I just finished putting together a little project that I think other psych teachers might want to use in their classes. My goal was to better understand what B.F. Skinner actually said about education, free will, etc. I put together a little "audio collage" that students could put together as a class project using any well known psychologist (for whom there is video and/or audio interviews available of course). Here's the link to the project:
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/366016018553765889#tlsite Here's how I created it: Audio bytes were found all over the web - YouTube of course and archive.org I used an audio capture tool (Audio Hijack in my case, but many such programs exist) to grab the audio as it played in my browser I edited the audio down to the essential quotes using an audio editing tool (the free Audacity tool would be fine) Uploaded the audio to my www.soundcloud.com account Created a simple collage using Photoshop (any image editor would work) and arranging images I found from wikipedia and clipart.com After uploading the collage to www.thinglink.com, I linked the audio from Soundcloud to the various spots on the collage What's the pedagogical goal? Well, I personally gained a deeper understanding of and appreciation for Skinner and I think students would also gain such an understanding of whoever they chose to focus on. Also, in addition to just linking from a spot on the image to an audio sound byte, note that there is a small amount of text that can be typed next to the audio player. Students could be required to tell the listener why the quote is important - what does it reveal about the psychologist's theory? What misconception does the quote clarify? What does the quote reveal about the psychologist as a person? What do you think? Ways to improve it? Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24160 or send a blank email to leave-24160-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
