Beth Goodwin created a short “PhotoPeach” digital story to share a visual narrative (set to music) of last Friday’s professional development session in Wells, Maine. She titled it, “Teachers at Work-21st Century Literacy.” After an initial hour-long presentation, all junior high school teachers in attendance had about an hour and a half to work and
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Sarah and I were in Maine for the launch of the iPad, and shared the excitement with Bob Sprankle and his family. It was fun to buy this “magical device” together. Here’s our photo essay of iPad Launch Day! Technorati Tags: apple, ipad, maine, photo, video, launch, portland, store
In January we heard Steve Jobs proclaim that the new iPad would be a magical device. It turns out he was right! I am actually blogging this post on my iPad using the updated WordPress for iPad application. My main complaint is that copy and paste within the app does not appear to be working
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Yesterday I had an opportunity to share a presentation with the faculty at Wells Junior High School, in Wells, Maine. Cheryl Oakes webcasted the presentation on UStream. I shared a modified version of my presentation, “Tales of Digital Magic.” The Ustream recording is 1 hour, 18 minutes long. The most amazing thing about this day
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Last night I had the great privilege of webcasting with the Seedlings (Bob Sprankle, Cheryl Oakes and Alice Barr) LIVE from the podcave of Bob Sprankle! This was a “magical” show, to say the least! Check out the archived show on Bit by Bit. If you’re unfamiliar with the term “podcave,” check out Tim Wilson’s
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These are my notes from the LESCN panel discussion, “What does a 21st century learner look like?” on April 1, 2010 in Meredith, New Hampshire. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Panelists today are: – Jeff Cicone (works for BAE Systems, the #2 largest defense contractor in the world, #2 employer in New
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These are my notes from Vanessa Vartabedian’s presentation “New Media Literacies” at the LESCN conference in Meredith, New Hampshire on April 1, 2010. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Vanessa is Va_Leigh on Twitter. Her personal Blip.tv account is vanessavartabedian.blip.tv. According to the NML website: New Media Literacies (NML), a research initiative based within USC’s
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This just in… If you are amazed by the transcription power of Google Voice, wait till you and your best furry friend experience the power of “Google Translate for Animals.” April Fools! H/T to Jackie Gerstein and John Sowash. Technorati Tags: google, video, youtube, translate, aprilfools, #aprilfools
