Using SoundCloud to Share Groups of Songs Online for Assessment

The above are original compositions published 1981 by CowJazz music publishing, Canada. They are shared here for the demonstration of SoundCloud software.
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Songs were posted here using SoundCloud The color of the player is customizable. Comments may also be included on each track. Each track can be played individually. If you pay for the upgrade you can customize it further to match your site or including your logo.

I use this software to share student work online so parents can listen and experience student’s work. Assessment comments can also be included. SoundCloud also lets you create a dropbox online for students to hand in assignments in mp3 format.

Dropbox – a place to put your stuff so you can use it anywhere

Dropbox

Dropbox is a pretty cool software. If you need to have files available from other computers, even using a different OS then Dropbox is it. Look no further. It works and the basic app is even free. You can upgrade for a small cost. You just need to install the app on your computers and it creates a folder for you to put all the files you need available. So convenient and just that easy. Dropbox

Six Easy Ways for Students to Create Videos Online

Six Easy Ways for Students to Create Videos Online

YouTube claims that twenty hours of video is uploaded to its site every minute. Much of this video is created by amateur video producers. In years past if you wanted to create video, you had to have (often expensive) recording and editing equipment. Today, the web has made it possible for anyone to create and edit professional-looking content without having to purchase any special equipment or software. Creating video content is a great way to get students engaged in projects through which they can demonstrate their learning. The following are six free, web-based, resources students can use to create their own videos.

Great set of resource ideas for using video in a classroom. Find the connections embedded in the full article HERE>

Ten Trends to Affect Teaching in the Future (and now)

Ten Trends to Affect Teaching in the Future (and now)

Rodd Lucier has a great post titled Classrooms of Tomorrow on his blog right now. In that post he talks about a professional development workshop he recently facilitated for Regina Mundi College. There are two aspects of Rodd’s post that I enjoyed. First, I enjoyed reading what I would call the “guiding questions” of the session. The questions became the focus of the participant’s task to create a “classroom of the future.” From reading his post I can tell that it was the kind of workshop that I would have wanted to be a participant in. I encourage you to visit Rodd’s post and read the questions and subsequent activities for yourself.

Go here to read entire article at Free Technology for Teachers

12 Ways for Students to Publish Slideshows Online

12 Ways for Students to Publish Slideshows Online

Creating slideshows can be an excellent way for students to summarize their learning, share their what they’ve learned, and to share their ideas. If you have students that create slideshows that you or they think should be shared with a wider audience than that of their immediate peers in the classroom, the web offers many ways to do that. The following are ten free ways for students to publish their slideshows to the web.
Original article found at Free Technology for Teachers. Go here and read the entire article online.

9 Resources for Website Evaluation Lessons

9 Resources for Website Evaluation Lessons

Nine days ago I published Beyond Google, an ebooklet designed to help teachers and students improve their Internet search results. What that ebooklet didn’t include was resources for evaluating the quality of the websites that you find through Internet search engines. Therefore, I’ve compiled a list of nine resources that teachers can use as part of lesson plan about evaluating the quality and reliability of a website.

The complete article is found here at Free Technology for Teachers. Read the rest online.

Mr. J’s Original Compositions – Waiting for that Special Day

Give a Listen to this original composition written for a friend Patrick Nugier. He plays flugel horn on this track. Enjoy.

This song is posted using a wonderful new Web 2.0 software for sharing music files called “SoundCloud”. Check it out HERE!

The Teacher Chronicles

The Teacher Chronicles has two wonderful sites. Go here for the first one which is a great resource for those interested in using the computer in the classroom.  It is quite a large collection of articles and ideas about using the web to further the learning experience.  Worth checking out.

The second great site using the same The Teacher Chronicles name is a huge resource specifically aimed at using web 2.0 software and what all this great software can do to help you make the classroom more fun. Check it out here.

I found the link to all of this on another great site called Free Technology for Teachers.

MeMoov – Digital Story Telling Online software

Memoov is a free service for creating animated videos. Without downloading any software or having any special skills, Memoov allows users to create animated videos up to five minutes in length. Creating an animated video with Memoov can be as simple as selecting a setting image(s), selecting a character or characters, and adding dialogue.

Memoov offers users a wide variety options that make it stand out amongst similar services. Memoov allows users to customize the appearance of the characters in their animated videos. On the dialogue front, Memoov gives users the option to record their own voices for use in their videos. Users can also upload pre-recorded dialogue in MP3 format. Memoov users have the option to add background music to their animated videos.
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Tired of YouTube – Maybe time for a new approach.

Alternatives to YouTube. Tired of YouTube? Maybe it is time for a whole new way. Check out this huge list of alternative ideas.