Episode 5: Now Chunkified!

Okay, I've uploaded the three bite-me-size chunks of Teach with Tech, Episode 5, for your listening pleasure.

Episode 5:

Guest: Mike Sassman, Apple Campus Representative and Graduating Senior!

Segment 1: News:

a. Michigan Considers Requiring High-School Students to Take at Least One Online Course
http://chronicle.com/free/2005/12/2005121301t.htm

b. Wired: Apology for Fake Wikipedia Post
The biography he posted, which has since been replaced, falsely stated that Seigenthaler was linked to the Kennedy assassinations and had lived in the Soviet Union from 1971 to 1984.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/
0,1282,69810,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6

My Course (in which we talk about Wikis, and many other things):
Education W505: Using the Internet in the K-12 Classroom:
http://www.indiana.edu/~w505a/

c. (Bonus News for our blog readers!) In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/technology/
circuits/19blog.html?ex=1250568000&en=33627811
ca310596&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

Segment 2. Special Holiday Topic: Video conferencing with family and friends.
Now that high speed connections are more common, and cams are so cheap, there's no excuse to not be sharing holiday greetings with distant family and friends via videoconferencing.

Music intro by Kelly Mack, Age 2:
http://www.mackacademy.com/ica/blogs/
mackacad.nsf/pages/
christmas2001cd?OpenDocument&Click=

Software: AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger AOL is cross platform, able to videoconference with Apple's iChat.

Educational use: Video penpals for K-12 students! Our own Virtual Lab School project, which connects college students with real-life K-12 classrooms:
http://www.education.indiana.edu/~vls/


Segment 3. Oncourse CL: What's Ahead

Focus on our course management system/learning management system. Part of the Sakai Project. Challenges during Fall semester, new features and functions for Spring 2006.

Oncourse CL:
http://oncourse.iu.edu/

IU Home Pages article:
"What's ahead for Oncourse CL?"
http://homepages.indiana.edu/2005/12-09/story.php?id=259

Teach with Tech in Smaller Chunks?

It has been suggested that the episodes would be easier to digest (urp!) if they were available in fifteen-minute sections. So I'm thinking about chopping Episode 5, our longest at 40 mins, into 2 or 3 sections. What do you think?

Downloading the Episodes

How can I listen to this podcast series, you wonder?
Download episodes from the IC
Or the Educate directory:
Or subscribe via iTunes.

Let me know if you have any problems...ic@indiana.edu

Episode 5 is Online!

Episode 5: News, Videoconferencing, Wikipedia, and LMS/CMS

Guest: Mike Sassman, Apple Campus Representative and Graduating Senior!

News:

a. Michigan Considers Requiring High-School Students to Take at Least One Online Course
http://chronicle.com/free/2005/12/2005121301t.htm

b. Wired: Apology for Fake Wikipedia Post
The biography he posted, which has since been replaced, falsely stated that Seigenthaler was linked to the Kennedy assassinations and had lived in the Soviet Union from 1971 to 1984.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69810,00.html
?tw=wn_tophead_6

My Course (in which we talk about Wikis, and many other things):
Education W505: Using the Internet in the K-12 Classroom:
http://www.indiana.edu/~w505a/
Still accepting Spring students!

c. (Bonus News for our blog readers!) In the Classroom, Web Logs Are the New Bulletin Boards
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/technology/circuits/
19blog.html?ex=1250568000&
en=33627811ca310596&ei=5090
&partner=rssuserland

2. Special Holiday Topic: Video conferencing with family and friends.
Now that high speed connections are more common, and cams are so cheap, there's no excuse to not be sharing holiday greetings with distant family and friends via videoconferencing.

Music intro by Kelly Mack, Age 2:
http://www.mackacademy.com/ica/blogs/mackacad.nsf/
pages/christmas2001cd?OpenDocument&Click=

Software: AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger AOL is cross platform, able to videoconference with Apple's iChat.

Educational use: Video penpals for K-12 students! Our own Virtual Lab School project, which connects college students with real-life K-12 classrooms:
http://www.education.indiana.edu/~vls/

3. Oncourse CL: What's Ahead

Focus on our course management system/learning management system. Part of the Sakai Project. Challenges during Fall semester, new features and functions for Spring 2006. Including E-Portfolios.

Oncourse CL:

http://oncourse.iu.edu/

IU Home Pages article:
"What's ahead for Oncourse CL?"
http://homepages.indiana.edu/2005/12-09/story.php?id=259

Oncourse CL Workshop:
http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/workshop/

Mike Sassman's home page:
http://www.mikesassman.com/

Incoming! Episode 5!

