1. + Vod-casts and Blogs: Providing Vocabulary and Content Support at Home to Increase Student Retention Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf/HH Michelle Halvorsen, Texas School for the Deaf Austin, TX

2. + Agenda What are Vlogs and Why Should You Use Them? What did I do? Why did I do it? How did it work? Example Vlogs and Ways to Use Vlogs with Your Students Step by Step Demo Time to ‘Play’ with this Technology

3. + Quick Biology Lesson… Transmission of Nerve Impulses: Nerve cells are resting…more Na+ (that’s sodium) on the outside and more K+ (that’s potassium) on the inside… Something stimulates your nervous system… Na+ rushes into the nerve cell and depolarizes the membrane, this creates an “action potential” This action potential is carried all the way down the length of the nerve cell (called the axon) When it reaches the end, chemicals (called neurotransmitters) are released and the process begins again at the next nerve cell’s dendrites Then, the membrane is repolarized, Na+ goes back out and K+ goes back in (all through the sodium potassium pump)

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5. + What are Vod-Casts? Vod-Casts Video that can be uploaded to a website or downloaded to a student’s iPod or laptop for students to use a resource when reviewing vocabulary Example video: You can find more examples on my class blogs: http://halvorsenbiology.wordpress.com/review-videos/ http://halvorsenanatomy.wordpress.com/review-videos/ http://halvorsenbiology.wordpress.com/review-videos/ http://halvorsenanatomy.wordpress.com/review-videos/ http://halvorsenbasicbiology.wordpress.com/review-videos/

6. + Why Use Teacher-Created Vod-Casts? Provides specific vocabulary and/or content support at home that directly relates to what has happened or is happening in your classroom Increases student retention Increases student participation and engagement Increases parent awareness of topics covered in class EASY to create and upload!

7. + How I First Used Vod-Casts: My Action Research Project Students were given a Pre-Test to assess key vocabulary During the unit, I created and posted a video review each day that new material was presented Students were required to view and respond to the review videos (graded component to encourage participation) Students were given a Post-Test to re-asses key vocabulary and to determine progress

8. + Impact on Student Performance (Pre-Test vs Post-Test Scores) During my action research: All students (except one) who viewed four or more videos showed at least a 7 point (25%) increase from their pre-test to their post-test All students (except one) who viewed four or more videos received a passing score on the post-test In contrast, the student who viewed only three out of seven videos showed a 15% point decrease from the pre-test to the post-test Overall, this post-test had some of the highest scores of the year Students who consistently viewed videos were also more engaged and participated more easily and freely during class discussions

9. + Other Uses of Vod-Casts Students create their own! Use for review or final projects Use to document labs or do a video lab report Use for discussions of current events

10. + Another Student Example…

11. + Vod-Cast Materials: What Do You Need? Computer Web-cam, digital camera or video camera iMovie (Mac), Movie-maker (PC) software or AVS Video Editor (free software you can download from Internet)

12. + The A-B-Cs of Vod-Casts Decide how often you will create your videos Each day, once each week, towards the end of a unit, etc Write a short script to follow while making your video Record your video Edit (if necessary) your video Post your video to your class blog, teacher-tube or you-tube; email to students and parents; and/or download directly to student’s laptops or iPods

13. + Step by Step Video Creation Using iMovie Open iMovie Click “Create a New Project” Name your project Click on Camera (“Built-in-iSight”) When ready, click on “Record with iSight” Film your movie, click again on “Record with iSight” to stop filming Save IF YOU HAVE NO WEBCAM—RECORD ON YOUR CAMERA, THEN DOWNLOAD AND IMPORT TO IMOVIE

14. + Step by Step Video Creation Using iMovie Drag Clip to bottom area “Drag Clips here to Build Your Project” Edit (view Tutorials online for more advanced editing) Save Get ready for uploading: To load to a Website or to Transfer to another laptop via USB stick: Click “Share-Quick Time” and choose web-streaming and name your project To student’s iPods: Click “Share-iPod” and then click share Your movie is now ready for uploading, downloading or transferring to a student’s laptop or iPod

15. + Step by Step Video Creation Using Movie Maker Record/Capture your video using your webcam software or digital camera first Open Movie Maker Click Import-Videos and select your desired video file Click on that clip and drag it to your story board Edit (see tutorials for advanced editing) Publish Movie

16. + Step by Step Audio Pod-Cast Using Audacity Software Open Audacity Software Plug in microphone/headset if you are using it When ready, press Red button to record (you can press the blue pause button during recording to pause) When finished, press the Yellow Square to stop when completely finished Edit (view Audacity tutorials for advanced information) Exporting: Click “File-Export As WAV” and name the file (this is a Windows program) Click “File-Export As MP3) and name the file (to do this, you must also download the free LAME software)

17. + Blogs Very easy to set up A place to upload your videos Also great for announcements such as homework or test dates Post Files that are Important for Success in your Class Suggested FREE sites: wordpress.com (cannot directly upload videos, must link to a site such as TeacherTube or YouTube) wordpress.com blogspot.com (can directly upload video files) blogspot.com

18. + More Helpful Links iMovie Tutorials: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imoviehttp://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie Movie Maker Tutorials: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/defa ult.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/defa ult.mspx AVS Video Editor: http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video- Editor.aspx?sct=aff&ct=regnow&cid=175028http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video- Editor.aspx?sct=aff&ct=regnow&cid=175028 Audacity Software and Tutorials (for Audio Pod-Casts): http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Sites to upload your videos: http://youtube.com/ or http://teachertube.com/http://youtube.com/ http://teachertube.com/

19. + Super COOL website for projects www.animoto.com (http://animoto.com/education for FREE FULL access) www.animoto.comhttp://animoto.com/education Example Student Project on Biomes:

20. + That’s a Wrap… Questions or Comments??? Access to this PPT is on my blog: http://halvorsenclasses.wordpress.com/ http://halvorsenclasses.wordpress.com/ Feel free to contact me: michelle.halvorsen@tsd.state.tx.us at any time if you have additional questions or need more help!michelle.halvorsen@tsd.state.tx.us If you would like to stay and play more with the software to make your own Vlog, please feel free to stick around!