Category: design
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Breadboards, LED lights, small screens, and programming homegrown, inexpensive computers
Landon Brockhert is a computer science student at the University of Central Oklahoma, and is the part-time paid computer/AV guru for our church in Edmond. Landon is the reliable guy behind the scenes who makes sure the SmartBoard is setup each Sunday morning when I teach 5th graders, and setup the SmartBoard each day this…
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Embedding mp3 audio files with a free flash player in Moodle, a wiki or a blog
I use the free PodPress plug-in for WordPress to create browser-based Flash player links for audio and video podcasts I publish here on “Moving at the Speed of Creativity.” PodPress is not available for Moodle, wikis, or other blog software programs, however. If you are publishing a mp3 audio file podcast to your school website…
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A virtual chat with President Lincoln
Thanks to Nik Peachey’s post last week about Virsona, I had a short text chat with an AI version of Abraham Lincoln this afternoon. This was our brief conversation: Abraham Lincoln: Hi. You: hello Abraham Lincoln: who are you? You: I am a teacher Abraham Lincoln: Nice to meet you. You: Why did we fight…
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Podcast267: A Discussion about Lego WeDo Robotics at NECC 2008 (Coming in January 2009 to North America)
This podcast is an interview with Lars of Lego Education on the vendor floor at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, discussing the recently announced “WeDo Robotics” product designed for elementary students ages 7-11. According to the official Lego Education press release, WeDo Robotics “redefines classroom robotics, making it possible for primary school students 7-11…
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Know any fantastic Drupal developers?
Our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling and oral history project has re-released an RFP for the redesign of our existing learning community website. We anticipate utilizing an open source content management system like Drupal and the Media Mover Plug-in (among others) to have a more robust and flexible learning environment than our current Ning website,…
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Beyond the Virtual Fieldtrip and the Collaborative Project…KC3: A National Challenge
These are my notes from Jan Zanetis’ presentation at MODLA 2008 titled, “Beyond the Virtual Fieldtrip and the Collaborative Project…KC3: A National Challenge.” MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I am recording this session with permission and will post it later here as a podcast. This is a GREAT project and exactly the…
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Leverage Multimedia in Your Online Courses by Eric Fudge (integrating SCORM within your LMS)
These are my notes from Eric Fudge’s MODLA 2008 presentation “Leverage Multimedia in Your Online Courses.” This session focuses most on making the case for utilizing a different model for online course development using SCORM, to provide more granular reporting about student activities and progress than instructors (as well as advisors) often get from LMS…
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The Transformational Power of Social Media Technology in Learning: Inspiring Stories from the Classroom and Beyond! (Idit Caperton)
These are my notes from Idit Caperton’s closing keynote at NECC 2008, “The Transformational Power of Social Media Technology in Learning: Inspiring Stories from the Classroom and Beyond!” MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. THIS WAS A FANTASTIC KEYNOTE AND ONE OF THE BEST I’VE EVER SEEN AT NECC. INSPIRATIONAL, CHALLENGING, RESEARCH-BASED, KID AND LEARNING…