8th Grade American History at South Valley Jr. High in Liberty, Missouri

Graduate Instructor at Park University teaching

“Technology for the Classroom”

Currently serving as the 2007 / 2008 MissouriTeacher of the Year

A Whole New Mindby Daniel Pink

The World Is Flatby Thomas Friedman

Started my journey in spring of 2005 when I purchased my first

MP3 player

Speaking of History podcast and blog began in June 2005

www.speakingofhistory.blogspot.com

visitors from 145 countries in past two years

50,000 downloads in the last two weeks

Speaking of History Podcast / Blog VisitorsAugust 2007 to May 2008

Edit audio with a free program named AUDACITY

StudyCasts - Record audio review for upcoming test Post MP3 file to the Internet

Students listen at home on Internet, MP3 player, or CD

- Record tests for students who have modifications for taking tests

- Books have been read and recorded (with permission)

- Record young students reading for fluency

Currently part of a pilot using Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player

Transfer pictures and audio with wireless connections – studycasts, presentation notes

AT&T Grant to create historical information about Liberty using

Guide by Cell technology

Students will narrate museum artifact

information

Allow students to become

PRODUCERSof the content they use

not just

CONSUMERS

Microsoft’s PhotoStory 3 – create video from still pictures

Microsoft’s MovieMaker2 – create video from video

Free download, easy to use

Boston Massacre LIVE! Newscast

Historical perspective and power of media

Students write the scripts

TV commercials from history using

PhotoStory3

Create a TV election ad for

Lincoln in the 1860 campaign

Liberty Minutes video project

3-5 minute videos on local historical

topics

Hollywood Night

Guerrilla Season Book Blog Project the past two years

350 Liberty students with parents, California students, home school students and author

Donner Party Debate

Record class debate

Send experts MP3 of debate and they

respond with comments

Teacher sends the e-mail

10 question limit

Archaeologist answered during a hurricane from her laptop on kitchen floor of her home

Online assessmentWith Quia

Immediate data and

feedback for tests and pretests

Testing results:

SVJH 8th Grade Social Studies

-Highest score of any content area- Largest yearly improvement

Eric Langhorst

speakingofhistory@gmail.com

8th Grade American HistorySouth Valley Jr. High

Liberty, Missouri