Journal #1 - SarahM

Journal Response 1
Sarah Morgan

From:
Discovery Education Classroom Resource Guide
November 2005
Blogs, Pods, Wikis & Furls by Mike Lawrence

This is the condensed version on Will Richarson's book and published for the users of www.unitedstreaming.com Check this out if you've never used it!

He starts the article by saying "...the next generation is immersed is a world in which all media are accessible, searchable, and most importantly, remixable." and goes on to say that students "reach their own conclusions and retell and recombine what they have discovered as newfound knowledge." This fits in perfectly to the LMT's job.
He then talks about the following:
Editing tools
like iMovie, Final cut Pro and Premiere Elements, GarageBand and Audacity to remix and create "new, interpretive creations." Even some of the videos found in UnitedStreaming are editable, so students can keep engaged.
RSS - Real Simple Syndication
that affects the way we gather information, distribute homework, and collect student assignments allowing teachers to "feed" students information/audio/video/text through web sites that can be accessed/respond from any computer and even cell phone. The simplest way of doing this to generate your own blog. Look at www.feedburner.com which allows users to set up blogs with RSS feeds capable of handling audio and video.
Podcasting
sometimes called videoblogs, vlogs, vdcatsts - that can support mainly audio and now video. Go to iTunes to get free podcasts. You can also make your own podcast of anything from class lectures to class dialogues.
Wikis
wikis allow any visitior to edit the site, add their own text or photos. Like a blog but it is editable.
www.pbwiki.com
www.wikispaces.org
Blogs
Short for weblog - we know about these! They are a valuable collaboration tool and easier to use that traditional HTML.
www.blogger.com
www.edublogs.org
Furls
These are basically public bookmark lists which I highly recommend for your school. It is way more efficient to have your bookmarks on a web-based location rather than the physical computer for many reasons.
Here's the author's furl address
www.furl.net/members/mikelawrence