Comments for Podcasting your Class http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting News, Tips, How-To's, & Ideas from The College of Arts & Sciences Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:42:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Video Tutorial: Audacity Advanced by VitaminCM http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/01/10/audacity-advanced/#comment-935 VitaminCM Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:25:59 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/01/13/audacity-advanced/#comment-935 This is a great idea. I teach in a corporate setting and we're using this pretty effectively. This is a great idea. I teach in a corporate setting and we’re using this pretty effectively.

]]> Comment on Video: Blogs in Plain English by suedowning http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/01/08/embedding-teacher-tube/#comment-29 suedowning Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:46:40 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/01/13/embedding-teacher-tube/#comment-29 What a great video to explain what a blog is in very straightforward and simple terms! What a great video to explain what a blog is in very straightforward and simple terms!

]]> Comment on Where Are All the Honey Bees? Pedagogy and Podcasting by ericdewar http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/04/16/pedagogy-and-podcasting-where-are-all-the-honey-bees/#comment-23 ericdewar Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:06:06 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/04/16/pedagogy-and-podcasting-where-are-all-the-honey-bees/#comment-23 Cool stuff. I liked that they specified that simple recording of lectures is a benefit to students, but that it's not the same as podcasting. Their approach as seeing podcasts a "value added" is right, whether this takes the form of a faculty-generated stream of content or a student-generated interaction. If we agree that students learn best when using or creating with course content, then I think that collaboratively-produced podcasts are an essential route into their brains. Cool stuff. I liked that they specified that simple recording of lectures is a benefit to students, but that it’s not the same as podcasting. Their approach as seeing podcasts a “value added” is right, whether this takes the form of a faculty-generated stream of content or a student-generated interaction.

If we agree that students learn best when using or creating with course content, then I think that collaboratively-produced podcasts are an essential route into their brains.

]]> Comment on Tips: Using the Flip Video for Video Podcasts by mbolser http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/04/03/using-the-flip-video-camera-for-video-podcasts/#comment-19 mbolser Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:14:32 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/04/03/using-the-flip-video-camera-for-video-podcasts/#comment-19 I think the quality is pretty decent for this little camera. I have one at home for home movies that I've been using since last November. While the Flip isn't meant for very long videos (given the 60 minute limitation) or the highest caliber productions, the quality has been impressive and the videos I've taken with it thus far have all been worth saving. I think the quality is pretty decent for this little camera. I have one at home for home movies that I’ve been using since last November. While the Flip isn’t meant for very long videos (given the 60 minute limitation) or the highest caliber productions, the quality has been impressive and the videos I’ve taken with it thus far have all been worth saving.

]]> Comment on Tips: Using the Flip Video for Video Podcasts by Geo. http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/04/03/using-the-flip-video-camera-for-video-podcasts/#comment-17 Geo. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:31:58 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/04/03/using-the-flip-video-camera-for-video-podcasts/#comment-17 Our department purchased several of the Flip Cameras for use here at Suffolk University. All of our media centers can train you and loan you a Flip Camera for your in-class use. The quality is perfect for short videos and for use in student presentations. Ideally, the subject matter should be a few minutes, which makes a short speech or a quick review session ideal for this technology. There are a few drawbacks, but overall the ease of use and the quickness of the uploads exceeds the inconveniences. For faculty seeking low quality but passable video that is "disposable" in that it will be watched by a student once or twice and then jettisoned at the end of the semester, this is a great tool. Enjoy - and let us know how it goes. Geo. Our department purchased several of the Flip Cameras for use here at Suffolk University. All of our media centers can train you and loan you a Flip Camera for your in-class use.

The quality is perfect for short videos and for use in student presentations. Ideally, the subject matter should be a few minutes, which makes a short speech or a quick review session ideal for this technology.

There are a few drawbacks, but overall the ease of use and the quickness of the uploads exceeds the inconveniences. For faculty seeking low quality but passable video that is “disposable” in that it will be watched by a student once or twice and then jettisoned at the end of the semester, this is a great tool.

Enjoy - and let us know how it goes.
Geo.

