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Screencasting Options?
Apr 25th
A friend and colleague asked this question via Facebook; my response is shared below, and I am interested in any “off-the-top-of-you-head” suggestions you may have.
I thought in lieu of using Camtasia, with which I would need a license from a college, would I be able to export a narrated powerpoint or keynote presentation into a video file? I read that you can do this with keynote to create quicktime videos. Audio podcasts are easy with Audacity, but I’d like to be able to create this ‘video lectures’ on my own.
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Loading ...HP redeemed via @hpsupport
Apr 25th
Back in late March, I posted Don’t Buy HP: A Rant. It was unfortunate that my exchange with HP required such a post; however, I was fortunate to have direct access to the HP Executive Customer Service group, at HP corporate, via their twitter account: @hpsupport.
As I mentioned in that previous post, I had certain expectations, and Jeff C. worked as best he could to meet those expectations, though unsuccessfully at first (which prompted my post). When it was all said and done however, Jeff C. was able to talk to those at HP that could make an exception to the rigid policies which dictate how licensed HP service centers respond to warranty requests. More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...What makes for effective learning & teaching?
Mar 25th
I have a very definitive view of what constitutes effective learning and teaching.
Effective learning and teaching experiences typically are:
- Active: Learners may, by design, cognitively influence the learning process.
- Collaborative: Learners are interdependent and reciprocally influence learning activities and outcomes.
- Authentic: Learners exhibit knowledge or perform a skill in a naturally occurring environment as possible.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Don’t Buy HP! A rant…
Mar 25th
I could rant for days, but I’ll leave most of it in this one post (which is likely to be longer).
About a year ago, my three daughters and I got my wife a new HP laptop for Mother’s Day. We needed another computer. I had second thoughts about buying HP based on a bad experience in 1992. But, it seemed like time to give the company another chance; it had been 18 years. Turns out… that was a mistake, and one that I will *never* make again. More >
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Mar 23rd
I don’t know how I have missed #edchat via Twitter since last July, but it’s an incredibly valuable resource and opportunity in my opinion. If you’re not familiar with Twitter…. In short, at any given time, there’s a variety of education topics being discussed by educators via Twitter posts; the “hash tag” #edchat is included in each post, so it makes it possible to search for and find any posts included in the larger discussion.
Shelly Terrell (@shellterrell) posted a more lengthy description of #edchat on her blog.
More information is also available at an EdChat Wiki.
The video below by Shelly also describes #edchat.
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Mar 23rd
The TxDLA Conference is currently being held in Houston, Texas. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, I’ve not been able to attend this year; however, I’m hoping to track the conference online in real time and within an archive. I’m trying a couple of things to do that.
To the right is an embedded widget from Twubs.com for the conference. This allows tracking the conference hashtag #txdla in real time, but it does so a little more dynamically than the simple twitter search does: #txdla.
To archive the conference tweets, I’m looking at the TwapperKeeper.com notebook for the #txdla tweets; though it’s performance thus far has not been all that great. I’ve also used Google Reader to subscribe to the RSS feed for the #txdla Twitter Search. While Twitter search doesn’t go back past 30 days, Google Reader does capture and store those tweets in its own RSS feed which I’ve shared.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Mobile Learning?
Nov 9th
Been giving a lot of thought to mobile learning lately. After some reflection of what I’ve seen in blogs, at a recent seminar, and at conferences etc, there seems to be several primary approaches to or uses of “mobile learning.”Mobile Delivery of Content. Perhaps the simplest form of “mobile learning,” simply making content available to learners via a mobile interface: through a proprietary interface like Blackboard Learn or a mobile website developed in house.
Mobile Communication. In addition to mobile delivery of content, mobile learning can take advantage of anytime/anywhere and always on communication channels to enable increased communication: learner-to-learner, learner-to-faculty, learner-to-group, or learner-to-public.
Augmented Reality. Rather than simply delivering traditional content through mobile devices, augmented reality learning leverages mobile technologies to juxtapose information and content with an out-of-classroom type experience. For example, having learners use Art, an iPhone application, to access content and information while viewing select pieces by an artist during an individual museum visit. More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...iPhone App Recommendations?
Nov 5th
I’m interested in recommendations for iPhone Apps – educationally related or otherwise. This is what I currently have installed, in simple alphabetical order for easier comparison of app lists. The vast majority of these are only installed because I explored them initially and just haven’t removed them yet, and the exploration could be education related or not. Are there any apps you use on a regular basis that I currently don’t have? How do you use those apps? How could having the app and using it the way you use it be helpful for me? More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Riding the Wave
Oct 12th
A Google Wave invite hit my inbox last night. Of course, I immediately jumped in to see what I could find, learn and do – particularly given the negative hype surrounding it since the public invites began. Several impressions or thoughts…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...iPhone Classroom Integration Cases
Oct 10th
Having been asked to experiment with an iPhone to identify how it may be used by would-be and current teachers and faculty in certification or faculty development programs, there’s two primary integration cases for iPhones or iPods. I’ve not yet encountered explicit mention of the two use cases in research or news literature. The distinguishing issue is, of course, “Who in the classroom has access to or ownership of a device?” The question of integration should be answered very differently if only faculty are assured of access to the device versus 1:1 programs in which the institution makes the devices available to each learner. More >
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