TILT - Teachers Improving Learning with Technology

The Pecha Kucha presentation essentially involves 20 media-rich slides with little or no text voice-narrated for no longer than 20 seconds per slide for a total presentation time of 6 minutes, 40 seconds.  In this episode you'll see an overview of Pecha Kucha and how your students can create Pecha Kucha presentations of their own. Thanks to the following people in my Twitter PLN, friends, and the blogosphere for their expertise and experience which helped me create this: Aaron Ball, @MrAaronBall, Casual Teacher Blog Jeff Johnson, @iLeadCommunity, @iPadEducators Sylvia Tolisano, @Langwitches, Langwitches Blog Post "Presentation21 Make-Over" Dean Shareski, @shareski, Ideas & Thoughts from an Edtech Blog Post "My First Crack at Keynote and Pecha Kucha" Scott Walker, TeacherTechBlog Post "PowerPoint: Students Use Pecha Kucha to Streamline Presentations" Joni Dunlap, Thoughts on Teaching Blog Post "Pecha Kucha, an alternative format for presentations" Pecha Kucha 20 x 20 Here is the PowerPoint presentation I used in the screencast: Using the Pecha Kucha Presentation Technique with Students (6.2MB PPTX File) Right-click to download: Windows Media Version (720 x 480, 31Mb)

Microsoft PowerPoint is software which is present in most of our schools, however it can be used for so much more than presentations. In this episode, you'll see how PowerPoint can be used to create a beautiful classroom magazine. While the screencast demonstrates PowerPoint 2007, 2003 can also be used. Project ideas include: Thematic articles (e.g. poetry magazine, global citizenship magazine) Subject-specific (e.g. math magazine) Student portfolio magazine for each student (e.g. work samples, reflections, interviews, etc.) Cross-class magazine (e.g. collaborative project between two or more classes) Publishing options include: Print copies with services such as HP's MagCloud Online publishing services such as Youblisher Right-click to download: iTunes Version (1280 x 720, 32Mb) Windows Media Version (720 x 480, 13Mb)

Having students create their own graphic organizers with key words or phrases, multimedia, connections, color, and layout can be a great way for them to develop visual literacy and thinking skills, construct and represent knowledge, and show the connections between their ideas and understandings. In this episode, participants will be shown specific examples of three different types of graphic organizers for different purposes: Compare and Contrast Map Concept Map (in the form of an opinion composition) Hierarchy/Classification Map (in the form of a decision tree) These three graphic organizers will be demonstrated using three tools which are free or readily available for most students: PowerPoint (not just a slide show tool anymore!) Prezi zooming presentation tool Glogster EDU multimedia poster tool The ideas shared and discussed with participants will be consistent with the social constructivist classroom in a Universal Design for Learning environment.  Right-click to download: iTunes Version (640 x 480, 29 MB) Windows Media Version (640 x 480, 39 MB)

There are many excellent web 2.0 tools that can enhance learning and allow students to communicate what they know, such as Animoto.com/education, Prezi.com, and GoAnimate.com. One of the issues for teachers, however, is that some of these tools require unique email addresses for each user. In this episode, you'll learn how to create numerous unique email addresses for web 2.0 account registrations instantly using a single Gmail account. Right-click to download: iTunes Version (640 x 480, 9.4 MB) Windows Media Version (640 x 480, 4.2 MB)

tweetmeme_url = ''; In this episode, we'll look at four elements of the iPhone which make it a great educational tool for a teacher and students: Still/video camera and apps to edit/enhance photos (00:43) Audio recorder (04:15) iPod/iTunes (05:04) Blogging apps (07:31) Show links: None this episode Right-click to download: iTunes Version (320 x 240, 34 MB MPEG-4) Windows Media Version (640 x 480, 47 MB WMV)

The thought of burning photo slide shows, PowerPoint presentations, and video projects to DVD as a way of sharing schoolwork with home is desirable to many teachers. With Windows XP however, too often it means having to buy software. In this episode, you'll see options for converting these projects and burning them to DVD which are easy and which involve using free, trusted software. Show Links: DVD Flick Website Microsoft Photo Story 3 Windows Media Encoder 9 Large Google Video Version Right-click to download: iTunes Version (320 x 240, 42 MB MPEG-4) Windows Media Version (640 x 480, 38 MB WMV)

We know that our students learn better through multiple representations of the same idea, not to mention the engagement that multimedia can offer our students. With text, animation, narration, and the ability to insert video/audio clips, using PowerPoint to create multimedia storybooks is a natural! In this episode you'll see the basics of creating or retelling a story using PowerPoint 2003. Show Links: Rubistar - Online rubric creator Sounddogs - Downloadable sound effects Sample multimedia storybook rubric (9KB PDF) Sample PowerPoint shown in this episode Large Google Video Version Right-click to download: iTunes Version (320 x 240, 37 MB MPEG-4) Windows Media Version (640 x 480, 36 MB WMV)

