Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
I've arrived in St. Charles, IL for this year's IL-TCE conference. I'm presenting a day-long podcasting workshop tomorrow and a spotlight session about Web 2.0 on Thursday and Friday. I'll also be doing some recording for the new Conference Connections podcast channel I've been working on. Come say hello if ...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
I'm working on a new podcasting project that I'm excited about. "Conference Connections" is a new podcast channel hosted at the Apple Learning Interchange. I'm at FETC in Orlando right now getting ready to record sessions and other interviews from the conference. I'll be at TCEA in Austin, TX in ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Beijing High School to Join the Lake Conference? Well, not quite yet.
John Currie, Eagan-Apple Valley-Rosemount Schools
John Currie is superintendent in one of the largest school districts in Minnesota. He attended China recently on an official visit with a number of other education leaders. This talk is about his reflections on ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Personal Computing In the Classroom and Beyond!
Jim Hirsch, Plano, TX
Jim is talking about how to reach every student in the classroom no matter how limited the technology resources might be. He says "the future is here already, it's just not widely distributed yet." I think that's a Tim O'Reilly quote ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
There doesn't seem to be much blogging, podcasting, and tagging going on at this year's TIES Conference. Scott McLeod put his lunch time session online in audio form. So far a Technorati search reveals a grand total of three different people who've tagged a blog post with the "ties2006" tag.
There ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
What Role Do Our Beliefs Play in Using the Internet for Teaching and Learning?
Sara Greenhow, University of Minnesota
I love the title of this session. I've observed over and over again that teachers' beliefs do affect how they use technology. I've talked to teachers who hold fundamental beliefs about the place ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Here are links to all of the sites I'll be mentioning in my talk at TIES on Tuesday.
Blogging
Mabryonline.org with Dr. Tim Tyson
Lewis Elementary School (Principal Tim Lauer)
Google Maps mashups
Housing Maps
Chicago Crime
Google Sketchup examples
Technorati searching
TIES postings
Blog posts tagged "ties2006"
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Mary Klauck, Amy Kretsch, Darrell Olson
Osseo Area Schools
Osseo has started an innovative program called the TICT Initiative (Technology Integration Collaborative Teachers). The presenters are using some really cool technology in their presentation. They're using a Smartboard and Google Earth to take us on an aerial view of their district. They're ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Here are the links for the open source tools that I mention in my talk at the TIES Conference.
Moodle, online learning management system
Audacity, audio editing
Inkscape, vector drawing
Scribus, desktop publishing
OpenOffice.org, office suite
NeoOffice, Mac version of OpenOffice.org
Linux, free Unix-like OS
Creative Commons
Open Source
Flickr, online photo sharing
Wikipedia, world's biggest encyclopedia
VLC, media player
Drupal, content management ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Milt Dougherty, The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
A solution only makes sense once you understand the problem.
Milt is a consultant at Milt Dougherty and Associates (and fellow ADE) who also works as a Superintendent in a small Kansas district.
The purpose of his talk is to convince us ...
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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006
I had a great time doing the podcasting workshop today. Lots of really good questions, and we had a good amount of time to get our hands dirty recording and editing. Here are some links to sites and products that came up during the podcast:
15 apps for recording Skype conversations
Audacity ...
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
It's that time of year again. The TIES Conference starts this Saturday and runs through Tuesday. I'm doing a day-long workshop called Podcasting A–Z that should be a blast. We're going to cover the full range of podcast production techniques including recording, editing, and publishing. I'm also doing an updated ...
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