a podcast on a blog
    • to gain practical skills in using recording devices, Garageband audio editing software, and audiomack (incl. wordpress plugin)
    • to start learn about open educational resources

Task Interview and record a teacher on (one of, or combination of):

  • Teaching beliefs – especially related to technology in education / PLNs / Specifically on what tech they use in the classroom
  • Max = 10 mins
  • Edit the audio, upload, embed and post with summary and reaction

Reading

“Consider this definition of open source and watch this TED video of Clay Shirky (from 2 minutes to 11 minutes) to help you understand how open source developments have changed the way we think about building tools.

Open content is about ownership, freedom to use, re-use, re-mix (mash up, derive), and availability. Open educational resources are free and openly licensed resources that can be used for teaching, learning, and research.”

These suggested links are thanks to What does open mean to you? by octel, licensed under Creative Commons License

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