Category: open source
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The importance of choosing podcast episode titles
As I am sure you have noticed, we’re living in an attention economy where information is exploding. With all the content around us, how do we manage available information streams most effectively and efficiently? This is an essential question for EVERYONE, not just those of us who are admitted “geeks.” Information continues to explode, but…
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Tools for facilitating PBL?
Because of problems on the TechLearning blog with commenting, I am cross-posting this over here so you may comment on my blog if you are not able to comment there. (I wasn’t able to directly comment this morning on Dave Jakes’ post from yesterday, so I’m following his lead.) I’m a staunch advocate for project-based…
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Positive impressions of WordPress 2.5
Utilizing an open source blogging solution has its ups and downs. I love WordPress and am a BIG fan, but whenever I upgrade to a new version I always hold my breath and cross my fingers… Nothing SHOULD go wrong, but you never know, and being your own technical support person can be a bit…
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Free Content + Open Tools + Massive Collaboration = Learning for All
These are my notes from Karen Fasimpaur’s NCCE 2008 presentation “Free Content + Open Tools + Massive Collaboration = Learning for All.” I am recording this session and Karen has given me permission to share it here as a podcast. My comments / thoughts are in ALL CAPS below. All resources for this preso are…
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Podcast220V: Cleaning Up Downloaded Podcasts with Juice Receiver
This podcast is a short (3 min, 16 sec) screencast explaining how you can use free Juice Receiver software to quickly identify and clean up podcast channels that have more episodes than you want to keep, or episodes you’ve already watched / listened to. Juice Receiver can work in conjunction with iTunes, and when you…
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Fun with Stellarium: Yes that IS Mars!
This evening a cold front is making its way across central Oklahoma, and we are witnesses to a grand display of lightning off to the east. My wife and I haven’t sat outside and watched a lightning storm together in a LONG time– in part because in our last house, we didn’t have a front…
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Upgrading multiple WordPress installations
A new version of WordPress is out, and I’ve upgraded the three installations I’m now maintaining this evening: this blog (Moving at the Speed of Creativity,) Learning Signs (our family learning blog) and Eyes Right (a Christian team blog.) Several of the newer features of WordPress DO make the process of upgrading easier, but this…
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Podcast197: Leveraging a Variety of Free and Open Source Technology Solutions to Support Learning
This podcast features an interview with Sam Wynn, technology director for Vinita Public Schools in Vinita, Oklahoma. We discussed their district’s use of the free Open Fire instant messaging platform for intra-district communication. Our conversation also addressed the district’s plans to utilize collaborative technologies like blogs and wikis, and the benefits of self-hosting these resources…
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Talking open source and edtech with AG
About three weeks ago I had the pleasure to discuss open source technologies and other educational technology issues with Alfred Green, author of AG’s Blog. AG has published our ranging conversation as a new podcast on his blog. The interview runs 87 minutes.