Ed Tech Crew

24th Aug, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 134 – Interview with Kathleen McGeady

Podcast number 134 – August 23rd 2010

[Running time: 1:02:07 mins, size: 45 MB]

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News & General Websites of interest:

Patrick’s Quagga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quagga

Scratch News

http://scratch.mit.edu/experimental

http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch2FAQ

http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/index.php/2010/08/14/view-interact-with-scratch-code-online/

National Computer Science Challenge

http://www.ncss.edu.au/challenge/index.html

Top 40 Podcasts: http://www.onlinedegrees.org/top-40-podcasts-for-teachers/

Special Interview with Kathleen McGeady from Leopold Primary School

Blog: http://primarytech.globalteacher.org.au

Class blog: http://2kmblog.globalstudent.org.au

Delicious: http://delicious.com/kathleenmcgeady

Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/user/kathleenmcgeady

Twitter: @kathmcgeady

Technology Newsletter with Simon Collier. Sign up below:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEREZ3JkNVktU3BPUUxOVW9WYXBYVEE6MA

Archive of newsletters on Kathleen’s blog here:

http://primarytech.globalteacher.org.au/tech-tools-for-teachers/

Recent Media contact – Digital natives restless

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/digital-natives-restless-20100820-1390k.html

Ed Tech Crew 133 – Plan B

Podcast number 133 – August 9th 2010

[Running time: 52:55 mins, size: 52.6 MB]

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News & General Websites of interest:
Sensa Touch
http://www.sencha.com/blog/2010/06/17/introducing-sencha-touch-html5-framework-for-mobile/

Wave crashes on the coast of despair.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/lessons-from-google-wave-failure/7025

Ultranet Fail:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/massive-fail-technical-glitches-upset-ultranet-training-day-20100809-11swn.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/teachers-cant-log-in-to-education-portal-after-students-get-day-off/story-e6frf7kx-1225902952162
http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/3aw-generic-blog/the-ultranet-dont-work/20100809-11rv7.html

Very Interesting WordPress 3.0 plugin: http://anthologize.org
Darrel’s Antholgize Screencast
http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/index.php/2010/08/08/create-digital-texts-from-your-blog-posts-with-anthologize/

Osmos
http://www.garagesalepreview.com/tag/osmoshd/

Flipboard (An ipad app for Tony?)
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard/id358801284?mt=8

16 Interesting Ways* to use an iPod Touch in the Classroom
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_432d8b8n2wn

Handy Webservice
http://untiny.me

How the Internet Works – simple
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/internet-works-infographic/

Android App development & Games salad
http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/index.php/2010/07/16/here-come-the-tools-mobile-ones/

Twitter Quotes
“Waiting for the #Ultranet to warm up.. it is running like an old holden on a frosty morning.. give it more choke.”

“This is twitter test. It is not graded on a curve. This is only a test.” @cogdog

Feedback from listeners:

@RissL on twitter
http://BackNoise.com was a great tool for monitoring the conversation today!

Via Diigo Group John Pearce
ipod apps for story telling
https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorytellingwiththeipad/apps-for-digital-storytelling

via Andrew Jepperson
http://www.fix8.com/
Resize an image
http://resizr.lord-lance.com/default.asp

Mark Pilson via twitter: Open google doc about pros and cons of using iPads in Secondary Education: http://t.co/bP8clz8
And start the year with these websites…
http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/Top-20-Websites-Teacher-Should-Start-2010-2011-Year-Without-9213932
And this for the creative type
http://www.creaza.com

Shane Roberts
Problem Solving Games
http://digitaltoolsforteachers.blogspot.com
http://www.funderstanding.com/coaster
http://www.wiimaths.com

Apps & Software:
Popplet – Beta
http://popplet.com/
Also available as an iPad app – http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?mt=8&ign-lr=Lockup_r2c1&id=364738549

Research:
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/06/24/risky-behaviors-and-online-safety-a-2010-literature-review.html

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21st Jul, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 132 – Getting Mobile with Jenny Ashby

Podcast number 132 – July 20th 2010

[Running time: 43:51 mins, size: 30:3 MB]

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Interview with special Guest: Jenny Ashby

Websites: http://web.me.com/jenashby/iPodTouch_Project/Blog/Blog.html
Podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ruconnected/id323042625
Twitter: @jjash
School: Epsom Primary School

Slide 2 Learn: http://slidetolearn.ning.com

ipod Touch apps mentioned:

Sonic Pics: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sonicpics/id345295488?mt=8
FastFinga: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/fastfinga/id320090110?mt=8
Count by: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/countby/id315375021?mt=8

Tony Vincent’s Ustream for Slidetolearn: http://learninginhand.com/blog/slide2learn-ustream-session.html

iPod Do’s and Don’ts:
http://learninginhand.com/blog/classroom-ipod-touches-dos-and-donts.html

Darrel’s blog post on mobile tools:
http://www.smsn.vic.edu.au/ictguy/index.php/2010/07/16/here-come-the-tools-mobile-ones/

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30th Jun, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 131 – Interview with Eric Rosenbaum from MIT

Podcast number 131 – June 29th 2010

[Running time: 53:36 mins, size: 46:3 MB]

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Interview with special guest: Eric Rosenbaum from MIT

Eric works as a doctoral student in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT Media Lab.

