September18

Monday, September 18, in Class: Agenda: Review next six online classes A minute or two on podcasting "When I Go to UVA": http://www.itc.virginia.edu/pubs/docs/RespComp/videos/

CopyrightIntro quiz with wireless response system; creative commons; public domain


 * Wednesday, September 20: Locating public domain and free resources on the web

Resources: [|Discovery School]: free clip art that can be used for webpages. While you're there, you might want to check out [|Puzzlemaker] and some of their other resources. [|Internet Archive]: a clearinghouse for digital images, video and audio, most of it free or in the public domain [|Public Domain Images] Several thousand copyright friendly images nicely organized in categories, free for any personal and/or commercial use, credit or back link is not required. [|Google Video]: lots of video available here. If you want to use it, you have to have the Google Video player. [|YouTube]: I wouldn't send kids here but there is some educational stuff that you might use. [|Wikimedia Commons]: From the folks that brought you Wikipedia, a compendium of images and other resources, most are free to use. [|Yellowstone National Park]: Just one example of an organization that offers free images that you can use for webpages and other projects. iTunes has lots of videos, many of them free. You'll need iTunes to explore...click the Podcasts link on the left hand side.
 * Tip**: Think about the topic you are teaching, then locate an organization related to that topic (ie, planets...NASA). Visit that organization's website to find lots of material. Many of them have educator specific areas.

Streaming Versus Downloading: This gets a little technical...streaming video is designed to be shown via the web rather than copied to your hard drive. Normally, streaming video cannot be downloaded. The advantage to downloading video is that it can be more easily accessed when you need it. You don't have to have Internet access and you can manipulate the video more easily (ie, fast forwarding, rewinding, reviewing, etc.)


 * This is an optional class. I'll provide links to the resources we will be using and if you feel proficient in downloading audio and video files, you can skip this class. Being able to manipulate files from the web is an important skill for teachers so if you aren't sure what downloading means or have problems opening things you've downloaded, you should come to this class.