Day: June 2, 2010
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Digital reflections on an anthropologist’s journey to Kunming, China
In November 2009, Kansas anthropologist Linda Davis-Stephens traveled to Kunming, China. Kunming is located in southeastern China, just north of Laos and Vietnam. Linda created and posted to YouTube a 4.5 minute video of reflections and images from her amazing trip. The conference where she presented had 4000 attendees from around East and Southeast Asia.…
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Web 2.0 Smackdown highlights from iConnect iLearn 2010 (Colby, Kansas)
These are some of the websites I learned about during our day 1 closing session at iConnect, iLearn in Colby, Kansas today. http://www.wikidot.com Website for building wikis, ideal for online learning portals. Free as well as paid options. The Collaboratory at Colby Community College is a local higher ed example using Wikidot. Multiple classes are…
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Tips and Tricks from Kevin Honeycutt #icil2010 (Colby, Kansas)
These are my notes from Kevin Honeycutt’s presentation, “Tips and Tricks” at the 2010 iConnect, iLearning Conference. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Part of this preso was recorded via Ustream. The initial few minutes of this preso were also archived, but Kevin doesn’t start until 2:30 into the presentation. Connectivity issues caused…
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A-Ha Moments: Voice (iConnect iLearn 2010 Opening Keynote) – First Prezi presentation
I creatively experimented with my opening keynote for the 2010 iConnect iLearn Conference today in Colby, Kansas. My topic was “A-Ha Moments: Voice.” I created my first Prezi presentation to share these thoughts, and also solicited the ideas of conference participants on the conference Ning. A-Ha Moments: Voice on Prezi I learned a LOT creating…
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Helping kids connect to their passions and become remarkable: SAVING money shifting to Project Based Learning
These are my notes from Steve Wyckoff’s presentation, “Crisis in the School: Budget Busters” at the iConnect, iLearn Conference in Colby, Kansas on June 2, 2010. The Ustream login in the room didn’t work but I was able to login with a different browser, so I was able to record/archive this session. (embedded below) ESSDACK…
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Public Schools Are Not Businesses – Why Educational Sharing Matters
If you have access to a phone and can use it, you can readily publish audio online for FREE as a podcast using iPadio. Your students can as well. This process is called “phonecasting.” Tuesday I recorded a 23 minute phonecast using iPadio on my iPhone, continuing my review of Diane Ravitch’s new book, “The…