Webpage and projects: http://ericrosenbaum.com/
Latest software: http://singingfingers.com/

Other sites mentioned:

Molecular Workbench – http://workbench.concord.org
http://www.processing.org
http://www.openframeworks.cc
Reactable – http://www.reactable.com

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24th Jun, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 130 – 3 Years on the Pod

Podcast number 130 – June 23rd 2010

[Running time: 50:11 mins, size: 34.6 MB]

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100 tools – Jane Hart
http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100-2010.html

NBN deal with Telstra
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/telstra-in-11bn-nbn-deal-with-rudd-government/story-e6frg8zx-1225882022392

How do you spend time online?
http://www.penn-olson.com/2010/06/20/how-the-world-spends-its-time-online-infographic/

Tablets to outsell netbooks
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/tablets-to-outsell-netbooks-by-2012-report-says/15708?tag=nl.e539

10 iPad Apps for Educators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ6OKnIrDGA

17 Safari tips
http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/17_cool_safari_50_features_and_tips_revealed

via Andrew Churches
http://www.soundation.com/studio

Google Earth 5.2
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/06/announcing-google-earth-52.html http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/02/explore-your-travels-with-gps-in-google.html

Google Google Google

Google Maps
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/06/distance-measurement-in-google-maps.html

Google Does OCR - sort of
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_docs_now_does_ocr_for_images_pdfs_sort_of.php

Youtube Editing
http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/06/edit-video-in-cloud-with-youtube-video.html

HTML5 - explained in an infographic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixer/4681732186/sizes/o/

New School Desk Design
http://www.fastcompany.com/1660576/ideo-and-steelcase-unveil-schooldesk-for-the-future-of-teaching

Ebook Management
http://calibre-ebook.com/

Feedback from listeners:

Beth Ehrlich
http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx

John PearceSuper – a multimedia convertor
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Via Jo Mcleay
http://mrrobbo.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/the-complete-story-of-mobile-phones-in-my-classroom

Rob Rankin – Interview with Micheal Wech
http://novemberlearning.com/an-interview-with-michael-wesch-part-1-of-3/
& Create your own social network http://www.zonkk.com/index.php

Apps:

iPad Apps Update to Google Earth 3.0 for the ipad, iphone and ipod touch
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097

Newsletters

RT @kathmcgeady: Tech Tools for Teachers #15 on Skype just sent out. To sign up for free weekly email visit http://bit.ly/cacThp

@shanetechteach Shane Roberts http://theenews.edublogs.org/

Events
SLAV – MAKE, SHARE, DO: ACTIVE ON-LINE LEARNING

Introducing renowned international and online presenter, Joyce Valenza
Friday 30th July – MCG
http://bit.ly/cV5vav (PDF Document)

60SecondsScience
http://www.60secondscience.net/

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18th Jun, 2010

Ed TEch Crew 129 – Off Chrome onto Caffeine

Podcast number 129 – June 16th 2010

[Running time: 58:03 mins, size: 56.1 MB]

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Tony’s quote he liked http://twitpic.com/1v4s2k

More quotes from Wes Kreisel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18226490/Ed-Tech-Quote-Slideshow

News & General Websites of interest:

Google – Caffeine

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html

iView on Firefox – nice!

https://addons.mozilla.org/af/firefox/addon/90505/

Photo collages from Maurice

http://www.photovisi.com

3D software

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/06/09/sculptris-is-insanely-cool-free-3d-modeling-software/

Other Software

http://lifehacker.com/5561876/this-weeks-top-downloads

The 2010 IWB Challenge is on – Round 1 starting next week, June 15th. For more info go to:

http://iwbchallenge.wikispaces.com first prize is a school subscription to StarrMatica Learning systems – digital interactice resources for your IWB, valued at $900USD!

Ipad get tax rebate like laptop:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/ipad-classed-as-laptop-for-taxation-purposes/story-e6frgakx-1225876666467

Future Data Overload

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2010/05/the_future_of_data_overload_as_envisioned_for_2020.html#extended

Aviary – new music Creator – seriously good fun

http://aviary.com/online/music-creator

Memorize – http://memorize.com/ Very nice tool – no sign in but there is ads.

