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Ep 41 Digital Texts Part 2

 
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  Digital Texts Rule!

RESOURCES and Items Mentioned in this Episode!

In the second part of this 2-part episode The Teachers Podcast hosts discuss the inroads that are happening with digital texts (AND TWITTER!) across the nation. This episode is brimming with more free resources and discussion related to digital texts and opportunities to extend learning- podcasting, audio books and resources for Twittering which can extend your professional learning. Join us for a full slate of ed tech resources to reinvigorate your classrooms and your professional learning!

Resources include a detailed comparison of free resources to maximize your Twittering, tweeps and twits for PD? Could it be?This is a set of episodes that promise to open new visions of thinking, and approach for your summer school, summer excursions and revitalization. Make us the center of YOUR Ed Tech Universe: www.teacherspodcast.org.

A new generation of EdTech professional development.

Contact us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com or comment at the website/blog.

Telephone message line: 201-693-4935.

The Teachers’ Podcast: More Ed Tech You Can Always Use Today and Tomorrow.

Produced and copyrighted by Transformation Education LLC, Gura and King, 2007-2009.

 

News Articles

* California considers open digital textbooks

In what could be a first-of-its-kind statewide initiative, California education leaders are working together to compile a list of free, open digital textbooks that meet state-approved standards and will be available to high school math and science classes this fall. Key words: open source, digital textbooks, California education. Read more

HOT NEWS HERE!

· Simon & Schuster to Sell Digital Books on Scribd.com
In another sign that book publishers are looking to embrace alternatives to Amazon.com’s Kindle e-book store, the New York Times reports that Simon & Schuster has agreed to sell digital copies of its books on Scribd.com, a popular document-sharing Web site. | Read More

· Connecticut teachers design their own algebra textbook
Frustrated Connecticut math educators have penned an online replacement for algebra tomes that they say covered too many topics. Their work aims to focus on essential Algebra I and Algebra II topics and reduce overlap between the classes. Since revising the curriculum, the number of 10th-graders in the district receiving top scores on state exams has increased 8%. The New York Times (6/8)

  • Digsby
    • A dashboard to control the world of IM, email and social media!
    • Also includes easy to use live chat window for your blog or website
    • Check out this free resource digsby.com
  • Twitter.com
  • Includes a orientation to terminology and functions as Mark brings us out of the twitterverse down to earth and gets every day explanations- What a good teacher model he is!!

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Learning without limits
How the rise of online instruction is changing the nature of schooling
By Christine Van Dusen

Primary Topic Channel: Virtual schooling / Distance Learning

Teachers Podcast will be available in Schooltube.com soon.

Some short videos introducing our series and the podcasting book check it out about 4/28/09!

Watch for further details in a few days!

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Ep 40 Digital Texts Rock- Part 1

 
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RESOURCES and Items Mentioned in this Episode!

Another 2-part episode begins with Episode 40 of The Teachers Podcast. This episode is packed with free resources and more discussion related to the realities of budget crunches. But Mark and Kathy spin to the positive side! Join us for a full slate of ed tech resources to reinvigorate your classrooms and your professional learning!

Bing, Google Wave, Facebook transformations?

How about

  • a new search engine
  • new forms and dimensions of communication on the horizon
  • history in the making talking to your class!
  • personalized facebook and tools to escalate twitter to greater educational opportunities?
  • digital texts, free texts, free audio texts , more educational audio sources??

Resources include a detailed comparison of free resources to maximize your educational reach using social media! This is a set of episodes that promise to open new visions of thinking, and approach for your summer school, summer excursions and revitalization. Make us the center of YOUR Ed Tech Universe: www.teacherspodcast.org.

A new generation of EdTech professional development.

Contact us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com or comment at the website/blog.

Telephone message line: 201-693-4935.

The Teachers’ Podcast: More Ed Tech You Can Always Use Today and Tomorrow.

Produced and copyrighted by Transformation Education LLC, Gura and King, 2007-2009.

Short Takes

  • Soldier’s blog teaches Kentucky sixth-graders about Afghanistan
    Aaron Connor is serving near Ghazni City, Afghanistan, with the Illinois National Guard.

  • Google Wave video- Will it really change our world as we know it?

On the Road!

