Clipr is a windows-only free application that permits users to directly upload the image content of their computer’s clipboard to Flickr. Anyone know of a Macintosh-compatible program that will do this?
Archive for January, 2006:
Coffeeshop Bandwidth Blues
Oh, the sorrows of sharing a single wireless broadband connection with others in a coffeeshop: Whenever you see an Internet speed test where your “quality of service” is 1%, it’s a pretty bad sign. The solution? Perhaps one day in the not too distant future, I’ll get a wireless PC card from a company like
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Oversimplifying TxTIP year 1 results
Barbara Cargill serves on the Texas State Board of Education, representing District 8. Among other things, our SBOE is responsible for textbook adoption, standardized test (TAKS) standards, and curriculum standards (TEKS). These are extremely important and influential responsiblities. In her published article from January 19, 2006 entitled “A First Year Perspective: Serving on the Texas
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Linking can be law breaking?
The following text is on the webpage “Hyperlinking in HTML for the Web” included as part of “Laws and Texas Tech University System Policies Affecting Computer Use.” An HTML hyperlink (“link”) connects to another Web page or another portion of the same Web page. While not a copyright violation to create a link, it is
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Stopping Genocide in Darfur
I had read and heard a little bit about genocide occurring in Sudan previously, but today my eyes were opened wide to this reality. This happened in the context of a multi-site videoconference involving the US Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., the University of Oklahoma in Norman, The University of Texas at Dallas, and Texas
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MP3 problems with Garageband 3
It is very frustrating when I run into a technical problem that I cannot readily troubleshoot and solve. This happens from time to time, but thankfully not very frequently. Tonight, the issue is about podcast mp3 files. I edited my latest podcast in Garageband 3, instead of Audacity (which has been my standby for at
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Podcast31: High Tech High
High Tech High is a successful charter school program in California which has strongly influenced the foundation of High Tech High Albuquerque, New Mexico, now in its first year of operation. In this podcast, Billy Hull and Wesley Fryer interviewed Laura McBain and Dr Kaplan of High Tech High Albuquerque using Skype. Our discussion focused
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In praise of science fairs
I had the privilege to judge 4th grade science projects all morning yesterday at our neighborhood school, Murfee Elementary, here in Lubbock. It is always interesting to listen to both parents and students respond to the science fair. My favorite part of judging the science fair is having the chance to talk with students in
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Free Wikispace for Educators
Thanks to an email from Adam Frey of Tangient this week, I learned that WikiSpaces is now providing free, advertising-free wikis for educators! This is superb. I highly commend WikiSpaces to students and educators, especially for collaborative projects. A couple of weeks ago, educators in Miami, Texas used WikiSpaces to share their work and workshop
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iCube!
Finally! A great example of a higher education professor using podcasts in innovative ways to promote student reflective thinking and dialog! iCube is the podcast for Dr. David B. Miller’s “General Psychology I” class, which he is co-authoring with students to discuss issues and questions relating to his lectures. Dr. Miller teaches at the University
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People are the curriculum
Sadly, I think many people (perhaps most legislators) are confused about the reasons we went to school, may still be going to school, and require our students to attend school. People are the curriculum. No, school is not primarily about the effective transmission of content from the mouth of the teacher or the page of
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Schools must embrace 1:1
Angus King, speaking to a group of Maine educators in April 2005, powerfully identified many of the reasons our school systems must radically change and broadly embrace 1:1 learning initiatives. The following is a slightly shortened quotation from his speech, from minute/second marks 9:55 to 18:20 on Bob Sprankle’s Bit by Bit Podcast from July
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Creating perceptions of fear
Welcome back to school, college students! Better watch out, because the RIAA is prosecuting students who download music files illegally and if you engage in these activities, you may be next. (At least we want you to believe you could be next.) Here is the email sent to all Spring 2006 students at Texas Tech
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WMV in QuickTime
Flip4Mac WMV is a free program that lets you play Windows Media video files inside QuickTime player on a Macintosh. Very cool. If you want to import and edit WMV files with QuickTime, a variety of upgrade options are available, including the ability to export WMV files from QuickTime. 20% educational discounts are available. Thanks
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First video podcast
My son and I used iLife06 today to create our first video podcast. In the podcast he explains the background, procedures, results and conclusions from his 2005/2006 2nd grade science project he entitled, “Will Solar Energy Change Us?” His presentation is available as both a video podcast and a special episode audio podcast (MP3 format)
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Higher Ed Podcast Purposes & Examples
Podcasting in higher education contexts can be organized into the following categories. I have included linked examples of each, more can be found on http://del.icio.us/wfryer/higheredpodcasts. Course-Casting: Course Content Delivery, Empowering Students with asynchronous/non-interactive content, aka podcast lectures (Physics 415: Thermal and Statistical Physics by Dr Carlson at Purdue, Faculty lectures in Stanford on iTunes) Interactive
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Open University goes with Moodle
I missed this headline back in November, but it is very significant– The UK’s Open University has adopted Moodle as its official course management solution. If you are not familiar with Moodle as a free, open-source course management solution for web-based courses and distance learning, you need to be. I taught a 2 day series
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Letter from the Superintendent
David Warlick has posted a poignant fictitious letter written from the perspective of a school superintendent, apologizing to parents for the 19th century educational preparation program their children are receiving at school. This letter could provide a great way to start a dialog with school administrators, during a technology leadership workshop for example, about both
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Knights Templar
Got lucky yesterday, but shows like these are EXACTLY the reason I want to have a DVR/mythTV box in our home at some point in the not-too-distant future. I was enthralled to watch two History Channel programs last night relating to themes and movies I have watched recently, including Kingdom of Heaven and National Treasure.
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Afternoon with George Winston
I had the delightful privilege yesterday afternoon to experience the wonderful music of George Winston at a benefit concert he gave for the Texas Tech School of Music. George played for over two hours in all, mostly piano solos but also some acoustic guitar and harmonica. The first thing I was struck by is how
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