Audio vs. Video Steve Dembo recently blogged about video podcasts, vodcasts, vlogs, or whatever hip, trendy word you wish to attach to those nifty moving pictures that show up on your computer via an RSS feed. He makes a very compelling argument on why audio podcasts are right now better than video podcasts, mainly because audio is a media more accepting of multi-tasking than video. (That’s why all of those DVD players in those newfangled SUVs are set up so the driver can’t see them….Continue Reading “Video Podcasts: Beyond Alpha”
My 40th podcast is an interview with Tom Kelly from tech4learning.com. I find the company to be facinating not just because they deal with graphic software, but because of how they’re doing it. Show Notes: Powering Up With Technology – A great conference, and not just because I got to present there. Tech4Learning: a business serving schools and educators with some nifty programs and ideas.
Today I attended (& presented at) the Powering Up With Technology conference, and it was a blast. I have audio (and potentially some video, maybe) to share, and am working on getting that ready for you. If I can configure OpenOffice just right, I’ll have my presentation uploaded as a flash file. If not, I’ll take the more troublesome route and convert it to a .mov file.
At long last, OpenOffice.org has released version 2.0 of their impressive office suite. (Of course the Mac version isn’t fully debugged yet, but it hopefully won’t be long now. Until then NeoOffice J still rocks.) If you’ve yet to download OpenOffice and try it out, then now’s a good time to do so. It does 90% of the stuff that Microsoft Office does, and a few things that Office has never done to boot. Oh yeah, and it’s free. Free is good.
After being used VERY hard, my current MP3 player (A Creative MuVo TX FM) is giving up the ghost. I’m looking for a replacement, but I’m not so sure I want to buy the exact same brand again.What I want is something that … … holds at least 1 gig. … can record audio. … can double as an external drive. … will run off of a standard battery (AAA, etc.) … will work with my Mac. … and … … is less than $200….Continue Reading “Going Shopping”
For a while now my favorite browser’s been Camino, which is a side project from Mozilla.org. Like Safari and Firefox, it’s a free browser that works on Mac OS X. However, it’s faster than Safari and integrates with OS X’s GUI better than Firefox. But now I’ve discovered a new feature: The Ad Blocker. No, I’m not talking about the Pop-Up Blocker – that’s something already in every browser worth taking up space on your hard drive (read: NOT Microsoft Explorer). Instead, the Ad Blocker…Continue Reading “Camino Rocks”
This is not my 34th podcast, it’s my 5th attempt at my 29th podcast. Show Notes:On 9/14/05, Will Richardson Wrote: I was talking with a math teacher who is a part of our pilot, and he told me that in the course of his lesson on Monday he used a term that was unfamiliar to his students. Rather than simply give them a definition, he modeled his own practice by having his students watch as he went from the OneNote page he was projecting via…Continue Reading “Podcast 34: Lifelong Learning”
9th Annual Powering Up With Technology Conference Moving on Up: Using Technology to Impact Student Achievement When: Saturday November 12, 2005 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Where: Northwestern High School 7000 Adelphi Road Adelphi, Maryland 20782 Highlights *8 hands-on computer labs *Model lessons on integrating technology into the curriculum *Vendor booths and presentations *Innovative instructional ideas *Door prizes including a COMPUTER *Yours truly (The Art Guy) doing a presentation on Creative Commons Multimedia For additional information: Call the Department of Instructional Technology at 301-925-2874, or…Continue Reading “Technology Conference!”
31 is fun, if you don’t mind listening to me rant. In this episode I rant about a “news” story I found in Google News, then make a connection to one of the things that David Warlick talks about: It is not enough to teach our kids how to read and write. We need to teach them to read and figure out if it is RIGHT.Hopefully I’ll get to do that in my Art Club. Podcast Alley: Education Podcasts – C’mon, you know you want…Continue Reading “Podcast 31: Opinion Hunt”
I really like my Gmail account, so when Google introduced Google Talk it did manage to snag my intrest. While they don’t have a Mac client yet they have provided links to several alternative clients that are Google Talk complient. (I’m partial to Adium at the moment, although those default sounds were horrible!) If you’re trying out Google Talk as well you can send an IM my way – my Gmail addy (Which is of course also my account name for Google Talk) is theartguy…Continue Reading “Google Talk”