Technology in the Classroom :: Audio

Here's a brief Prezi presentation on Technology in the Classroom.

I teach Radio Production, as well as some other courses that utilize audio. So I've done a bit of an inventory what what resources could work for you if you teach, but you don't have a large budget. Many of the programs that are listed are FREE or low cost.

The presentation content includes information about:

• audio editing software
• audio web hosting solutions
• where to find music and sound effects for audio projects

Let me know if you have questions.

Prezi presentation: Technology in the Classroom :: Audio

Technology in the Classroom :: Audio on Prezi

Prezi Presentation: The Pedagogy of Blogging

I use blogging in the classroom. It's a good way to get students to write (and there are tons of other reasons why students, especially journalism students, should be blogging. Note: there are some cons to this platform as well).

I discovered this Prezi on "The Pedagogy of Blogging". Loved it. You'll enjoy it as well.

Pedagogy of Blogging on Prezi

Working in the Media

Every year at the end of the semester I give a talk the students in all of my classes. The focus is on what it really takes to work in the media industry.

• I warn them of the low salaries.
• I tell them that they are bound to work w/difficult people.
• I tell them that if they work hard, they will be rewarded.

This year I transferred my usual PowerPoint presentation to Prezi. Using Prezi is a good and bad thing. For example, when I was done, I asked if there were any questions and most of them want to know what I used to make the presentation?

Here's my presentation from this year at The American University in Cairo.

Media Careers on Prezi

Google Search Tricks

I recently discovered Prezi. It's a free tool for creating presentations. I'm proficient with PowerPoint, but Prezi has a different feel to it. More fun and exciting. Prezi definitely has a wow! factor.

I used my first Prezi presentation last week on the topic of "Working with the Media".

I'm more impressed with this Prezi on "Google Search Tricks" by Tony Vincent. Nice presentation and incredibly useful information.

NOTE: give the presentation just a few minutes to load.

Google Search Tricks on Prezi

New Tech Stuff That I'm Using

Just a quick post on some new tech stuff that I've been checking out. They're all free and that makes them even more fun.

Dipity is for creating timelines. Another powerful way to tell stories.
Dipity

Create an incredible presentation w/Prezi. It makes PowerPoint look silly. Oh, and you can get an educators account too (if you're an educator).

Prezi

Still one of my favs despite the amount of time it takes to buffer 30 second vids - Animoto.

Animoto

I've come to enjoy Google Sites. Just learned that I could use it as a private wiki for my classes.

Google Sites

What would I do w/out Dropbox. I'll nearly stopped carrying a usb drive since I started using this program.

Dropbox

And my current fav is Google Chrome. Took some time to warm up to it. I was soooo married to Firefox. I like the uncluttered look of chrome. On start up, you can list the website that you want to open (I still like the 'save' feature in Firefox).

Google Chrome

The VLC Player has been getting some use these days to. I like that it plays nearly any kind of file.

VLC Player

I hope to post up a Prezi presentation in the next few days.