Category: web 2.0
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21st Century Cartographers by David Jakes
These are my notes from Dave’s afternoon presentation at TechForum07 on Google Maps and Google Earth. David is THE MAN. I first heard him in November 2005 at Techforum when he presented on digital storytelling. David’s main site: www.jakesonline.org David’s resource website for this session specifically: http://newtools.pbwiki.com/cartography – does the technology tool support a fundamental…
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Ustream.tv tomorrow?
The slides for my TechForum Southwest keynote tomorrow, “So the World is Flat. Now What?” are available as a PDF file (16.7 MB). With encouragement this evening from Miguel Guhlin and David Jakes, I’m going to attempt a live Ustream.tv broadcast of the keynote tomorrow. Haven’t tried this, haven’t tested this, but we’ll give it…
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Key for student laptops is content creation, not entertainment
Christopher Lawton’s article today in the Wall Street Journal (“The First-Grader’s First PC”) highlights several sub $500 computers designed specifically for children, including some I hadn’t read about previously. The Eee PC, priced at $399 according to Christopher’s article, is marketed for mobility, reliability, ease of use, connectivity, media applications and entertainment. The Eee PC…
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The Today Show on Twitter and Media Literacy
I was very interested to learn today that the NBC television program “The Today Show” is not only on Twitter, but also is following me. I’m not going to get a big head over this and think that Al Roker is going to be calling me anytime soon for an interview, but I do think…
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Over 84,000 site visits in the 2007 K-12 Online Conference
I’ve posted some screenshots and statistics from the ClustrMap of the 2007 K-12 Online conference to the newly opened K-12 Online Ning site this evening, in a post titled “Participation around the world in 2007!” The header image for the K12Online Ning is aptly subtitled, “The Conference That Never Ends!” Please join the ongoing conversations…
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When Night Falls 2007: Plan to Participate!
Today is the final day of new presentations in the 2007 K-12 Online Conference, but the learning opportunities and connections are really just beginning. All 41 presentations from the 2007 conference will remain available online indefinitely, hosted by the College of William and Mary, joining the 41 presentations from the 2006 conference which also remain…
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Voicethreads about favorite books!
I’ve spent the day today at Asher Public School in Asher, Oklahoma, working with all 5th through 12th grade students on digital storytelling using VoiceThread. We created six different VoiceThread digital stories together today as part of the Great Book Stories Project. Five of these are linked from the “Listen and See” page of the…
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Good K12Online07 PD Reflection example
Janetta Garton has posted a thoughtful reflection about Brian Lamb, Alan Levine, and D’Arcy Norman’s “New Tools” strand keynote address for the 2007 K-12 Online Conference titled, “More Than Cool Tools.” Janetta is modeling “best practices” for her reflection, since she: Posted her reflection to her own blog Followed the suggested reflection rubric developed by…
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More thinking about mobile, field recording for podcasts
My post today for TechLearning is titled “Podcasting power in your hand.” I am still trying to fully comprehend the implications of everyone with access to a phone (a cell phone or land line) having access to a viable podcast recording device. I love the fact that Gabcast stores the number of the phone which…
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When Night Falls Moderators Needed!
Last year during the first K-12 Online Conference, the culminating “When Night Falls” event was one of the highlights for many participants. Unlike other live events for the conference which last just an hour, “When Night Falls” is a 24 hour event that literally spans the globe and celebrates as the sun sets around our…