starcast: Teaching in the 21st century

starcast: Teaching in the 21st century

November 17th, 2008 by ckennedy

Our next panel discussion / meeting / tech class is scheduled. The date is Dec. 9 from 4-5, sign up via mylearningplan if interested. The official description is pasted below. We’ll send you a question or three to be thinking about when you sign up. I think the hope is for a general discussion about teaching. The tech portion of course will be in the production of the mp3 file, posting on the internet, and burning cds. Hopefully, we will be using technology as a tool in our discussion of our profession.

Part of the theory (I’ll take the blame for the theory if you are ready to blast it, if you choose to praise the theory I’ll share a couple of other names here. I don’t want them lambasted for my ramblings on this blog. I freely admit that I did not come up with this concept, but will happily take the blame.) there is if you can find ways to integrate technology into what you are already doing one will be more likely to see the usefulness of said technology. Then, once becoming comfortable with said technology you will actively search for ways to use it perhaps in the classroom.

Teaching in the 21st Century
The discussion will be audio recorded, converted into mp3 format, and posted on the internet for listening as a podcast later. Burning audio to cd for playback on any cd player will be discussed and demonstrated using iTunes software. Participants will not only engage in the conversation but will be shown how to record and post the file on the internet so others may listen in on the discussion. This could be used later in the teacher’s class for any number of student recordings and postings.