Category: podcasting
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Garageband for Windows?
I am having a blast today working with teachers in Bryan, Texas, creating short, simple podcasts with Garageband. But what about folks who have Windows computers? I remember hearing about free software Sony had developed for Windows computers similar to Garageband– but I can’t find that link. Anyone know what that is? M-Audio has developed…
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EdTechTalk podcast with Miguel, Jeff and Dave
I was honored to be included in EdTechTalk #49 last night with Miguel Guhlin and hosts Jeff and Dave. I also consider myself very lucky to have been able to connect via skype for this dialog at all! I was driving from Lubbock, Texas down to Bryan / College Station, Texas (about an 8 hour…
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EdTechTalk on Worldbridges
I am planning to participate in a Worldbridges EdTechTalk this evening, starting at 8 pm US Eastern time. Miguel Guhlin will also be joining in, along (perhaps) with others. This skype conversation should be available as a podcast subsequently, but the cool thing about EdTechTalk is that you can tune in “live” and either text-chat…
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Digital literacy workshop curriculum
I am sharing a series of three workshops on digital literacy, focusing on blogging and podcasting, this week in College Station, Texas. I have created a new Digital Literacy wiki that I’ll be using and likely continuing to use in the months to come. Please check it out and feel free to add resources you…
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Awesome reflections on Web 2.0
David Warlick posted his presentation about web 2.0 as a series of 4 podcasts episodes (look for #61) on his Connect Learning podcast recently, and this evening as I’ve been working on other things I listened to the first three segments. Fantastic stuff here, I highly commend it to you. A few things I liked…
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Podcasting politicos
Podcasting continues to get more mainstream. According to yesterday’s article “Politicians Get Help in New Online Media:” Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., responds on a weekly basis to questions on his blog. He also is among several politicians who have recorded podcasts, self-made audio or video broadcasts that can be downloaded from the Internet…
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Lawlessness and extortion on the cyberfrontier
I enjoy listening to the NPR technology podcast most weeks, and last night heard the episode from May 17th, “Spammers Win, Anti-Spam Software Firm Shuts Down.” This is really alarming. Apparently the company, Blue Security Inc. (their website is now offline) found an effective way to fight spammers– fighting fire with fire, but the much…
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Blogs like a neutron bomb!
Darren Kuropatwa describes the impact of using of blogs in his high school math classes as being “like a neutron bomb” in terms of their positive impact on teaching and learning in an outstanding skypecast posted by Dean Shareski recently. If you are not currently checking in with Dean (as well as Darren) on their…
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Podcasting Legal Guide
The Podcasting Legal Guide (a collaborative wiki) provides much-needed information and legal guidelines for podcasters in era our of “publish at will.” In the guide’s forward, Larry Lessig notes: “Copyright law” is essential in a digital age. But it ought to be a copyright law made for a digital age. Ours is not. And this…
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Bakers available, Bakers employed, and Baker productivity
I listened to a great podcast yesterday and today by UVA economist Peter Rodriguez, “The New World Economy: Development Challenges in the 21st Century” (direct mp3 link.) The presentation abstract reads: The world economy seems to be changing faster than ever. Some of the changes, such as rapid growth in China and India and growing…