Intended Consequences PODCASTS

NECC Podcast: Kentucky Academy of Technology Education

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:46:28 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.murrystate.edu/kate

NECC Podcast: Atomic Learning

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:38:41 -0600

Atomic Learning is all over the place at the large ed tech shows.
We talk to them about what they are and why anyone would want to purchase them.

www.atomiclearning.com

NECC Podcast: MSU TEchnology assessment Tool

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:37:28 -0600

Tim talks to Sean Owen Ph.D., and Peter Graves from MSU on their teacher technology assessment tool, ICAT.

icat.cett.msstate.edu

sean@cett.mestate.edu

NECC Podcast:Smart Moves Body Puzzles

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:08:58 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.fablevision.com

NECC Podcast: Crazy Talk

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:07:09 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.softwareexpress.com

NECC Podcast: Kerpoof

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:05:49 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.kerpoof.com

NECC Podcast: Video Lab in a Box

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:04:09 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.edventures.com

NECC Podcast: Uniservity

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:01:51 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.uniservity.com

NECC Podcast: Voice thread for education

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:59:54 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.ed.voicethread.com

NECC Podcast: School Tube

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:57:24 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.schooltube.com

NECC Podcast: NASA Education

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:55:04 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.nasa.gov

NECC Podcast: GLEF

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:53:20 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.edutopia.org

NECC Podcast: Pico Cricket Kit

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:51:07 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.picocricket.com

NECC Podcast: Comic Life Magiq

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:39:15 -0600

One of several podcasts that I made at NECC. These were all products or services or papers that I found of interest. They are in no order of importance.

www.plasq.com

ACU MobILe Computing

Thu, 22 May 2008 13:19:37 -0600

Tim Holt talks to three educators from Abilene Christian University about their amazing ACU Connected program, where all students and faculty are given mobile computing devices, in this case, iPhones.

The panel includes:
George Saltsman, the Director of Educational Technology for the Adams Center for Teaching and Learning. He
recently co-authored the book "An Administrators Guide to
Online Education."

Dr. Kyle Dickson Assistant Professor; BA, Abilene Christian University, 1993; MA, Baylor University, 1996; Ph.D., Baylor University, 2001. Eighteenth Century Literature.

Dr. Bill Rankin, professor of English at ACU.

All three discuss how the program works, the roadblocks, the successes, and how they see mobile computing emerging in the future.

A very interesting conversation with three very tech savvy post secondary instructors.

Here is a video that kind of describes how the program works:
http://www.acu.edu/technology/mobilelearning/students/videos/connected.html

The Dumbest Generation

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:35:13 -0600

Tim Holt talks to Professor Mark Bauerlein from Emory University and author of "The Dumbest Generation."

Dr. Bauerlein discusses the work, and his thesis that we are effectively raising a generation of culturally illiterates because of the effect that technology has taken on things such as simple social interaction. A very interesting take and a view that all of us need to consider.

http://www.dumbestgeneration.com

About Mark Bauerlein:
Mark Bauerlein earned his doctorate in English at UCLA in 1988. He has taught at Emory since 1989, with a two-and-a-half year break in 2003-05 to serve as the Director, Office of Research and Analysis, at the National Endowment for the Arts. Apart from his scholarly work, he publishes in popular periodicals such as The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, TLS, and Chronicle of Higher Education. His latest book, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future; Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30 (www.dumbestgeneration.com), was published in May 2008.

10 Minutes With Five Students

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:10:06 -0600

Ten minute discussion with some eighth grade students on technology in the classroom. Always nice to get the student perspective.

I was surprised how fond the students seemed to be of he Mac platform...

This conversation is completely unedited.

Pitsco Presentation, 5.14.08

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:27:43 -0600

May 14, 2008 Teachers Using Technology dinner presentation by Pitsco.

Presenters were Dan Peterson, and Vance Spillman.
Pitsco has created some excellent modular problem based integrated units from K to 12.

This presentation was also a test of a new Zoom H2 audio recorder. I just placed the recorder on a table and set it to record.
This podcast is the output of the recorder.