Many of us in schools have access to Microsoft Excel, but finding a variety of uses for this powerful program can be challenging. In this tutorial episode, we will use Microsoft Excel to create a simple yet interactive and media-rich timeline. Show Links: Microsoft.com's online lesson Excel template used in this episode (287 KB) Large Google Video Version Right-click to download: iTunes Version (320 x 240, 19 MB MPEG-4) Windows Media Version (640 x 480, 23 MB WMV)

Quite a few people have asked me about how I create TILT episodes. Some want to have their students create their own vidcasts/vodcasts/videoblogs/screencasts and some are interested in creating their own, either for their students, their staff, or for the blogosphere. In this episode, I'll show you how I create these video episodes for FREE. If/when you decide to 'take the plunge' with this type of thing, drop me an email so I can check it out! Blogger Wordpress Windows Media Encoder (Free Windows Screen Recorder) Snapz Pro X (Apple Screen Recorder) *UPDATE* iShowU - Another highly-rated Mac Screen Recorder OurMedia FeedBurner Large Google Video Version Right-click to download: MPEG-4 (320 x 240, 47 MB) Windows Media (640 x 480, 65 MB)

Students and teachers from grades 2-9 and beyond often struggle with learning basic math facts. As educators, we know how important memorizing these facts can be in learning numerous other math concepts, yet learning these facts can be a difficult, almost painful process for students. In this episode, we'll look at a few websites which will help students learn basic facts and teachers learn basic facts in a fun way. Links in this episode: Math Mayhem (00:29) Multiflyer (02:14) Multiplication.com (05:23) Mathflash! (09:54) Google Video Large Version Right-click (Mac Command + click) to download this episode Windows Media (640 x 480, 47.8 MB) MPEG-4 (320 x 240) (35Mb)

In this episode, we'll feature 4 fantastic web-based applications that can have you and your students using some incredibly-functioning, feature-rich applications without the need to install anything. As the episode title suggests, these applications and tools run right in your web browser and are all FREE. Applications featured in this episode: Writely - the web word processor Gliffy - a web-based concept-mapping/diagram-creating tool similar to Inspiration Protopage - create feature-rich web pages instantly without any programming (or program) Gabbly - a chat application window that can appear with ANY website instantly (records your chat transcript too) Mailinator - instant and disposable email addresses for those who love these web services but don't want to give an email address to register for these services with a real email address Google Video - larger version MPEG-4 Version (48MB, 320x240 - Right-click 'Save Target As...' to download) Windows Media Version (59MB, 640x480)

Some say that technology does not improve student learning, and have plenty of data to back it up. Others say the reason for that is that teachers aren't teaching differently with technology than they do in their classrooms. I say that if we want to improve learning with technology, we need to understand the learning process. Once we do, we'll be better able to apply those beliefs about how learning should happen to any technology that comes our way. In this episode, we'll look at 3 popular learning theories, and make connections to how technology can leverage the learning process. Google Video - larger version MPEG-4 Version - 64Mb, 320x240 (Right-click and 'Save target as' to download) Windows Media Version - 83Mb, 640x480 Show Notes Constructivism - 01:27 Social Cognition - 04:39 Brain-based Learning - 11:04 Show Links Podomatic Audacity Q-Matrix Presentation Big 6 Webquests Class Blogmeister Doing CL Collaborative Learning Structures Social Constructivism Jigsaw Classroom Crash Course in Learning Theory Great Problem-Based Learning Article (3MB PDF) by Miguel Guhlin Math game website shown in the video - Count On FreePlayMusic - Free music for school-based projects (don't upload to the Internet) Class Blogmeister Pod-o-matic - Free online podcasting tool Funderstanding - Brain-based Learning

Most teachers I've talked to want to use Microsoft Excel with their students but don't know where to begin. This episode guides you through a simple but interesting project with Excel which involves doing a real-time survey, entering that data into Excel, and very quickly and easily turning that data into a pictograph. Click here for large Google Flash Video Right-Click to download Episode 10 MPEG-4 Version (320 x 240, 18.5MB) Windows Media Version (640 x 480, 21.6MB)

Teachers are doing many things with weblogs in their classrooms. In this episode, we feature some of those blogs as well as interview a Seattle teacher, Bre Pettis, about how he uses blogs with his art students. Right-click to save MPEG-4 version (79 Mb) Click here to watch a larger version of this Flash video on Google Video Show Links: Mrs. Polak's 4/6 Class Blog Paul Gates' 2nd Grade Class Willow Web Simple Machine Blog Dive Blog Young Reader's Choice Awards Blog Bre Pettis' Room 132 Blog

Episode 4 - Online Literature