Mark in Sicily

  • History, art and culture… who can miss this?
  • Listen in to the brief account of travel learning and check out the photos of Mark’s trip
  • Coming soon…

 Kathy in Chicago and NYC!

  • LGBTQ &Allies Pre-Conference at NLU
  • Adult Education Research Conference at NLU
  • Liberatory Education Conference at DePaul University
  • National Council of Research on Women at CUNY Graduate Center

Best Seller from the Teachers Podcast Bookshelf: 

NEWS ITEMS

Schwarzenegger: Printed texts are old school

OTHER RESOURCES

http://kids.learnoutloud.com/Kids-Free-Stuff

  • Audio books
  • Podcasts
  • Interviews
  • Our Kids Stuff Section features free podcasts and audio & video resources for kids & teens to learn from. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online. Enjoy!
  • Digsby
    • A dashboard to control the world of IM, email and social media!
    • Also includes easy to use live chat window for your blog or website
    • Check out this free resource  digsby.com
  • Twitter.com

NEWS FLASH I schooltube

Learning without limits
How the rise of online instruction is changing the nature of schooling
By Christine Van Dusen

Primary Topic Channel: Virtual schooling / Distance Learning

Teachers Podcast will be available in Schooltube.com soon.

Some short videos introducing our series and the podcasting book check it out about 4/28/09!

Watch for further details in a few days!

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Ep 39 Webinar Powersurge PART 2 Free Webinar Resources, for Classes and Virtual

 
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RESOURCES and Items Mentioned in this Episode!

The 2nd installment of a resource packed 2-part episode which provides teaching resources, debates for  virtual education, increasing conference participation and collaboration with reduced travel budgets. Free webinar resources and how to use them for all sorts of educational settings! Webinar plartofrms are not JUST for virtual meetings! Great discussion from Mark and Kathy about Strategies for Stretching Stimulus Money for schools and teachers! Focus on virtual education using a variety of tools, strategies and opportunities. Resources include a detailed comparison of free and paid resources for webinars, free conference calls and virtual tools. Make us the center of YOUR Ed Tech Universe: www.teacherspodcast.org.

A new generation of EdTech professional development.

Contact us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com or comment at the website/blog.

Telephone message line: 201-693-4935.

The Teachers’ Podcast: More Ed Tech You Can Always Use Today and Tomorrow.

Produced and copyrighted by Transformation Education LLC, Gura and King, 2007-2009.

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Mark Gura’s ISTE Webinar Presentation    

“Using Technology to Make Every Classroom an Art Classroom”

April 22, 2009 ISTE Webinar Link

 

 

WEBINARRESOURCES and Items mentioned in this Episode!

 Webinar platforms enable you to host your own synchronous learning space!

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  • Dimdim.com - (free basic, $ paid version too)    dimdim2
    • FREE available up to 25 people www.dimdim.com
      • Presentation, whiteboard, desktop and web sharing space
      • Webcam hookup, phone connection for audio or via computer
      • FREE recording included!
  • Adobe Connect ($$)
    •  Basic version ($)
    • Pro version ($$)
  • Readytalk.com (free basic, $ paid version too)
    • www.readytalk.com
    • Thanks to Dr. Mev Miller of WE LEARN for handing off this resource tip to Kathy

TTPD/Dr King Twitter

OTHER RESOURCES

FROM  PART 1 ( Episode 38 we discussed the following– check it out if you missed it!)

Stimulus Money May Fund Summer School, Teacher Pay

  • Discussion by Mark and Kathy about the great potential to use this money to “keep on giving/teaching” faculty years ahead!
  • Education Secretary Arne Duncan has some suggestions for how schools can spend their windfall from the economic stimulus law, including summer school and extra pay for teachers to coach struggling colleagues. The nation’s schools will get an unprecedented amount of money — about $100 billion, double the amount of education spending under President George W. Bush — over the two-year life of the new stimulus law. The Obama administration has said generally how it wants the money spent, and it has warned states not to use the money to plug budget holes, despite loopholes created by Congress that would allow that to happen… Read more…
  • Strategies for Stretching stimulus money

NEWS FLASH I schooltube

Learning without limits
How the rise of online instruction is changing the nature of schooling
By Christine Van Dusen

Primary Topic Channel: Virtual schooling / Distance Learning

Teachers Podcast will be available in Schooltube.com soon.

