In addition to the syncing of live audio with slide presentations, some lecture-capture software now indexes text within the presentation. This allows a user to search recorded slides for keywords and navigate within the video.
At least two companies now sell software to universities and other institutions that captures the words of classroom lectures and syncs them with the digital images used during the talk — usually PowerPoint slides and animations. The illustrated lectures are stored on a server so that students can retrieve them and replay the content on the bus ride home, clicking along to the exact section they need to review.
STUDENTS staring at their iPod screens may be taking a break with a music video — or they may be reviewing a tough chemistry lecture. These days, students who miss an important point the first time have a second chance. After class, they can pipe the lecture to their laptops or MP3 players and hear it again while looking at the slides that illustrate the talk.
Oz Study Confirms iPods Boost Learning
Studywiz Spark is the first and only Dynamic LearnSpace for K-12 education that creates an enriched online learning environment for students.
It is a unique tool for elevating instruction through educational content collection, organization and interactivity; collaboration and personalized learning; real-time feedback and assessment.
Grace Poli is the Media Specialist at the José Martí Middle School in Union City, New Jersey. Grace holds a B.A. in History with K-8 Certification, an M.A. in Urban Education and certificates in K-8, ESL, and Media Specialist. She is currently pursuing her Supervisors & Administrators certificates. She has worked in Union City School District as a humanities teacher, administrative intern, and media specialist since 2000.
Middle Grades Cohort iPod Project: Middle grades teacher candidates are using iPods to explore essential questions.
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Who says you can't study when you're listening to an iPod? Abbington Hill is the only school offering courses on an iPod. Buy our complete package and get a free 8GB nano video ipod. Courses available for High School and Grade 6-8 students. You get the same great testing and reporting service as with our traditional media courses. Testing is done via email as with our other courses.
The article, reprinted in USA Today and hundreds of other newspapers, reported one example where a school “recently enacted a ban on digital media players after school officials realized some students were downloading formulas and other material onto the players.”
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In addition to the syncing of live audio with slide presentations, some lecture-capture software now indexes text within the presentation. This allows a user to search recorded slides for keywords and navigate within the video.
At least two companies now sell software to universities and other institutions that captures the words of classroom lectures and syncs them with the digital images used during the talk — usually PowerPoint slides and animations. The illustrated lectures are stored on a server so that students can retrieve them and replay the content on the bus ride home, clicking along to the exact section they need to review.
STUDENTS staring at their iPod screens may be taking a break with a music video — or they may be reviewing a tough chemistry lecture. These days, students who miss an important point the first time have a second chance. After class, they can pipe the lecture to their laptops or MP3 players and hear it again while looking at the slides that illustrate the talk.
Oz Study Confirms iPods Boost Learning
Studywiz Spark is the first and only Dynamic LearnSpace for K-12 education that creates an enriched online learning environment for students. It is a unique tool for elevating instruction through educational content collection, organization and interactivity; collaboration and personalized learning; real-time feedback and assessment.
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