New Podcast Episode Up…

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In this episode, Sallie, Richard and Mark talk about Google Teacher Academy and Google Apps for Education.

Show Links:
Google Teacher Academy
Google Apps for Education

Show Selections:

Mark - The Big Switch

July 27, 2008 | Filed Under Mark, Richard, Sallie | | Comments 

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Since we are going a bit YouTube crazy here at edthink, I thought I would continue the trend. I’m going to cheat a little and steal something from one of my courses at UNC-Charlotte. Some of you may have seen The Machine is Us/ing Us already (if not, it is embedded below). It is an interesting video showing how everything is connected (among other things). I was prepping for some things and stumbled across a presentation by the author on the video. Check them both out below….interesting stuff. Also, you might want to check out the article referenced in the presentation…Kevin Kelly’s We Are the Web.

The Machine is Us/ing Us

Mike Wesch’s Explanation of The Machine is Us/ing Us

July 9, 2008 | Filed Under Richard | | Comments 

ISTE Releases new NETS for Teachers

ISTE has released the new National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers and they are quite a bit different than the 2000 version. It is interesting that the 5 categories are: 1) Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, 2) Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments, 3) Model Digital-Age Work and Learning, 4) Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility, & 5) Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership. If you look at these, you will notice some parallels with 21st century skills.

June 30, 2008 | Filed Under Richard | | Comments 

Changing gears a bit.

I was presenting to some teachers and administrators the other day and they loved the YouTube video I showed (A Vision of K-12 Students Today–seen below). This got us on the topic of the educational uses of YouTube, which led to schools blocking YouTube. Well…we then discussed a couple of ways around this. First, the newest version of RealPlayer allows you to download videos from the web and saves them into your RealPlayer library. However, if you can’t download RealPlayer on your school computers, this is not really a solution. Well, another solution is shown in the video below (Embedding a YouTube Video into a PowerPoint). I’ve posted one of the many videos on this process below….Problem solved.

How to Embed a YouTube Video into a PowerPoint Presentation

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

June 30, 2008 | Filed Under Richard | | Comments 

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