Tuesday, May 30th, 2006
If you're a true Wikipedian or merely a fan of the world's largest encyclopedia, you'll want to have a listen to this week's episode of FLOSS Weekly with Chris DiBona and Leo Laporte. They interview Jimmy Wales, and he provides some interesting insights into the workings of Wikipedia. Good stuff ...
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Working on the 1-to-1 computing project in my school district has really opened my eyes to the power of storytelling as a learning activity. I'm delighted to present the first in my podcast series on digital storytelling. My guest is Joe Lambert, founder and director of the Center for Digital ...
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
Dan McCreary has been around the block a time or two in his years of working in the technology industry. He's worked at cutting edge technology companies and started companies of his own. His latest project was building a data dictionary for the Minnesota Dept of Education.
Our conversation centered on ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2005
The No Child Left Behind Act has forced school districts across the U.S. to take a hard look at data about their students' achievement. Lots of data. But some districts have gone beyond the requirements of NCLB and have embraced data and used the information to identify best practices and ...
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Friday, August 26th, 2005
Dr. Larry Anderson is founder and director of the National Center for Technology Planning, an organization dedicated to providing resources for schools and school districts who want to develop dynamic and effective technology plans. From their Web site:
The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP) is a clearinghouse for the exchange ...
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
I was driving home from work today listening to an IT Conversations podcast of Jimmy Wales's brief talk at O'Reilly's Emerging Tech Conference. Wales, who is the founder of Wikipedia and now head of the Wikimedia Foundation, was describing the growth of Wikipedia and highlighting the many versions that exist ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
Carlyn and I attended an Apple-sponsored podcasting event last night with my friend Craig Nansen from North Dakota. Perfectly timed with the release of iTunes 4.9, Barnaby Wasson from Arizone State U. presented for about 30 minutes about the educational uses for podcasting and provided a good primer for those ...
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
Episode #2 of the Savvy Technologist Podcast is ready for your listening pleasure. This is a soundseeing tour of sorts of the neighborhood where Carlyn and I are staying in Philadelphia.
Download: STP-2005-06-27.mp3 (8.5 MB, 18:37)
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Saturday, June 25th, 2005
The Savvy Technology Podcast is born just in time for NECC 2005. More details later, but let's consider this post a test of my podcast feed. If you're subscribed to my blog already and you're using a enclosure-enabled RSS aggregator like NetNewsWire then you should be downloading episode #1 now. ...
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