Category: web 2.0
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School podcast publishing with LoudBlog
Many thanks to Dean Shareski for sharing some good humor and thoughts here over the weekend. Now I’ll be challenged to periodically add to my new humor blog category! 🙂 I was in San Antonio presenting a couple of workshops on podcasting, and (as always) emerged from the workshop experience learning several new things– hopefully…
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Introducing Peter Bell
Thank you Gerry, always funny stuff. Even Stephen Downes has appreciated your humor. My next guest is a middle school teacher from Bengough, Saskatchewan. Peter has been exploring the use of social software in his classroom for the past year. I sat down with Peter and asked him a few questions about the changes in…
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The joy of Juice Receiver and PodNova
For the past year, I’ve used the free PodNova website and free PodNova desktop client to manage the podcasts to which I subscribe and listen. I use iTunes to actually listen to most podcasts and synchronize those I’ve downloaded to my iPod. (See my post “PodNova and Podcast Subscriptions” on TechLearning from March 2006 for…
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Live webcasting via Ustream
My work with educational technologies the past few years has convinced me we have entered the “publish at will” era of information sharing. This means (to me) that anyone with a computer and Internet connection can publish their thoughts via different modalities (text, audio, and video) for a global audience– without incurring additional expenses. This…
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K-12 Online 2007: Call for Proposals!
Announcing the second annual “K12 Online” conference for teachers, administrators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice! This year’s conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, October 15-19 and October 22-26 of 2007, and will include a preconference keynote during the week…
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Webheads in Action Online Convergence
If you’re looking for a great opportunity to learn more about online collaboration and blended digital learning later this month, consider virtually attending and participating in the WiAOC 2007: Webheads in Action Online Convergence conference. The event starts this Friday and runs May 18-20, 2007. A complete schedule is available. Scheduled keynote speakers will include…
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Roads of Learning in the 21st Century (v 1.0)
Last night I finished editing a fifteen minute video I’ve been planning for several weeks. It is titled “Roads of Learning in the 21st Century,” and extends the metaphor of “learning on the rails” and “taking sidetrips for learning” shared by David Warlick in his preconference keynote address (in video form) for the 2006 K-12…
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Podcast152: Thrive in 2065: Reinventing Schools for the 21st Century
The world is changing fast, and schools need to change appropriately to prepare learners for successful integration into our 21st century economy and society. This podcast is a recording of a presentation I shared on May 9, 2007 for the Rotary Club in Duncan, Oklahoma. I focused on key themes in recent books by Tom…
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Video interviews from NCCE 2007
Jeff Allen told me today about a great collection of interviews available online from the Northwest Council for Computer Education 2007 conference. These include interviews with Angus King, Will Richardson, Tony Vincent, Patrick Crispin, Chris Hagel, Brad Patrick, and Annette Lamb. Both the opening keynote by Angus King and closing keynote by Will Richardson (“A…
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Re-creation
One of the most thought provoking videos and professional development learning opportunities I’ve had in the past six months was watching and listening to Dr. Lawrence Lessig at Wizards of OS4 in September 2006 (via podcast) share his “Read/Write Culture” keynote address. These are a few notes I took awhile back about some of the…