McU media

Today I took the Middlebooks Blog to an audio podcast format. I used Audacity to record and edit the video files and Podbean as the hosting site. It was quite easy and had the added benefit of getting an eighth grader to talk enthusiastically about something he read. My editing skills are still a bit rough, but here’s the link to subscribe. I hope practice with the editing software makes perfect, or at least better.

Middlebooks podcast

I have recently been introduced to a new tool called MyStudiyo.com that makes online quizzes very easily. Here is one that I made to go with the “Pain in the Brain” video that I presented at staff meeting a few weeks ago. I will also post a link to the video, in case you didn’t get to see it.

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1. Delicious - A great place to collect and catagorize websites that is available anywhere you can log in to the Internet. No more “Oh,no! I bookmarked it on my other computer” woes. Here is mine. http://del.icio.us/calvamom
2. Pageflakes - an easy way to put a bunch of things together on one webpage. Here’s mine. http://www.pageflakes.com/calvamom/17283521
3. Blogtalkradio - podcasts on many different topics. Here is one of my favorites. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/I-Love-Librarians  It is called “I Love Librarians” so of course, I love it back.