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EdTechWeekly #174

November 14, 2010 

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John 

Dave's Link: As a follow up for last week's "online PhDs are awesome" discussion http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/education/10kaplan.html?_r=1&src=tptw NYT's article on Kaplan and lobbying to go with our own fun at UPEI. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/11/10/pe-upei-degree-maclaughlan-584.html?ref=rss#socialcomments

Jen's Link: Hard to NOT mention the #boycott amazon uproar this week. Jen used the story as an opportunity to try out tweet doc -> http://www.tweetdoc.org. Check out the boycott amazon tweets linked here if you were hiding under a rock on Wednesday and Thursday ... or if you just want to see how tweet doc functions :) ... http://tweetdoc.org/View/6387/Boycott-Amazon

John's Link:  If we're talking about books, there were a couple compelling book-related items that crossed my radar this week. Adrian Hon, founder of Six Apart, addressed book piracy in an Op Ed in the Telegraph a couple weeks ago (Your time is up, publishers. Book piracy is about to arrive on a massive scale). And from Read Write Web comes a piece (Will Your Local Library Lend E-Books? (Or Can They?)) on the impact of e-books on the ability of libraries to legally lend resources. What better topics for one of the few weeks when we don't have a librarian as a guest?

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EdTechWeekly #173 

November 7, 2010 

Regular hosts: Dave, Jen, John

Guest hosts: Connie Sitterley, Teacher / Technology Integration Specialist from Pennsylvania

This Week's Menu:

Dave's Link: Leigh Blackall and the open phd. http://leighblackall.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-and-why-ill-do-phd.html and the response from Darren Draper. http://drapestakes.blogspot.com/2010/11/three-questions-for-leighblackal...(Drape's+Takes)

Jen's Link: Mashable recently posted a roster of "website designs" that blew them away in 2010 -> see http://mashable.com/2010/10/31/breakthrough-website-design/ ... so, with some pushing students to create / foster their "online identities" -> see http://twitter.com/#!/shareski/status/29421705996 ... what does "website design" mean to students (and teachers, instructional designers, etc.) in 2010? in 2015?

John's Link: Firesheep

• Using Wi-Fi? Firesheep may endanger your security http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-01/tech/firesheep.wifi.security_1_wi-fi-...
• Firesheep not Evil, says Snooping Tool's Maker: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9194463/Firesheep_not_evil_says_s...
• Security Now episodes: http://twit.tv/sn272 and http://twit.tv/sn273

Connie Sitterley: School Leaders' Opinions of 21st Century Skills: http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/10/20/survey-reveals-school-leaders-opin...

• Survey was sent to district leaders who planned to attend the annual NSBA Ed Tech Conference-results were shared at the conference
• NSBA link (all links on the NSBA Top Stories were broken earlier today but seems OK as of 6:00 http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=NSBANew&...
• Resource link: http://ilearntechnology.com
• Wes Fryer on Firesheep: in reference to John's link: http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/11/01/firesheep-should-get-your-at...
• My website: http://4everlearner.com http://4everlearner.pbworks.com

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EdTechWeekly #171

October 10, 2010

Regular hosts: Dave, John

EdTechWeekly #170 

October 3, 2010

Guest Host: Alvin Trusty

Dave, John, and Jen welcome guest host Alvin Trusty to continue the new format for EdTechWeekly that offers a deeper look into a smaller number of topics. This week, the discussion focuses on the following:

• Dave's Link: http://openstudy.com/
• Jen's Link: Elevating the Education Reform Dialog: http://www.learncentral.org/event/106358
  
• John's Link: Cyberbullying: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/09/30/cyberbullying-and-a-stud...
  
• Alvin's Link: Why Johnny Can't Program: A New Medium Requires A New Literacy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-rushkoff/programming-literacy_b_74...

Next Week's Guest: Ginger Lewman, Director, f2f Program, Turning Point Learning Center, Emporia, Kansas

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EdTechWeekly #168 

September 19, 2010

Guest Host: Diana Laufenberg, Science Leadership Academy

Dave, John, and Jen welcome guest host Diana Laufenberg to continue the new format for EdTechWeekly that offers a deeper look into a smaller number of topics each week. This week, the discussion focuses on the following topics:

• Dave's Link: http://partners.becta.org.uk/page_documents/research/emerging_technologies07_chapter2.pdf Learning networks in practice, Stephen Downes, NRC. Dave is going to address the broader topic of learning networks in practice.
• Jen's Link: Jen is going to take the opportunity to get our guest host's perspective on involving students in an externally supported science design challenge, such as http://www.nasarealworldinworld.org/Home.aspx. Some questions to consider are: How can teacher's work this into their semester / school day planning? What is the motivation for a teacher / students / professional mentor to participate?
• John's Link: Using custom search engines to tailor results (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129709336). See also SeekFind (http://seekfind.org/), Jewogle (http://www.jewogle.com/), and I'mHalal (http://www.imhalal.com/beta/).
• Diana Laufenberg: Newstrust (http://newstrust.net/). Using the network to verify/validate the claims made in current news stories.

Join us for next week's guest: Camilla Elliot, Teacher/Librarian from Melbourne, Australia.

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