Category: google
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Create Appointment Slots on a Google Calendar
(Cross-posted from Instructional FAQs for Yukon Public Schools) “Appointment slots” are a feature in Google Calendars which allow calendar owners to let other people “sign up” for specific appointments on different dates and times. This can be handy for resource checkout calendars, like a mobile laptop cart or a computer lab. It can also work…
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Educational Podcasts from Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference (August 2012)
This week I had an opportunity to attend and present at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana, at the beautiful College of Education at the University of Montana. In addition to taking notes from several sessions, I also recorded and posted session audio to a supplementary podcast channel I’ve maintained for several years,…
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Exploring Instructional Uses of YouTube with Lucy Gray (August 2012)
These are my notes from Lucy Gray‘s breakout session, “Exploring YouTube,” on August 7, 2012, at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana. Resources from Lucy’s presentation are available on this blog post. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. All resources from this session: Exploring Instructional Uses of YouTube (Slideshare) YouTube was…
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Beyond Search by Lucy Gray
These are my notes from Lucy Gray‘s breakout session, “Beyond Search,” on August 6, 2012, at the Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference in Missoula, Montana. Resources from Lucy’s presentation are available on this blog post. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Lucy is sharing her session resources via an embed from Box.net. I’M AUDIO…
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Webcasting with Ustream, an iPad, a Tripod & an XLR Boundary Microphone
Last night I had an opportunity to video record a presentation by Jim Singleton, the current President of The Fellowship of Presbyterians, at our church in Edmond, Oklahoma. This was the first time I used my iPad2 and the Ustream Broadcaster application (free) to webcast live and archive an event. In this post I’ll recount…
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Add Video Annotations to a YouTube Video
Sometimes when you create a narrated slideshow, screencast, or other video for YouTube, you make mistakes. Sometimes you also want to provide additional information, like a hyperlink, for viewers of your video. In these cases, consider adding “annotations” to your YouTube video. The YouTube Help page, “Getting Started with Annotations,” provides excellent instructions for using…
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Turn On Comment Moderation on a YouTube Video
Yesterday during iPad Media Camp in Edmond, Oklahoma, teachers created their own YouTube channels and learned how to shoot, edit and publish videos to YouTube using an iPad. One of the important things we should do as teachers when we publish videos to YouTube is turn ON comment moderation. Yesterday I created a four minute…
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July PD in OKC: Google Docs, iPad Media Camp & Scratch Camp
If you live in or near Oklahoma City, you’re invited to join in three different professional development workshops I’ll be leading in July. Next Tuesday, July 10th, I’ll be teaching a full day “Introduction to Google Documents” workshop for Canadian Valley Technology Center based in Yukon, Oklahoma. Angela Mills is coordinating the workshop (Angela.Mills [at]…
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YouTube is the new Cable Channel Platform
Internet-based television (IPTV) is continuing to disrupt traditional media broadcasting models. As we await the launch of Apple’s expected television set (iTV) integrating iOS app functions including Siri voice control, this process will only accelerate. Writing about IPTV opportunity costs in “Is a vast video library worth the time and money?“, Daniel Frankel notes: “To…