Even though we work in the K-12 environment, there is a weath of information at iTunesU that we can utlize. Perhaps it is showing just a clip of a movie or a segment of a presentation. It may spark thoughts for your students.
One person that we enjoy is Randy Pausch from Carnegie Mellon. His "Last Lecture" has made an impact on many people.
What is something you found? How can you use it? Blog about it here!
Kind of excited! I found old shows I used to watch on PBS as a kid. Stuff that the department of education produced that I thought was long gone. I actually showed a little, "Once Upon a Time" to my kids! They thought it was fun and funny! In addition, I found that a lot of videos on ancient cultures are available. I am excited to use some of these videos as clips to illustrate certain parts of ancient culture. I know that bits and pieces are all I can use because some of what I found is a little over there heads, but useful!
ReplyDeleteI typed in Kindergarten and then reading strategies. I came up with videos about summaries, making connections, determining importance, and inferring. The one on summaries showed a teacher working with her class on summarizing a book, "Jamaica’s Find". We have this book in our reading program. She teaches the group that the summary is giving someone just a little sneak peak but never spilling the beans. She pretends that they are going to tell their grandma what a great book this is and how to do that without spilling the beans. They tell who the story is about. What that character wanted to do. But, what was the problem, and so then what happened. I could show a clip to students as I was introducing or reviewing how to do a summary. There was also a reading strategy one on making connection where a teacher is working with four kiddos and teaching them how to make connections text to self and text to another text. PRynes
ReplyDeleteI tried searching for videos about the solar system since we are currently covering that in science, but most of what I found was not appropriate for 4th grade. Then I thought about our reading story this week which is about Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt so I search for both women. I found a clip from a television show in Kansas about Amelia Earhart. It was a little over 8 minutes long, which is a great length for reading class. I previewed it to make sure it was appropriate and then showed it today in class. The kids were very interested by it and found the pictures to be "cool" because they could see what Amelia really looked like and some of the planes she flew in back in the 1920's and 1930's. Overall, a great experience, and one I would repeat on other topics!
ReplyDeleteI found a presentation on Phonemic Awareness that was interesting. It reminded me of the importance of teaching phonemic awareness in the kindergarten classroom. It really is a big indicator of future reading success. I could spend all day searching. I'll try typing in kindergarten and see what comes up-- thanks for the tip.-- Cindy
ReplyDeleteI didn’t find iTunes University as helpful as I expected. I usually have trouble narrowing down what to select when looking at podcasts, etc., but I had trouble finding something applicable to my students initially. I appreciate the suggestions from other teachers about how they used different clips in their classes. The one thing I found was a lecture series from the Speech-Language department in Arizona. I watched a TBI lecture which was a nice refresher for myself, but not great to use with kids. I’ll keep an open mind and check out other things on iTunes University. I will definitely check out the “Last Lecture”.
ReplyDeleteI was so excited this week to find the "Harvard Business Review Idea Cast"! It has clips from business experts on business ideas and how to implement them in your company. I used one today in class and the students were able to gather some very important information on successful and unsuccessful product launches. They are in the process of choosing the kind of business they would like to open and this gave them some valuable tips on what not to do when choosing a new product to develop.
ReplyDeleteI also plan to use "What Great Bosses Know" in my business management class next semester. This podcast contains practical leadership lessons for managers who want to be great bosses. The clips are 3-5 minutes and include a wide variety of topics.
I'm still looking for something to use in computer applications 3 about innovative technology but I just haven't found one that I feel would work best for students yet. I'll continue searching this last week for something to use in that class.
I found a very interesting video from McGill University which did a study on why some people have a greater emotional connection with some music performances over others of the same music. It went on to explain how variances in tempo and dynamics draw in the listener. A computer generated performance was played for listeners who ranked each snippet according to the one they believed to be most musical to least musical. Each passage slightly varied tempo and volume during its duration. The research discovered that the more variance was put into each phrase of music, the more it drew the listener's interest. As a musician myself, I was not surprised of the findings as we discuss musicality in our classes each day. I am planning to show this to my freshman band class to help them better understand what musicality is and is not.
ReplyDeleteI had a harder time than I expected finding something useful. I found a Yale lecture series that I thought I might personally find interesting, but it started in the middle and I was totally confused. I think a few podcasts later I figuerd out how to get the old ones. I did find one called "60-second adventures in thought" that seemed really good--fun to watch, lively, short enough to use in class, and interesting. I think "The Grandfather Paradox" might be good with one of the short stories in our anthology, but it would probably need some context, because it might be too fast for some students to digest.
