Podcasting for K-12 educators.
Macworld's Favorite Podcast Tools
The Macworld article gives an overview of software and equipment that they recommend for podcasters from the budget minded to the serious podcast pro. Here is the link - http://www.macworld.com/article/145013/2009/12/favorite_podcast_tools.ht...
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Podcasting Handbook for Teachers
Learning in Hand has a PDF handbook on how to get started in podcasting. The handbook covers the following areas: Introduction to Podcasting, Finding Podcasts, Subscribing to Podcasts, Listening to Podcasts, Podcast Possibilities and Formats, Preproduction, Recording, Postproduction and Publishing. For additional information on podcasting you may contact Tony Vincent via email - tony@learninghand.com
Here is a direct link to the handbook from Learning in Hand - http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/booklet.html
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K12HSN edZone now Calaxy..
If you have not created an account using California K12 High Speed Network, you should. Educators with a California educational email account may sign up for a Calaxy account. After you have created an account you can upload videos, pictures, documents and podcasts. You may also create blogs and Moodle on-line classes. Visit the following link to create an account http://www.k12hsn.org/about/registration/index.php?cmd=mk&typ=usr
If you want to browse Calaxy click on this link:
http://www.k12hsn.org/calaxy/
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New to iTunes University C21TE
The University of South Florida has created the Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence for faculty development at USF. The Center will store audio and video podcasts that will support teaching and learning. This along with Lit2Go is a must visit for educators. To visit this site open iTunes, select iTunes U and then select University of South Florida. You may also use the search feature of iTunes by typing in “C21TE” to access the files or you may use this link - http://itunes.usf.edu/
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Podcasts Can Help Students Learn
I found this article on the web and thought is was interesting in regards to the video "Pay Attention", that was produced by Jordon School District. Here is a link to the article - http://tinyurl.com/bpsojh. I am also including a link to the "Pay Attention" video - http://tinyurl.com/359lrj.
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Common Myths About Fair Use
The Center for Social Media just posted a new video and PDF explaining how to use Fair Use in Education. The document "Code of Best Practices In Fair Use for Media Literacy Education" can be found at this site: - http://tinyurl.com/5oxerd
Updated - New Dates for TLN Meetings for 2008-2009
Dates of the Technology Leadership Network Meetings:
- October 29, 2008 - SBCUSD PDC - Carousel Mall
- December 16, 2008 - SBCUSD PDC - Carousel Mall
- January 29, 2009 - CASLE Workshop - http://tinyurl.com/9vbdau
- March 12, 2009 - SBCUSD PDC - TBA
- Aprill 22, 2009 - SBCUSD PDC - Carousel Mall
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Edutopia now available on iTunes
The George Lucas Educational Foundation, Edutopia, has now released videos that share success stories from educators in “the field”. These videos cover a wide range of topics such as: “Project Learning”, “Technology Integration”, and “Integrated Studies”. Click on this link to gain access to these videos.
New on iTunes University
Boston television station WGBH is offering the PBS series The Presidents for free on iTunes University. If you open iTunes and then look for iTunes U link on the left side of the website you will be able to browse the site for WGBH show. I am including a direct link to the first video on Franklin Roosevelt.


