The Teachers’ Podcast — The New Generation of Ed Tech PD

NOW for something completely different!

Welcome to a specially recorded “podcast for broadcast” version of Mark and Kathy’s keynote presentation for Technology Teacher Professional Day

Dream and Believe - Learn and Achieve is the theme of this episode

SPECIAL FEATURE: Be sure to view the PowerPoint that accompanies this podcast. Watch the PDF version of this presentation while you listen! TTPOD-16-PDF-Companion-by-TTPOD

Starting with quotes from Shaw, Cervantes, and King, we cover the gamut of perspectives and possibilities. Join us as we share key resources, insights and suggestions with teachers around the world! Fabulous announcements in this episode include the launch of Talking Financial Literacy Podcast (www.talkingfinlit.org), further details about the 3rd Annual Best Educational Podcast Contest, AND a Teacher’s Podcast focus group on the topic of Talking Financial Literacy at ISTE NECC 2008- (June 30-July 2) Specific times, day and location to be announced— stay tuned for details a this blog.

Originally prepared as a video conferenced remote presentation to the teachers of Palliser Regional Schools, as part of their first district wide professional development day on the integration of Technology, this content was re-recorded for this episode.

Resources mentioned in the presentation:

• VOKI http://www.voki.com and
  • t he VOKI “Hillary” avatar message created for this presentation
• Voices of the World – International Online Collaborative Project
  • http://onevoice.ning.com/
  • and (student work example)
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• The Futures Channel – Math & Science Digital Video Content
• LibriVox http://librivox.org/
  • Free audio books which are in the public domain
  • from sci fi to poetry, biographies to plays, check out the over 1300 entries available!
• Mabry Online – Hyper Successful Middle School Program of
  • Student Reports done as Digital Video Projects and
  • Dr. Tim Tyson’s (principal of Mabry School) Closing Keynote @ NECC 2007
• Small Voices Podcast
  • http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com/
• podOmatic
  • http://www.podomatic.com/
• Jeff Bradley’s Blog
  • http://ipsbradley.blogspot.com
• The Teachers Podcast & TTP Archives
  • www.teacherspodcast.org
• International Society for Technology in Education
  
  • http://www.iste.org/
• Scholastic
• Talking Financial Literacy Podcast - a newly launched series by Mark and Kathy
  • www.talkingfinlit.org
• ISTE NEEC Teacher’s Podcast Meet-Up and Focus Group
  • Focus group on the topic of Talking Financial Literacy at ISTE NECC 2008- (June 30-July 2) Specific times, day and location to be announced— stay tuned for details a this blog.

This episode is enthusiastically dedicated to

1. Pallisers Regional Schools, Alberta Canada ( http://www.pallisersd.ab.ca/) who invited The Teacher’s Podcast dynamic duo to kick off their first Tech PD Day via video- conference hookup
2. All educators everywhere who are traveling the journey of learning, exploring and innovating with technology in teaching and learning!

The 3rd Annual Best Educational Podcast Contest - Deadline July 5, 2008

• Apply for one of 3 awards for best educational podcasts
• Read about categories for submission, July 5 2008 deadline and contest rules
• Click Contest 2008 tab at the top of this page!

• Contact Us
  You can contact Mark and Kathy by
• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
• posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

(C) Transformation Education LLC, King & Gura, 2008.

www.transformationed.com

 

 Ep 16 Ed Tech Dream and Believe [49:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (23)

2008 Classroom Device Excitement

The New Generation of Student Laptops!

Best Education Podcast Contest Announced!

A Block Buster Trend!

In this episode news about HP’s new laptop – Intel’s Classmate PC – the One Laptop Per Child project’s XO - AND Innovations for Learning’s TeacherMate. Also a TTPOD Facebook Group Update – and -

FINALLY… The 3rd Annual Best Educational Podcast Contest ANNOUNCED!!! (click here to go to the contest page) Live from the technology capital of the world!

Mark and Kathy’s book, Podcasting for Teachers

• Click The Book tab at the top of this page!

