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Teacher Tech Tuesdays - Explore podcasting and Zune with history teacher Eric Langhorst
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Discover how you can use digital audio and podcasting in the classroom to enhance your curriculum. Eric Langhorst, an 8th grade history teacher in Liberty, Missouri will share how he uses audio to help his students study for tests using "StudyCasts", allow students with learning disabilities to take tests with audio modifications and provide teachers with outstanding professional development from around the world. He will also share the experiences from his class which has used Zune MP3 players the past two years - audio, images and video in the palm of their hand!
Additional Resources:
Microsoft Case Studies South Valley Middle School, Liberty, Missouri study http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000002587
Zune Product Information http://www.microsoft.com/education/products/student/zune/default.aspx#overview
Join us for this webinar on Using Zune in the Classroom and you could receive your own 120GB Zune for FREE!
Register and attend the LIVE webinar on 1/06/09 and complete the survey at the end - one lucky participant will win a *FREE 120GB Zune!
*Offer good only to legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia actively employed as K-20 teachers/faculty members at accredited educational institutions in the US. Limit one (1) copy Zune per teacher / faculty member. All proof of academic status must be received by January 30th, 2009. Offer expires at 11:59 PST on January 30th, 2009, while supplies last, and is not redeemable for cash. Offer is non-transferable except as otherwise provided herein. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. Any Award(s) returned as non-deliverable will not be re-sent. Please allow 6 - 8 weeks for shipment of your Award(s).
Before we can send you the 120GB Zune you will need to provide proof of your academic status. No order will be shipped until a valid academic ID is received.. We will place your order on "hold" until we receive your valid academic ID. Upon receipt of your academic ID, we will ship out your order. You can send your academic proof one of the following ways:
1. Fax a signed copy of the letter to 425-708-6649, ATTN: TeacherTech
2. Mail a signed copy of the letter to: Microsoft, One Microsoft Way, Attn: TeacherTech Lincoln Square/20257, Redmond, WA 98052.
3. Email a signed copy/PDF of the letter to Teachtec@microsoft.com
Acceptable Forms of Academic Proof: (Any one of the following)
- Dated Faculty ID Card
- Dated, current class schedule
- Letter from school on school letterhead
- Recent faculty/staff payment stub (please black out salary information)
Speakers:
- Eric Langhorst—8th Grade American History Teacher
- Kathy Richardson—Partner Marketing Manager