Amidst my recent posts about inspirational leadership and technology integration ideas from the 2011 ISTE conference in Philadelphia, I’ve been shocked and saddened to read about incredible levels of recent violence in the city which are heartbreaking as well as alarming. According to the June 28, 2011, article in the The Philadelphia Inquirier newspaper, “32
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Equipped as a storychaser with my iPad2, a $60 iRig mic, and the help of friends (as well as some bystanders) willing to be short-term videographers, I’ve recorded a series of interviews this week here in Philadelphia for the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. This sixth episode is an interview with
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These are my notes from Steven Covey‘s keynote address at the ISTE Conference in Philadelphia on June 28, 2011. Steven presented over a videoconference connection. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Leadership is a choice, not a position – I define leadership differently than most people Today I want to discuss leading your
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These are my notes from Chris Lehmann‘s closing keynote, “Unlocking Potential,” at ISTE 2011. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. An audio podcast of this session is available, preceeded by an incredible poetry jam by Chris’ SLA students. in the end we are talking about agency – the ability to own your ideas
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Equipped as a storychaser with my iPad2, a $60 iRig mic, and the help of friends (as well as some bystanders) willing to be short-term videographers, I’ve recorded a series of interviews this week here in Philadelphia for the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. This fifth episode (and my last one
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Equipped as a storychaser with my iPad2, a $60 iRig mic, and the help of friends (as well as some bystanders) willing to be short-term videographers, I’ve recorded a series of interviews this week here in Philadelphia for the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. This fourth episode is an impromptu interview
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Equipped as a storychaser with my iPad2, a $60 iRig mic, and the help of friends (as well as some bystanders) willing to be short-term videographers, I’ve recorded a series of interviews this week here in Philadelphia for the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. This third episode is an interview with
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Equipped as a storychaser with my iPad2, a $60 iRig mic, and the help of friends (as well as some bystanders) willing to be short-term videographers, I’ve recorded a series of interviews this week here in Philadelphia for the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. In this second episode, Missouri educator Cindy
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Equipped as a storychaser with my iPad2, a $60 iRig mic, and the help of friends (as well as some bystanders) willing to be short-term videographers, I’ve recorded a series of interviews this week here in Philadelphia for the 2011 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. This first episode is a three minute
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These are my notes from Jason Ohler’s 2011 ISTE presentation, “New Media, New Literacies: Educational Transformation through Digital Creativity.” MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE ALL IN CLASS. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TO EVER HEAR JASON PRESENT! WOW! HE IS HIGHLY ENTRALLING AS A PRESENTER AND SUPER THINKER / EDUCATIONAL CHANGE AGENT http://www.jasonohler.com/resources/handouts.cfm http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/index.cfm we
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These are my notes from Karen Fasimpaur’s session, “Open Educational Resources: Share, Remix, Learn” at the 2011 ISTE conference. Resources from Karen’s session are on http://www.k12opened.com/wiki/index.php/Iste2011. Open Educational Resources: Share, Remix, Learn (v4) View more presentations from Karen F Creative Commons has had a HUGE impact on the work I do, helping teachers accomplish their
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I’ve contracted with my 7 year old daughter, Rachel, to illustrate my forthcoming eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing.” She took my iPad2 and a Rocketfish stylus to Lubbock this weekend with her mom and sister, and created some amazing illustrations in the 7 hour car trip each way. She used the
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We frequently hear people say “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but pictures can be worth far more to us when they can speak through an associated audio recording. Cloud-based audio recording services like AudioBoo.fm, Cinch.fm and iPadio.com offer students and teachers the ability to quickly create AND share “no edit” audio recordings. These
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In the fall of 2007 I traveled to Muskogee, Oklahoma, to share one of ten seminars around our state about the E-Rate program for my employer at the time, AT&T. While staying at my hotel, I purchased and downloaded Juan Luis Guerra‘s album, “La Llave de me Corazon” directly to my iPhone over local wifi.
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Back in April 2011, a team at Google created the first “live action Google doodle” to commemorate the birthday of Charlie Chaplain. In a post about the project and Chaplain, Google doodler Ryan Germick wrote: Chaplin is also one of my creative heroes. Despite being an art-obsessed high schooler preemptively bored by anything in black
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Today when I uploaded a new screencast to YouTube, I noticed a new menu option for YouTube video sharers: Creative Commons BY (attribution-only) licensing! This is great news, since it will open the door to more opportunities for legal remixing of YouTube video content and more chances to play with media! If you are not
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Websites like AudioBoo, Cinch, and iPadio which permit “no-edit” audio recording and publishing can be utilized in extremely constructive, powerful and creative ways. I’m finishing up my chapter on Audio tools for my first eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing,” and I’m using an AudioBoo my daughter, Rachel, recorded at the USS
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Do you have ridiculously fast and cheap wireless Internet access where you live? Probably not. Free wifi hotspots abound in many US cities and towns today, but data plans for wireless connectivity remain fairly expensive and coverage areas get sparse fast in rural areas. LightSquared is one company seeking a new era of ubiquitous connectivity
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Last fall when I taught “Computers in the Classroom” for pre-service education students at the University of North Texas, I used a blog on the site 21classes.com. (untcic.21classes.com) Since the free version of 21classes just permits teachers to have 10 student accounts (and I had 25 students) I opted at the time to pay $9
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This past April, Oklahoma City hosted the first TEDx event in our state: TEDxOKC. As expected, it was a fantastic day of inspirational and moving talks. Today at lunch I ran into Ken Stoner, who was the primary organizer of TEDxOKC, and he told me a TEDxOU event is being scheduled for January 2012. A
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