Episode 5 is alive and should be in your ears in the next few days, early next week at the latest! If you have questions or comments that you'd like to have addressed in this episode, just email me at ic@indiana.edu.

Chris

Listener Survey

Sorry to keep harping on this, but it would be treeeeeemendously appreciated if you literally hundreds of listeners would fill out this oh so brief survey:

http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/take/?sid=30045

Help us to help you!

Episode 4 is Online!

Had a lot of fun recording Episode 4 with Mark Millard yesterday (and of course our super secret surprise guest star).

The episode is now online for your listening pleasure. Just click on the "Get the Podcast" link, or go here: http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/podcast/ or search for "Teach" in iTunes' podcast directory. Or the ipodcast.org.uk directory: http://www.ipodcast.org.uk/professional/teachwithtech.php
Or Podcast Alley at http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=12997#

No reason for you not to be enjoying Episode 4 on this fine Friday morning!

Episode 4: Blogs and Podcasts and Wikis, Oh My!

Episode 4 has been recorded and will be online soon, probably Thursday!

First, let me remind our listeners to please take a few moments and fill out our Listener survey! In order for this program to better meet your needs, we need to hear from you!

It's at:
http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/take/?sid=30045

And on with the episode....

1. Blogs....

This stat about blogs has been cited all over the place:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051027/tc_afp/afplifestyleinternet
Around 35 million workers -- one in four of the labour force in the United States -- spend three-and-a-half hours, or nine percent of their working week on blogs, the survey found.

Weblogg-ed video (very professional!) shows how blogs are used in a high school:
http://http//www.weblogg-ed.com/weblogs_in_ed_video

Today's Catholic Teacher: Writing for an Audience
http://www.peterli.com/archive/tct/978.shtm

http://www.edublogs.org/
Provides learnerblogs for students, and uniblogs for higher ed.

David Wiley and Trey Martindale presented at AECT about blogs, wikis and RSS. You can view their presentation (and listen to it):
http://teachable.org/blog/index.php/?p=115

2. Podcasts:

IU gets on the lecture recording bandwagon:
iPod Lecture Recording Project
http://www.indiana.edu/~video/stream/is_ipod.php
iStream ITunes Instructions
https://www.indiana.edu/~istream/itunes_instructions.html

Really interesting screencast presentation.
http://showme.physics.drexel.edu/bradley/DrexelCoAS034-Villanova.html
Augmenting WebCT courses with Podcasts, Screencasts, Blogging and Games
Describes how to capture lectures through Camtasia and make screencasts.
As an ex-English teacher, I particularly like the idea of using Camtasia to give feedback on papers. And---Did you know that iTunes supports PDFs? You can include your converted slideshows and course documents with your podcasts.

3. Wiki:

If you haven't checked out the Wikipedia, do so now:
http://www.wikipedia.org/

Let's Talk after Class: The Way of the Wiki
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/
ART/2005/11/01/43670bb9ec83b
Describes the use of Wikis in English courses, analyzing poems and workshopping essays.

Finally....This episode features a super secret surprise guest star from the field of instructional technology!!!

Episode 4 Preview

Episode 4 (and possibly 5) will be recorded next week.

The overall topic will be "Podcasts and Wikis and Blogs, Oh My!"

We'll be talking again about coursecasting. IU has heeded our calls and jumped on the podcasting bandwagon. We'll discuss how our professors can create and upload lectures.

We will also discuss Wikis and their educational applications. They are already using them in English classes at Columbia.

We'll share an innovative K-12 use of podcasting in a creative writing lab, as well...

And more, much more...

Stay tuned....

Listener Survey

Now that the numbers of listeners to "Teach with Tech" are really starting to go up, we would really like to hear from you! We've created a very short Listener Survey. Filling this out will help us to plan for future podcasts and to make "Teach with Tech" the best podcast out there on integrating technology into K-12 and higher education. Please take a few moments and fill out this brief survey:

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Welcome iTunes Users!

I'm very excited to announce that we are now listed on iTunes! Just browse through the Education list, or search for "Teach." We've got some exciting new episodes coming up! I encourage folks to share their thoughts and comments and suggestions about this podcast by emailing us at ic@indiana.edu.

Episode 3 Online!

Well, Ep 3 is finally done! The longest one so far at half an hour and change. The resources mentioned are all listed and linked below. Thanks to Dr. Bonk for letting me share a couple of brief clips from his Bonkcasts!

