Category Archives: Podcasting Tools

I was Canadian – Part 4

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Linus

Our interviews with famous dead Canadians are pretty much wrapped up now. I learned a few things in the process. If you’re going to alter people’s voices to make girls sound like guys and guys sound like girls, subtle changes … Continue reading →

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I was Canadian – Part 3

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Linus

This week our project has been focussed on keeping the momentum. I’ve been pushing the kids to develop a bibliography for their project (so I can see that they have adequate sources) and to start using citations in their work. … Continue reading →

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I was Canadian

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Linus

We’re about a week and a half into the school year, so I thought it was time to start with our annual project, I was Canadian. For this I have my Grade 9 students research a late, great Canadian, write … Continue reading →

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Making a green screen

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Linus

I got asked how difficult it would be to run a course on movie making at my school. Fairly simple, I replied, but I’ll need a green screen and some wall to paint it on. After explaining what that was, … Continue reading →

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Historical Sounds

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Linus

If you’re teaching history it’s hard to make that come alive. That’s why this site is really neat. This archive of Historical Sounds has some of the key moments of the 20th Century in MP3 format. The recordings are not … Continue reading →

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