This audio file is about 67 min
long.

www.pitsco.com

TEA Update Part 2

Sun, 11 May 2008 19:09:49 -0600

TEA Update at the recent TEC Sig meeting in Austin Texas.
This is a pretty large file, but the information is important.

This is part 2 of a two part podcast.

TEA Update Part 1

Sun, 11 May 2008 19:07:33 -0600

TEA Update at the recent TEC Sig meeting in Austin Texas.
This is a pretty large file, but the information is important.

This is part 1 of a two part podcast.

nComputing

Fri, 9 May 2008 08:09:01 -0600

Presentation from nComputing on their distributed thin-client-like computing solution. An interesting take on how to save money.

From the nComputing website:
Today's PCs are so powerful that the vast majority of applications only use a small fraction of the computer's capacity. NComputing's virtualization software and hardware tap this unused capacity so that it can be simultaneously shared by multiple users. Each user's monitor, keyboard, and mouse connect to the shared PC through a small and very durable NComputing access device. The access device itself has no CPU, memory, or moving parts—so it is rugged, durable, and easy to deploy and maintain. The result is the lowest possible cost for computing access.

www.ncomputing.com

SchoolFusion

Fri, 9 May 2008 07:27:39 -0600

Betsy Fonfara from SchoolFusion discusses the district/school/class website solution from her company.Pretty big file, but I had to do that to improve the audio.

Long DL.

www.schoolfusion.com

Apple Podcast Producer

Thu, 8 May 2008 16:07:54 -0600

Tim talks to Mike Marshal from Apple Computers about the Podcast Producer software that is part of the Apple OSX Server package.

Here is more on Podcast Producer

Has Podcasting LIved up to the Hype Part II

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:33:16 -0600

Tim Holt hosts a Skype-cast round table discussion with seven educators on the topic: "Has Educational Podcasting Lived up to the Hype?"

Taking part in the discussion are:
Kevin Honeycutt, Brian Grenier, Larry Nelson, Ginger Lewman, Anne Mirtschin, Rodney Carr and Shawn Wheeler.

The panelists discuss how podcasting is used in education, how it is produced, a variety of experiences about how they have seen podcasting used in educational settings.

There are some audio and technical glitches but the information is good and the discussion is enlightening.

Part two of a two part podcast.

Has Podcasting LIved up to the Hype Part I

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:04:57 -0600

Frederick Hess: Still at Risk

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:37:30 -0600

Tim Holt talks to Dr. Fredrick Hess from the American Enterprise Institute about his recent publication: "Still at Risk: What Students Don't Know Even Now."

This report looks at what our 17 year old students know about common cultural touchstones in the United States. The results are surprising and should cause concern for anyone that thinks we spend too much time on Reading and Math. Tim also discusses how technology perhaps plays a role.

Frederick M. Hess is a resident scholar and director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also executive editor of Education Next. He is best known for his work on a broad range of K-12 and higher education issues including accountability in education, charter schooling and school choice, the politics of education reform, collective bargaining, No Child Left Behind, teacher and administrative preparation, certification and licensing, school governance, college affordability, and the importance of entrepreneurship.

Dr. Hess's books include No Remedy Left Behind (AEI Press 2007), Footing the Tuition Bill (AEI Press 2007), Educational Entrepreneurship (Harvard Education Press 2006), No Child Left Behind: A Primer (Peter Lang 2006), Tough Love for Schools (AEI Press 2006), With the Best of Intentions (Harvard Education Press 2005), Urban School Reform (Harvard Education Press 2005), Leaving No Child Behind? (Palgrave Macmillan 2004), Common Sense School Reform (Palgrave Macmillan 2004), A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom? (Harvard Education Press 2004), Revolution at the Margins (Brookings Institution Press 2002), School Choice in the Real World (Westview 1999), Spinning Wheels (Brookings Institution Press 1999), and Bringing the Social Sciences Alive (Allyn & Bacon 1999). He has also authored influential monographs including "Tear Down This Wall: The Case for a Radical Overhaul of Teacher Certification" (Progressive Policy Institute 2001), "A License to Lead? A New Leadership Agenda for America's Schools" (Progressive Policy Institute 2003), and "A Better Bargain: Overhauling Teacher Collective Bargaining for the 21st Century" (Harvard University 2006).