You can listen to the shows by going to
http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/podcast/

Now, I've really got to look into this RSS thing. I know I mentioned that we had one earlier, but we actually don't, not yet.

Would appreciate any comments about the podcast. Feel free to suggest K-12 or Higher Ed resources. Would love to interview some people, too.

More on Episode 3

Well, I'm back from the AECT conference in Orlando, Florida. Lots of talk about podcasts and blogs and wikis, oh my!

Was hoping to create and upload Ep 3 before I left for the conference, but that didn't happen. Should be online soon!



Higher Ed "Coursecasting":

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting article describing the use of podcasting in higher education (subscription required), "Lectures on the Go":
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i10/10a03901.htm

Purdue's BoilerCast
Last episode, I mentioned how Purdue was podcasting many of it's lectures. I was able to chat with some of the Purdue people at AECT. Listened to a few excerpts today. You get the whole classroom experience--including instructors telling the students to sit and quiet down, and the audio of videos shown in class.
Check 'em out at:
http://boilercast.itap.purdue.edu:1013/Boilercast/
Most are publicly available. Here's a sample:
http://itunes.stanford.edu/


K-12 Related Podcasts

The Washington Post has a great article summarizing how K-12 teachers are using podcasts in their teaching, "iPods Fast Becoming New Teacher's Pet":
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801670.html

Here are some more K-12 related podcasts:

Educational Podcast Network
http://www.epnweb.org/

A directory for education-related podcasts. I like the way they've broken them down into subject related categories on the home page. Makes it very quick and easy to find what you are looking for. Not just ed tech, but other topics such as theatre arts, music ed, and healthy living are featured. There's also a section on student-created podcasts, which is where I found:

Room 208
http://bobsprankle.blogspot.com/
This is a podcast created by 3rd/4th grade students in Wells, Maine. A real window into their classroom. Listen as the kids present Weird Facts of the Week, Math Corner, learn about OWLS and consider the challenges of moving up to 5th grade. Some kids are better at announcing than others, but the cheery music underneath keeps things flowing. What does the word "abrupt" mean? Find out what various kids think--LOL! What a wonderful way to showcase your students' talents, interests and accomplishments, and to introduce them to Internet broadcasting!

Episode 3: Attack of the BonkCasts!

It's been busy here in the IC since our last podcast.

Episode 3 will feature:

1. More Educational Podcasts
2. BonkCasting--Class lectures via podcast and webcast
3. Blogging and Finding Educational Blogs


1. More Educational Podcasts

I've spent some time recently looking through Podcastalley for quality educational podcasts. Here are some I've found.
http://www.podcastalley.com

EdTechTalk
http://edtechtalk.com/

This podcast regularly features interviews with technology integration leaders and covers a wide range of topics. One recent episode covered: copyright issues of digital content, politics of edtech, the use of tablet pc's, professional development, differences between U.S. & Canadian educational systems, & lots more. 20 broadcasts so far. Surprisingly, you can also listen in on the live broadcast, too.


ESL Pod
http://www.eslpod.com/

I know there is a lot of interest in using technology as part of TESL, so I've included this one. Designed for ESL students, this podcast is designed to help them improve their spoken English fluency. Each podcast is divided into 2 sections: an interview or conversation and then an explanation of the more difficult phrases from the first part. Each 10-20 podcast is designed to be easy to understand and is spoken clearly and slowly. 65 of them so far. Topics like eating fast food, preparing a paper, reading magazines, etc. A related podcast is Breaking News English, which provides news headlines read aloud for ESL learners: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/


The Educational Mac
http://www.xmission.com/~sabretth/TEM/TEM.html

A podcast for educators using Macs, though a recent show featured handhelds also. An interesting iMovie vs. Windows Movie Maker comparison. Focuses on integrating Macs into the K-12 classroom.


Edupodder
http://www.edupodder.com/

Here's an interesting postsecondary site, focusing on integrating technology into the college classroom. The most recent episode proposes podcasts as an alternative to textbooks, citing the high cost of the print format. Another session presents an interview with a photojournalism professor who utilizes blogs in this teaching. Another session is on tablet PC and similar devices. Interesting hour-long podcasts.