Tech.Geek humour – Browsers compared:

http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/browsers-compared-explained.jpg

One man Academy – amazing:
http://chronicle.com/article/A-Self-Appointed-Teacher-Runs/65793/

http://www.khanacademy.org/

UK Survey – “Safe use of New Technologies” – http://bit.ly/a2g7Zc

Interesting site – http://www.awesomestories.com/

Feedback from listeners:

Shane Roberts

http://en.linoit.com/

Mark Pilson

http://www.cardinalpoints.co.uk/

Sue Tapp

Online Game

http://www.smokescreengame.com/

eAssessment

http://hccweb2.org/eAssessment/

Student Innovation

http://studentinnovation.wikispaces.com/

Jo Mcleay

http://ieducationappsreview.ning.com/

Follow up with

http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_432d8b8n2wn

John Pearce – Research

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/The-future-of-cloud-computing.aspx

devlysh on Delicious

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/

Apps & Software:

Course Notes

http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/06/coursenotes-for-the-ipad.html

Air Video

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/air-video-watch-your-videos/id306550020?mt=8

And free

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/air-video-free-watch-your/id313056918?mt=8

iPad Apps

Back in love with RSS feeds – Reeder for the iPad –

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/reeder-for-ipad/id375661689?mt=8

Soundpaper – great app for recording meetings and sessions

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/soundpaper/id364789577?mt=8

Videos:

Emerging Technologies – check this video out some great future ideas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW9b3GLXuSU&feature=player_embedded#!

What is SIGGRAPH- http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/

Another RSA Video – Secret Power of Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg&feature=player_embedded

New Intel Classmate PC – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDLn07bEF60&feature=youtu.be

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9th Jun, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 128 – Mouse Mischief

Podcast number 128 – June 7th 2010

[Running time: 46:01 mins, size: 33.2 MB]

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RSA Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

9 Brain habits you might not have realised you had http://bit.ly/acsFRw

iPad

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/01/adobe_announces_magazine_digital_publishing_platform_for_apple_ipad.html

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/02/adobe_cond_nast_scrambled_to_get_wired_app_on_apples_ipad.html

Educational Blog review on the iPad - http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/content/view/64 (Jo McCleay)

http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

Visual tour: iPad rivals invade Computex (Here come the clones … iPad)

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177698/Visual_tour_iPad_rivals_invade_Computex?taxonomyId=201&pageNumber=1

Webconferencing RT @marksmithers via John Pearce

http://lifehacker.com/5556555/five-best-web+based-conferencing-tools

NSW Laptops – a slight problem - http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/computer-case-recall-as-screens-show-cracks-20100605-xlr0.html

News & General Websites of interest:

CSIRO

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/enterprise/csiro-to-reap-lazy-billion-from-worlds-biggest-tech-companies-20100601-wsu2.html

Via @Brendano Brendan Hume 21C paper released for comment:

http://21clearning.globalteacher.org.au/2010/06/03/hume-21c-paper-released-for-comment-and-peer-review/

Scratch Wiki - http://blog.scratch.mit.edu/2010/06/scratchers-wiki-by-scratchers-for.html

http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Scratch_Wiki

Feedback from listeners:

Social bookmarking Roles - http://forcuriousteachers.blogspot.com/2010/03/use-tech-to-help-students-do-group.html

Internet Detective - http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html

Microsoft Mouse Mischief - http://classtools.net/twitter/tweet.php?message=Microsoft%2520Mouse%2520Mischief%253A%2520A%2520free%2520way%2520to%2520make%2520your%2520PowerPoint%2520presentations%2520interactive&url=http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief

100 Google Edu tips - http://www.onlinedegree.net/the-ultimate-guide-to-google-edu-apps-100-tips-tricks-for-teachers/

Mind Mapping software - http://www.mapmyself.com/

Be Very afraid – Shephen Heppel - http://www.heppell.net/bva/default.htm

Ed Tech Quotes - http://www.scribd.com/doc/18226490/Ed-Tech-Quote-Slideshow

Student Video on PLE - http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DYEls3tq5wIY

Video howto - http://vimeo.com/10007808

Then watch the following video to see how it comes together: http://vimeo.com/9981028

Videos:

Game PLay – Recycling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSiHjMU-MUo

Upcoming Interview: http://singingfingers.com/

Events:

Western Region Mac network meeting

Thursday, 10th June, 2010

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Theme: Learning Is On The Move! Mobile Devices & Education

Venue: Copperfield College

Kings Park Junior Campus

Kambalda Circuit Kings Park 3021

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31st May, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 127 – iPad in :: Becta Out

Podcast number 127 – May 31st 2010

[Running time: 51:10 mins, size: 47:2 MB]

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News & General Websites of interest:

iPad News:
Victorian Schools
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/students-ditch-the-books-in-favour-of-new-ipad-technology/story-e6frf7l6-1225873244678

Via Eric Marcos – http://www.epubbud.com/

Wired Magazine – http://mashable.com/2010/05/26/wired-magazine-ipad/

iPad Essentials
http://gizmodo.com/5507569/gizmodos-essential-ipad-apps

http://gizmodo.com/5508399/10-essential-ipad-tips
USB Connect Kit
http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/seven_hidden_features_ipad_camera_connection_kit
The iPad competitor- XO3
http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo-3/marvel_xo-3_moby_tablet_in_dev.html

BECTA – Their funding gets cut!