Some short videos introducing our series and the podcasting book check it out about 4/28/09!

Watch for further details in a few days!

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Ep 38 Webinar Powersurge PART 1 TwitterMania and Virtual Education

 
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RESOURCES and Items Mentioned in this Episode!   HashCache to Close Digital Divide

A resource packed 2-part episode discusses virtual education, Twitter, economic stimulus, news items, short takes, On The Road, and teaching practice debates and insights! Great discussion from Mark and Kathy about Strategies for Stretching Stimulus Money for schools and teachers! Focus on virtual education using a variety of tools, strategies and opportunities. Resources include a detailed comparison of free and paid resources for webinars, free conference calls and virtual tools. Make us the center of YOUR Ed Tech Universe: www.teacherspodcast.org.

A new generation of EdTech professional development.

Contact us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com or comment at the website/blog.

Telephone message line: 201-693-4935.

The Teachers’ Podcast: More Ed Tech You Can Always Use Today and Tomorrow.

Produced and copyrighted by Transformation Education LLC, Gura and King, 2007-2009.

Short Takes

Stimulus Money May Fund Summer School, Teacher Pay

  • Discussion by Mark and Kathy about the great potential to use this money to “keep on giving/teaching” faculty years ahead!
  • Education Secretary Arne Duncan has some suggestions for how schools can spend their windfall from the economic stimulus law, including summer school and extra pay for teachers to coach struggling colleagues. The nation’s schools will get an unprecedented amount of money — about $100 billion, double the amount of education spending under President George W. Bush — over the two-year life of the new stimulus law. The Obama administration has said generally how it wants the money spent, and it has warned states not to use the money to plug budget holes, despite loopholes created by Congress that would allow that to happen… Read more…
  • Strategies for Stretching stimulus money

Virtual School PD and Schools

TTPD/Dr King TwitterRESOURCES  

  • Twitter Educational ArticleVirtual Learning
    • Some Wisconsin communications professors are asking students to “live Twitter” to help them better process materials presented in guest lectures. The tool teaches them to gather information, multitask and write succinctly, said Gee Ekechai, an associate professor at Marquette University. Read more at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (4/26)

NEWS FLASH I schooltube

Learning without limits
How the rise of online instruction is changing the nature of schooling
By Christine Van Dusen

Primary Topic Channel: Virtual schooling / Distance Learning

Teachers Podcast will be available in Schooltube.com soon.

Some short videos introducing our series and the podcasting book check it out about 4/28/09!

Watch for further details in a few days!

    WEBINAR RESOURCES

    • Full comparison and details in Part 2
    • Check out our discussion of this one in Episode 37 to prepare!
    • Dimdim..com - FREE web conference service enables you to host own synchronous learning space!
      • Presentation, whiteboard, desktop and web sharing space
      • Webcam hookup, phone connection for audio or via computer
      • FREE recording included!

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    Ep 37 When for Web 2.0.. Resources, Debates..Solutions

     
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    RESOURCES and Items Mentioned in this Episode!

    A fabulous episode with scores of possibilities for web 2.0 in teaching and learning, what are the issues and the realities? Hot news from the USA and UK! The U.K. is considering including blogging, tweeting, and podcasting in the elementary school curriculum? Say it isn’t so? Listen in to the debate! Is it what you expect or not? Free resources include a tremendous learning tool- DimDim. Listen as Kathy describes a seminar she did with local and distant participants connected through the free webconference service! Don’t miss this episode It is full of must hear information and great resources.  Also breaking into the Schooltube?? You have to hear this…

     

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    NEWS FLASH  I

    Dr. Kathy King was awarded the Outstanding Book Award at the AERA 2009 Conference in April 2009. Over 17,000 usually attend the conference each year and it the leading educational research conference. We are so pleased to have Teachers Podcast recognized at such new heights!!

    She gave a brief acceptance speech about the distance learning book: Harnessing Innovative Technologies in Higher Education from Atwood Press. For more information check out the book description.

    Her recent books are available at Information Age Publishing- check out her Author Blog there!

    NEWS FLASH  II   schooltube

    Teachers Podcast will be available in Schooltube.com soon.

    Some short videos introducing our series and the podcasting book check it out about 4/28/09!

    Watch for further details in a few days!

