Category: digitalstorytelling
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Bison on the Konza Prairie
This past weekend I had an opportunity to tour the “back roads” of the Konza Prairie with a wonderful docent, Chod Hedinger, who had been one of my Scoutmasters when I was growing up in Manhattan, Kansas. I created a 10 photo VoiceThread this evening titled “Bison on the Konza Prairie” to provide greater context…
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Reflections on Dr. King’s Dream
During my breakout sessions today at the STARtech conference in Salina, Kansas, I invited participants to reflect on the meaning of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream for them today: At their school, in their community, in their own context. I used the first image of Dr. King included on his current WikiPedia page, and then we…
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Understanding and respecting copyright a problem for many
I blog fairly often about intellectual property (IP) issues and Creative Commons. My winter 2003 article for the TechEdge, “Copyright 101 for Educators,” is one of the resources I commend frequently to teachers, librarians, and school administrators when questions about copyright and publishing of student media projects come up during my workshops. In all these…
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NCCE and Seattle in February
It’s been official for awhile but I haven’t posted about this till now: I’m thrilled to be traveling to Seattle in late February for the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) conference as an invited featured speaker. Many thanks to Jeff Allen for helping facilitate this! I am scheduled to share four presentations at NCCE:…
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Reflections about “The War” and oral history
I’ve shared a new post on the TechLearning blog titled, “Digital learning and “The War.” Technorati Tags: kenburns, thewar, worldwarii, oralhistory, history, war, stories, digitalstorytelling
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Convert WMV files to MOV free
I was delighted to discover the free software utility program “Prism Video Converter” today for Windows, which can convert Windows Media Video (.wmv) files to QuickTime movie (.mov) formatted files for use in podcast channels. What I do NOT know yet is if the settings I used for encoding and the output size will be…
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Lessons learned about podcasting microphones
It is true we often learn more from failures rather than successes, and my experiences with podcasting microphones provide several cases in point. The first 100+ podcasts I made were created using just the built-in microphone in my (then) iBook and (now) MacBook laptop. After making so many podcasts, at some point I realized I…
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Rachel featured on VoiceThread
How exciting! We noticed this evening that on the family tab of the VoiceThread homepage, our 4 year old’s VoiceThread “Getting a New Haircut” is featured! When asked by her mom what that means tonight, Rachel responded, “It means I’m famous!” 🙂 Technorati Tags: voicethread, digitalstorytelling
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Sausage Balls: The Culinary Delight of the Holiday Season
Rachel and I enjoyed making sausage balls several times for our family during the holidays this year. We took several photos (and had family members snap a few pictures) during the cooking process, so we could make a VoiceThread about cooking sausage balls. This reminds me of “how to” essays I helped my students write…