Creative Uses of Technology in the Classroom
Gerard Kulzer
School e-mail -- Personal e-mail
My philosophy: Education must offer our students Discovery and Experiences to be competitive with our media saturated society. Technology use in the classroom can engage students in ways that traditional book learning simply can't.
Presentation tools Screen Magnification (Mac OS System Preferences, Universal Access)
Mousepose (www.boinx.com/mousepose/)
Voicebox (http://www.realmacsoftware.com/downloads/voicebox.dmg or try here
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OmniDazzle (www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidazzle/)
Existing Web Resources Zoho (http://show.zoho.com/login.do) FREE web based presentation software.
The example from my presentation: http://show.zoho.com/public/kulzer/Technology%20in%20the%20Classroom
The example test: http://show.zoho.com/public/kulzer/Test
Photography Scanned or Digital Camera -- Illustrate reports -- Illustrate stories (children’s books) -- Illustrate scientific phenomena -- Image Manipulation -- Creative possibilities
Computer Graphics MS Word, Appleworks, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop -- Drawing -- Image Manipulation -- Layout (school newspaper, websites) -- College Articulation?
Web Design HTML -- MS Word, PowerPoint, Appleworks -- Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash -- Intro to computer programming?
Animation Animated Gif’s (http://www.gifanimations.com) My trajectory example -- Home made with Photoshop/Imageready -- Add humor, spice, grab attention -- 3D Computer Animation (Bryce, Poser, Maya Personal Learning Edition (free) -- Traditional animation scanned into computer movie software
Demonstrations and Lectures PowerPoint (Click here to view my PowerPoint Children's story), Web, Video --Allows students to see process again -- Self-paced Learning -- Less reteaching
Video Production Camcorders, Computer, Software, Converter box --Use to illustrate stories, show processes, illustrate a sequence, teach
Podcast Lessons/Lectures Voice recorder (Griffin Technology’s iTalk for iPod) -- Audio Editor, Audacity --Post on Website for students to review lessons they may have missed. Click here for my demo
Tutorials/ resources: http://www.podcast411.com/howto_1.html -- http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/02/podcasthow2/index.php -- http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/ -- Say it Save it.
Raw Web Technology Free Website Hosting --www.google.com/sites , http://www.byethost.com/-- $66 per year -- www.fatcow.com -- HTML -- www.webmonkey.com, http://www.w3schools.com, http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/ -- JavaScript -- http://www.webmonkey.com/98/03/index0a.html, http://javascriptkit.com -- Flash -- www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/
Click here to view the English Lesson shown in my presentation.
Click here to view the LHS Art Department web site.
Click here to view My personal site.
Computer Programming Create your own software -- JavaScript -- Flash -- C++ -- AppleScript -- www.applescriptsourcebook.com/links/core.html#tutorials, www.apple.com/applescript/resources/
Click here to view Jesse's Multiplication Javascript.
Click here to download my Flashcards Applescript application