myths of web 2.0 in the classroom
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8th
Grade American
History at South
Valley Jr. High in
Liberty, Missouri
Graduate Instructor
at Park University
teaching “Technology
for the Classroom”
Currently serving as the
2007 / 2008
Missouri Teacher of the Year
A Whole New Mind
by Daniel Pink
The World Is Flat
by Thomas Friedman
Started my journey in spring
of 2005 when I purchased my
first MP3 player
Speaking of History podcast
and blog began in June 2005
visitors
from 145
countries
in past
two years
Speaking of History Podcast / Blog
Visitors - August 2007 to July 2008
162,879 podcast downloads
in 2008 to date
Edit audio with a free program
named AUDACITY
Teaching the Declaration of
Independence as a break up
letter activity podcast
StudyCasts - Record audio
review for upcoming test
Post MP3 file to the Internet
Students
listen at home
on Internet,
MP3 player,
or CD
- Record tests for students who
have modifications
- Books have been
recorded for
students with
reading disabilities
- Record young
students reading
for fluency
Currently part of a pilot using
Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player
Transfer pictures,
audio and video
podcasts with
wireless
connections –
studycasts,
presentation notes
AT&T Grant to
create historical
information about
Liberty using Guide
by Cell technology
Students will
narrate museum
artifact information
Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast
Historical
perspective
and power of
media
Students
write the
scripts
Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create
video from still pictures
TV commercials
from history
using
PhotoStory3
Create a TV
election ad for
Lincoln to help
him win the
presidency in
1860
Create a TV
commercial
supporting either
the Federalist or
Anti-Federalist
Students
understood the
subject more than
they ever had
before
Liberty Minutes
video project
3-5 minute
videos on local
historical topics
Hollywood Night
with parents and
guests
Need to be using Web 2.0 tools
to connect my classroom with
the rest of the world
Guerrilla Season Book Blog
Project – 2007 and 2008
350 Liberty students with parents,
students in California and Illinois,
home school students and the
author in Philadelphia
Donner Party Debate
Record class debate
with MP3 player
Send experts MP3
file of debate and
they respond with
comments – 2 pages
each
E-Mail an Expert
Teacher sends
the e-mail and 10
question limit
Archaeologist
answered during a
hurricane from her
laptop on kitchen
floor of her home
Classroom connection on the
Internet for parents and students
Online
assessment
Quia and
QuizStar
Immediate
data and
feedback on
tests and
pretests
South Valley Jr. High 8th
Grade
Social Studies test results:
-Highest score of any content area
- Largest yearly improvement
Eric Langhorst
8th
Grade American History
South Valley Junior High School
Liberty, Missouri
Twitter – Elanghorst
Skype – historypodcaster