In addition, Dr. Hess's work has appeared in scholarly journals including Social Science Quarterly, American Politics Quarterly, Teachers College Record, the Journal of Teacher Education, Policy Studies Journal, Educational Policy, Education and Urban Society, and Urban Affairs Review. He has also written for general interest publications like National Review, the Weekly Standard, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Philanthropy, and for educational publications such as the American School Board Journal, Phi Delta Kappan, Education Week, Educational Leadership, and School Administrator.

Dr. Hess is also a faculty associate of the Harvard University Program in Education Policy and Governance and serves as Innovations Advisor in Education and Training for the Ash Institute at Harvard University. He is on the Review Board for the Broad Prize in Urban Education, the Research Advisory Board for the National Center for Educational Accountability, and the Charter School Accreditation Advisory Board of the American Academy for Liberal Education. He is also a senior research associate for the School Choice Demonstration Project at Georgetown University. From 2001-2003, he served on the National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education.

A former public high school social studies teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dr. Hess has held teaching licenses in Louisiana and Massachusetts. He holds an M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University. Prior to joining AEI, Dr. Hess taught education and politics at the University of Virginia and served as a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute.

Tom Snyder Productions

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:37:51 -0600

I talk to Amy Conklin and Tracy Sullivan from Tom Snyder Productions. A look into several of the programs that TSP offers.

Part of the Teachers Using Technology Dinners held monthly in the El Paso ISD.

This I Believe

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:08:23 -0600

Part of a meme set up by Tim Holt to encourage those of us in educational technology to do some inner reflection. Why do we do what we do? What do we think educational technology can accomplish?

Become part of the meme, and let everyone else know why you do what you do with ed tech.

What do you really believe about education technology? We have lots and lots of blog entries about how things should be, how things are, and the way to do it..but I haven’t seen a whole lot on the “WHY.”

Why are you interested?
Why do you do educational technology?

I was listening to “All things Considered” yesterday, and they have a segment called “This I Believe” which is based on a series of the same name in the 1950’s.

I thought it would be nice to see what all of us “edubloggers” and podcasters in educational technology really believe about education technology.

Why do you do it?

Why do you think it is important?

Who is listening to you?

I want to hear from you. I want to start the conversation about why you do what you do in education technology. What drives you?

Here are the rules:
Can be written or multimedia. ( i chose to record my essay)

It cannot be longer than 500 words.

You have to ask 5 of your edubloggers to create an essay.

I would really like to see what we all believe in...

I wonder if everyone believes in the same or different things.

When you are done, leave the link here.

Here are the five folks I have “tagged” in this mime:

Brian Grenier
Kevin Honeycutt
MIguel Guhlin
John Rice
Sylvia Martinez

Adobe Acrobat Connect

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:52:38 -0700

I talk to Tom Dent about Adobe’s program called Acrobat Connect.

Microsoft Expression Web

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:17:16 -0700

Replacing the long in the tooth Frontpage, Microsoft introduces Expression Web.

Tangent ePC Low cost student PC

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:12:36 -0700

A linux based all in one student laptop...where have we heard that before?

Tangent introduced this very small solid state student laptop at TCEA.

Click Team Video Game Development Software

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:20:53 -0700

Tim talks to the guys from Click Team about their Video Game development curriculum.

Scope on a Rope

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:19:24 -0700

A look at a handheld microscope that hooks directly into a TV.

$350 Interactive Whiteboard

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:56:44 -0700

Sound familiar? Looks like a version of WII whiteboard project.

National Transcript Center

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:38:00 -0700

Tim has his first interview with a dinosaur. The National Transcript Center and Trex.. what a combination. Electronic Transcripts for all public school districts within Texas.

Automated Passes

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:35:09 -0700

Save time and money by automating the tardy pass process.
We talk to a company that is selling a solution on how to speed up the pass process.

I Support Learning

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:28:53 -0700

Computer Animation and game design curriculum from I Support Learning.

$179 Kid Proof Digital Camcorder

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:52:27 -0700

Finally a ruggedized camcorder for kids! And the price ain’t too bad either. Here is the Tuff Cam. Pretty cool.