Articles & Items:

• HP unveils small laptop for school kids - Article: Business Week

   

• Intel Unveils New Classmate PCs –
  • Article: The Washington Post
  • Article/review: PC Magazine
  • Video review: PC Magazine
  • Birmingham approves low-cost laptop project - Article: From eSchool News
  • Link: Innovations for Learning featuring
    • the TeacherMate device
      
• Article about Dr. King presentation at Fordham University
  • New Media, Technology and Learning

• iDog educational apps discussed- links listed here @ http://classroomrobotics.blogspot.com/
• Sample of one of the few videos Mark hunted down

Mark’s book “ Visual Arts Units for All Levels”

Resources:

• Adobe Puts Free Version Of Photoshop Online – Article: The Wall Street Journal

Product Review

Innovations for Learning - Teachermate Handheld Computer

• http://innovationsforlearning.org/Products.html

The 3rd Annual Best Educational Podcast Contest - Deadline July 5, 2008

• Apply for one of 3 awards for best educational podcasts
• Read about categories for submission, July 5 2008 deadline and contest rules
• Click Contest 2008 tab at the top of this page!

• Contact Us
  You can contact Mark and Kathy by
• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
• posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

(C) Transformation Education LLC, King & Gura, 2008.

www.transformationed.com

 

 Ep 15 Moving Target of Technology for 2008- Podcast Contest Announced [42:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (47)

 

 EP 14:Science, Second Life and S Suite [38:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (111)

In this episode: An update and discussion about Second Life (Dr. King attends Schrock’s webinar), short takes from Oprah’s Book Club to Throwing Home Schooling Parents in Prison?, Getting Our Heads Straight about SCIENCE Education, a review of S Suite’s FIFTH ELEMENT a powerful free Office Suite and computer utility suite in one, and a free Fair Use Check List.

Articles & Items Covered this Episode:

• Oprah’s Book Club
  

• Article – World Net Daily.com “Parents of 166,000 students could face criminal charges”

• Blog item: “Technology Group Visits Scandinavian Schools
  CoSN Senior Delegation to Scandinavia November 9-17, 2007

• Article eSchool News: Science education in the spotlight

• Article – Washington Post : “ Reading and Math Curtailing Other Topics, Study Finds”

• Article – eSchool News “Testing Rules Prompt New Science Products”

• Check list on Fair Use and Copyright
  • Copyright Management Center (Indiana University/Purdue University) http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm

• Fifth Element – S Suite http://ssuite5element.webs.com/thefifthelement.htm

Bonus Resource (not covered in podcast)

• Article – eSchool News
  “Testing Rules Prompt New Science Products”

• Article – Wall Street Journal/District Administration “ Reading, Writing … and Engineering”

Resources:

• The Futures Channel
• “The Wind Business”
• Fifth Element – S Suite http://ssuite5element.webs.com/thefifthelement.htm
• Kathy Schrock: http://www.kathyschrock.net/
• Check list on Fair Use and Copyright
  • Copyright Management Center (Indiana University/Purdue University)
    http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm
• TryEngineering http://www.tryengineering.org/home.php
  

Bonus Resources (not covered in podcast)

• Open Office free office suite: http://www.openoffice.org/

• TryEngineering http://www.tryengineering.org/home.php
• Second Life in Education Group in Facebook

• Contact Us
  You can contact Mark and Kathy by
• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
• posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

(C) Transformation Education LLC, King & Gura, 2008.

www.transformationed.com

Rants, Resources, Reviews and MORE Resources!

Math Education, Asus, Our Podcasting Listeners, The Laptop Cabana, Financial Literacy and much more!

 

 Ep. 13 Math Learning: Aiming Much Higher than Mediocre! [44:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (230)

Kathy and Mark reach deep into resources, news and happenings among math education and the Teachers Podcast family. Updates on sub-notebook computers, news items, Laptop Cabana product review, listener productions, teaching and learning abounds, math debates, rants and hosts of math celebration and resources. Another 21st century learning episode is packed with not-to-be-missed help for the educator who wants to be in the know!

Welcome back to the Revolution in Teaching and Learning!

Participate in the fun and learning- join in the dialogue: the Facebook group for TTPOD - check out the link, give us a call - or let us call you- come to the website to see, post on the blog or drop us an email!

Make us the center of your ed tech universe!

