A few weeks ago on the show, Kathy Schrock talked about how students could benefit from loading a flash drive with OpenOffice and Mozilla's web browser and email client, Firefox and Thunderbird, respectively. Now, she has even given teachers some text instuctions to follow in order to configure this for students.
Once again, she's done all the testing and hard work for us!
Thanks, Kathy!
Friday, April 29, 2005
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Podcasts as an Instructional Tool
Podcasting has exciting potential in education that is just now being explored. On this week's podcast, we're going to talk about some ideas for podcasting as an instructional tool.
Most references and links are contained in our collaborative blog, On The Cutting Edge-ucation. However, there are a couple of additional links I can leave you with.
Also on the show, I'm going to talk about EduCasters.net, the new site that Steve Dembo is cooking up to help educational podcasters!!
Finally, if you have an idea, brainstorm, thought, or activity that integrates podcasting into instruction, please email me and I'll send out an invitation for you to join the On The Cutting Edge-ucation blog so you can post your ideas. Of course your comments are always welcome either way.
--Eric
Most references and links are contained in our collaborative blog, On The Cutting Edge-ucation. However, there are a couple of additional links I can leave you with.
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Also on the show, I'm going to talk about EduCasters.net, the new site that Steve Dembo is cooking up to help educational podcasters!!
Finally, if you have an idea, brainstorm, thought, or activity that integrates podcasting into instruction, please email me and I'll send out an invitation for you to join the On The Cutting Edge-ucation blog so you can post your ideas. Of course your comments are always welcome either way.
--Eric
Thursday, April 21, 2005
This Week's Show
Well, I went ahead and did it. I purchased the domain name paradigmshiftpodcast.org to move this site to in the very near future. Paradigm Shift will be the new name of the show because I've become aware of a site that proclaims to own the name Teachnology. The one time I think I've got an original thought and ker-BLOOOEY! :-)
In fact, they even sent a cease and desist letter to Dan Mitchell of Dan Mitchell's Teachnology Blog. In response, he has neither ceased nor desisted. Good for him. He used the name first, I believe.
However, for me and where I'm at, I believe I need to change names for two reasons. Most important, I think it's crucial to set a good example for my students and fellow teachers in terms of copyright law. Secondly, I want to host a show that is original in content but also in how it's identified. Clearly, Dan Mitchell used the name long before I did, so in deference and respect to him as well as the copyrighted site, we'll switch it up.
To make the switch as seamless as possible for our listeners, we'll do a couple shows under both names as we get everything moved over to our server space at PodLot.com . It's important to note that you won't need to change the feed you've entered into your media aggregator to continue to listen to the podcast.
It's past time to get another show out! I plan on getting it out on Friday. We're going to talk about some of the great ideas, thoughts, and examples for using podcasting instructionally that educators have posted at the On The Cutting Edge-ucation site.
So, please join us as we begin our own Paradigm Shift...
In fact, they even sent a cease and desist letter to Dan Mitchell of Dan Mitchell's Teachnology Blog. In response, he has neither ceased nor desisted. Good for him. He used the name first, I believe.
However, for me and where I'm at, I believe I need to change names for two reasons. Most important, I think it's crucial to set a good example for my students and fellow teachers in terms of copyright law. Secondly, I want to host a show that is original in content but also in how it's identified. Clearly, Dan Mitchell used the name long before I did, so in deference and respect to him as well as the copyrighted site, we'll switch it up.
To make the switch as seamless as possible for our listeners, we'll do a couple shows under both names as we get everything moved over to our server space at PodLot.com . It's important to note that you won't need to change the feed you've entered into your media aggregator to continue to listen to the podcast.
It's past time to get another show out! I plan on getting it out on Friday. We're going to talk about some of the great ideas, thoughts, and examples for using podcasting instructionally that educators have posted at the On The Cutting Edge-ucation site.
So, please join us as we begin our own Paradigm Shift...
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Using Podcasting for Instruction
We're building a repository of instructional ideas and strategies for using podcasts in schools.
I'd like to generate a bank of ideas (anything from a quick brainstorm idea to refined activities and units) that teachers could contribute to, draw from, and even refine.
Click here to check it out. If you would like to contribute ideas or activities, just email me and I'll send out an invitation to you.
We'd love to hear from you!
--Eric
I'd like to generate a bank of ideas (anything from a quick brainstorm idea to refined activities and units) that teachers could contribute to, draw from, and even refine.
Click here to check it out. If you would like to contribute ideas or activities, just email me and I'll send out an invitation to you.
We'd love to hear from you!
--Eric
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Kathy Schrock Interview and the Schrock Guide for Educators
Kathy is the Administrator for Technology for the Nauset Public Schools on Cape Cod, Mssachussetts. Plus, she is the creator and proprietor of the Schrock Guide for Educators at Discovery School.
Join us for this intriguing question and answer session.
The show notes for this one are real simple. Click here to go to the Schrock Guide for Educators. The Schrock Guide is an incredible repository of educational web sites. It has links for curriculum areas, searching tools, and teacher helpers such as Fry's Readability Graph, Assessment & Rubrics, and one of my favorites--Digital Gadgets, just to name a few.
Some of the best features of the site are the Sites of the School Days, the New Sites This Month, the Theme of the Month, and the Content-Rich Sites.
Kathy Schrock puts sites through a very rigorous process before she links them to the Schrock Guide for Educators. Rest assured, these are worth your valuable time. There are great teaching tools throughout the Schrock Guide, so check it out!!
Join us for this intriguing question and answer session.
The show notes for this one are real simple. Click here to go to the Schrock Guide for Educators. The Schrock Guide is an incredible repository of educational web sites. It has links for curriculum areas, searching tools, and teacher helpers such as Fry's Readability Graph, Assessment & Rubrics, and one of my favorites--Digital Gadgets, just to name a few.
Some of the best features of the site are the Sites of the School Days, the New Sites This Month, the Theme of the Month, and the Content-Rich Sites.
Kathy Schrock puts sites through a very rigorous process before she links them to the Schrock Guide for Educators. Rest assured, these are worth your valuable time. There are great teaching tools throughout the Schrock Guide, so check it out!!
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