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2010/05/24/government-scraps-becta-plans-95m-in-it-cost-cuts-40089020/
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/press_04_10.htm
Opinion on what it did for opensource
http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2978

So what is a quango? A quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government

Ed Tech Crew 126 – Google I-O & the iSchool Crew

Podcast number 126 – May 24th 2010

[Running time: 58:08 mins, size: 40.1 MB]

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Shout out to Adam Brice and his students – first episode of the iSchool Crew http://www.ischool.net.au/ students talking about their use of ICT
Innovative Teacher Awards http://www.microsoft.com/australia/education/schools/partners-in-learning/innovative-teachers/awards-2010.aspx

News & General Websites of interest:

Photobooth for the web! http://www.cameroid.com

Facebook Privacy http://johnp.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/facebook-privacy-settings-how-to-fix-your-profile-in-2-minutes-video/

Check out your privacy on Facebook - http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/http://www.pcworld.com/article/196410/facebook_privacy_secrets_unveiled.html

Quit Facebook day http://www.quitfacebookday.com/

iPads to outsell the Mac? http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/ipad-sales-2/

Darren MurphyGoogle Apps vs MS Live http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjgfbQxbeqTIdGRXendUdktIVXJ3VFpCbUNCQjNIbEE&hl=en

Tom Barrett via Andrew Williamson http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/

Google News

Google TV – http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/announcing-google-tv-tv-meets-web-web.html

http://gizmodo.com/5543689/google-tv-combines-tv-android-and-all-of-the-internet?skyline=true&s=i

Video http://www.google.com/tv/

Google App Store http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/19/chrome-web-store/

Google Video Codec http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/19/webm-google-h-264/

http://webmproject.blogspot.com/2010/05/introducing-webm-open-web-media-project.html

New Scratch Environment

http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/index.html

Details of new features http://scratch.wikia.com/wiki/Panther

Feedback from listeners:
Teresa Rush

Internet Smarts http://powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/index.shtml

Head Magnet - http://headmagnet.com/

iMinds - http://www.iminds.com/

Creative Commons search - http://search.creativecommons.org/

Time- space World: http://specials.washingtonpost.com/timespace/world/

Sue Tapp

Walk down MEMORY LANE: http://middleschool101.edublogs.org/2010/03/21/a-walk-down-memory-lane-with-google-street-view/

Symphony of Science - http://www.symphonyofscience.com/

youBlisher - http://www.youblisher.com/

Camilla Elliot – Digital literacy across the curriculum http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/publications-reports-articles/handbooks/Handbook1706

Tristan Mether

Proloquo2go - http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/product/proloquo2go

Autism iTunes Breakthrough - http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/autism-iphone-breakthrough-from-tantrums-to-appy-days-20100416-sjjl.html

Rob Rankin

http://www.twiducate.com/

Videos:

Get rid of the distractions http://www.quietube.com/

Must see movie Food.Inc: http://www.foodincmovie.com/

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20th May, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 125 – Music Madness

Podcast number 125 – May 17th 2010

[Running time: 1:01:53, size: 53.7 MB]

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Interview with special Guest: Katie Wardrobe
Midnight Music
www.midnightmusic.com.au
www.musictechtips.wordpress.com
Twitter: @katiesw1

Other sites: www.mtec2011.com
(Music tech in education conference)

Katie’s Links
Audio editing:
Audacity (the Swiss Army knife of audio editing tools!) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Acid Xpress http://www.acidplanet.com/
Myna (one of the tools made by Aviary. Myna is a Web2.0 browser-based
app) http://aviary.com/tools/myna

Notation (sheet music):
Musescore http://www.musescore.org
Noteflight http://www.noteflight.com
(Noteflight is a web2.0 tool that runs in your browser, like Google docs – good for collaborative compositions)

IWB music apps:
Lots of good free ones on http://themusicinteractive.com

Music Theory and History:
http://www.musictheory.net/
http://www.dolmetsch.com/introduction.htm

Fun/useful websites (work well on IWBs):
Tone matrix – composition tool http://inudge.net/
Drum machine – http://www.rinki.net/pekka/monkey/#
Beatboxing/a cappella singing – http://www.incredibox.fr/
Music games for primary students – http://www.nyphilkids.org/games/main.phtml?
Ball Droppings (music and physics combined) http://www.balldroppings.com/js/

Music education blog aggregator
http://musicednews.com/

Listener Feedback
ScienceHouse
http://www.sciencehouse.com/videoscience-experiments.html

Science Animation
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/download_animations.html

PinDax from Marc Blanks
PinDax offers a fun real-time alternative to the traditional message board.
http://www.pindax.com

News from Online
New Google Search Look
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-design-turned-up-notch.html

