Born in 1984 » Japan http://cu08.info EduTech Coach, Digital Native, Basketballer in Japan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:52:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Gr 2 on Zoos vs. Natural Habitats http://cu08.info/2009/05/20/gr-2-on-zoos-vs-natural-habitats/ http://cu08.info/2009/05/20/gr-2-on-zoos-vs-natural-habitats/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 05:38:17 +0000 cu08 http://cu08.edublogs.org/?p=39 I love zoos but I thought twice about telling the Grade 2 students that I went to the zoo after I heard their reflections on the Animoto + Podcast below. I felt a little guilty ‘enjoying’ the zoo since natural habitats are much better for animals but there I was having a great time at a zoo looking at animals in cages.

]]> http://cu08.info/2009/05/20/gr-2-on-zoos-vs-natural-habitats/feed/ 0 Grade 2 at the Ghibli Museum http://cu08.info/2009/01/29/grade-2-at-the-ghibli-museum/ http://cu08.info/2009/01/29/grade-2-at-the-ghibli-museum/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:37:32 +0000 cu08 http://cu08.edublogs.org/?p=20 In December 2008, Grade 2 went to the Ghibli Museum to see how Miyazaki Hayao (Japanese & English) shared stories in different ways as one of their PYP Units of Inquiry.

Details of production
Grade 2 students were recording audiobooks in class so after being invited to the Ghibli Museum, I really wanted to record voices for this trip. The students sketched their experiences all day. The teacher took pictures of their sketches. The students’ voices were recorded prior, during, and after the trip. The Podcast includes voices during and after the trip.

Shanel uploaded photos to Animoto and I worked on stringing the audio recordings to make a Podcast. After several attempts to edit the photo selection in Animoto and shorten the Podcast, the audio was uploaded to Animoto. See her blog entry.

Animoto allows the user to post to Facebook and export to YouTube. The video was exported to the Yokohama International School YouTube Channel. Please enjoy the video below.

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