    Short Takes

    • Science is Failing to Inspire Some

      • Advocates cite many problems with science education, such as teachers lacking a science background. But perhaps the most critical issue, they say, is standardized testing that forces students to memorize and regurgitate. ……“Bad tests are forcing a trivialization of science education and drive most students away from science. Real science is exciting. It’s completely different from these textbooks.”  Read more  from the Houston Chronicle 

      • Related resource: Clay Christensen Interview on District Leader’s Podcast   disrupting
        • Author of Disrupting Class speaks on similar line of thought- take listen to this practical, but revealing interview on one of our “sister” podcast series!
        • Episode 36 Clay Christensen Interview

    Feature Discussion

    • U.K. Mulls Blogging, Tweeting, Podcasting in Primary School Curriculum
      • Blogging, tweeting, and podcasting are all good and fun, but what about including them in the school curriculum? Folks in the U.K. are considering an overhaul of their elementary school curriculum……The proposed curriculum—which would also give teachers more freedom to decide what students concentrate on in classes—marks the biggest change to the U.K.’s primary school education in a decade….  Read more from the School Library Journal….
    • IPOD Hit the books: Elementary school embraces the media player as a learning tool
        DAVIE - The fourth-graders sit in clusters in a darkened classroom at Nova Blanche Forman Elementary School, headphones over their ears and pencils in hands, jotting notes into science journals as they watch a report on the sun’s layers play on iPods. Down the hall, a class of third-graders watches a podcast on iPods to help them solve math problems. And in another classroom, first-graders read books and create their own video book reviews for their classmates to watch. ….. Read more at The South Fl Sun-Sentinel…

    BUT WAIT CAN IT BE?

    • Survey Shows Barriers to Web 2.0 in Schools?
      • What still? But the news here is the reasons for the gap…. listen in to Kathy and Mark explore this one!
      • Teachers and students are largely driving the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in schools, but human and technological barriers are holding back the use of these as learning tools in many classrooms, according to a new study…..   ….. According to Lightspeed Systems, there is a persistent gap between how today’s digital natives learn in schools and how they work and interact outside of school–a trend that underscores the need for districts to keep pace with technological advances and adapt to students’ learning needs.  Read more the article at eSchoolNews….

    RESOURCES 

    • Dimdim..com - FREE web conference service enables you to host own synchronous learning space!
      • Listen in as Kathy describes a seminar she did with local and distant participants connected through DimDim.com
      • Presentation, whiteboard, desktop and web sharing space
      • Webcam hookup, phone connection for audio or via computer
      • FREE recording included!

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    NCEA 2009 Conference Links and Photos

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    NCEA Student Art Displays  in Anaheim, CA

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    Ep 36 Digital Catchup and 21st Century Learning Debate

     
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    RESOURCES and Items mentioned in this Episode!

    Join us for an exciting episode full of technology experiences, trends and debates! What’s more Kathy and Mark provide an update on their travels around the globe and share insights about culture, technology, language learning and Mardi Gras in Mexico. An exciting debate about 21st Century Learning tops off the show with Kathy explaining how some career and technical schools demonstrate this model so well today. How many conference do you think we can name in a single show? This episode might beat them all!

    Upcoming Events Not To BE MISSEDNCEA

    • Dr. Kathy King will present a session at NCEA in Anaheim CA

    “Podcasting for Every Teacher!” (NCEA Session 1138)
    April 14, 2009
    NCEA Conference: http://ncea.org/events/NCEAConventionCentral.asp
    NCEA program: http://ncea.org/UserFiles/File/Convention/Final-Program-2009.pdf

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    • Mark Gura will be presenting an ISTE Webinar

    “Using Technology to Make Every Classroom an Art Classroom”

    April 22, 2009
    ISTE Webinar Link

     

    RESOURCES and Items mentioned in this Episode!
    Short Takes

    • Twitter used to develop second-graders’ writing skills
      • Students in two Maine elementary schools have been exchanging messages through the social-networking Web site Twitter. Teachers say the exercise, which began about one month ago, was initiated to help students develop their writing skills by exchanging messages that must be 140 characters or less. The Providence Journal (R.I.)/The Associated Press (free registration) (3/11)

     