Bento from Filemaker

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:48:58 -0700

Filemaker has a new product called “Bento” and it is designed to bridge the gap between someone that needs databases but not a full blown one like Filemaker Pro.

Animation Master

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:22:11 -0700

A talk with the guys that make a really cool 3D animation program: Animation Master. Heath Hash talks to me about the program.

Anita Givens TEA Update Part III

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:52:14 -0700

Anita Givens from TEA gives an update on educational technology from the Texas education Agency.

A 45 minute presentation recorded live at the TCEA 2008 conference. This is the third of three parts.

Anita Givens TEA update Part II

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:51:26 -0700

Anita Givens from TEA gives an update on educational technology from the Texas education Agency.

A 45 minute presentation recorded live at the TCEA 2008 conference. This is the second of three parts.

Anita Givens TEA Update Part I

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:16:47 -0700

Anita Givens from TEA gives an update on educational technology from the Texas education Agency.

A 45 minute presentation recorded live at the TCEA 2008 conference. This is the first of three parts.

D is For Digital

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:09:36 -0700

Tim Holt talks to Carly Shuler from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center about her recently released work "D is For Digital."

Carly talks about how digital media affects kids and the recommendations from the study to the creators of digital media content.

Ms. Shuler is the author of D is for Digital, an analysis of the informal educational media market for the under-12 age group. Carly recently graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education with an Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation and Education, where she studied how new media and emerging technologies can be used to effectively educate children. While at Harvard, she contributed to a number of children's educational television shows, working as a research associate for the early literacy program Between the Lions and completing a graduate internship for Postcards from Buster. Prior to her graduate studies, Carly worked in the toy industry at Spin Master Ltd., where she managed product development and marketing for a number of educational preschool brands, including Aquadoodle, an award-winning toy that encourages creativity, and Word World, a licensed line based on the animated children's series that seeks to increase literacy.

Prakash Nair on School Design

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:01:13 -0700

Tim Holt speaks with futurist, change agent and world renowned school designer Prakish Nair. Mr Nair talks about how schools need to be designed, how they are not being properly designed to match the learning needs of today’s students, and what needs to be done to get the mind shift in education to start making schools like the ones his company designs.

A great interview with a very interesting person. Hopefully, you will become a committed sardine after listening to this podcast.

About Prakash Nair:
Prakash Nair, REFP
Partner, Fielding Nair International
Prakash Nair is a futurist, a visionary planner and architect with Fielding Nair International, one of the world’s leading change agents in school design. He is also the Managing Editor of DesignShare.com which attracts over one million visitors each year. He is the recipient of several international awards including the prestigious CEFPI MacConnell Award, the top honor worldwide for school design.

He has written extensively in leading international journals about school design and educational technology and their connection to established educational research. He is also the author of two guidebooks on school planning including the landmark 2005 publication, The Language of School Design which he co-authored with his partner Randall Fielding.

Prior to co-founding Fielding Nair International, Prakash worked for 10 years as Director of Operations for a multi-billion dollar school construction program for New York City.

In 2003, Prakash completed a project with the University of Wisconsin on a Rockefeller Foundation-funded grant to develop international best practice standards for tomorrow’s schools. He also led the effort to develop a new research-based tool to evaluate the educational effectiveness of schools. This tool, now being tested by schools and governments in the United States, Australia and Singapore will revolutionize the way we look at how school buildings and campuses actually work to support teaching and learning.

Prakash has served as the Northeast Regional President of the Council of Educational Facility Planners International and serves on the ICOPE Task Force — New York City’s Independent Commission on Public Education.

Prakash Serves as a Managing Principal on several projects scattered around the world. He has served as a school planning and design consultant, presenter and/or keynote speaker for clients in Australia (five states), Canada, India, New Zealand, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, The Netherlands, Spain, U.A.E., U.K. and the United States.

By staying current with the research as well as national and international social, economic and cultural trends, Prakash is always able to bring best practice thinking from many disciplines and fields to bear on education-related problems and projects. This approach has helped education clients save millions of dollars while still achieving or exceeding their schedule and quality expectations.

