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Entries Tagged as 'EdTechTalk'

Social Networking from Faculty and Student Perspectives

December 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Over the past two weeks arvind and I have discussed Social Networking on our webcast over at EdTechTalk.  The first show consisted of us discussing social networks from the faculty perspective based on the Ohio Education Association’s recommendation that educators delete the social networking  accounts.  Here is the first show: 21st Century Learning #58: [...]

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Tags: 21st Century Teaching · Collaboration · Communication · EdTechTalk · Social Networks · The New Story

Nomination for Technology & Learning Leader of the Year : Jeff Lebow

September 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Recommendation for Jeff Lebow
I first met Jeff Lebow while listening to an EdTechTalk podcast that was published in the Winter of 2005. EdTechTalk and Worldbridges were foggy to me back then. I was not sure if it was a few or many people. A huge server farm or just [...]

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Tags: EdTechTalk · Jeff Lebow · Professional Learning Community · The New Story · Webcast Academy · Webcasting · WorldBridges

Skype in Global Ed Program?

March 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Question: I am extremely interested in using Skype in our Global Ed program. Do you give workshops or have good reference materials to pass on to me?
My Response:
Hi,
I webcast weekly at http://www.edtechtalk.com and Skype is the program we use to conference the participants together. I am going to give a workshop in the [...]

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Tags: EdTechTalk · Global Education · Podcasting · Skype · Webcasting

EducationBridges.net Elgg

September 29th, 2006 · No Comments

I never thought that the EducationBridges.net Elgg would be such an interesting place to visit. It’s almost become my aggregator since I don’t always have the time to open my Flock Aggregator each day. I get an global perspecive on educational technology, and it’s hard to believe that this space is continuing to [...]

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Tags: Collaboration · EdTechTalk · On My Mind · Online Communities · Social Networks · The New Story · educationbridges.net · elgg

Back to Blogging…

September 25th, 2006 · 10 Comments

It’s been a while. I’ve been reading, and writing, and listening, but not here. I’ve been watching the EducationBridges.net Elgg, working on a web site for a friend’s charter school, and Arvind and I have begun webcasting again at EdTechTalk.com.
But what I’ve been working hardest on is the day job. Rolling out [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Collaboration · EdTechTalk · Learning · Lesson Study · Teaching · The New Story · educationbridges.net · elgg

We’ve Graduated!!!

June 11th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Arvind Grover and I are moving over the EdTechTalk for our first post-graduation webcast this Friday, June 16, 2006 at 12:00pm EST (16:00 GMT). We’re very excited to be speaking with Chris Lehmann who is the Principal of Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA — Opening this September. We’ll be discussing what [...]

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Tags: EdTechTalk · Leadership · The New Story · Webcasting

Interactive Webcasting at WebcastAcademy.net

May 5th, 2006 · No Comments

A few weeks ago I signed up to be a Webcast Academy intern. Thanks to Jeff Lebow, Dave Cormier, Doug Symington and Konrad Dwojak, I can now run an Interactive Webcast.
Arvind Grover and I did our first Webcast today. We discussed our backgrounds, and what type of topics we would like to cover in [...]

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Tags: Blogging · EdTechTalk · On the Media · Webcasting

Webcasting at the Podcasting Academy Conference

May 1st, 2006 · No Comments

On Friday and Saturday, I followed the Podcast Academy at Boston University, via Jeff Lebow from Educational Bridges. Jeff and his partner Doug Symington (in the studio) webcast the conference live.  Jeff interviewed participants and attendees via his cell phone live during the breaks.  The surprise of folks he was interviewing when he told them [...]

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Tags: EdTechTalk · On My Mind · Podcast

Google “Your Name” = Your Resume… or Your Life

April 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Two podcasts I listened to this weekend brought up the concept of Googling to find information about someone, especially during job searches. NCQ Talk’s Kris went as far as to say that Googling your name could be your actual resume. At Weblogs, Wikis, and Feeds — Oh My! they discussed that anyone can [...]

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Tags: Blogging · EdTechTalk · Family · Learning · On My Mind · Personal · The New Story

Thoughts from EdTechBrainStorm 27

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Last Thursday I participated in EdTechBrainstorm at EdTechTalk.com. It was a lot of fun to participate in this Skype conference and add to the conversation. This is a neat format where they stream audio and have a chat room to include folks who are just listening. They also podcast their shows [...]

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Tags: EdTechTalk · On the Media