{"id":785,"date":"2011-05-20T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcgaughey.edublogs.org\/?p=785"},"modified":"2011-05-20T07:00:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T14:00:51","slug":"minds-on-media-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mr.mcgaughey.ca\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"Minds on Media Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am having a great conversation with other teachers about podcasting at the <a href=\"http:\/\/scdsbmindsonmedia.wikispaces.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SCDSB 2011 Minds on Media Day<\/a>. \u00a0 I recorded a little song using <a href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/projects\/songsmith\/\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Songsmith<\/a> and one of the teachers asked me to show him how to upload it as a podcast. \u00a0There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/teachers\/archive\/2009\/09\/10\/happy-birthday-to-you-free-resources-for-teachers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">free Academic version of Songsmith<\/a> available for teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mcgaughey.edublogs.org\/files\/2011\/05\/twinkletest-284my7f.mp3\">twinkletest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I also talked with people alot about:<\/p>\n<p>Blogging using <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blogger<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/edublogs.org\" target=\"_blank\">Edublogs.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RSS Feeds<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Feedburner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Google Reader<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recording using <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">audacity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/download\/plugins\" target=\"_blank\">plugins<\/a> with audacity<\/p>\n<p>Converting audio and video files using <a href=\"http:\/\/winff.org\" target=\"_blank\">winff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyliteracy.edublogs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bayview Family Literacy Day <\/a>Websit,e: \u00a0Families, classes and community members record a voicemail about their favorite book to a local Midland phone number. \u00a0We post these reviews on the website along with the book cover.<\/p>\n<p>Free Tools used:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-size: 11px; 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