Jennifer Maddrell

EdTechWeekly #195

Mon, 2011-05-16 09:27 — JenM

50:44 minutes (23.23 MB)

EdTechWeekly #195

May 15, 2011

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John

Guest host: Eric Curts

This week's links:

Khan Academy:
- Website: http://www.khanacademy.org/
- Charlie Rose Interview with founder Sal Khan: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11658
- On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/khanacademy
- Sal Khan TED 2011: http://www.youtube.com/khanacademy#p/u/23/gM95HHI4gLk
- Jen's take: Age old instructional "model" of (1) Presentation, (2) Practice with both online exercises and hope to flip classroom model with time in class for practice not lecture, (3) guidance / feedback with focus on mastery with integrated analytic and "badges" based on gaming concepts. No current focus on credentials. Hope for global classroom. A lot of tried instructional concepts on self-paced learning, but sparkle here is each of the three elements (presentation, practice, guidance / feedback) are done by a really smart dude. Can it scale? Is there "enough" content beyond bites of important concepts? Heavy focus on learner-content interaction (and to some extent learner-teacher interaction in terms of designed instruction), but what else is required (learner-teacher interaction or learner-learner interaction) for practice / guidance beyond online experience?
(sigh) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110509/ap_on_re_us/us_military_virtual_schools
Microsoft Buys Skype: http://about.skype.com/press/2011/05/microsoft_to_acquire_skype.html
Chromebook:
- Overview of offering: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Chrome-OS-Notebooks-Comi...
- Business and Schools: http://mashable.com/2011/05/11/chromebook-business-education/
- ... and why some say it will fail ... http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216718/Elgan_Why_Chromebooks_wil...
- Chromebooks in Schools - Part 1: The Good - http://www.appsusergroup.org/articles/chromebooks-for-schools-the-good (article written by Eric Curts)
- Chromebooks in Schools - Part 2: The Bad - http://www.appsusergroup.org/articles/chromebooks-for-schools-the-bad (article written by Eric Curts)
- Microsoft's alternative online applications for schools: http://www.microsoft.com/education/solutions/liveedu.aspx
- Microsoft's Live@EDU pricing: http://www.microsoft.com/liveatedu/learn-about-office-365.aspx#4 - http://www.cmswire.com/cms/document-management/microsoft-outlines-plans-for-office365-for-education-release-009797.php
... and in other rumors ... Amazon Android Tablet: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Amazon-Android-Tablet-Ch...

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EdTechWeekly #194

Mon, 2011-05-09 10:00 — JenM

53:02 minutes (24.29 MB)

EdTechWeekly #194

May 8, 2011

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John
Guest hosts: iJohn Pederson, mayor of the Internet

This week's Links:

What scares us, please do tell ... http://www.ijohnpederson.com/2011/03/what-are-you-scared-of/
Issues of legacy and content preservation
- Derek K. Miller: http://penmachine-bu.appspot.com/
- What happens to the Google Video content that doesn't get migrated? http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/15/google-video-prepares-to-enter-the-deadpool-for-good/
  - Google Video, incidentally, eliminated the April 29 deadline, and provides a tool to transfer the videos to YouTube. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/04/update-on-google-video-finding-easier.html
- What if people don't agree to the AVOS TOS? What happens to their data? http://www.delicious.com/help/transition
- What obligations do schools have to maintain the content of their students & staff? Can we just delete their Google Apps accounts when they graduate or retire?

iJohn's Links:

Seth Odell's "Higher Ed Live" - http://higheredlive.com/ Higher Ed communications, student affairs, etc. A community of higher ed web professionals.
Dan Benjamin's "Back to Work" w/ Merlin Mann - http://5by5.tv/b2w Dan Benjamin is, IMO, the biggest thing in podcasting since Leo Laporte's TWiT Network. http://twit.tv/
Related: Merlin Mann's "Cranking" - http://www.43folders.com/2011/04/22/cranking Not quite "edtech" related, but "Back to Work" is heavily focused on creativity, particularly writing, and how to scratch that itch of balancing work and creativity.
http://ds106.us/ Radio. What is it? "It is a free form live streaming station that has been setup for this course, and it is being used as a platform to broadcast the work being created in the class, and a space for live broadcasts as well as for programming shows."
Julia Fallon would kill me if I didn't mention Shifted Learning. http://www.shiftedlearning.org. Focus: ? :)

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EdTechWeekly #193

Mon, 2011-05-02 09:40 — JenM

52:27 minutes (24.02 MB)

EdTechWeekly #193

May 1, 2011

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John

This week's topics of discussion:

Big tech bumpy ride: http://gigaom.com/2011/04/30/hey-apple-sony-and-amazon-crisis-response-i...

