Category: distributed-learning
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Become a Connected Teacher to Help Students Make Global Connections
This morning my wife and I experienced a benefit of being “connected educators” together: We participated in a virtual field trip with students and adults in both Tanzania and New York thanks to Google’s Connected Classrooms website. Here’s the quick story of how we ended up learning about the global water crisis on a free…
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A Renaissance in Educational Podcasting
For the past year, I’ve been LOVING what I perceive to be a renaissance in educational podcasting. Since 2002 or 2003 when I first heard David Warlick share an educational podcast, podcasting has been a huge part of my ongoing professional learning as a teacher. My current podcatcher app of choice on my iPhone, PocketCasts,…
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Create a Personal Publication Archive with Open Journal Systems (OJS)
A couple years ago I started looking for a free content management system I could use to archive and share publications I’ve written in my educational career. Since I’ve used WordPress extensively to publish content online, I was first drawn to “Annotum: an open-source, open-process, open-access scholarly authoring and publishing platform based on WordPress.” I…
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The 2014 EdTech Crystal Ball Webcast: Sat Dec 28, 2013
Update Dec 28th: The archive of our Google Hangout is available! Please join Jason Neiffer, Jennie Magiera and I tomorrow at noon EST / 11 am CST / 10 am MST / 9 am PST for an impromptu Google Hangout: The 2014 EdTech Crystal Ball Webcast! The official description is: Join Jason Neiffer, Jennie Magiera…
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Exploring the Hobbit on iTunes University and Course To-Dos
This afternoon I opened the iTunes University app on my iPad and found the free “Exploring The Hobbit” course. It’s mostly audio lectures, and looks good for Tolkien fans like yours truly. I’m particularly interested in seeing, experiencing “as a student,” and analyzing the way iTunesU provides and manages both course “to dos” and assignments.…
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Learning About Posting YouTube Videos to WordPress, Windows RT Copy Paste, and iMovie for iPhone
This afternoon my 10 year old, Rachel, showed me a video she’d found on YouTube on the amazing channel AsapScience. My wife and I gave her a Windows RT tablet for her birthday in September, and she’s enjoyed using it not only to watch YouTube videos (and subscribe to them with the Google Account we…
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Hangin’ Out with Brad and Drew
This evening I had a wonderful opportunity to spend an hour with the amazing Michigan elementary teachers Brad Waid and Drew Minock as a guest on their weekly “Two Guys and Some iPads” show. If you missed the fun “live,” check out the archived video! If you’re not already, definitely add their website www.twoguysandsomeipads.com to…
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Educators Rejoice! YouTube Permits Moderated Video Comments By Default
Educators rejoice! This is a great piece of news. I’ve waited a couple of years for Google to make this available as a YouTube channel setting. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Jonny Hunter YouTube has tremendous value to classroom teachers as a free video hosting platform. In the past, when posting…