3rd Emerging Technology: Webcasts

Using youtube is a lot easier than what a lot of people think. Just this last week I had to upload a video of myself playing the piano for my summer music class. I was completely freaked out because I thought to myself I have no idea what I'm doing! So I went over to a friend's house, and he is excellent with computers so I knew he could help me. After I had connected my dvd camcorder to my computer and actually put the video on my computer it was a piece of cake from there. First before you are able to upload any videos or make comments you have to create an account with which you will sign in everytime. It asks you for things like your name, e-mail address, etc. After you get your e-mail confirmation you are able to explore. At the upper right hand corner, after you have signed in, there is an upload button. Sometimes the software to upload the video may not be compatible with your computer, so more times than not you will have to download something so that you can eventually upload your video. After it has been downloaded, you click on the add video button and then select the videos that you want to upload. If the videos are long in length it may take awhile for the video to upload.

With teacher tube, it is almost just like youtube.com but is used for slightly different reasons. People upload videos on teacher tube to teach lessons about books, different subjects, etc. After creating an account you can get on and type in anything that you want to learn about in the search box. Videos will come up, you can use it for personal learning or teachers are able to use this in their classroom, its a different way of learning.

2nd Emerging Technology: Music

Before researching this second emerging technology, which I chose as music, I knew a little bit about itunes but very little about garage band. With garage band you can create your own musical recording with your own personal instrument or the instruments that can be provided for you on the software. After your recording is finished you are then able to play back what you recorded and you can either leave it, or edit your notes to what you wanted them to be. After looking at it I didn't actually try it but it seems super easy. When you bring garage band up you click on the button that says "create music project." You then click on the picture of the instrument that you are choosing to use, if it is a piano you click on the keys or if it is a guitar you strum on the strings that are being shown to you on the screen. You push the record and stop button, and that's it, you then play it back. You can also send your personal recordings of your music to itunes if you choose to.


Itunes is something that I'm a little bit more familiar with. It is awesome software that allows you to upload music, buy music, watch movies, podcasts, you name it. What is neat about it is you can move music from your computer, a cd, or your ipod, so that it is all in one place. The first time I used itunes I chose to buy music, and all I had to do was click on the link to the far left column that said "itunes store," and there you can browse for any song of your choice. When I got my ipod my cousin had tons of really cool songs that I wanted so I plugged my ipod into his computer, which meant I had to sync my ipod to his computer, and then it took a few minutes to transfer all of his itunes songs to my ipod.

Podcasting

Before coming into this class I had never podcasted, or researched it all. In one of my classes last semester my professor told us that there was a chance for extra credit and that it would be a podcast, and I of course not knowing how to do it, just didn't complete it.

While doing the research I found out that you could subscribe to websites that would allow you to create your podcast but there are also other ways where you can do it for free. If you decided to subscribe to a website it allows you to instantly download everything right there.

When I got onto my itunes account and clicked on "podcasts" up in the top left corner, I see that I am already subscribed but have not done anything with it thus far. But, after clicking "podcast directory" that is in the far bottom right of the screen it took me to a page that was filled with all kinds of channels, music, sports pages, tv shows, etc., that I could subscribe to.

I had two choices of video or audio podcasts that I could download, and I chose video. Then tons of different links came up such as movies, tv shows, sports. etc. I clicked on sports and then chose college, I clicked on the Ohio State Football podcast so that from now on whenever I want I can watch videos of football games. The good thing about podcasts are that after they have been downloaded to your computer they can be transferred to your ipod so that you can watch or listen whenever you want.

The good thing about podcasts is that once you start to research them they seem pretty easy to do and follow along with.

About Me

Hi! I'm Danielle Huntzinger and I'm currently a Junior at IUPUI. I am majoring in Elementary Education and have enjoyed every bit of it thus far. I currently work at a Daycare/Summer Camp, it is tons of fun and definitely fills up my summer. I love spending time with my family and friends, and don't know what I'd do without them!

Creating this blog wasn't as hard as what I had expected. After going to the blogger.com website there was a quick tutorial that you are able to watch on youtube.com, and it made things a lot easier. The video showed you everything that you needed to do, and pretty much guided you every step of the way.

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