Category: creativity
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Good Thoughts on Wikis
I am wanting to get Wiki software installed for several projects I am working on, as well as to enable others to start using Wikis. I ran across the article “Exploring with Wiki: A Conversation with Ward Cunningham” tonight, which is an interview with the man credited with inventing Wikis. That article is interesting, and…
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Fun new podcasts
Two new fun podcasts were published today that you might find interesting… Walter Doue, a graduate student in the College of Education at Texas Tech, made an “interview with John Dewey” podcast using the voice transformer feature of Garageband software. Very creative! Also, the 2nd graders producing Mills Murfee Podcast here in Lubbock released their…
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Digital Literacy and the New Teacher Education
I have spent all morning reading and thinking about a very long but excellent article in the current (October 2005) edition of Educational Researcher. In “The New Teacher Education: For Better or For Worse?” (PDF) Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith provides an outstanding overview of the evolutionary changes taking place in teacher education in the United States.…
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Digital Kids Club
Adobe’s Digital Kids Club is loaded with resources for digital storytellers. The site includes intro movies about digital photography and digital videography, digital media tips, lessons and activities, tutorials, and more! Free online classes are also available for educators, after registering with Adobe.
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Recess and Computing at odds?
Longer post than usual here, but these ideas are critical for educators and parents to think about and act on. Complex issues, but also important assumptions that should be recognized and understood in context. Lowell Monke’s thoughtful article “Charlotte’s Webpage: Why Children Shouldn’t Have the World at Their Fingertips” is a marvelous read and a…
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Disruptive Technology Censorship?
This past weekend I finished writing a new article I had intended to publish in the TechEdge, the journal of the Texas Computer Education Association. I have been a regular columnist for the TechEdge since 1997, all my published articles are available online in my “Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom” article…
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ccPublisher
Creative Commons Publisher (ccPublisher) is a free software application running on Windows and Mac OS X (Linux version coming) that allows anyone to upload media content to the Internet Archive, along with meta data including a Creative Commons license selected by the publisher. The software tool (ccPublisher) is free, the Internet web hosting is free,…
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Webzine 2005
Amazing sounding conference, just based on the blog links of many of the speakers listed on the conference homepage. Wish I could have attended.
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Japanese Hot Dog Art
Hey, bored and looking for some creative excitement? How ’bout creating some hot dog art? Better yet, make a stopmotion movie with your own hot dog art characters! This Japanese website has great photos and even instructions (with helpful diagrams) on how to create these amazing shapes. Those who follow through here may never look…
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How Big is the Universe?
The University of Chicago is publishing a series of short interviews with faculty members, discussing their research activities and interests, called “Research at Chicago.” We listened to several of these podcasts recently on a long car trip to a relative’s wedding. Some were great, some were less compelling, but one really stood out to me.…