http://academicaesthetic.com Art. Education. Technology. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:19:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Presented by Cindy Savio. Education.smarttech.com - a way to share interactive activities for the SMART board. Showing a bunch of cool activities, some from the above site, others integrate media from Discovery Education Streaming. Cover a whole picture in a solid color, then "erase" the picture to reveal it gradually.  Since the pens ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/11/15/puwt-2008-session-4-using-the-smart-board-its-elementary/ Presented by Allison Archer Started out with a Bob Dylan song about times and how they're a-changin'.  Rolled right into dialogue on MySpace.  (Boo!  Hiss!)  Social Networking is cool and helpful, but MySpace gives it all a bad name. Enter: Ning - a site that allows us to build our own social ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/11/15/puwt-2008-session-3-whats-in-a-ning-online-social-netwoks-in-k-12-education/ Presented by Evylyn Quinones 1st choice was on 21st century collaboration, but presenter was a no-show.  Walked in on 2nd choice as she was showing off her Flip camera.  Never got to see the built in software before - it allows for basic editing, but also allows you to upload the ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/11/15/puwt-2008-session-2-pocket-size-multimedia-studio/ Sitting in the front again, or at least the 3rd row. She has a website, of course. :) Today: Copy/Paste from web.  Our day: Copy from encyclopedia.  Not much different, really, but how can we change assignments so students can learn from them? Mentioning David Warlick & using a "Building Block" model. Making glyphs ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/11/15/puwt-2008-keynote-tammy-worcester/ OK, I admit it, my first impression of the session was based entirely on the room.  How's this?  They face forward to take notes, and turn around to use the computers.  The teacher can see every screen from the front of the room.  Sweet. Presenter is Danna Bell-Russel, from the Library ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/11/15/puwt2008-session-1-treasure-hunting-at-the-library-of-congress-online/ The following are excerpts from lab notes taken by psychologist Dr. I. M. Nuts and sociologist Dr. R. U. There. Their study was on the effect of microblogs on human personalities. It should be noted that while Twitter was used for this experiment, Plurk is better. Pre-Study Interview: Subject looked ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/10/07/microblogging-addiction-study/ Due to popular demand (2 people asked), here's part 2 of my 4 part series on PLNs.  As before, I've cross-posted it to two locations: Discovery Educator Network's Maryland Blog Teachers 2.0 Audio and text only this time, sorry - I've been swamped. http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/09/22/how-20-building-a-pln-part-24/ The following account is fictional, so far as anybody knows.  It is, however. inspired by an interpretation of a story that might be closer to the truth than an outright lie. 6:00 AM, Saturday Went to bed early last night so I'd have all day to research my report on learning disabilities ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/09/15/a-day-in-the-life/ It occurs to me that I posted this here and here, but totally neglected to put it on my own site.  Oh well. If you haven't seen my latest creation yet, here it is.  I'm hoping to record part 2 (or more, time permitting) this weekend. http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/08/29/how-20-personal-learning-networks-14/ ... but still darned fun.  We got to play with "Boomwhackers" at the recent DEN NI thanks to Paula White and I recorded a couple short clips with my own new toy. I think the video could have been better, but the audio's half decent. boomwhacker1 boomwhacker2 http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/08/20/not-in-fact-a-tribal-serenade/ .flickr-photo { } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } artclublab, originally uploaded by TheArtGuy. OK, Personal Learning Network, I'd like to run an idea past you. In the past I've made attempts to get my Art Club members blogging, but never got a ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/08/18/art-club-20/ Warning: The following podcast contains words which, when placed in a particular order, can be used to convey ideas.  People who are set in their ways should listen at their own discretion. So this weekend I actually got caught up on my audio podcasts.  This was no small achievement, as I ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/08/11/academic-aesthetic-166-audio-vs-video/ Warning: If you're sick of hearing about micro-blogs like Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, and Plurk, today's podcast might not be for you. Those of you who've been listening for a while (at least since show 128) may recall how enthusiastic I was over a website called Twitter.  I found micro-blogging to be ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/08/06/academic-aesthetic-165-twitter-vs-plurk/ Academic Aesthetic 164: DEN NI 08 In today's show I interview a bunch of people here at the Discovery Educator Network National Institute for 2008.  (I decided to not put the full name in the title.)  See how many faces you can recognize. Also, my voice is giving out and I feel ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/07/24/academic-aesthetic-164-den-ni-08/ Yes, THAT Discovery.  They're doing an ed-tech conference all this week and I'm along for the ride. You can be too, if you want.  Most of the content I'm collecting can be found either on my Flickr acount or my Plurk acount.  You don't need to sign up for those to ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/07/22/hangin-out-at-discovery/ The following was written back in June, but I've been sitting on it until now because I wanted to be able to take a step back and look at my writing first before posting. One would think that sleeping until noon would be one of life's simple pleasures afforded to teachers ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/07/15/academic-aesthetic-163-communication/ Today's episode is brought to you by Sound Waves™ <announcer voice> That's right, in today's modern world there are many kind of waves, but only Sound Waves™ are capable of taking this podcast and transferring the information from your speakers to your ears in a format that you, the listener, can ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/07/11/academic-aesthetic-162-corporate-shill/ ... And my last new toy for a while, I'm afraid. Oh well. As those of you who've been following me on Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, and who knows where else already know, I am now the proud owner of a BlackBerry Curve. To be honest I liked the Palm ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/07/09/shiny-new-toy/ Written during last Wednesday's thunderstorm-induced power outage (which gave us off on Thursday...), and recorded during tonight's thunderstorm, I talk a bit about how the "old" should not always be replaced by the "new." http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/06/10/academic-aesthetic-161-old-vs-new/ A while back David Warlick expressed some regret about his daughter deciding to not follow in his footsteps as a teacher. I'm not sure how that feels (I'm a 4th generation teacher m'self...), but I find his musings on why she came to that decision (and who is to ... http://academicaesthetic.com/2008/06/10/we-need-to-hack-that-system/