    Sayatherobot

    • Japanese robot teacher no substitute for human educators
      • A primary-school class in Japan is being taught by a robot that can express six emotions, take class rolls, assign basic tasks and speak several languages. The robot is controlled by a human, and is not expected to replace human teachers. Read more about this development! MSNBC/The Associated Press (3/11) , Gizmodo (3/10)
    • Podcast Trumps Lecture in One College Study
      • Those who viewed a lecture from iTunes University out-performed those who attended the lecture and listened in person according to a new survey . eSchool News, March 6, 2008

    Feature Discussion

    Backers of “21st-Century Skills” Take Flak
    Are 21st century skills new critical learning standards or are they the “same old” with a new name? Several scholars debate The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Education Week, March 4, 2009

    Conference Links and Photos

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    Ep 35 Digital Media-Devices aka Take Out or Home Cooked Media?

    The first TTPOD theme show: Is it Take Out or Home Cooked Media?kindle

    This episode provides a vast array of ready to use and “digest”

    digital media and resources and also tools for brewing your own!

    Do you need Kindle or Kindling for that?  (sorry)

    From the hotter than hot Kindle ver 2 review, to our good pal elmo, the favorite teacher ed tech classroom tool, to $20 laptops, 10 podcasts good to go and use NOW, student produced broadcasts and much more.

    Topping off the show is a fabulous conversation about the ASCD blog topic, Curse of the Digitally Illiterate. Not only is it a good topic, but the educational community is demonstrating the power of blogging and producing great insights for us to develop and understand this issue form different perspectives.

    Join us we include a Re-Cap of Current  Major Resources and News Items!

    RESOURCES and Items mentioned in this Episode!

    Short Takes

    • Shout out to Listeners: Maria and Paige re: $20 laptop! in India and UK

    PRODUCT REVIEWSelmo

    Resources

    • ASCD Blog and Conversation: The Curse of the Digitally Illiterate !
      • http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/the-curse-of-the-digitally-illiterate.html
      • Great online discussion about this brief blog post by Bill Ferriter
      • For example, check this out

        •  As a staff developer, I have had to undergo a paradigm shift in my support of teachers. It is not our job as educators to teach students to grow into the world as we know it. To borrow what is turning into a cliche, we really are preparing students for a world that we cannot even imagine. Is it ok to be digitally illiterate? To me that is like asking, is it acceptable for an educator to NOT be a proficient reader and writer. Our answer would be a resounding no. Why? Because reading and writing are cornerstones of a success…as we (digital immigrants) define it. How brazen of us digital immigrants to NOT acknowledge the digital literacy movement and the learning styles of our students. Rather than tiptoe hesitantly around YouTube (which my district blocks) texting, twitter and whatever else is bubbling on the horizon, what would it look like to embrace it as NEW and teach our students to be responsible consumers and stewards of the digital landscape?

          Posted by: Jennifer S. | February 04, 2009 at 10:51 PM

        • Visit the blog above for more great teacher and staff comments!
        • Kudos to blogger Bill Ferriter
    • Mexican and American digital cooperation  project

    Contact Us TTPOD-facebook

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    Ep 34 TCEA Research, Robotics and More

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    Fresh from the invigorating excitement of Texas Computers in Education Association’s Conference in Austin, TX, breezes in with a plethora of new developments, resources and surprise interview from the floor of the exhibit hall. Don’t miss this episode from listener shout outs and letters, to  THE YouTube President, robotics to resources, scooters, to pace makers and teacher professional development, and snippets of  research regarding classroom applications of technology! (we also tell you where to find the full papers!) In this episode you will also learn about new resources from NBC and free class tools, don’t miss out on this action packed, fast-paced episode of excitement and surprises.

    Guest appearances by Dr. Craig Varnell of LeTorneau University and Paul Henry high school student, included. Thank you gentlemen!

    Join us we include a Re-Cap of Major Educational Technology Conferences!

    RESOURCES and Items mentioned in this Episode!

    Contact Us

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    Ep 33: Tech for Educators - Update from FETC, Fin Lit, Otters, and That’s Not Cool!

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    Episode Tech for Educators provides a whirlwind of tools and ideas for teachers using technology for all their many needs.

    From Blackberry adoption to cases which prevent screen breakage, Internet safety which students will be interested in, to Smithsonian virtual items and Financial Literacy, join Mark and Kathy as they demonstrate so many technology solutions to match curricular and teaching and learning needs.

