Category: digitalstorytelling
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Webcasts tonight: Teachers are Talking and Storychasers
Please join me this evening on EdTechTalk’s “Teachers are Talking” webcast at 7:30 pm eastern / 6:30 pm central time. Our conversation will probably range far and wide, but the following are some focus questions Cheryl Lykowski sent me to prepare for: 1. Tell us about K12 Online. 2. What is the K12 Online unconference?…
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Searching for the ideal StoryChaser camera
Over the past few weeks I’ve fallen in love with the Sony GC-1 Camera I picked up for $50 at a local electronics store after NECC “as is” without a box, cables, or instructions. I first wrote about this camera in my July 26th post, “Transformative power of flash-based video cameras.” The camera shoots 5…
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72 Years of Free Barbeque
In line with the spirit of the developing Storychasers project, I’ve created a six minute documentary about yesterday’s free community barbeque in Dalhart, Texas, offered as part of the festivities for the annual XIT Rodeo. As they have for the past 72 years, community volunteers prepared nine thousand pounds of barbeque meat with all the…
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Behold the power of photo tagging
I saw Will Richardson’s post about PicLens today, and then received the following email from an intern at Cooliris, the company which developed PicLens. Hi Wesley, My name is Luna and I’m a Stanford student interning at Cooliris. Your blog always has great topics for educators and I thought that you’d be interested in our…
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Animoto for Education – Use it for thoughtful media creations
Animoto, an amazing web tool I first discovered and shared back in September 2007, has released a portal site specific for education, educators and students: education.animoto.com. The overview page declares: Your classroom will never be the same. Add Animoto to your classroom’s digital storytelling kit. Takes just minutes to create a video. Bring your lessons…
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Talking with PBwiki Summer Campers: Basic Ingredients for Blended Learning
Last week I was invited to share a webinar presentation via Skype through Ustream.tv with educators involved in the PBwiki summer camp facilitated by Kristine Molnar. Kristine aggregated the resources we discussed during this session as well as participant comments and feedback on her wiki. The ideas I shared were based on a presentation I’ve…
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Four projects and 1 place to know about
I learned recently about an educator who is making a professional development journey across the United States to work with teachers and schools on using collaborative web 2.0 tools with students, and I sent her an email with the following information. These are collaborative projects I want to make sure she knows about, as well…
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Podcast270: A Conversation with Benjamin Franklin- Inventor, Statesman, Author and Civic Activist
This podcast features a recording with Steven Smith, a wonderful re-enactor of Benjamin Franklin, at the 2008 Oklahoma A+ Schools Conference on August 1st. In the character of Benjamin Franklin, Steven recounts historial events of his life as an inventor, statesman, author and civic activist. If there is a more memorable and impactful way to…