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Michelle Halvorsen, Texas School for the Deaf Austin, TX

Vlogs , Blogs and Pod-Casts: Providing Vocabulary and Content Support at Home to Increase Student Retention. Michelle Halvorsen, Texas School for the Deaf Austin, TX. Agenda. What are Vlogs and Why Should You Use Them? What did I do? Why did I do it? How did it work?

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Michelle Halvorsen, Texas School for the Deaf Austin, TX

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  1. Vlogs, Blogs and Pod-Casts: Providing Vocabulary and Content Support at Home to Increase Student Retention Michelle Halvorsen, Texas School for the Deaf Austin, TX

  2. Agenda • What are Vlogs and Why Should You Use Them? • What did I do? Why did I do it? How did it work? • Example Vlogs and Ways to Use Vlogs with Your Students • Step by Step Demo • “Play” Time

  3. What are Vlogs and Pod-Casts? • Vlog or Vod-Cast • Video that can be uploaded to a website or downloaded to a student’s iPod or laptop for students to use a resource when reviewing vocabulary • Examples on my blog (this year’s blogs): http://halvorsenbiology.wordpress.com/ • http://halvorsenanatomy.wordpress.com/review-videos/ • http://halvorsenbasicbiology.wordpress.com/review-videos/ • Pod-Cast • An audio recording that can be uploaded to a website or downloaded to a student’s iPod for students to use as a resource when reviewing vocabulary

  4. Why Use Teacher-Created Vlogs or Pod-Casts? • Provides specific vocabulary and/or content support at home that directly relates to what has happened or is happening in your classroom • Increases student retention • Increases student participation and engagement • Increases parent awareness of topics covered in class • EASY to create and upload!

  5. How I First Used Vlogs: My Action Research Project • Students were given a Pre-Test to assess key vocabulary • During the unit, I created and posted a video review each day that new material was presented • Students were required to view and respond to the review videos (graded component to encourage participation) • Students were given a Post-Test to re-asses key vocabulary and to determine progress

  6. Impact on Student Performance (Pre-Test vs Post-Test Scores) • During my action research: • All students (except one) who viewed four or more videos showed at least a 7 point (25%) increase from their pre-test to their post-test • All students (except one) who viewed four or more videos received a passing score on the post-test • In contrast, the student who viewed only three out of seven videos showed a 15% point decrease from the pre-test to the post-test • Overall, this post-test had some of the highest scores of the year • Students who consistently viewed videos were also more engaged and participated more easily and freely during class discussions

  7. Other Uses ofVlogs/Pod-Casts • Students create their own! • Use for review or final projects • Use to document labs or do a video lab report • Use for discussions of current events

  8. Vlog/Pod-Cast Materials:What Do You Need? • Computer • Vlogs: • Web-cam, digital camera or video camera • iMovie (Mac), Movie-maker (PC) software for vlogs or AVS Video Editor (free software) • Pod-Casts • Audacity (free software for recording and editing) Garage Band, or iTunes for pod-casts • Microphone (available at most electronic stores for $20-30)

  9. The A-B-Cs of Vlogs and Pod-Casts • Decide how often you will create your videos or pod-casts • Each day, once each week, towards the end of a unit, etc • Write a short script to follow while making your video or pod-cast • Record your video or pod-cast • Edit (if necessary) your video or pod-cast • Post your video or pod-cast to your class blog, email to students and parents, and/or upload directly to student’s iPods

  10. Step by Step Video Creation Using iMovie • Open iMovie • Click “Create a New Project” • Name your project • Click on Camera (“Built-in-iSight”) • When ready, click on “Record with iSight” • Film your movie, click again on “Record with iSight” to stop filming • Save

  11. Step by Step Video Creation Using iMovie • Drag Clip to bottom area “Drag Clips here to Build Your Project” • Edit (view Tutorials online for more advanced editing) • Save • Get ready for uploading: • To Website: Click “Share-Quick Time” and choose web-streaming and name your project • To student’s iPods: Click “Share-iPod” and then click share • Your movie is now ready for uploading or transferring to a student’s iPod

  12. Step by Step Video Creation Using Movie Maker • Record/Capture your video using your webcam software or digital camera first • Open Movie Maker • Click Import-Videos and select your desired video file • Click on that clip and drag it to your story board • Edit (see tutorials for advanced editing) • Publish Movie

  13. Step by Step Audio Pod-Cast Using Audacity Software • Open Audacity Software • Plug in microphone/headset if you are using it • When ready, press Red button to record (you can press the blue pause button during recording to pause) • When finished, press the Yellow Square to stop when completely finished • Edit (view Audacity tutorials for advanced information) • Exporting: • Click “File-Export As WAV” and name the file (this is a Windows program) • Click “File-Export As MP3) and name the file (to do this, you must also download the free LAME software)

  14. Blogs • Very easy to set up • A place to upload your videos or Pod-Casts • Also great for announcements such as homework or test dates • Suggested FREE sites: • wordpress.com(cannot directly upload videos, must link to a site such as TeacherTube or YouTube) • blogspot.com (can directly upload video files) • http://edublogs.org/ (free and “Pro” versions)

  15. Helpful Links • iMovie Tutorials: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie • GarageBand Tutorials: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#garageband • Movie Maker Tutorials: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx • Audacity Audio Recorder and Editor: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • AVS Video Editor: http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Editor.aspx?sct=aff&ct=regnow&cid=175028 • Sites to upload your videos: http://youtube.com/ or http://teachertube.com/

  16. Other COOL Websites for Projects that I HAVE to share… • www.animoto.com (http://animoto.com/education for FREE access to FULL version) • Example Student Project on Biomes: • www.voicethread.com

  17. That’s a Wrap… • To download this PPT, visit http://halvorsenclasses.wordpress.com/ • Feel free to contact me: michelle.halvorsen@tsd.state.tx.us • Questions??? • If you would like to stay and play more with the software to make your own Vlog or Pod-Cast, please feel free to stick around!

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