Category: podcasting
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The ethic of minimal clicks for classroom digital storytelling
I have been thinking quite a bit about the differences in using web-based tools like Voicethread, PodcastPeople, Bubbleshare or podOmatic to create audio-only or enhanced podcasts (technically speaking I suppose, “digital stories” since Voicethreads and Bubbleshares are not yet true podcasts) compared to desktop software like Audacity, PhotoStory3, or Garageband. In the past, I’ve spent…
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Behold the power of iSquint!
I am SO impressed with the compression ratio and high quality achieved by iSquint, which is free software for Macs that compresses and converts QuickTime files into iPod compatible mp4 files. One of our presentations for K12Online07 today was 339.6 MB in size when it was given to conveners. After running the file through iSquint…
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PD Reflection and Reflection on Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools
Following the guidelines of the 2007 K-12 Online Conference professional development committee’s posted rubric, I’ve used Gabcast this afternoon/evening to reflect on Liz Kolb’s wonderful presentation yesterday “Cell Phones as Classroom Learning Tools.” I have created a new blog on Blogger (for free of course) for my professional development reflections, for the K12Online07 conference as…
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Come and get them: 18 new k12online07 enclosures
Day 2 of the 2007 K-12 Online Conference is underway, including updated podcast channels for both audio and video. Hopefully we’ve got the MIME type issues resolved in the feeds, I did have to resync the audio feed this morning because there was an error in the feedburner version. Hopefully if you’re using iTunes and…
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The gauntlet has been tossed
I’m in Osage Beach, Missouri this evening, anticipating the start tomorrow of the 2007 MOREnet Instructional Technology Conference (MITC). (Actually right after finishing this blog post I’ll be drafting the narrative for a MacArthur grant on digital learning, but that’s another story.) The keynote speaker for the conference tomorrow is none other than the amazing…
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Inventing the New Boundaries by David Warlick
The 2007 K-12 Online Conference is officially underway! David Warlick’s pre-conference keynote, “Inventing the New Boundaries,” is available in both audio and video formats for download on the conference blog. This year we’ve setup two podcast feed channels, one audio-only and one with video versions of published presentations. Not all conference presentations will be available…
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Wiki feedback for a podcast on technology leadership
Louis Loeffler is the instructor for Cardinal Stritch University’s “Technology Leadership I” course. I received an email recently from Louis that he was having trouble accessing the podcast interview I posted last May with Dr. Scott Mcleod (“Podcast151: Dr. Scott McLeod on Administrator Idea-Sharing via Blogs, Digital Social Networking, and Educating Others for the Transition…
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Talking K12Online07 with the Seedlings
Darren Kuropatwa and I were guests on Bob Sprankle, Cheryl Oakes and Alice Barr’s wonderful “Seedlings” live webcast / podcast yesterday afternoon. What fun! Since I was attending the Oklahoma “Last Frontier Council’s Centennial Scout Camporee” in Lawton with my son, Bob was able to “skype out” to me on my cell phone so I…
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Learning 2.0 Conference opening panel
The Learning 2.0 conference in Shanghai opened last Friday night with an engaging panel discussion among the speakers. This was not only a lot of fun, but also a great way to frame the themes of the conference and introduce everyone to the speakers. Each speaker was asked to respond to a different question relating…
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ProfCast summer stories contest
ProfCast is an excellent program for Mac OS X which makes creation of enhanced podcasts including PowerPoint or Keynote slides synchronized to audio narration relatively straightforward. I’ve used ProfCast several times with good results, including last December when I recorded a “draft” of my presentation on cultivating digital literacy skills via blogging and pocasting for…