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for iTunesU podcasts that are video rather than just audio. I found several great History podcasts on here. I can simply go to the iTunesU front page and scroll down to the tab that says History. I wish it was easier to search for a specific topic, like "Industrial Revolution" or "Reign of Terror". Instead, I have to go through the podcasts I enjoy and hope they will play something I am teaching. Several great podcasts out there include "National Geographic Live!" and some wonderful lectures from Columbia University. I would love to play these lectures for my students and show them how difficult college history classes will be for taking notes!
ReplyDeleteI found a few Podcasts that I enjoyed. Such as Brain Teasers from Khan Academy and Google Tools. The Brain Teasers videos would be a great tool for me to use in my classroom during a transition and it is a fun way to get my kiddos thinking. I also enjoyed the 60 second adventure in thought. Probably too advanced for my kiddos but some information I enjoyed
ReplyDeleteI found a series called Volcanoes by Liz. She is a curator at the National Museum of Natural History and the Director of the Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian. She does short shows that explain different things about volcanoes for example what ash is and where earthquakes and volcanoes occur. I can use these when I teach about earthquakes and volcanoes.
ReplyDeleteI found some very interesting Podcasts from iTunes U. The first one I found is called, World History 101 by Dr. Richard Moss. This would be extremely useful to anyone teaching 7th grade World History. The second one i found interesting is called National Geographic Exploring the Past. This Podcast covers all sorts of historical events which any History teacher would find helpful. Finally, I found a Podcast called The American Revolution...Joanne B. Freeman. This goes into great detail about the American Revolution which I plan to use next year during the beginning of 2nd quarter.
ReplyDeleteI subscribed to 4 different iTunes U programs. They were Reading Strategies AuSable Primary Educators, Masters of Photography National Geographic Live, Understanding RTI, and Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Oh My! My students enjoyed watching the volcano one because we just got done studying them. It was short and kept their attention. A scientist shared information on how volcanoes erupt and even showed a piece of the mantle. Kids really thought that was cool! Reading strategies was very beneficial in how to teach certain strategies. It was geared towards grades K-2. I watched a comprehension one with 2nd graders and it showed the teacher actually working with students. It was a perfect example of how to run a guided reading group. Understanding RTI had a gentleman from Florida giving an overview of how RTI works. It gave me more of an understaning of RTI. Now I just need to watch the other ones that go into more detail about Tiers 1, 2, & 3. He was very informative on how it works at Florida schools. The National Geographic video that I downloaded was about meerkats. I haven't shown my students yet, but they are funny little guys! I'm sure I could find a lot more to watch depending on what I am teaching. I didn't find much out there for personal narrative writing. It just depends on what topic you are looking for.
ReplyDeleteWow... so much out there and so little time. What were some of the ones I found, hmmm... this is tough for someone in the early stages of Adult ADD...lol.
ReplyDeleteAs Catt or Anne stated, there is so much out there, it is time consuming to find parts of one podcast to use in the class room. Grammar Girl, not from iTunes U, is a great little short podcast to be used and can be found in the podcasting section of iTunes.
As for iTunes U, I found Engl 101, it has some great handouts and video clips on writing. I actually found one that I'll use this week.
Found and enjoyed the Khan Academy Algebra. Lots of great topics I can use at home if my son is stumped with his homework! Also found Barnes Podcast of To Kill a Mockingbird. This had chapter by chapter discussions of the book. Since this is an 8th grade novel, this could be of use for Lit teachers as well as students.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I thought that iTunes University was a little bit less kid friendly. There are many sites available that would help teachers, but not as many exciting videos, etc. I found a few instructional podcasts: "Tech Stuff" and "Teacher Technology Tools". These seemed very helpful in offering a tutorial to teachers in need of technology review, such as me. Finally, I found an interesting podcast on Project Based Learning by Edutopia. A few videos from this podcast demonstrate success using what it called "learning expeditions" which was another way of saying completing a project in a certain time frame. I could easily apply this to the project menus I use for students who read the novels ahead of their peers.
ReplyDeleteI Love Jazz episode 1111
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This I-Pod is a collection of magazine style programs based on Don Wolff's jazz radio show. Each show features local jazz artis sharing their knowledge, appreciation, and historical insights about jazz from the 1900's to today.
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