Google eBooks
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/google-to-launch-e-books/story-e6frg90x-1225862488266?referrer=email&source=AIT_email_nl&emcmp=Ping&emchn=Newsletter&emlist=Member

Cloudbrowse for the ipod and ipod touch

http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/cloudbrowse/

Events:
Scratch day this Saturday May 22nd.
Scratch wins funding http://www.dmlcompetition.net/year_3/winners.php

IWB Challenge – Jess McCulloch
http://iwbchallenge.wikispaces.com/

Slide to Learn 1-2 July
http://slidetolearn.ning.com/

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4th May, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 124 – Tony’s Exploding Head

Podcast number 124 – May 4th 2010

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The HP Slate is dead! http://gizmodo.com/5527824/hp-slate-is-dead-on-arrival-says-techcrunch

And so is the Courier!
http://gizmodo.com/5527442/microsoft-cancels-innovative-courier-tablet-project

No Flash on the iPhone? Apple’s Steve Jobs
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/29/flash-iphone-apples-steve-jobs-finally-explains/?test=latestnews
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/microsoft-we-dont-like-flash-either-20100503-u2bk.html

General Websites of interest

Lucid Lynx
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-arrives-with-extended-support-and-less-brown.ars
More Podcasts
http://www.gpodder.net/toplist/

Huge Image of Paris
http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html

Horizon report
http://www.cosn.org/horizon/
http://www.educationau.edu.au/technology-horizon

ICT Innovation Fund Open – 29th April
http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/DigitalEducationRevolution/DigitalStrategyforTeachers/Pages/ICTInnovationFund.aspx
Applications must be submitted to DEEWR by 5.00pm (AEST) 17 June 2010. 34 Business Days – 46 Days in total to get your applications in.

Andrew Williamson http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html

Ultranet and mobiles
http://abcreative.posterous.com/here-comes-the-ultranet-but-wheres-the-mobile

iPhone: the Teacher’s best friend | Removing the ‘e’ from ‘e-learning’
http://richlambert.edublogs.org/2010/04/17/iphone-the-teachers-best-friend/

Polling tools with Twitter http://twtpoll.com/

Research – 2008 ICT Literacy
report: http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/nap_ictl_2008_report_press_release,31023.html

And http://socialmediaguidelines.pbworks.com/

Websites of interest:

Darrel
http://mashable.com/2010/04/15/reduce-social-media-distractions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)

And Tagclouds via Glenn Macmahon
http://www.tagxedo.com/

Donkey work – http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/ff472324.aspx
Download the installer here: http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx

Icelandic Volcano – Webcams (check out what is happening) also loved the Google Chrome built in translator
http://mila.is/english/

Feedback from listeners
Space Ed - “A new way of learning with repetition of question answers. Increase recall with spaced email questions. Author a class most are free.” http://www.spaceded.com/

Jo McLeay – Jesse Schell’s mindblowing talk on the future of games (DICE 2010)
http://fury.com/2010/02/jesse-shells-mindblowing-talk-on-the-future-of-games-dice-2010/#respond

11 Reasons Advanced Technology Classrooms Fail
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/04/28/11-reasons-advanced-technology-classrooms-fail.aspx

Teresa Rush – Best of iTunes University
http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2007/07/best_of_itunes.html

ICT Guides for Teachers
http://www.iprimary.co.uk/index.php

ScienceHouse
http://www.sciencehouse.com/videoscience-experiments.html

School Wide Literacy with Web2 tools
http://www.teachersfirst.com/schoolwidelit/index.cfm

Internet Smarts
http://powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/index.shtml

http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/download_animations.html

Andrew Jepperson scanR :: Scan, print and fax from your phone
http://www.scanr.com

Kids’ Vid: Video Production for Students
http://kidsvid.4teachers.org/

Sue Tapp – MobileRead Wiki – E-book stores
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_stores

31 days to Become a Better Ed Tech Leader
http://www.ictineducation.org/home-page/2010/4/23/31-days-to-become-a-better-ed-tech-leader-day-1-carry-out-a.html

Wes Kresiel – Plagarism
http://www.duplichecker.com/
http://www.articlechecker.com/

From katiesw1 on delicious – Twitter with Students (Lee Kolbert) – https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArEWinLIvaYEdDlyTnVTV3JyX3d3QzhrRkJKd0tnc0E&hl=en
12 Great Free Video Tutorial Sites To Brush Up Your Tech Skills http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/12-great-free-video-tutorial-sites-brush-tech-skills/

From mrbps on delicious
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/development/27-twitter-tools-to-help-you-find-and-manage-followers
http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2010/04/tick-list-of-21st-century-digital.html

Course:
ImmersED – Exploring virtual worlds for education and careers -
http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2420

http://www.createdebate.com/
Create debate is an online space to browse a debates on an ever expanding range of topics, create your own debate or popularity contest, participate in a debate amongst other activities.

