19th podcast – one more and it’ll no longer be a teenager. Show Notes:Congratulations to Steve Dembo of teach42.com fame, he recently got hired as a kindergarten teacher for a charter school. Steve, does that mean you’ll change your podcast description to “musings of a kindergarten teacher?” iKnowThat.com – I’ve only just barely scratched the …
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18th Podcast: Making Stuff and Strange Angels
18th podcast … does that mean it can vote? … most likely not. Show Notes:School ends on Friday! So, how many educators will continue to blog/podcast over the summer? Making Stuff – A great blog that documents one woman making all kinds of cool crafts. Reading her stuff really inspires me. Artboy – This site …
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17th Podcast: 5 Security Tips
Can you believe this is my 17th podcast? … yeah, so can I. Show Notes:Of course the best way to be secure online is to buy a Mac, but that’s not an option for everyone so I’ve compiled some tips to help out those of us still using Windows. By the way, if you’re already …
16th Podcast: Comments and Podcast Sites
Sweet 16, Boo-YA! Show Notes:Like the background music? It’s mine. In this podcast I also respond to comments by Flint and Deb. I have several podcast directories to reccomend: Education Podcast Network – Another wonderful education resource by David Warlick. Podcast Park – Family friendly podcasts, although there aren’t many listed. iPodder.org Education Category – …
New background music!
No podcast this time (perhaps tomorrow, I do have some things to talk about…), but I just took some time to play around with GarageBand to make some new background music. Now I’m not saying that I dislike the background music I’ve been using recently, but I felt it was time for a change for …
Viral Game Thingie
Don’t blame me for this little foray into random listing of things, blame Steve Dembo for emailing me. I promise to return to the usual topics of conversation after this. Well, there’s another meme going around. I participated and have picked you five to pass it along to. So if you want to participate in …
15th Podcast: DSL and Creative Commons
Beware the ides of … podcasting Show Notes: A Basement of Broken Dreams – An album by John Holowach, hosted on archive.org. I used his song called My Piano Sings (Part 3). Thanks for the listener mail, Steve! Comments are always appreciated. CreativeCommons.org – A nice site for anyone who wants to share their works …
Ender’s Game and Education
I recently revisited Ender’s Game, a very decent sci-fi story, if somewhat unbelievable when it comes to child psychology. I’d already read the book once, but that was back before I was a teacher. Back then, it just struck me as an enthralling story with plenty of plot twists. (I was once told that the …
14th Podcast: Risks and Email
It’s the 14th! Valentine’s day! … no, wait, it’s the 14th podcast. Sorry about that. Take a survey, win a pro account for Flickr. Show Notes: A Basement of Broken Dreams – An album by John Holowach, hosted on archive.org. I used his song called My Piano Sings (Part 3). If you don’t push the …
13th Podcast: Ratings and Performance
Lucky 13! Take a survey, win a pro account for Flickr. Show Notes: A Basement of Broken Dreams – An album by John Holowach, hosted on archive.org. I used his song called My Piano Sings (Part 3). Egad! How the heck did I make 10th place in Podcast Alley’s education section? I mean, I appreciate …