Category: history
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Olympus WS-110 voice recorder rocks!
I am spending time this week collaboratively creating new educator workshop curriculum for the Celebrate Oklahoma Voices project. As our centennial year draws to a close, we are transitioning the project from the “Oklahoma Digital Centennial Project” to “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices.” As I noted over Thanksgiving, statehood for Oklahoma was not a reason for all…
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Ideas for student research and digital stories in 2008: Controversial topics
One of the main things which distinguishes digital stories like those created by Marco Torres and his students, or by Mabry Middle School students the past 7 years in their digital storytelling contests led by the vision of of Dr. Tim Tyson, is TOPIC SELECTION. Most of these topics are compelling because they are real,…
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1963 to 2007: Broadcasting has come a long way
This Thanksgiving I’ve been looking at some of my Dad’s college yearbook photos from 1963. The context for this is an upcoming memorial ceremony for one of Dad’s classmates (Pat Wynne) who was shot down over North Vietnam in 1966, declared MIA, and later declared KIA in 1977. As I was looking through his senior…
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Oklahoma centennial photos, videos, and reflections
Last Friday was the official centennial day in Oklahoma, commemorating 100 years of statehood. It was a work day for me, but the rest of my family was able to enjoy the parade and other celebrations in Guthrie, which was the first state capitol in Oklahoma. An entire website was created (guthriecentennial.com) to facilitate and…
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Ports for Polycom Videoconferencing, seeking virtual learning fruit
On Friday I spent 2 1/2 hours working with a network administrator for an Oklahoma historical organization interested in exploring the possibilities of distance learning. They use a Cisco Pix firewall on their network, and (as I’ve experienced in the past) it was extremely arduous to work through the configuration details of getting a portable…
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Calling all aspiring Oklahoma digital storytellers!
I’m pleased to announce an upcoming opportunity for PK-20 educators in Oklahoma to learn more about digital storytelling. A 3 day facilitator workshop for the Oklahoma Digital Centennial / “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” project is being offered at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) College of Education November 28, 29 and 30, 2007. More details are…
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Learning about documentary filmmaking and WWII from Ken Burns
I have only seen about 30 minutes of the latest Ken Burns documentary “The War,” but what I have seen touched my heart and moved my spirit. I am in the midst of attempting to facilitate several opportunities for Oklahoma teachers and students to utilize videoconferencing as well as online digital tools to get involved…
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Eric Langhorst’s keynote at MOREnet
These are my text notes from Eric Langhorst, 2007-2008 Missouri state teacher of the year, at the MOREnet conference (MITC07)on 15 Oct 2007. “Why Is My Classroom Web 2.0?” This was the conference keynote address. Eric recorded it and will be posting it on his podcast channel in upcoming weeks. “It’s amazing what happens when…
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Voicethread about Civil War artifacts in Oklahoma
Last week I had a chance to visit the Confederate Memorial Museum in Atoka, Oklahoma. Here are a few narrated images of artifacts from the U.S. Civil War from my visit. The museum has a website with more information.
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Living in the era of the digital cavemen and cavewomen
Remember the cartoon “Captain Caveman?” I’m sure I’m dating myself with this reference, but that was one of MANY cartoon favorites I remember watching growing up in the late 1970s. While that image and the memories it triggers bring a smile to my face and thoughts of, “Captaiiiinnnnnnn Caaaaaaaaveman,” the thought I had today related…