The document discusses using rich digital media and iTunes U to share educational resources. It provides directions on setting up an iTunes U channel including creating categories and uploading media files with metadata tags. The goal is to create a culture of sharing educational content between students, teachers, schools, and the wider world. Examples of content that could be shared include lesson plans, presentations, videos, and other materials.

1. Using Rich Digital Media
Norton Gusky, Fox Chapel Area SD
Kevin Conner, Allegheny Intermediate Unit

2. Why?

3. Engaging Students
 quot;It's really important that teachers
incorporate twenty-first-century skills into
their lessons, and for me to be able to
assist them is quite an honor.” - Mike Boylan
(FCASD student from online Edutopia article)

4. Networking: The New Literacy
“Our students must be
nomadic, flexible, mobile
learners who depend on
their ability to connect with
people and resources.”
- Will Richardson (Educational
Leadership, November 2008)

5. Culture of Sharing
Student to Student
Classroom to classroom

School to School
 Teacher to Student
School to State
 Student to Teacher
School to World
 User to the World

6. What?
Which of these resources would you use for

a presentation on weather?
A. Lesson from Thinkfinity
B. Song from Google Search
C. Stormy Weather clip from YouTube
D. Graphic from National Gallery
E. None of the above
F. All of the above

7. How?

8. How?

9. Where?

10. Where?

11. iTunes U
 AIU as umbrella organization
 Fox Chapel Area School District
• Student and Teacher Showcase
• District Information
• Resources to Share
How To’s
Guest
Lectures Course
Materials

12. iTunes U
 Step 1: Creating Your Plan
CATEGORIES
CONTENT
Are there existing rich
media projects/products
available?
RESPONSIBILITIES
How often will products
Who will “vet” the work?
be uploaded?
Who will “tag”and upload
Copyright? Fair use?
the work?

13. iTunes U
 Step 2: Designing your “album” covers
for EACH CATEGORY
300x300
jpg
Graphic Elements

14. iTunes U
 Step 3: Uploading media documents to
iTunes
.jpg
.mp4
.mov
.m4a
.mp3

15. iTunes U
 Step 3: Uploading media documents to
iTunes with metatags

16. iTunes U
 Step 4: Share with the World

17. Why iTunes U?
quot;We believe high-quality content is
available everywhere on the net,
and iTunes U collects all of that in
one interface….quot;
- Kathleen Webb, principal of Utah's Electronic
High School and educational-technology
coordinator for the state's Department of
Education.(Edutopia online)

18. More iTunes U Resources

19. Issues: Publishing
 Copyright of
materials
 Selection process
 Appropriateness
 Amount of time
involved in process
 Access from school
or home

20. Penn State Experience

21. Other Ways to Publish
 District web site  Your ideas
 More ideas
 Teacher Tube
 Even more
(www.teachertube.com)

22. Thinkfinity Lesson

23. Web Resource

24. Winslow Homer Painting

25. Stormy Weather

26. District Information