Category: web 2.0
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Blogs, Wikis, District Polices, Walled Gardens and the Open Web
While I am an outspoken advocate for the constructive uses of blogs, wikis, podcasts, cell phones, and other types of read/write web services and digital technologies to support learning both inside and outside the classroom, it is also VERY important for teachers to understand and respect local school board policies which may exist regarding these…
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Web 2.0 in the Enterprise
These are my notes from a free webinar titled “Web 2.0 for your Business” offered by Irwin Lazar, Principal Analyst and Program Director for Nemertes Research. This webinar was offered via the AT&T Networking Exchange on March 25, 2008. Presentation slides for this webinar are available as a PDF. A recording and link to an…
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Podcast238: K-12 Online Conference – Free Professional Development on Web 2.0 Technologies
This podcast (introduced by my wife, Shelly) is a recording of a session I shared at the 2008 Oklahoma Technology Association (OTA) conference in Oklahoma City on February 5, 2008, titled “K-12 Online Conference – Free Professional Development on Web 2.0 Technologies.” The conference program description for this session was: The K-12 Online Conference offers…
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Thanks to Marco Torres for the term “quick victories”
I’ve added a link to the top of my blog today to a webinar I’m sharing on May 7, 2008, for the CILC (Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration) entitled, “Quick Victories for Blended Learning.” I first heard the term “quick victories” from Marco Torres, during or after one of his presentations at the MACE…
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Managing information streams in the attention economy
We hear many terms to describe the era in which we live. Alvin Toffler calls it “the third wave,” John Naisbitt and others refer to it as “the information age.” As I detailed in a three part podcast series last fall, I increasingly find the term “attention economy” more descriptive and helpful. Michael Goldhaber first…
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Lessons Learned from two more Ustream.tv remote webcasts
My son and I conducted our third and fourth live webcasts over Ustream.tv today from the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport, about 30 miles outside of Washington D.C. Udvar-Hazy is an extension of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum which opened four years ago, and houses a wonderful array of…
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Washington DC Experiences
Alexander and I spent some time this morning working together to create a VoiceThread about his experiences in Washington DC this week. Full disclosure: Alexander is 10 and in 4th grade. He selected the images for this VoiceThread, which I had imported into iPhoto from my iPhone and exported to the desktop for him. We…
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Apologies for Ustream non-event today
My apologies that my scheduled session broadcasts over Ustream did not happen today at COSN. The sessions were held in the basement of the Hyatt hotel, where unfortunately there was not any cell phone data network coverage or service. Wired Internet connections were provided at sessions, but apparently the network at the hotel is configured…
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Partial victory web-casting from the Smithsonian
As previously mentioned, today at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. my son and I successfully conducted two short web-casts over my Ustream.tv channel using an AT&T / Sierra Wireless USB laptop data connection device (it’s not a true “card,” so I’m not sure what else to call it), my MacBook, a…
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Reflections on changing history, national identity, and cultural events in the American midwest
I did quite a bit of driving this past week, traveling to and from Tulsa, Oklahoma, on both Wednesday and Friday. It’s about two hours of driving one-way from where I live north of Oklahoma City, so that’s almost eight hours of driving in two days. One of my favorite things to do when commuting…