NECC podcasting workshop

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Joe Morelock and I are presenting a podcasting workshop at this year's NECC. Here are some links to various things we mentioned: Podcast examples Radio WillowWeb Grammar Girl Equipment Rode Podcaster microphone M-Audio MicroTrack Marantz PMD-670 Copyright Creative Commons and ccMixter Freeplaymusic.com I'll update some more after this afternoon's session.

Spread the word on Conference Connections

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

If you want to catch a lot of great content from this year's NECC, make sure you subscribe to Conference Connections. This is the podcast channel that has taken all my attention away from my own podcasting for the past 6–9 months or so. I'm really stoked that we're the ...

NECC here I come

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

7:16 a.m. Ugh. That's a bit earlier than I like for air travel departures. But at least I have several days of interesting conversations and endless audio editing to look forward to. NECC is back and in Atlanta this year. I'll be doing two identical half-day workshops (Podcasting—The New Voice for ...

TIES time again

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 ...

The Savvy Technologist Live!

Friday, July 7th, 2006

I had a great time on Thursday afternoon recording an episode of my podcast in front of a live audience. My first guest was Sonny Portacio, geocacher and Director of Technology for the Escondido Union High School District. Sonny has been doing a ton of work with geocaching lately. He's created ...

Introducing the Read/Write Web

Friday, July 7th, 2006

I had a great time presenting at NECC on Wednesday. I captured the audio (albeit in a low-quality version) and attached my Keynote slides as an enhanced podcast. I'm also linking to a pure audio MP3 version in case your computer can't handle AAC-encoded media. I posted the links for my ...

iPod ideas

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

I gave a half-day workshop this morning on iPods, iTunes, and podcasting. We generated a pretty good list of ideas for uses of this technology in classrooms and schools: Collect field notes during a science field trip Living museum, researching characters "Radio shows" Creating audio guides for local museums Teacher powerpoints Early language learners, (rhyming, etc.) Staff ...

Live Savvy Technologist Podcasts

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Whew! Wednesday was crazy busy at NECC. I'm exhausted. If anyone reading this will be around the convention center late on Wednesday afternoon, stop by Room 31B from 5:00–6:00 for a live Savvy Technologist Podcast. One of my guests will be Jeff Utecht of The Thinking Stick blog. Jeff is ...

Links for my NECC talk

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Here are links to all of the sites I'll be mentioning in my talk at NECC on Wednesday (and even some ones I probably won't have time to mention). I'll post more once I'm done. Blogging Mabryonline.org with Dr. Tim Tyson Lewis Elementary School (Principal Tim Lauer) Google Maps mashups Tour de France live updates Gmaps ...

Here in San Diego

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

My family and I arrived in San Diego last night, and I'm busily putting the final touches on my presentations for this year's NECC. If you're interested in seeing a session that I'll be doing, check out one of the following: Introducing the Read/Write Web: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implications, July 5, ...

Savvy Technologist live

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Here's something to consider adding to your schedule for this year's NECC. I will be doing a live Savvy Technologist Podcast on Thursday, July 6 from 5:00–6:00 p.m. in California Gold, 31B (that's the room). I don't know exactly what I'm going to do, but I know there will be plenty ...

Off to FETC

Monday, March 20th, 2006

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" ...