]]> Comment on Mobile Learning: The Vision by Gregoryko http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/03/11/mobile-learning-the-vision/#comment-15 Gregoryko Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:43:29 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/03/11/mobile-learning-the-vision/#comment-15 thanks much, guy thanks much, guy

]]> Comment on Mobile Learning: The Vision by mbolser http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/03/11/mobile-learning-the-vision/#comment-10 mbolser Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:19:50 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/03/11/mobile-learning-the-vision/#comment-10 Finally, a comment! :-) I agree that giving away gadgets does not necessarily spur innovation, and as the article suggests, not all students appreciate the gadget anyway (or want it as part of their tuition cost). I think this particular case will be an interesting one to watch, in the same way we've learned about podcasting in higher education from Duke over the years. They have a compelling vision at ACU for this new technology; I do hope they continue to research and publish their findings, as I look forward to reading them. No doubt ACU will attract lots of attention from this, like Duke did in '04 with the iPod "giveaway" for incoming students. We all know the iPhone is the hottest and "most googled" gadget to date. I'm sure they don't mind the publicity.. well, most of it! For institutions that choose to give new technologies to their students, it's not the "giveaway" part that matters to me. It's seeing what happens around it, with faculty and students (the true innovators) and how that impacts teaching and learning (both inside and outside of the classroom), that I find most interesting. I think what these institutions learn and share in the process can be valuable to the rest of us. To read what Duke University learned from its '04-'05 Academic iPod Project, download the report at the link below: http://www.duke.edu/web/ddi/about/reports/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf Finally, a comment! :-)

I agree that giving away gadgets does not necessarily spur innovation, and as the article suggests, not all students appreciate the gadget anyway (or want it as part of their tuition cost).

I think this particular case will be an interesting one to watch, in the same way we’ve learned about podcasting in higher education from Duke over the years. They have a compelling vision at ACU for this new technology; I do hope they continue to research and publish their findings, as I look forward to reading them.

No doubt ACU will attract lots of attention from this, like Duke did in ‘04 with the iPod “giveaway” for incoming students. We all know the iPhone is the hottest and “most googled” gadget to date. I’m sure they don’t mind the publicity.. well, most of it!

For institutions that choose to give new technologies to their students, it’s not the “giveaway” part that matters to me. It’s seeing what happens around it, with faculty and students (the true innovators) and how that impacts teaching and learning (both inside and outside of the classroom), that I find most interesting. I think what these institutions learn and share in the process can be valuable to the rest of us.

To read what Duke University learned from its ‘04-’05 Academic iPod Project, download the report at the link below:
http://www.duke.edu/web/ddi/about/reports/ipod_initiative_04_05.pdf

]]> Comment on Mobile Learning: The Vision by Geo http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/03/11/mobile-learning-the-vision/#comment-9 Geo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:19:08 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/03/11/mobile-learning-the-vision/#comment-9 From the Chronicle of Higher Ed. Giving Away Gadgets -- Like iPhones -- May Not Be the Best Way to Spur Innovation Administrators at Abilene Christian University say they have a vision to use iPhones, which allow Web access in the palm of users’ hands, to revolutionize campus life. But is giving away the devices to all incoming freshmen the best way to spur innovation? A look at past technology giveaways at other campuses suggests that it might not be. Click here to read the full article. http://chronicle.com/free/2008/03/1936n.htm From the Chronicle of Higher Ed.

Giving Away Gadgets — Like iPhones — May Not Be the Best Way to Spur Innovation

Administrators at Abilene Christian University say they have a vision to use iPhones, which allow Web access in the palm of users’ hands, to revolutionize campus life. But is giving away the devices to all incoming freshmen the best way to spur innovation? A look at past technology giveaways at other campuses suggests that it might not be.

Click here to read the full article.
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/03/1936n.htm

]]> Comment on Video: Blogs in Plain English by mbolser http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/01/08/embedding-teacher-tube/#comment-2 mbolser Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:06:19 +0000 http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/podcasting/2008/01/13/embedding-teacher-tube/#comment-2 I will post another video on RSS from the same creator later. I will post another video on RSS from the same creator later.

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