New Material and Projects in Educational Technology http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg Teaching material and updates from Chris Shamburg, Asst. Prof in the Educational Technology Department @ New Jersey City University Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST New Book will be out in Oct '09 http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Student-Powered Podcasting: Teaching for 21st Century Literacy will be out in October 2009.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Book Review for E-Learning http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Blocks to Robots (Bers, 2008) in the Jan '09 E-Learning Journal
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Remixing Shakespeare http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp video--Remixing Shakespeare--for the Folger Shakespeare Library.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST ISTE's NECC 2008 http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp ISTE's NECC in July in San Antonio.  One will focus on the work with the online high schol NJeSchool and I'll be presenting with some folks from there--Student Podcasts as the Curriculum: A New Paradigm in Language Arts

The other will be a Bring-Your-Own Laptop Session--"Become a Free and Legal Podcaster in 55 Minutes".  I'll show participants the free software, hosting, and skills needed to podcast as well as review legal and ethical issues for podcasting teachers and students.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST My new book Technology and the English Language Arts book is available for preorder. http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Amazon.

Here's a link with more information.

Author Christopher Shamburg presents 12 language arts units that integrate technology into compelling, standards-based lessons. Examples of these units include fanfiction and creative writing, teaching Shakespeare with film and images, using blogs and social bookmarking to facilitate independent reading projects, podcasting for a variety of purposes, and creating and sharing digital video safely and meaningfully. Easily understood by the beginner but full of challenging ideas for the technology-savvy, these exciting lesson plans will appeal to any teacher who has a curiosity about new methods and a belief that technology can reshape and re-energize the high school English Language Arts classroom.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST NCTE New York 2007 http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp NCTE's Annual Convention  in New York and presenting at the Poster Session:

Session: M.08 - 11:30 am to 12:45 pm 11/18/2007 Format: Panel
Room: Javits Convention Center Topic: Policy, Politics, and Social Justice
Level(s): General (proposals of interest at all instructional levels)

Title: UNDERSTANDING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF LANGUAGE AND MUSIC
Join us to learn more about legislative intervention and copyright laws. Current controversies involving intellectual freedom and copyright rstrictions will be discussed with recommended ethical practices. Productive legal and ethical choices for teacher and student decision-making will be shared.

Presenter:  Connie Kendall, University of Kentucky, Lexington , 'The Metaphors We (Might) Teach By: Resisting the Discourse of Crisis in the Language Arts Classroom

Christopher Shamburg, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, 'Putting Your Rights in Copyright'
Session: G.12 - 9:30 am to 10:45 am 11/17/2007 Format: Poster Session
Room: Javits Convention Center Topic: Professional Development
Level(s): Secondary (9-12)

Title: SECONDARY LEVEL GALLERY OF POSTERS
Christopher Shamburg, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, 'Podcasting as the Curriculum in an Online High School'



]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST NJAET Conference http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Empowering Students with Podcasting on October 9.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST CECA/CEMA Conference for Conceptual Age http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp I'll be presenting " Podcasting as the Curriculum: A Case for New Literacies in the English/Language Arts Curriculum" at the CECA/CEMA Conference-- Preparing Students for the Conceptual Age: A Regional Conference for 21st Century Learners

October 23, 2007 at the Connecticut Convention Center Hartford, CT.

]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Summer 2007 http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp
I'll also be giving a keynote and workshop at Seton Hall's Collaboration Day on Personal  Broadcasting.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Podcasting as the High School Curriculum Presentation @ NJEDge http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp New Jersey eSchool--Podcasting and Creative Audio.  Here's a link to the course site, podcourse.blogspot.com.

You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes by searching for "podcourse" ]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Photo Story Tutorial for Digital Storytelling http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp tutorial on Photo Story, a popular software for digital storytelling.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Revised Audacity Tutorial http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Audacity Tutorial. 
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Teachers as Technology Leaders book is out http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp book came out. It looks great.  We're very happy with it.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST NCTE Nashville 2006 http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Here are my handouts for iBard--using audio and performance to work with soliloquies.  I'll be presenting with several others in a demonstration called There's Magic in the Web. 

Here's the beginning of my activity's description.

   When many students turn the page of a Shakespeare play and come to a soliloquy, they hit the invisible wall of reading—a frustratingly full page of uninterrupted text in dense and unfamiliar language, usually during an already challenging reading process.   Understanding the soliloquies can be a turnkey experience for students in the comprehension of plot, character, and Shakespeare’s language.

 

            This activity uses audio technology to build on performance-based approaches to teach the soliloquies.   Students begin by slowing down the language and exploring its meaning and nuance through selected dramatic and choral reading techniques.   Many movies and some live performances enhance the dramatic effects of a soliloquy or speech with a voiceover or a disembodied voice.   These spoken interpretations are further enhanced with music, sound effects, and audio techniques such as reverberation and echo.   Film productions of Branaugh’s Hamlet and Polanski’s Macbeth offer examples of this technique...

