Session 8: Podcast Again!
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SHOW NOTES:
Adapted Physical Education:
How Using a PDA in the Field Can Make Tracking and Reporting Goals More Efficient.
This week’s Ape City’s, Ape Call podcast is a telephone interview with A.P.E. Specialist Kimberly Oliver, from Southern California’s Corona-Norco Unified School District.
It’s amazing how much paperwork is required from the Adapted Physical Education Specialist. This week’s Ape Call podcast addresses how using a PDA in the field can make tracking and reporting goals more efficient. A.P.E. Specialist Oliver also explains how she prevailed over a data merging obstacle when attempting to transfer PDA field data into the district's required I.E.P software.
The links below will allow you to download the files discussed during this podcast:
To down load a copy of the described PDA Progress Template Excel spreadsheet: Click Here!
To down load a copy of the described Progress Template on Goals Word document: Click Here!
Disclaimer: Files downloaded from the EDTECH ETCHINGS blog site are provided 'as is' without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Without limiting the foregoing, EDTECH ETCHINGS, APE-CITY, APE CALL PODCAST OR ANY PERSON INTERVIEWED make(s) no claim or warranty that:
the files will meet your requirements
the files will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free
the results that may be obtained from the use of the files will be effective, accurate or reliable
the quality of the files will meet your expectations
any errors in the files obtained from the EDTECH ETCHINGS web site will be corrected.
DOWNLOAD FILES AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK.
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posted by DiscoverEDU at 4:06 PM
5 Comments:
James, I really enjoy your shows. YOu bring the air of professionalism to it with no problem. Your experience with media shines throught in these.
I am going to mention this one to my Spec Ed department to see if they have used the IEP prorgam and to see if they woudl try using PDAs. SOme might be interested, and I know others will not.
I might tweak the Word document to use it in my class with my RSP and Spec Ed students for the Dept.
Thanks,
Dale
Echoing the professionalism comments here. Your past experience, and no doubt, natural talent shine!
Thanks for all of the tips given to others to help us bring our podcasts up to the level of production quality you demonstrate!
Say Big Joe,
‘“...in the business to benefit the children.” good call, lest we forget.’
Wasn’t that a reality check? No doubt, professional schedules can challenge any one of us to question why are we doing this?
A toast to all educators!
“...the exit song while you are still speaking, then pot up as you finish...” “...started the song near my mic while manually adjusting the volume.”
“[There’s] gotta be a better way, no?”
Yes, there is! The music is not recorded with the open microphone. It’s done through the software.
There are two approaches (many variations):
Approach 1
Make sure you check you microphone, the playback file and the master record levels.
Set all of your levels.
Start recording your voice audio track.
Then, while you’re announcing, play back the selected audio file.
Approach 2
Place the music on one track (A).
Next, because of the poor microphone quality, record the last sentence or two of what you’ll be announcing over the music. Call this track (B).
Set your track A, track B, and master record levels.
Start recording...
Start the voice audio track (A),
next, when you want the music to begin, start the music track (B)
listen for the voice track to end and increase the volume on music track (B)
This takes a little practice to be come coordinated with the buttons or sliders.
So take your time and have fun.
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Dale,
Thanks for sharing the wealth. That’s terrific if your special education department can use the files and this new approach.
In fact, if your department is interested in listening to the APE podcasts I’ve produced in class, I’ve been given the opportunity to produce more of these podcasts. The podcasts on the Edtech Etchings blogsite and more to come will be located on a designated website. I hope to share the web address with you before the end of Etec_676.
“...tweak[ing] the Word document” for your own use.
That’s great! I was hoping to give out parting gifts and prizes...
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Oh gee, (garsh, ah-shucks), you’re very welcome...
THE TELEPHONE INTERVIEW
Please allow me to share my experience in capturing my telephone interview:
It’s most desirable to interview subjects in person, but it’s not always practical. Using V.O.I.P. isn’t practical for most classrooms either. So I chose to conduct the interview for this assignment over the phone. I wanted to experience (the pain of) using available classroom technology, bad telephone land lines and FREE telephone filtering software. I got my wish.
The resulting product I used in the podcast isn’t too bad. I did have certain challenges...
The school telephone system had a terrible buzz in the line and kept disconnecting during the interview. The APE specialist informs me during the discussion that her office phone also has intermittent problems with the receiver. The FREE software, well it is free and shouldn’t be confused or expected to perform like “SoundSoap” filtering software.
I used the Excla sound tool to filter out the abundance of noise captured during the telephone interview. It’s not what I would ordinarily use but it is available for those with a Low-No budget and need a noise filter to be used with telephone recorded conversations (vinyl records and cassette tapes too!)
The web address is located at: http://www.excla.com/index-E.htm
One note: the files will need to be converted into WAV files and the files are limited to 100 seconds of time. To work around these two challenges, [1] use Audacity software to convert the MP3 file into a WAV file (and back again when necessary) [2] cut your WAV files down into smaller files (I used the MS Sound Recorder) and place them into folders of topics/issues. I also typed out what the interview subject said and used that as part of a script.
I hope this helps you out with your next telephone recorded conversation...
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