Prakash’s signature talent lies in his ability to communicate his passion for a new approach to education across the globe. He has consistently built strong partnerships with local firms, helped client communities visualize their future, built consensus for uniquely tailored solutions, and helped execute them successfully.

Contact Prakash Nair at Prakash@FieldingNair.com

www.fieldingnair.com

www.designshare.com

Marketing Apple and Professional Development

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:50:23 -0700

TIm Holt talks to Steve Chazin from the website Marketingapple.com about how Apple Inc uses some clever marketing techniques to sell it’s products.

We discuss some of the techniques from Steve’s ebook ““Marketing Apple: 5 Secrets of the World’s Best Marketing Machine” and then discuss if those techniques can be used for educators.

Guess what? They can.

www.marketingapple.com

Tom Dent of Adobe Education

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:11:50 -0700

Tim Holt talks to Tom Dent from Adobe Education Sales.
Tom discusses the benefits of Adobe products, especially the Adobe Acrobat Suite of programs for the education market.

Listen to Tim and Tom talk over clinking glasses, singing mariachis. and laughing customers!

Enjoy
http://ww.adobe.com/education

contact Tom at tdent@adobe.com

Milton Chen Ph.D

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:20:40 -0700

TIm Holt talks to the Executive Director of the George Lucas Educational Foundation Milton Chen, Ph.D.
Dr. Chen discusses the role of media in education and the specific role of the GLEF in helping assist the change from the analog to the digital age of teaching.

Milton Chen is executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Prior to joining GLEF in 1998, Chen was the founding director of PBS’s KQED Center for Education, in San Francisco, managing the channel’s television programming, Web content, and outreach services for schools and families.

He has been a director of research at Sesame Workshop, in New York, working on Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and 3-2-1 Contact, and an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Chen chairs the advisory council for St. Vincent College’s Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and is a trustee of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, devoted to environmental stewardship. His work has been honored by recognition from the Congressional Black Caucus, and he has received the Sesame Workshop’s Elmo Award and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Fred Rogers Award.

During 2007-08, he has joined a group of thirty-five Fulbright New Century Scholars working on innovation, access, and diversity issues in education, spending three months in the United Kingdom at University of Edinburgh.

Chen received a bachelor’s degree in social studies from Harvard University and a doctorate degree in communication research from Stanford University. Perhaps most importantly, on his fiftieth birthday, he was named a Jedi Master by George Lucas.

Dr. Michael Levine

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:53:37 -0700

Tim Holt talks with Dr. Michael Levine, Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center was founded by it's namesake, the founder of the Children's Television Workshop, now Sesame Workshop, as a center to study the ways digital media impact students and for explore the ways that media can be best used to positively impact children.

Dr. Levine and Tim discuss the work of the center, how media impacts children's lives, and some strategies to best improve how media works with children.

This is a fascinating talk and well worth the time to listen.

About Dr. Michael Levine:
Dr. Levine oversees the Center's efforts to catalyze and support research, innovation and investment in educational media technologies for young children. Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Levine served as Vice President of New Media and Executive Director of Education for Asia Society, managing the global nonprofit organization's interactive media and educational initiatives to promote knowledge and understanding of Asia and other world regions, languages and cultures. Previously, Dr. Levine oversaw Carnegie Corporation of New York's groundbreaking work in early childhood development, educational media and primary grades reform, and was a senior advisor to the New York City Schools Chancellor, where he directed dropout prevention, afterschool and early childhood initiatives. Dr. Levine has been a frequent adviser to the U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, writes for public affairs journals, and appears frequently in the media. He was named by Working Mother magazine as one of America's most influential leaders in shaping family and children's policy and serves on numerous nonprofit boards, including We Are Family Foundation, Ready To Learn, Talaris Institute and Teach For America. Levine is also currently a senior associate at the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in Social Policy from Brandeis University's Florence Heller School and his B.S. from Cornell University.

Joan Ganz Cooney Center:
http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org

Choices

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:12:49 -0700

I once had a poster in my classroom that showed how much money our country spends each year on weapons. I thought I would take that poster and see how much money we spend not only on weapons, but on other things, like athletes, entertainment, and junk food.

Here is the result: Choices.