Final Presentation

Here is a link to the screencast of my 'Final Presentation'.  I've also included a link to my "Select and Polish" slide share.  Thanks for reading!

Cathy Daniel

My Library Learning Commons

Here is the link to my Canva poster on my "Tic Tac Doe" LLC.  I've also posted it here:

Global Projects

Here is a link to my Global Projects comic created in Pixton.  I've also pasted it here:

Skype in the Classroom

Here is a link to two fabulous Virtual Field Trips and two amazing Skype Guest Speakers.  I have also posted the information below:

2 Virtual Field Trips in the Microsoft Educator Center:

1)  “Witness to History: Skype with a Holocaust Survivor” (Ages 8 -18)

https://education.microsoft.com/sciencelab

2)  “Behind the Scenes in a Science Lab” (Ages 6 -18)

https://education.microsoft.com/AHolocaustSurvivor

Additionally, there are many free virtual field trips archived at Discovery Education and a few “live” field trips, for which you can pre-register and then live stream, that are offered throughout the year, on this versatile platform.

http://www.discoveryeducation.surreyschools.ca

2 Skype Guest Speakers in the Microsoft Educator Center:

1)  Children’s author: “Rachel Elizabeth Cole “ (Vancouver, B.C.)

- ages 6 – 12

Microsoft Profile:

https://education.microsoft.com/Status/Public/About?token=b87b312d

Author’s website:

http://www.rachelelizabethcole.com/index.html

2)  Heritage Interpreters of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

- ages 8 -18

https://education.microsoft.com/Status/Public?token=f1h0EVHU

All resources cited are from the Microsoft Educator Center

https://education.microsoft.com/

Learning Commons Apps

Here is a link to my lengthy list of Learning Commons Apps.  Of course, although it is thorough, I will be adding to it!

Logo

I've been playing around with various names for the New Library Learning Commons.  The mascot for my school, Panorama Park Elementary, is the Panther.  So I decided to try the "Panther's Lair" as a potential name.  I'll see what my students and staff think of it next month!  Here are a few logos that I designed in "DesignMantic."  I input "Computational Thinking, Collaboration, MakerSpace and Media Arts as design features.  Which one is your favourite?

A Redesigned Library

Here is a link to my PowerPoint Presentation on "A Redesigned Library"

Media Arts in the Library

Here is a link to my updated LinoIt Board on "Building the Plan".  All the updates are in the top left corner on lime green sticky notes.

Video Techniques

Here is a link to my Project on Video Techniques:

Sound Booth

Here is my assembled "Sound Booth", complete with an iPhone, set up to record in "Voice Memos."

As for a proper Microphone, I would definitely choose one with a stand or one that could stand on its own.  Additionally, if it is not too expensive, I would choose a microphone with a ”pop filter” or buy one separately.

A pop filter is a screen or a type of cover that goes in front of the microphone.  It helps to reduce “popping sounds” such as gusts of wind or forceful bursts of air from the speaker or singer; typically made when the letter “p” in enunciated. 

A pop screen filters out and protects the audio from extraneous noise.  This kind of accessory, together with a decent microphone and the homemade sound booth, should make for many memorable audio products.

Creating a Podcast

For me, this assignment has been the hardest thus far.  It required having to learn how to create audio, to edit audio, to make a three-minute Podcast and to learn how to use a new and complex platform called Garage Band, all in one was a very weighty and challenging task. 

I struggled with the time that it took to learn how to do all three, and then the time that it took to actually do all three; to the exclusion of all other assignments required in Module 5. 

To learn how to edit audio, I listened to/watched tutorials on "Garage Band" and "Audacity".  I got help to find the right app or platform to find a way to create my audio and I settled on Voice Memo, which is a free app on my iPhone.  I wrote the script for my podcast and recorded it in a several segments.  I uploaded the segments from my phone to my computer and then into Garage Band.  I added music and edited the audio to take out dead air and mistakes.

Once it was completed, I saved it as an MP3 onto my desk top and then I uploaded it to my One Drive, so that I could get a link to upload it here.  These are all things I couldn't do weeks ago!

My 5½ minute podcast on "The Basics of Golf":

https://bit.ly/2Kb56GJ

Needless to say, I had to reach out for help from students much more skilled than me.  It also took a great deal longer than the allotted week.  Having said all that, I’m really glad that I learned how to do all of it, with the help of another student.  I do look forward to creating future podcasts, voice overs and other audio-related projects!