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= Week 3: Podcasts Using Audacity =

​Class Agenda:
1) Video of a typical student's week and their use of technology. 2) Discussion of Week 1 and Week 2 Reading Articles 3) Discussion on the positives and negatives of the wiki's so far 4) Podcasts 5)Class Discussion: a) Legal image sources b)Social networking- is it sexist, geared towards women? -types: facebook, live journal, my space etc -Can these networks be considered human to human contact?


 * My Podcast**

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 * Discussion for Week 1 and 2 Articles:**
 * Students are learning in a different way than previous generations
 * With the introduction of technology tools such as google translate, teachers may be presented with the dilemna of what to do when students use these tools. One solutions to this is that teachers must now have students show their process work in order to achieve full grades.
 * To have a more student centered classroom, you have to move more towards students doing what they want.
 * Students will gather information from everywhere, and it does not have to be a linear method in which reading text is the predominant method of the generation of understanding
 * "Teachers must teach to the whole mind": The whole idea of critical thinking and different levels of information acquisition.

Location of Legal Images:
As educators, we must advise students as to the issues and reprecussions surrounding piracy and copyright infringements. We should also practice what we preach and only use legal images, video or sound files in our own work. Below is a list of websites where legal and copyright free images can be obtained. [|www.google.com/advancedsearch/legaluse] [|www.flikr.com/advancedsearch/creativecommons]

Social Networking: Is it a valid educational tool?
I believe that these networking sites should be avoided in the academic setting. I understand that they are effective tools when one is attempting to reach many people, but I feel that there is too much freedom to be an effective learnign tool. I believe that other tools such as Google Docs or class created wiki's would more effective in transfering information due to their record keeping ability. These tools also allow students to upload other media sources and encorporate them into presentations, therefore making them a learning device that allows for multisensory input.

Notes on Podcasts: