In my 61st podcast I’m starting my end-of-year inventory and talking about the difference between message boards and blogs. Not much in the way of show notes for this one, I was just talking while I worked on organizing the things in my office.
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Flickr Updated!
Looks like my favorite photo sharing website has made some recent changes, replacing the “beta” in their logo with “gamma” to show just how far they’ve come. The first thing I said to myself when loading up Flickr this morning was “Holy cow, I’ve got a LOT of photos on each page here!” Yep, by …
Baltimore’s WTC
Did you know Baltimore has its own World Trade Center? Well it does, and here it is. Learn what Wikipedia has to say about this building.
Steve Dembo knows your permanent record!
Do you? Seriously though, I was hoping to record a podcast tonight but my voice just isn’t into it right now. Instead, how about you listen to Steve’s latest endeavor? He even has his PowerPoint online for you. During his presentation he makes a good point about starting off with a strictly controlled environment, then …
Save the Edu-Blogosphere
Blogs in education are endagered. Why? Read what Weblogg-ed has to say about it. Then get ahold of your representatives in Congress and tell them how you feel. Yes, I know they’re mainly targeting MySpace. Unfortunately, the bill is so broadly written that most if not all blogs will have to be banned at school. …
You’re online. No, really!
“I don’t like it when people read what I write.” That’s a direct quote from one of my Art Club kids. I’ve met many students (and adults) who had that same opinion, but this particular student had just finished posting to her Art Club blog. And she was very surprised when she walked over to …
Baltimore Inner Harbor’s Power Plant
The “Power Plant” was once just that, but now it has the best looking storefronts in the Inner Harbor. Learn more here.
The Mildred Belle
Watch this video to learn about this floating classroom that used to be a Buy Boat. This is more footage from the Discovery Educator Network’s “Capture the Inner Harbor” event. I’m slowly going through everything and placing it online.
Academic Aesthetic Podcast 60 – Baffled By Blogging
My 60th podcast is a recording of my session at MICCA. (I talked about blogging, as you can see in the title.) I promised to have it up on the same day, so here you go. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: discoveryeducatornetwork.com Blogging 101 (My Wiki about blogging) Room132.com (The class blog maintained by Bre Pettis) Weblogg-ed (The …
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Other MICCA Attendees
Wondering who else has been mentioning MICCA in their blogs? A quick search on Technorati.com brought up the following results: Will Richardson did a workshop here, and even graced my own session with his presence. Cristina Runkles had a session on podcasting next door to my blogging session. Being the tech savvy person she is, …