Ms. Sharp's Technology Podcasts

Welcome to Ms. Sharp's Technology Podcast!

Episode 1: HTML
Episode one is all about HTMLs. I will be discussing what the acronym stands for, what an HTML is, and how we can start to use HTMLs in our Technology Integration Projects.

Episode 2: Uploading HTMLs
This podcast offers step-by-step instructions for presentations, newsletters, brochures, web pages)
to communicate information and ideas to various audiences

METs
TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
2. know how to insert various objects (e.g., photos, graphics, sound, video) into word processing documents, presentations,or web documents

TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS
1. use basic telecommunication tools (e.g., e-mail, WebQuests, IM, blogs, chat rooms, web conferencing) for collaborative
projects with other students

2. use a variety of media and formats to create and edit products (e.g., presentations, newsletters, brochures, web pages) to communicate information and ideas to various audiences

3. identify how different forms of media and formats may be used to share similar information, depending on the intended audience (e.g., presentations for classmates, newsletters for parents)

For my internship next year I am going to be in a 4th grade classroom. I am preparing a Student Gallery of the related technologies that I would like to teach. These podcasts are intended to aid students as they complete the Digital Story project, as they use their photos to create a digital story, and will then learn how to upload their story to their blogs via an HTML.

I used the MAC program Garageband to create these podcasts. I found the program to be very manageable, and found the video tutorials on Apple.com to be very helpful. I would use this technology in the future. I can see the idea of creating "radio" broadcasts to be appealing to students, but I don't think that I would include it on a must-do for my technology integration. Rather, I may have it for a self-exploration, or introduce it to students interested in doing a class message, or broadcasts. I found it to be very difficult, and time consuming and confusing, so I really want to improve my skills at podcasting before I expect students to create one.