Zorap
http://www.zorap.com/Landing.aspx
Zorap lets you video chat to up to 50 friends, listen to music, watch videos and share pictures.

Ashley Proud
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lambangeielkjcnmioccboaphdfcffib

Videos:

Tim the Student – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26be01Z4TJ0&feature=player_embedded
Check this video out from a TEDx event

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28th Apr, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 123 – Other Podcasts

Podcast number 123 – April 26th 2010

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General topics of interest & In the News week

Ning, Ning, Ning

http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/nings-bubble-bursts-no-more-free-networks-cuts-40-of-staff/

Tristan Mether – http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20002611-36.html

http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/04/ning-changes-and-impact-on-educational.html

http://www.savemyning.com/

Google docs of ning alternatives – http://docs0.google.com/document/edit?id=1OR38ADYxjiSjMGn5M2q_nnerR98jd5unoqvOdRHK8GE&hl=en

http://mashable.com/2010/04/18/ning-alternatives/

Looks good as an alternative - http://spruz.com/

mTouch Moodle App

Native IPhone app for Moodle is on the AppStore and ready for sale from $2.99 USD.

Check out mTouch on the AppStore : http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mtouch/id366785596?mt=8

Request from Andrew Williamson – Discuss our top 5 podcasts!

Tony’s Top 5 Podcasts (actually Top 7)

This Week in Tech (Actually I like a range of the This Week series) http://www.twit.tv/
TED Talks – http://www.ted.com
The Naked Scientists – http://www.thenakedscientists.com/
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders – from Stanford Technology Ventures Program http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html
Good Game (Actually a Vodcast) – http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/
Dr Karl on triplej – http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn/podcast.htm
EdPod – http://www.abc.net.au/rn/edpod/

Darrel’s Top Podcasts

Ed Tech Community

Ed Pod – ABC and Radio National with Richard Addy http://www.abc.net.au/rn/edpod/
Ed Tech Talk Live – Great interviews with Steve Hargadon from Classroom 2.0
EdTech Weekly – US based and full of good links: http://edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/130
Tech Talk Radio – Aussie radio show giving good perspective of consumer IT in Australia http://www.techtalkradio.com.au/

Not very active but worthwhile

On Deck – Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/ondeck/
E-learning Insights – education.au (EdNA) http://feeds.edna.edu.au/podcasts
Virtual staffroom – Chris Betcher – Interviews with people from the Ed Tech community http://www.virtualstaffroom.net/

Specialist content

Mathtrain.tv – Mr. Marcos and his Lincoln Middle School Students
Learning in Hand: Podcasts from iPod touch – Tony Vincent
TILT – Teachers Improving Learning with Technology – Tech screencasts from Danny Maas.
Teaching with SmartBoard – Dave Sladkey and Scott Miller
Technology Integration – Titles – The George Lucas Educational Foundation – videos about the changing nature of education.
TED Talks – Brilliant content but I gave up!! Too much good stuff going on here! http://www.ted.com
2009 K-12 Online Conference Audio Podcast Channel http://k12onlineconference.org/

Recreational and Other Tech stuff

TWIT Network with Leo Laporte http://www.twit.tv/
- This Week in Tech, This week in Google, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, All time favourite is FLOSS Weekly – Open source interviews.
Maccast – Adam Christianson (Mac Geek) http://maccast.com/
Shot of JAQ – Language warning – two brits talking about open computing and issues from the community. http://shotofjaq.org/
Drupal Podcasts – Mustard Seed media podcast, Be Circle, Drupal Easy, Lullabots Drupal podcast.

Fun

Hamish and Andy – http://www.hamishandandy.com
Coverville – covers of songs you know! http://coverville.com/

Listener Podcast Feedback Educational:

Virtual Staffroom – Chris Betcher: http://www.virtualstaffroom.net
TED – http://www.ted.com
Terry Freedman – http://terryfreedman.podomatic.com/
SlowTV – http://www.themonthly.com.au/video
How Stuff Works – http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Edpod – http://www.abc.net.au/rn/edpod/
The Book Show – http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/
The Smartboard Lesson Podcast finished in 2008 but the archive is still there for those who missed it. 150 excellent podcasts to beef up your IWB use: http://pdtogo.com/smart/?page_id=28
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ – This is a fantastic format, with great presenters and info, and is all about critical thinking, and they also have a neat 5×5 format for classroom use with kids.
The Oz version with Richard Saunders and Rachael Dunlop is also very good. http://www.skepticzone.tv/
http://www.astronomycast.com/ – Another nice format with consistently quality material
http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm – Now this is very geeky and often propellor-head city … the material is authoratitive …and I have listened to this since 2005 and learnt heaps of tech and security from these guys
The Teachers Podcast: The New Generation of Ed Tech Professionals http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-teachers-podcast-the-new/id264496274
The Tech Guy: http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/leo-laporte-the-tech-guy/id73802706 not really edtech but worth a listen for the lates tech news from the US.
R U Connected: http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ruconnected/id323042625
I listen to the Internet Marketing Podcast #impc as they often discuss Google, Wordpress, plugins, tips, tricks, and tools that have to do with Web 2.0 and social media. Not explicitly related to education but very informative. http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-marketing-insider/id168492891
Edtech round up – http://www.edtechroundup.com/
The clever sheep – - Teacher 2.0 – http://thecleversheep.libsyn.com/ Quick podcast
Stuff you should know – http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm – Entertaining and knowledgeable great for expanding your general knowledge
EdTech Weekly – http://edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/130 covered
http://techchicktips.net/ – Helen and Anna are super nice and always have the latest in education on the web.
http://www.EdTechTalk.com – most of them (EdTechWeekly (new tips, tools, ideas), Seedlings (in-depth interview/conversation with interesting people or on a topic like the Horizon report), Conversations (real teachers talking about real issues – I listen if the topic is relevant; sometimes it gets ranty), Teachers Teaching Teachers (better when they have expert guests), WOW3, Instructional Design, 21st Century Learning)
EdTechPosse – just fun and funny – higher ed bent to it http://edtechposse.ca/
PRI’s The World Technology – tech in the news, globally http://www.theworld.org/technology-podcast
NPR Technology Podcast : tech in the news http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819382
NYT Tech Talk – new gadgets, tools, ideas, social implications of tech – http://www.nytimes.com/ref/technology/techtalk.html
Bud the Teacher – whenever he posts something – http://budtheteacher.com/
Bit by Bit – Bob Sprankle (also posts Seedlings here, but he does his own podcasts sometimes) http://bobsprankle.com/bitbybit_wordpress/
Australian Mac world podcast AMW – keep up with Mac stuff http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/australian-macworld-podcast/id315170280
Apple quick tips – great to play at PD’s- http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/apple-quick-tips/id257243321
Catalyst ABC great video podcast of their shows- can use on iPods for students inquiry learning-tuning in finding out etc http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/
Learning in Hand http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/learning-in-hand/id254270774 good tips
November Learning Podcast Series http://feeds.feedburner.com/blc06 – Interviews with amazing educational leaders. Easy to listen to and very interesting.
E-Learning Insights http://feeds.edna.edu.au/podcasts The edna podcast – very informative but not a regular podcast.
EdTechTalk – Women of the Web 3.0 http://feeds.feedburner.com/WomenofWeb2
Futurelab – http://futurelab.blip.tv/rss/itunes
ICT Guy – http://feeds.feedburner.com/ictguy
Learning in Hand – http://feeds.feedburner.com/learninginhandipods
Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts – http://feeds.feedburner.com/speedofcreativity/podcasts

Listener Podcast Feedback Entertainment:

The Book Show - great author interviews & book reviews: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/
This American Life – Brilliant documentary program with a beautiful narrative style. All sorts of stories:http://www.thisamericanlife.org/
The New Yorker Fiction Podcast – a monthly short story from the magazine’s archive read by one of their current writers, with commentary: http://www.newyorker.com/online/podcasts/fiction
The Moth Podcast – true stories told live these are short, funny, sad and great stories: http://www.themoth.org/podcast
Lots of other ABC programs which I podcast when I run out of audio: Philosopher’s Zone, Science Show, Verbatim, Awaye, etc
UK is also a goood source (though sometimes the Brits try a bit too hard to be funny) …… Jodrell Bank has a nice astronomy series …http://www.jodcast.net/
Anything by Ben Goldacre ….http://www.badscience.net/category/podcast/
Russian language skills via http://www.russianpod101.com
NPR network where there is a great range of podcasts http://www.badscience.net/category/podcast/
The Economist: http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-economist/id151230264 – if your into international news and or global economic issues.
Internet Business Mastery. Very interesting to hear people’s success stories and how and why they are using the internet for income. http://internetbusinessmastery.com/
Pod Surf TV – http://www.podsurf.tv/
Two of the Quick and Dirty Tips Network – The Digital Marketer and the Get-It-Done Guy. Website: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ The Digital Marketer covers applications of social media and other web2.0 tools. The Get-it-done-guy covers producitivity in general life, so his tips are very useful.
Dr Frankel’s Podcast – http://fams.podomatic.com/ mostly podcasts his conference presentations, so the audio quality is often poor, but the content is great and it’s just like attending a conference in the US for free!
Hamish and Andy Podcasts – http://www.hamishandandy.com/
Geotalk Podcast (http://www.geotalkpodcast.com/) Australian Geocaching talk and news
Geocaching podcast (http://www.geocachingpodcast.com) Geocaching Chat/News
Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me on NPR (funny!) – http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=35
Travel with Rick Steves (wishful thinking) – http://podcasts.ricksteves.com/
NPR Culturetopia (interesting) – http://www.npr.org/templates/rss/podlayer.php?id=510282
http://skeptoid.com/ (I also use it with my grade nine students in ESL)
“Is it just me”- but they have finished the series. Still good for a laugh. http://www.abc.net.au/local/sites/me/default.htm hoping they do a third series

We loved this quote from one of our respondents:

“Buying an iPod touch lead me to podcasts and broadened my personal learning network like never before. I can directly attribute my re-engagement with teaching to the discovery of people with similar pedagogy and interests in education as my own via such podcasts.”

