Category: disruptive-technology
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Podcast268: Conversations with Scott Swanson and April Hope about the first OLPC High School Student Chapter, 1 to 1 Laptop Immersion with Tablet PCs, and EduBloggerCon 2008 Student Reflections
This podcast includes interviews with Scott Swanson, the Strategic Technology Coordinator at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois, recorded in March and July of 2008, as well as April Hope, a 2008 graduate of IMSA and Scott’s current intern. They discuss the activities of IMSA students in forming the first OLPC (XO…
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Transformative power of flash-based video cameras
Around ten years ago when I first heard Alan November speak at the TCEA conference in Austin, I heard him differentiate between types of classroom technology use. Initially, virtually all teachers use technologies in “accommodating” ways which replicate existing tasks but may make them more efficient thanks to technology. Eventually, he said (as I recall)…
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Pocket camcorder first impressions
Ever since Dean Shareski showed me his Sony GC1 Net-Sharing Cam (along with some other, similarly priced cameras) at NECC 2008 several weeks ago I’ve aspired to add a camera like this to my digital backpack. Yesterday at our local Ultimate Electronics store in Oklahoma City, I found a Sony GC1 display model for sale…
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Good News: ISTE revises Recording Code of Conduct for NECC 2008
Great news! Thanks to comments from Mike Muir and Tammy Worcester on my blog this morning and yesterday, I was alerted to ISTE’s announcement emailed to NECC 2008 presenters at 23:15 GMT on 21 June 2008 (yesterday evening here in US Central time): Dear NECC Presenter: ISTE recently disseminated a code of conduct regarding video…
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Podcasting facilities to be provided at NECC 2008
Although ISTE has published a controversial “Video/Audio Recording Code Of Conduct” for the NECC 2008 conference in San Antonio, they also have announced facilities will be provided for podcasters at the conference. According to the “NECC Presenter: Final Preconference Email” message this evening: NEW! PODCASTING SUITE Room 215 at the convention center will be set…
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NECC 2008 Podcasters beware! New ISTE policy on new media conference coverage
This is the first time I have ever seen a statement and legal requirement of this type for an educational conference, and I suspect it will not be the last. According to the current (19 June 2008) NECC 2008 Attendees Registration Overview and Confirmation page, NO ONE is permitted to make a full-length audio recording…
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Transparency of coursecasting comes to kindergarten
The ability of students and teachers to affordably and relatively easily create digital recordings of teacher lectures as well as other conversations which take place in the classroom represents a potentially “disruptive technology” for many reasons. Yesterday’s ABC report “Teacher Caught On Tape: Kindergartner ‘Ignorant, Pathetic, Self-Absorbed’” reveals that the potential for disruptive technologies and…
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Podcast252: Effective and Appropriate Use of Text Messaging with High School Students (Digital Etiquette)
This podcast features an interview with Rhonda, the drama teacher at Yukon High School in Yukon, Oklahoma. This past year, for the first time, Rhonda has shared her cell phone number with her high school students with clear guidelines about the hours when she checks text messages. She receives over 1000 text messages per month…