Category Archives: Podcasting and iPod

Web 2.0 panel at the U.

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I had the privilege of participating in a Web 2.0 panel discussion sponsored by the Digital Media Center at the U. of Minnesota recently. My fellow panelists were David Ernst from the College of Education, Shane Nackerud from the U. library, and Clancy Ratliff from the Department of Rhetoric.

Dave introduced the topic, Shane showed and demonstrated UThink, and Clancy covered social bookmarking. My role was to give the professors and others in attendance a glimpse at the kind of work that’s being done in the K–12 world by students who will be theirs very shortly. I showed the Hopkins Moodle site and some student podcasts.

If you’ve got about an hour to kill, you can watch the whole thing as an archived Breeze presentation. (I believe the Flash plug-in is the only requirement to watch it.)

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Podcasts from NSBA’s TLN meeting

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I posted recently about my trip to my Chicago to do some podcasting. Apple sponsored a day-long meeting of NSBA’s Technology Leadership Network, and we had some great speakers. David Warlick delivered a great opening keynote, and Ken Kay from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills did a wonderful job of putting 21st century skills into context for me and everyone else in attendance.

I recorded Ken’s presentation and created an enhanced podcast that includes the slides from his talk. I didn’t record David’s session, but we sat down for a chat afterwards. You can download both podcasts from the official NSBA conference blog.

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Quick podcast links

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I’ve set up a little page with one-click access to my past podcasts. You’ll see it on the right side of the page if you’re reading this on my site rather than in your aggregator. This should make it a little easier to locate old episodes that you might want to listen to again… and again… and again.

Podcast Palooza

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I think my presentation at Apple’s Podcast Palooza on Wednesday night went pretty well. (There was no audible booing.) David Warlick was there and snapped a photo. At least half the group had listened to a podcast before. I’m not sure how that compares to similar gatherings, but I had the sense that there was pretty good awareness of the broad topic. Feel free to have a listen to the event. We recorded it and posted it on the FETC 2006 podcast page. You can also link directly to the Podcast Palooza presentation, but I would recommend subscribing to the whole collection of podcasts. We’ve been talking to some really interesting people. I spoke with ISTE CEO Don Knezek today, and tomorrow we’ll be interviewing Chris Dede from Harvard, Cheryl Lemke from the Metiri Group, and David Thornburg. Check it out.

Off to FETC

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I’m getting on a plane bright and early tomorrow for a trip to sunny Orlando, FL and this year’s Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC). I have a vendor badge for this trip since I’ll be the point person on the Apple podcasting crew. I’ll be speaking at the “Podcast Palooza” on Wednesday night which will be similar to the event held at last year’s NECC in Philadelphia. Beyond that we’re hoping to produce a bunch of great podcasts from the conference including some tours of the vendor hall, conversations with some ed tech luminaries, interviews with attendees, and other things we haven’t thought of yet.

Our podcasts will be available in the iTunes podcast directory. (Search for “fetc.”) You can also find a subscription link at our podcast Web page at web.mac.com/fetc06/. If you’re at the conference, keep an eye out for some folks running around with recording gear. I’d love to meet some of you there.

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Savvy Technologist Podcast program update

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I’m delighted to announce that I will be producing a multi-episode podcast series on digital storytelling over the next few weeks. I’ve got some great guests lined up included Joe Lambert from the Center for Digital Storytelling, Bernajean Porter from Bernajean Porter Consulting and Digitales, and Jeanne Biddle, Technology Director from the Scott County Schools in Kentucky.

The purpose of this post is to whet your appetite and invite you to participate by submitting questions. Audio questions can be submitted by sending an audio file to savvytechnologistpodcast@gmail.com. Written questions are fine too, but not nearly as fun. If you do submit an audio question, please make sure you identify yourself by name (if you’re brave enough) and let me know where you’re “calling” from.

Download: STP-ProgramUpdate-20060223 (1.3 MB, 1:55)

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A presentation podcasting solution

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I helped out with an Apple-sponsored podcasting presentation that we hosted at our high school today. Our local Apple system engineer showed a great application that I had never seen. According to the maker’s Web site, ProfCast:

ProfCast is the ideal tool for recording and publishing your live Keynote or PowerPoint presentation. All elements of your presentation, including slide timing and voice narration, are recorded. You can then publish your complete presentation on the Web as a Podcast, complete with RSS support.

I saw the demo, and it worked as advertised. This program could be just the ticket for a classroom teacher who wants to put some of his or her content out on the Web.

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