    This episode also includes a brief review of FETC 2009 . And who is looking for grants? Mr Gates is giving them! AND Adobe wants to give your students prizes. Check out Sharon (from Florida) favorite podcast!

    Join us we include a Re-Cap of Major Educational Technology Conferences!

    RESOURCES and Items mentioned in this Episode!
    FETC-09

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    • Talking Financial Literacy Podcast
      • www.talkingfinlit.org
      • Bringing resources and information to teachers
      • More PD form Mark and Kathy!
      • Financial Literacy Education - what is it.. how to learn it.. how to help our students!
      • Funded by The McGraw-Hill Companies

     

     

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    Ep 32 Inauguration and The Road Ahead for 2009 and Pres. Obama

    Start the new year with Vision and Direction from TTPODWeb 2.0 Savvy article

    Launching the new year Kathy and Mark share opportunities, resources and insights for educational technology across grades and content ares.

    Sharing their travels, interactions with teachers and school leaders, as well as incorporating headlines from educational and national news, this episode is a great boost offering vision and action for teachers, instructional technology staff, staff developers and all educators.

    There are many opportunities for producing change from appointments of US Secretary of Education, to the new budgets and surplus plans, join us as we examine the potential for our classrooms, schools and learners!  From NYSCOSS, to FETC and TCEA we are on the road to meet with our listeners and spread the news of easy ed tech which incorporates 21st century learning.

    Join us the Major Educational Technology Conferences!

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    Resources and Articles in This EpisodeKazakhstan is on course to be one of the top 50 developed nations in the world.

    Nothing But Praise for Duncan in Senate Hearing

    • Democrats and Republicans on the education committee are impressed by President-elect Obama’s choice for secretary of education. ( Education Week article)

    Duncan confirmation gets under way

    · Tech & Learning’s Ed Tech Ticker

    • Obama promises EdTech Infusion by Kevin Hogan
    • In his most recent weekly address, the president-elect once again mentioned modernizing schools as part of his infrastructure initiatives. Here’s the money quote:And we’ll create hundreds of thousands more jobs in education, equipping tens of thousands of schools with 21st century classrooms, labs and computers to help our kids compete with any worker in the world for any job.Watch the whole speech at the President’s transition site.
    • Tech Learning.com Editor Blogs

    * Technology allows educators to augment lessons

    • Teachers are more frequently turning to technology to breathe new life into classroom lessons, including using blogs, podcasts and online features such as Google Earth to engage students. Instead of using classroom time to lecture, some teachers are recording lessons onto podcasts that their students can listen to at home — freeing classroom time for hands-on learning. (From ASCD SmartBrief)
    • CNN (1/15) article

    *Stimulus bill includes $142B for education

    • Some $20 billion for school modernization and $1 billion for educational technology are among nearly $150 billion in funding targeted toward education in the House version of the new economic stimulus package, which lawmakers introduced Jan. 15. Key concepts: educational technology, school modernization, stimulus package.
    • eSchoolNews article

     Read More

    * Educators to Obama: Focus on 21st Century Skills

    • Two surveys by the American Society for Quality suggest the new administration should focus on 21st century skills.
    • Listen in as Kathy and Mark talk about the message for Pres. Obama and critical directions ahead
    •  eSchool News, January 8, 2009

      * Technologies for the 21st Century

    * Obama Links Ed Tech to Economic Growth

    • The President-elect pledges to put more computers in classrooms and expand broadband access to schools and homes.
    • ( Digital Directions )

    * How Ed Tech Can Help Fire Up the Economy

    • Keith Krueger, the CEO of the Consortium for School Networking, pitches ideas for using federal investments in educational technology to help stimulate the U.S. economy and improve K-12 schools.
    •   ( Digital Directions )

    RESOURCE

    Google makes famous artwork more accessible

    • In a move that will benefit students, art historians, and casual viewers alike, Spain’s Prado Museum has teamed up with Google Earth for a project that allows people to view the gallery’s main works of art from their computers–and even zoom in on details not immediately discernible to the human eye.
    • Key concepts: Prado Museum, Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Goya, Peter Paul Rubens, Hieronymus Bosch, art history
    • From eSchoolNews report
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