Category: podcasting
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Web 2.0 Audio Conversations
For several weeks now I have been having fun playing with the fantastic web 2.0 tool Yackpack. Last night and today, I finally setup a family “pack” and turned my kids loose on it. I could hardly get them to stop! My youngest even caught the contagious enthusiasm and had to get in the act…
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Classroom podcasting benefits
Several weeks ago I put into words many of the ideas I had read, listened to, and thought about relating to the benefits of classroom podcasting in the article “Classroom Audio Podcasting.” Today I listened to David Warlick’s 1.5 hour podcast presentation from PodcasterCon2006, and several things struck me as major benefits or aspects of…
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UK Podcasting Directory
Derek Baird alerted me to an excellent podcasting directory for educators from the UK. Their list of school podcasts is one of the most extensive I have seen online.
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Synchronous non-interactive?
In distance learning, there are several terms which define the instructional pedagogy (methods and strategies) used by the professor / teacher to help students learn. These include: Synchronous/Asynchronous: Synchronous: It’s “live.” The teacher and students are online together at the same time. Asynchronous: It’s NOT “live.” The teacher and students are generally online at different…
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Moral obligations to distribute ideas
Thanks to the magic of podcasting and TWiT, I had a chance this morning to listen for the second time to Lawrence Lessig of the Stanford Law School talk about Creative Commons, free culture issues, and other topics related to creative expression and intellectual property. First big idea that grabbed my attention was a question…
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Bandwidth spikes
Downloads of my podcast, and therefore the amount of my utilized ISP-allotted daily/weekly bandwidth, have really spiked up in the last few days. I have had access problems to my blog today and intermittently in the past week, and I guessed the cause was high traffic volume. It turns out my service provider (POWWEB) is…
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More classroom podcasts
Shaun Else has created an outstanding intro page to podcasting for teachers and students. He includes links to several classroom podcasts I had not heard of yet: Room 613 Talk: Class Weblog and Podcasts for Mr. Hetherington’s 6th Grade Social Studies Class in Connecticut, USA Radio Sandaig Otters: 6th Grade Podcasters from Glasgow, Scotland The…
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Podcastercon Jan 7th
An excellent conference about podcasting is scheduled for this coming Saturday, January 7th. Podcastercon is a free conference being held at the University of North Carolina in Raleigh. I expect, given the unconference style of the event particularly, there will be lots of blog entries and podcasts available for those (like me) who cannot attend.…
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Wavepad and Rosegarden
Wavepad is a free Windows-based audio editing software program well suited for podcasting. Rosegarden is a similar program for Linux-based computers. My favorite podcasting software remains Audacity (free for Windows, Macintosh and Linux users) but I plan to give SoundTrackPro a try in 2006 as well (it is Mac-only). I also love Garageband, but have…
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Einstein Endorsement
Hey, is this cool or what?! Thanks to Andrew, a Flickr contact from Bejing, for alerting me to the amazing website archive where I discovered this image tonight! This one is also potential poster-material for a K-16 classroom near you! 🙂 Go ahead, make your own version! Playing in the web 2.0 world is equivalent…