Class Notes Written and Audio

Students in Computer Apps class will need to summarize in written form three main bullet points from a class they also record with their digital recorder. They will then need to put those bullet points into a Powerpoint slide. The goal when finished is to have a summary both written and auditory of the class they recorded.

Here is a Powerpoint slide of a class Tyler recorded for US History:


Here is a summary audio file Tyler recorded of the same class with an Olympus Digital Recorder. Tyler and I embedded audio notes in his recording that connect with the bullets or important points listed in the Powerpoint slide above.
Students reviewed how to store their audio mp3(s) on a separate web server and then learned how to link to the files from the embed function in their blog.

Video from ARSU Site Trial

Let's see if this works.

Web Server for New Music in Blog Post

Here it is.

Really like the updated feature in Google Docs that lets you embed or publish a completed document such as a Powerpoint Slide Show to a blog post. How cool is that? The post shows the slide progress bar and everything. However, one of the problems still with Docs, is its inability to store audio and video files that can be referenced right from the Google platform. Right now, as far as I know, you can't do that, but we'll see what the future brings.

For this example, I had to upload the audio to a different web hosting site and then use html to embed the Black Eyed Peas audio file: "Let's Get It Started." Students in Computer Apps will need to find a host site to upload their audio files to so they can reference them in Blogger.

My hope is that when we get to video files we'll be able to use the Google site connected to ARSU to store our files for access.