Academic Aesthetic 143 [ 4:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1881)

No time for banter, here’s the show and the show notes:

• I start out with a “phone call” from Chris Craft.  It seems he has a complaint or two.  (You can send me your own comments, too!)
• My wife bought me a soldering iron.
• It’s cool, but scary. (I could get burned.)
• Bre Pettis has a cool tutorial that’ll help me out. I hope to one day be good enough to make a solar powered robot.
• A lot of teachers want to start using blogs, podcasts, and/or wikis.
• They think those things are cool, but scary. (They could get burned.)
• There are a lot of people out there who are willing to help.
• NextGen Teachers, Teachers 2.0, and the DEN are 3 groups that are free to join and willing to give advice and help in a pinch.

NextGenTeachers Skypecast [ 55:38 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1194)

I couldn’t stay for the whole thing, but I thought you’d might like to hear a recent online conversation in which I was the token rude American amongst a crowd of  British educators.

OK, so I hope I wasn’t that rude.  You know me and self-depreciating humor…

In any case, you can find the show notes to the skypecast here.

Academic Aesthetic 142 [ 5:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (755)

This should have gone up yesterday, but instead I went to see a movie with the wife.

For some reason theaters frown at customers using laptops during the movie, even though they only tell you to turn off your cell phones and pagers. They said nothing about laptops! They should be allowed, right?  Um, they didn’t think so.

Ahem … well, in any case, on with the show.

• There is always someone who will resist new technology.
• If there isn’t enough buy-in, even the best technology will fail. (BETA was better than VHS…)
• By being enthusiastic users of technology, we can encourage holdout teachers to try it themselves.
• I’m still looking for audio and video comments to include in my podcasts.  If the web interface doesn’t work for you, you can always email it to me instead.  That way you can include your own background music, special effects, or whatever.
• Wondering what happened to the audio only version?  I’ve started posting them over on PodServe.

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Do you listen to the Connect Learning podcast?

You should.  He started long before I ever did.

Chris Craft called me a Warlick groupie.  I’m not – I’d never be able to afford the travel expenses.

Academic Aesthetic 140 Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (808)

Behold, my 140th podcast! View it! Cherish it! Pause it at random moments and laugh at the funny faces I make!

… no, wait. Scratch that last one …

In any case, most of this video was taken during day 2 of MICCA.

Show notes:

• She didn’t leave her name, but I think it’s a plug from Gwyneth Jones!
• Another plug from Will Richardson! WILL RICHARDSON!!
• Getting in early. Why?
• Picking a session. Sometimes the lesser known presenters are just as good but with more seats available.
• Commentary by Mark Young!
  
• Wondering where we’ll be in 5 years…
• Stopped by security. Oops. (No problems after I said I was a presenter.)
• Buy David Warlick’s books! Put his son through college! (What, you don’t know who David Warlick is? For shame!)
• National conferences are cool, but state and local conferences have art shows. Just sayin’…
• Silliness
• Now that we’ve learned all this new stuff, how are we going to use it in the classroom?
• Read that last one again. It’s that important.
• Submit some audio or video! (Ok, you can email it to me instead if you don’t like the web based format…) My 150th podcast is coming up, and I’d like to include more stuff created by other people.
• A little bit of a surprise at the end. I’m not saying what, though…

Academic Aesthetic 139 Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (825)

My first of two days at MICCA, so of course I’m playing with my video camera again. I presented today, but only a small section of this episode addresses my session.

Show Notes:

• Free Online Resources wiki
• MICCA website
• For more from the conference, see my other blog posts.