Gr 11 Integrated task 2 - Page S14

Beware! This is our 3rd year doing this work! Some learners may get the work of previous years! One of my learners found a document, on this blog, done in May 2007. Be must be sure to have learners do work in class, where we can guide them, and make sure that all work done is theirs!

Pug dogs

I managed to get some special green mealies from Gauteng. I made some special green mealie cake (not carrot cake, green mealie cake). I had it wrapped in heavy Alcan foil in a Checkers packet along with chips, peanuts, dips, biscuits, cooldrinks, etc. especially for our weekend in the Cedarberg. All the bags were on the floor in the garage ready for leaving straight after school today. This morning, I was busy dressing and organising the house. Friend went outside to open the garage door and get my car ready, not thinking of the contents of the carrier bags and the dogs. When it was time to lock the front door we looked for the dogs, and found the fawn pug with his nose in the bag and 3/4s of the cake gone! Thank goodness it was not the fruitcake which was still on the shelf in the kitchen

Videos - Downloading from the Internet

There are many ways to get videos off the net and YouTube but most cost dollars! I do not have money to spare so try anything for free. So …

Go to http://keepvid.com/ and download the Free FLV Player program. Install this program. Do not bother to add any of the extras offered/suggested during the installation process as they are not necessary for this purpose.

Find the video you want to download and want to see off line. Copy its URL.

In the box on the http://keepvid.com/ page paste the URL of the video you want. Click to download. Now look lower down the screen (below the grey bar) and find Download again and click on it.

It downloads without a file extension and with a silly name. So rename it and give it the file extension of flv. If you have the Free FLV Player program installed, open the new flv file with the Free FLV Player program. Great! Acknowledge the creators of the video. So easy and you can now view the video offline.

Drumming at school

Look at our video on drumming

Blogging - Create first blog

Blogging is fun. Follow the aural instructions or read the pdf of the slide show.

Distance Education Certified Trainer Program

I have just started studying for the Distance Education Certified Trainer Program at the University of West Georgia.
The first task required that we create a one page web of our home town. Look at my interpretation of my home town.
Then we had to create a presentation on a topic - I selected Effectivess of Online Teaching.
I hope to get a position soon doing online training as I need stimulus and a change.

What makes a good podcast?

Time - Each episode should be short (15 minutes or less) - Each topic should be less than 5 minutes - Episodes of your podcast should appear on a regular basis either daily, weekly or monthly.
Subject - Offers an insight that hasn't been exposed in print - Provides users with information that they can't find elsewhere - Gives take-away tips, instructive - Informative and educational - Timely topic
Style - Conversational (features more than one person) - Glitch-free (plays without interruption) - Make sure speakers animated - Give podcast a personality. Listeners want to hear a person behind the microphone not just a voice.
Music - Keep theme music brief (about 10 seconds) - Use good quality music - Comply with copyright issues
Labeling – in sound - Tell us who you are - Create a brief introduction for every episode that includes the name of the episode, the name of the series, the name of the producing entity, and the date of production - Labeling – for upload - Use all available ID3 tags (name of podcast, time/length, artist/producer, album/producer, and genre), subject and summary. - Provide a short descriptive headline that explains what the podcast episode will be about - Provide written transcript / outline of the podcast - Include links to other resources
References
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalpodcast.html
http://www.opportunitywales.co.uk/2-2-10-1c.htm
http://pbaker.wordpress.com/2006/03/07/making-a-good-podcast-better/
http://cctblog.typepad.com/cctnewsblog/2006/04/what_makes_a_go.html
http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/04/the_problem_wit.html
http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/09/what_makes_a_go.html