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14th Apr, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 122 – ACEC 2010 Edition

Podcast number 122 – April 13th 2010

[Running time: 1:03:28 mins, size: 43.7 MB]

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Updates and links from the community!

Ed Tech Crew First! Transcription of the podcast!

Audio Transcript for the Interview with James Spittal from Merspi.com.au

Ashley Proud’s new blog http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/

ACEC links

ACEC media award goes to Chris Betcher and Jenny Lucca
http://chrisbetcher.com and http://jennylu.wordpress.com

Gary Stager keynote .. on Happy Steve’s blog http://www.happysteve.com/2010/04/gary-stager-speaks.html

http://wthashtag.com/Acec2010 – via @ackygirl 35.2% come from “The Top 10″ tweeters

Anne Murchison – e@talking 8-9pm on Tuesday’s learncentral.org see http://murcha.wordress.com

Chris Rogers

http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu

Tom March

http://www.tommarch.com/ozblog/2010/04/08/acec-workshop/

http://workshop.edge-ucators.com/module-2/module2-overview/

Via Adrian Bruce

http://www.twurdy.com

Internet Radio Streaming

http://radio.setnine.com

Working With Images
http://getthepicture.pbworks.com

Educaching - http://www.cachingbox.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=108

Chris Rogers - http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu

Lois Smethurst - http://blabberize.com/

Feedback from listeners
Via Andrew Jeppeson – Twitter search (and other social media?) realtime search …

http://www.sency.com

Brendan O’Brien

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ-VjUKAsao
Pattie Maes …. ‘wearable tech’

Via Darren Murphy

http://www.educationlabs.com/projects/OfficeAddinForMoodle/Pages/default.aspx#

Podcast form for Future Ed Tech Crew Episode – http://bit.ly/aqfM6X

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5th Apr, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 121 – An Interview with Mary Manning – School Library Association of Victoria

Podcast number 121 – April 5th 2010

[Running time: 36:06 mins, size: 28.2 MB]

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School Library Association of Victoria
http://www.slav.schools.net.au/slav.html

SLAV Blog
http://slav.globalteacher.org.au/

SLAV Blog Post on Inquiry
http://slav.globalteacher.org.au/2010/03/30/resources-for-the-australian-inquiry-into-teacher-librarians/

Australian Government Enquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians in Australian schools
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/edt/schoollibraries/index.htm

Feedback from listeners
Via Eric Marcos – Mobile Word Press Theme
http://www.bravenewcode.com/products/wptouch/

Via katiesw1 on delicious
What Internet Animal Are You?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution/
Morphing Voices Using Audacity
http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2008/09/morph-your-voic.html

Via John Pearce
Edmodo guide
http://www.edmodo.com/guide/
Virtual Graffiti
http://chronicle.com/article/Will-Your-College-Be-Covered/64617
Teaching With TED Talks
http://teachingwithted.pbworks.com/

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30th Mar, 2010

Ed Tech Crew 120 – The Internet of Things

Podcast number 120 – March 30th 2010

[Running time: 34:38 mins, size: 23.9 MB]

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Websites of interest:

Our School libraries need our help – Inquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians in Australian schools

http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/edt/schoollibraries/index.htm
Submissions due 16th April

Blog to get further details and information: http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/

Feedback from listeners

Follow up via Twitter – we spoke about Slide2Learn conference – Louise Duncan @LouiseEDuncan provided the following:
Slide2Learn is in Shepparton on July 1st and 2nd http://slidetolearn.ning.com

Darren Murphy
http://www.klieme.com/ScreenSharingMenulet.html Mac Only
http://www.boinx.com/boinxtv/overview/
http://www.ustream.tv/producer
http://www.wonderwarp.com/phonefinger/
http://www.moodlemonthly.com/ interesting Moodle news here, mobile moodle stuff looks good!

http://www.pragmasql.com/home/moodletouch.aspx

Websites of interest:

WORDPRESS GOD: 300+ Tools for Running Your WordPress Blog – 4 views

http://mashable.com/2007/08/16/wordpress-god300-tools-for-running-your-wordpress-blog/

Will ‘Vooks’ be the Kindle Killer? | LiveScience – 1 views
http://www.livescience.com/technology/vooks-ebook-iPad-kindle-killer.html

Simulation Games – Adam Brice
http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

Emergency Management for Schools

http://www.ema.gov.au/www/ema/schools.nsf

Videos:

The internet of things

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfEbMV295Kk&feature=player_embedded#