Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The title of this post says it all for me right now. Last week when I set up my blog I felt like I was making great progress. Not only did I set up a blog, but I managed to attach a picture, add posts, and view and comment on some other class mates blogs. Today after reading "Weaving Web 2.0 into Classroom Practive" I feel like I am lost once again. There are tons of suggestions on that page and as I read them I feel like I am trying to speak a foreign langague. I decided that I would try to focus on one specific application: Instant Audio and Video. My French classes are project based ones. It is my thought that if I can learn how to use one of the instant audio and video programs, perhaps 12 seconds.com, or tokbox.com I could get encourage my students to use the website to submit assignments to me. I am sure that some of the students may be more familiar with these sites than I am, but I still would like to be proficient in at least one of my sites for the students who have not worked with an instant audio or video program before. Does anyone out there have any other suggestions on how we could use Instant Audio and Video programs in the school setting?

2 comments:

  1. I haven't used these instant audio visual programs that you refer to. I would suggest that you might want to use Voicethread with your French students...that's a good, easy Web 2.0 tool that works well with second language learners.

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  2. Voice Threads sound intersting. I am going to play around with it a bit.

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