Covered in this Episode:

• The TTP ‘Take’ on the Math Education Report from US Dept. of Education
• Math Resources
• Review of the Laptop Cabana
• Further reflections on the ASUS Eee PC
• Student Podcasting and Podcasts by Colleagues… and more

5th Annual WE LEARN (Net) Working
Gathering & Conference on Women and Literacy
http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html

KUDOS - Podcasting work by listeners and colleagues:

• Dr. Pam Morehead and Dr. Robert Maxfield, Oakland University Podcasts for Collaborative Leadership in Education (PFCLE)
  
  
• Kathy Hollwitz and Domenica Beauford, Fordham University
  Student Project, UEGE 5102

Articles

• eSchool News: “Low-cost handheld targets elementary students Chicago nonprofit calls its $50 ‘teachermate’ an affordable way to give every kid a computer”

• Also see: Innovations for Learning - Teachermate Handheld Computers
  • http://innovationsforlearning.org/Products.html
• c/net News.com blog In Brazil, a local alternative to the OLPC

Product Review

• Laptop Cabana http://www.laptopcabana.net/
  
• Podcasting for Teachers (the book)
  • Here at TTPOD site
  • From the Publisher: Information Age Publisher

Articles/Reports Mentioned this Episode

• Article - New York Times “Report Urges Changes in Teaching Math”
• Article – eSchool News “Math panel: Streamline curriculum, focus on fractions - Highly anticipated report aims to improve math instruction”
• U.S. Department of Education page on the report: “National Mathematics Advisory Panel”
• Download the full document: “The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel”
  • Go to the section on Technology use
  • (scroll to page 50 – ends on page 52: totals 877 words)

Resources:

• AOL Finance Calculators
• Federal Reserve Education

BONUS RESOURCES!

• Stock Market Game Resources

  

• The Stock Market Game
• Virtual Stock Exchange
• Stocks Quest
• Investopedia Stock Simulator
• More Resources
• Citi Financial Education Program
• Cool Math’s Online Calculators
• math.com Calculators
• HOMESCHOOL MATH Graphing Resource Page

Contact Us
You can contact Mark and Kathy by

• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
• posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

Podcast Feed:

Our podcast feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/teacherspodcast

 
 Ep. 13 Math Learning: Aiming Much Higher than Mediocre! [44:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (230)


(c) Transformation Education LLC, King and Gura, 2007-2008

Kathy and Mark had to take a short spring break in production

We will be back next week for our next episode!

This is your chance to catch up on prior episodes

Kathy has been hosting a women’s literacy conference in New York City ( www.litwomen.org/conference.html) and speaking at Oakland University in Rochester MI for their faculty technology conference.

Hey Mark, shouldn’t we be sitting in the sun somewhere?

Let’s find a virtual island and enjoy the rays (with sun protection of course)!

Your choice, a Second Life excursion or better yet- Catch up with the conversation at Teachers Podcast Face Book group- Have you joined yet?

Catch us back here at Teachers Podcast on 3/24/08

Contact Us
You can contact Mark and Kathy by

• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
• posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

Podcast Feed:

Our podcast feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/teacherspodcast


(c) Transformation Education LLC, King and Gura, 2007-2008

Shocking, Revealing, Exciting Possibilities from FaceBook - to -

Google DOCS - to - NCLB – to - MacBook Air - to - ASUS PC

 

 Ep 12: Facebook Goes Educational: Revealing, [51:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (177)

Another blockbuster episode as Mark and Kathy provide shocking, revealing, and exciting possibilities of technology uses for curricular needs! From NCLB roundup of headlines to a score of product reviews this episode is packed with not-to-be-missed help for the educator who wants to be in the know! Check out the latest about Facebook news with TTPOD and plenty of comments from the podcast family.

• Google Docs changing Kathy’s life?
• Virginia to leave NLCB funding behind?
• Mark’s technology affinity has shifted away form the Mac Airbook ?
• A new mini notebook on the scene?

These and many more questions to be answered in this revealing episode of The Teacher’s Podcast.

Newsflash- join us in theFacebook group for TTPOD - check out the link. And give us a call - or let us call you? Tel 201-693-4935.

Short Takes:

• Article from Austin Business Journal: “Texas school system fosters low graduation rates”
  

• Article from The Oregonian : “For-profit company teaches to test”
  

• Article from District Administration Magazine “Virginia Considers Leaving Federal Education Act Behind”
  

Face Book:

“The Teachers’ Podcast: A New Generation of Ed Tech of Prof Dev of Educators”

Register (free) and join us in the our group to continue the conversations started in the podcast

Hardware Reviews:

• Apple’s MacBook Air Guided (video) Tour
  
• ASUS Eee PC http://eeepc.asus.com/global/

• TechnologyGuide Review on YouTube
• WIRED article: Test: Wi-Fi Portable Media Players, Café-Worthy Espresso Makers, Dirt-Cheap Laptops
  • Scroll down to final section “And Laptops For All”
• “ Getting to Know the Eee PC” from Geeks.com
• Computer Shopper Magazine (on line) Review of ASUS Eee PC

What is Google Docs and why does Dr. Kathy swear it changed her life?

