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=Blogs & Podcasts -= ** A Blog Tutorial  ** Hopefully this will help you prepare to use a blog with your classes. Just follow the steps to get going. First we will just do some exploring. Now we can set up a site for you if you so choose Let me take you to my site as I see it and show you how to set up your blogs. =Podcasting in the classroom - Gerry Hill=
 * 1) Type [|www.classblogmeister.com] to access the site.
 * 1) Once there you can browse on the left to see what others are doing with their blogs. Feel free to take a look at what others are doing.
 * 1) Get back to the Class Blogmeister Home Page.
 * 1) Click on Select a State, click on Georgia.
 * 1) When Select a Teacher come up, click on it.
 * 1) Scroll down to the second Jimmy Jones and click.
 * 1) You are seeing what my students see when they come to my site.
 * 1) You can see my two latest assignments. Click on comments at the bottom of the assignments to see student comments.
 * 1) You can also make a comment since I have put you in as well. If you make a comment, you will not see it until I approve it.
 * 1) On the right side, go to Register a Teacher Account. Click on Register.
 * 1) At Enter Your School’s Pass Code type the following: graacnsl and enter.
 * 1) Fill out the information asked for and click Add Me.
 * 1) Now you are ready to go.
 * 1) Once you have a blog site, you can enter your site either of two ways.
 * 1) You can go to the state, then the teacher, and the login from the upper left-hand corner.
 * 1) Or you can go to the right of the Class Blogmeister Home Page, find To Edit Your Blog, and type in the requested information.
 * 1) First go to the Control Panel and fill out the information requested. You can personalize the look of your blog in several ways at this point or at a later time.
 * 1) The go to the Class Panel to set up your classes.
 * 1) To set up assignments, click on Assignments. Type in your assignments, but when you are finished with the assignment, click on publish and then Save.

Technology -ban ipods or not? how useful or problems? ck handout - scan article fox news.com - do we agree or not: [|Schools Ban ipods to Prevent Cheating] [|Are I-pod-banning schools cheating our kids?]

Should we change the questions we are asking b/c of the access our students have to technology?

Monitoring capabilities - "laptop jail" to shut down computers that are not being used appropriately or on task.

Discussion of GAC's use of personal electronic devices policy. Revise list of equipment?

Podcasting definition - capturing audio and/or vido files onto a website or portable device for boradcast. No Ipod is needed to listen to a podcast; any pc, mac, mp3player, pda or advanced cell phone can play the files. Students only need a media player of some sort.
 * demand - increasing dramatically (100% each year since 2006)
 * advantage - ability to download lecture; higher test scores; use ipod instead of textbook; classtime used to solve problems
 * many incoming freshman to major universities receive ipods/itouches
 * disadvantage - class attendance

How does Mr. Hill use it? - help absent students catch up on work through link on wiki page - capable of downloading podcast of lecture

AUDCACITY software program on web - [|Audacity software] - also get the LAME decoder download as well - only requires external microphone - used this for Final Exam review

Now, Mr. Hill uses the I-Talk Microphone to record lecture during class (can purchase at amazon.com for $10 approx.) - docks directly into bottom port of ipod -choose voice memos on the menu list - can control with "wheel on the ipod r the button on the italk -when complete, dock into iTunes and they system will ask if you want to move voice memos into iTunes (then delete from iPod to save space) -move the voice memo into iTunes then change format to MP3 file found on Hoo Technology (available for $19.95)

tip: need fully charged ipod to do this - will last an entire block period

podbean.com option - free option - "Advanced" option for $5/month is best choice - RSS feed for iTunes - [|Gerry's podcast website]

Contact Gerry for specifics!

To approve student comments, go to New Approval Tool. You have the options of editing, approving, or deleting the individual c