]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Handouts for Resources and Media for Teaching Shakepseare http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp handouts for Resources and Media for Teaching Shakespeare, my presentation at the 2006 New Jersey Association of School Librarians.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST NCTE conference http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp On November 17 I will be with 5 other teachers from across the US.  I am demonstrating and the associate chair of...

DIGITAL SHAKESPEARE: THERE'S MAGIC IN THE WEB

There are exciting ways to use technology to teach Shakespeare that go beyond playing the audio or video version of the play or sending students to the Web to do a scavenger hunt. From the research done at the Folger Shakespeare Library's summer institutes, past participants will demonstrate some of these ways, including using audio editing to understand a soliloquy, illuminating and explicating texts with PowerPoint animation, and integrating standards and performance into an on-line course.

 ]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST NJASL Conference http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp
Media and Resources for Teaching Shakespeare]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST NJEAT Demonstration http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp I will be giving the following presentation on Tuesday, October 10 at the NJAET Conference.


Digital Media, Copyleft, and the Language Arts Class.


 

Learn to create engaging digital media projects with resources and learn about copyright restrictions.  Learn the technologies to remix digital material, the pedagogies to make this a meaningful language arts experience, and ways that students can publish and distribute original remixes on the Web legally and ethically.


Here is the "Package (shamburg audio workshop.zip) of files we will be working with.  You can download the latest version of Audacity software at Audacity.Sourceforge.net.

Please note the Audacity Tutorial on this page as well.

 

]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Teachers as Technology Leaders book is 'in press' http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp current catalog description.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Digital Video Resource Page http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Digital Video Resource Page on this site and in my blog, New Literacies, Subject to Change. It's an overview to get a beginner started with digital video editing.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Digital Video Starter Guide http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Digital Video Starter Guide.  It's got some basic information on the hardware needed t o capture and edit video. 
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Showbiz Quick Start http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp quickstart guide for Arcsoft Showbiz 2.  It is one piece of software I would recommend for anyone who wants to begin desktop video editing. 
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST New Literacies, Subject to Change http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Literacies, Subject to Change for college faculty at NJCU, Passaic County Community College, and Hudson County Community College.  I'm currently keeping a blog dedicated to the organization and content of this workshop. 
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST A Practical Look at Epistemology and Online Learning http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp
The Serendipity 35 Blog from NJIT gives a good review and description of what happened.
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Performance and Digital Video http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Performance and Digital Video @PBS's In Search of Shakespeare* This is a case study of using digital video for teaching Shakespeare in a performance-based approach.  It is a sample of the work that I have been doing as a consultant for the Folger Shakespeare Library's Teaching Shakespeare Program
 
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Overview of Copyright in Education http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Overview of Copyright in Education (pdf) This is an introduction to copyright.  A good primer for students and teachers.  I use variations of this presentation in several of my courses and workshops.  Students and participants have successful modified it and used it with their classes as well.]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Introduction to MovieMaker http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Introduction to Windows Moviemaker (pdf) This is a quick start for using Movie Maker.  It introduces the basic features and procedures.]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Audio Editing Using AUDACITY Software http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Audio Editing Tutorial Using Audacity Software (pdf) This is a tutorial that would take about 90 minutes to do.  It gives the basics to using the freeware audio editing program Audacity with an introductory activity.  This is from a workshop "Rich Media in the K-12 Curriculum"]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST PowerPoint Guidelines Activity http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp PowerPoint Guidelines Activity (pdf) Shoot PowerPoint with its own bullets in this activity based on the principles of reflective practice.  As a teacher and a public speaker I have seen (and done) very boring PowerPoints.  This activity helps potential presenters reflect on the medium and the audience.  It's a short but powerful activity that facilitates the judicious use of presentation technologies.  I would recommend doing this for yourself or with students before a presentation. It is part of an extremely successful workshop "Conquering the Plateaus of Microsoft Office."]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Web 2.0 Introduction http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Web 2.0 Introduction (Web page).  Though I was skeptical of the term at first, the Web is changing to a more participatory, social, open environment with easier ways to share and access quality content.  This short overview describes some of the terms and popular applications.]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST About Flickr http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp About Flickr (Web page) A short overview to get educators started with Flickr
 
]]> Fri, 8 May 2009 10:42:28 EST Introduction to RSS http://web.njcu.edu/sites/FACULTY/cshamburg/content/chris_shamburgs_material_and_projects.asp Introduction to RSS (Web page) A short overview to get educators started with rss feeds.

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