• From the Google Docs website:
  Take a tour of Google Docs: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html

  Watch a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

Give Teachers Podcast a call- OR , Let us call YOU?

• Try it out Use the CALL ME button
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• or you can call our voice mail at (201) 693-4935

Contact Us
You can contact Mark and Kathy by

• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
• posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

Podcast Feed:

Our podcast feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/teacherspodcast

 
 Ep 12: Facebook Goes Educational: Revealing, [51:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (177)


(c) Transformation Education LLC, King and Gura, 2007-2008

Milestones and Compelling Conversations about Integrating Technology

 

 Ep 11 Big Ideas, Bright Future: Second Life, Vlogging, Peer Learning, and more [44:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (167)

Welcome back to the revolution! Kathy and Mark scan the online education horizon and garner a bevy of resources from listeners and publications. This episode also includes a not-to-be-missed product review of the Edirol R09 recorder and great discussion of the peer learning in classrooms a la King. TTPOD highlighted in Converge Magazine as example of podcasting for professional development.

Newsflash- And be sure to join us in The Teacher’s Podcast Facebook.com group http://fordham.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9953658948

Make us the center of YOUR ed tech Universe: www.teacherspodcast.org. A new generation of EdTech professional development. We appreciate our great audience and fans - We are here for you as The Teachers’ Podcast.

This Week’s Short Takes:

• Article from eSchool News “Budget plan gives ed tech the boot” and be sure to scroll down to the comment “There’s EXCELLENT research supporting the positive impact of technology on LITERACY!”
• Article from eSchool News “Kids report on the presidential race”
• Also follow the link to Scholastic’s Election 2008 site http://www.scholastic.com/election2008

Short Takes
Shout-Outs to Listeners

• Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams
  • Woodland Park High School
  • Their vodcasting site: http://educationalvodcasting.com
  • News video on their work: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1962958416930816240
• Thanks to Chris with educational resources for Second Life
  • The International Schools Island (isi) Archive/Case Study of Build is online (with photographs) at
    http://internationalschoolsisland.blogspot.com/
  • More info about isi and Second Life and Teaching and Learning at http://www.shambles.net/secondlife/
  • SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools/64/90/24

  Newsflash- The Teacher’s Podcast series and its predecessor has now reached over 3.62 million downloads since July 2005!
  Thank YOU! The Teacher’s Podcast community!
  We appreciate the vibrant participation in all the ways that you do.

• Kathy Schrock’s Second Life Session for ISTE 2/27/08 Get MUVE On: Teaching and Learning with Second Life

Feature

• Compelling discussion with Dr. Kathy King — A view into her classroom
  • New media, reflective practice and Foundations of American Education
  • Blogs, Blackboard.com and more
  • Peer learning with blogs http://uege5102.blogspot.com

Resources

• Converge Magazine – Special Issue – Big Ideas, Bright Future
  scroll to page 9 for article “Goodbye Teacher Conferences, Hello Podcasting”
  • Converge Magazine article about podcasting highlights work of The Teacher’s Podcast
• Robotics Update
  • NY Times Article “In the Bronx, Robots and Rebirth”
  • ROBOFEST NYC http://www.visionedinc.org/robofest/info.htm
• 
• Announcing The Teacher’s Podcast facebook.com group
  • Be sure to join us and be part of the family!
  • Lots of discussion already

Product Review

Edirol R-09 Recorder

• Powerful handheld recorder Edirol R-09 http://www.edirol.net
• Interactive-tour of the Edirol http://media.roland.com/en/IT/R-09_IT/index.html
• Notable features: Stereo microphones on-board, visual display of input amplitude, readily understood function keys
• Fantastic recording sound, SD card storage, A/C adapter included, uses 2 AA batteries, mic, line-in

COMING SOON…
Check out our next episode to find out how Google DOCs is changing Kathy’s life (among others)

Contact Us
You can contact Mark and Kathy by

• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com