Monday, January 12th, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #3!

So far, 18 teachers and administrators have participated–a great start! Today’s challenge focused on podcasts. Specifically, it focuses on the iTunes tool and its vast library of free, educational podcasts. When you complete the Challenge, be sure to leave a comment here or on the video site and tell everyone what podcast(s) you subscribed to. [...]

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Daughter’s Latest Podcast

Reagan just finished her second podcast, a review of Emma’s Strange Pet, by Jean Little. She really liked this book, because it stars a green anole, one of her favorite backyard visitors. She and I are both amazed at the traffic her little podcast is getting. She has had over 40 subscribers in the past [...]

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

5 Easy Ways to Dip Your Toes in the Web 2.0 Water

For any educators out there who like the idea of Web 2.0 and recognize its importance, but are too intimidated or otherwise reluctant to dive right in, I offer the following list of 5 things to try first. I think these tools will give you an idea of how simple it is to create online [...]

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Starting Early with Podcasting

I spent a great Sunday afternoon with my 7-year old daughter yesterday, and we finally got around to doing something she’s been wanting to do for awhile–setting up her own podcast. It’s called Reagan Reviews, and she plans on doing reviews of the many, many books she reads.  Book reviews, either audio or video, are [...]