What I Did This School Year

What I Did This School Year
The discussion will be audio recorded, converted into mp3 format, and posted on the internet for listening as a podcast later. Come and share how you used technology this year in the classroom. Let us know if it went well, or share your horror story. We’ll discuss how it could have been better, or worse. Feel free to bring products of the lesson to share. If you have a digital copy of the lesson bring that along also and we can post the file on our Starcast page.

Here is the mp3 file from the April 22 Star grant meeting. 23.6 MB (25 minutes 50 seconds)

Cell phones in Learning
Cell phones have the capability to become the "Swiss army knife" for student research and organization. First, we explore using cell phones as data collection tools: audio recorders, digital cameras, and digital camcorders. Additionally, we consider how classroom projects can be developed for cell phones: creating ring tones, text messaging, mobile WebPages, and mobile surveys. Finally, we contemplate the future features of cell phones and how those features play a role in learning.

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Here is the mp3 file from January 27 Star grant meeting. Star0127 23.2MB (25 minutes 23 seconds)

Let me first say that the audio quality is fair at best. The sound level is low, so after you download crank up your volume. I take the blame for this, I had equipment failure and my backup machine wasn’t quite up to par.

I’m not sure that we cleared up much with anyone there about CSCOPE. There seemed to be a lack of knowledge about CSCOPE and how to implement, how much to use, and I don’t know what.

As much as I hate to say it, we might need some sort of staff development. I will surely regret saying this, but I wouldn’t mind being a part of the staff development that got everyone on the same page with CSCOPE.

Oh, let me say thanks to Craig. I didn’t realize how much he was carrying me through this before today. He makes facilitating these discussions look easy.

CSCOPE with Dale (formerly of the reg. 8 Dales)

Here is the mp3 file from this discussion. 6.83 MB (29 minutes 50 seconds)
Craig, Charles, and Dale McCurdy (CSCOPE Content Area Coordinator, Science for Region 16) discuss CSCOPE. There seems to be a fair amount of confusion about what this is, why this is, and how to use it. We hope to clear the muddied waters a bit.

Dale also gave us a pdf of how to use a feedback tool in CSCOPE, so if you are using and want to give feedback check this out.

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CSCOPE

Next week Craig and I will discuss CSCOPE with Dale McCurdy. Dale has had a hand in the development of CSCOPE and was with Region 8 for the past few years. He is current title is CSCOPE Content Area Coordinator, Science for Region 16. We hope to produce a podcast with an overview of CSCOPE.
If you have any questions or comments that you would like me to pass on to Dale either comment below or email me if you do not wish to have your name associated with the question/comment in any way.
After this discussion with Dale I hope to have another STAR grant meeting on the specific topic of CSCOPE. Your listening to the overview with Dale would make a good prerequisite to attending.

sock puppet debut

Here is the anticipated first episode of sock puppet theatre!