Phone tracking ... big deal or no biggie?

Amazon's wild ride:

Gearing up for the cloud: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/us-amazon-earnings-idUSTRE73P6...
Why the cloud rained on Amazon's parade: http://aws.amazon.com/message/65648/
In related Amazon news: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/21/kindle-borrow-ebooks-librari...

What's this about Sony Playstation data?

No evidence anything was stolen: http://mashable.com/2011/05/01/sony-kaz-hirai/
And the lawsuits have already started: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20057921-260.html

Yahoo sells Delicious to Avos

What's this? http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/yahoo-sells-delicious-to-youtube-founde...
What do I need to do? http://www.delicious.com/help/transition
Implications for the future of the service?

The changing publishing industry:

What happens when people stop believing the marketing hype? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870383800457627481396360978...
"When I saw that highly successful authors were charging $9.99 for an e-book, I thought that if I can make a profit at 99 cents, I no longer have to prove I'm as good as them," says Mr. Locke. "Rather, they have to prove they are ten times better than me."

Would you pay $10-20 a month for a laptop subscription? http://mashable.com/2011/04/22/chrome-laptop-subscription/
Dave's links

EdTechWeekly #192

Sun, 2011-04-24 00:00 — JenM

52:10 minutes (23.88 MB)

EdTechWeekly #192

April 17, 2011

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John

This week's topics of discussion:

A moment of silence for the passing of Flock -> http://www.flock.com/faq.html ... and Flip -> http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Cisco-Restructures-Consumer-Busi... ... and Google Video -> http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/990586-google-video-hosted-content-to-...
A moment of reflection for this ...

http://www.donorschoose.org/hacking-education ...
including related links: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hacking_education_with_the_donorsch... ... and ... http://www.donorschoose.org/blog/2011/04/12/hacking-education-a-contest-...

... and ... getting all feminist on you on my first week back ... only one gal-pal on this list? http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1820 Are we chicks poor at creating or voicing profound thoughts / messages?
Links to things about which we'll probably not have anything to say:

Ebook sales surpass paper book sales: http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/15/e-book-sales-triple-in-february/?utm_s...
Yale Rolls out 10 New Free Online Courses: http://www.openculture.com/2011/04/yale_rolls_out_10_new_open_courses.html 20 Best Websites to
Download Free E-Books: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/
60 Minutes says Greg Mortenson is a liar: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/15/60minutes/main20054397.shtml

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EdTechWeekly #188

Mon, 2011-03-21 10:05 — JenM

47:17 minutes (21.64 MB)

EdTechWeekly #188

March 20, 2011

Hosts: John and Jen (and snippets of Dave)

Podcatching is dead?

There's always iTunes
Dave likes Podcatcher
John likes BeyondPod: http://www.beyondpod.mobi/android/index.htm
Is podcasting itself a fad that has died down? eTech Ohio Podcasting for Assessment Mini-Grant: http://www.etech.ohio.gov/educators/podcasting-for-assessment-mini-grant/

Speaking of iPods (sort of): Migrating from iPod to other MP3 players: Jen was thinking ahead when she bought all that content from Amazon ... http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/help/faq.html

Harper Collins is evil (or needs to find a business model that works in 2011): http://www.i-programmer.info/news/152-epub/2049-harper-collins-to-restri...

Open Source Cell Phones? http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/083010-open-source-voip-cell-phone...

Prior Learning Assessment (and Recognition): Read more in the IRRODL Special Issue: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/973/1688

Video of Jen working out ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HaBiEtcAto

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