TILT: Teachers Improving Learning with Technology
http://tilttv.blogspot.com/

K-12 oriented. This one is actually a videoblog/vidcast/vblog/screencast--in other words, its got video, too! The video shows the related powerpoint slides and websites, and provides the URLs on the screen. Takes forever to download (more than 40MB) but some very interesting topics. Such as Problem-based learning with technology, an example of a student-created science lab report, using the Internet to enhance writing, using digital pictures, etc. (The distortion created by the compression makes the voice sound a bit scary, though! )

You can access these through the Podcast Alley site, or iTunes.

I welcome additions to this list!


2. BonkCasting--Class lectures via podcast and webcast

Recently, I've been working with one of our faculty members in his efforts to deliver extra content to his face-to-face (not distance) students. Find out more and hear some samples in the podcast!


3. Blogging and Finding Educational Blogs

Are you blogging yet? You should! You can set up one for free here at www.blogger.com.
While you're there, try searching for subjects related to your teaching. I'm sure you'll find some. Today, I searched with one of our associate instructors on the topic of diversity and multicultural education and found a treasure trove of blogs.


Off to the AECT conference in Orlando! I will be presenting on:
1. a survey of digital video projects going on here at the IU SOE
2. online K-12 professional development in Korea
3. using two-way interactive video as part of a mentoring program for "at risk" youth

Podcast #2!

Just finished the Episode 2 of Teach with Tech! Lots of interesting information in this one.

Mike Sassman, from Apple, visits and provides information on educational applications of Microsoft Word for Mac and Keynote. He informs us about how faculty will find the new iPod nano useful, as well as fun.

I discuss new features of our learning management system, Oncourse, and a couple of features you might not be aware of. I mention a few future features to come. We will be having Oncourse CL workshops in December and January for IU faculty. Non-IU folks may want to skip through this part; though they may find similar issues with their own learning management systems.

Purdue is now podcasting lectures on a wide scale. We can't let our longtime rivals get ahead of us on this one! http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/08/purdue_plans_ac.html

I welcome comments on any of the topics in this episode.

We're RSSed! And Upcoming Show

Hello again!

We now have an RSS feed, thanks to the folks at ipodcast.org.uk:
http://www.ipodcast.org.uk/teachwithtech
Another major step forward for "Teach with Tech"!

Here's something interesting--an article on exploiting the educational potential of podcasting: http://www.recap.ltd.uk/articles/podguide

The next show is, at least partly, about learning management systems. You know, like WebCT, Blackboard, etc. We at Indiana University use a system called Oncourse, which is part of the Sakai Project. A number of universities have banded together to jointly develop this tool. This is the first semester of it's widespread use, and it's been...interesting. I'd like to talk about learning management systems this week. Some of the details will be Oncourse-specific, but I think that the show will be interesting even if you don't use our particular system.

If you have questions or comments about learning management systems, feel free to add a comment to this posting.

Introduction

Hello, My name is Mike Sassman, and I will be contributing to the Teach with Tech blog from time to time. I am a student in Informatics with my cognate in Instructional Systems Technology. I focus on Apple products and all new technologies that come from our favorite fruit company. Topics I am going to cover include RSS, Spotlight, Podcasting, Presentation methods using Powerpoint or Keynote, and other topics to help you tech with tech.

I can be reached at mikesassman@gmail.com

Welcome to Teach with Tech!

I hope that you have had the chance to listen to the first episode of "Teach wth Tech," the podcast from the Instructional Consulting office in the Indiana University School of Education. If you haven't, please do so! It's free and doesn't even require an iPod--you can listen to it on anything that plays mp3 files, such as your computer.

I'm Chris Essex, your host for the show, though I plan to drag others into the "spot light, " too!

You can listen to the podcast by downloading it from:
http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/podcast/

The first show's topics are:
1. What is a podcast?
2. A few good educational podcasts
3. Tech tip
4. What is Macromedia Breeze

The immediate audience of the show is Indiana University School of Education faculty and Associate Instructors, but we welcome all interested listeners.

Featured Podcasts (you can find them using iTunes):

Education-Related Podcasts:
RETC Tech Pod: http://www.podcastforteachers.org/
The Tech Teachers (Ray and Holley): http://www.thetechteachers.blogspot.com/
Evening Educator: http://www.eveningeducator.com
Educational Podcasts (extra--this one is a bonus for you blog readers!): http://ipodcast.org.uk

The next two are purely tech in nature:
This Week in Tech: http://www.thisweekintech.com/
Your Mac Life: http://www.yourmaclife.com/

And:
Breeze (at IU) : http://www.indiana.edu/~breeze/

Please share information about good education-related podcasts!

Chris