Just sharing with colleagues that we do have capability through BlackBoard which has full capacity to create rss feeds and host videos.
Here is the podcast that Matt Stuczynski produces with his Spanish grammar class:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/NewTrierSpanishGrammcast
See Sharon Mooney's video podcast of her cat videos:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Carlandwallace
You can subscribe (via rss) to these public podcasts through iTunes, etc.
Vernon Hills High School has a library video channel hosting "movie trailers" for the Abe Lincoln nominees. Take a look.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tumblr @ SXSW
Today I was reading about the annual Austin music & film festival South by Southwest in the New York Times Arts Section and it turns out that Tweets are the big story here. My hero of the 2008 Campaign Nate Silver, the polling guru at FiveThirtyEight gave the keynote address at SXSW. How cool is that? New film releases look really interesting and fans got a sneak preview Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno,” to be released in July. It's another faux-documentary in which a "disgraced fashion reporter from Austria takes America by a storm of his own making".
The caption on this picture was "Teach me to Twitter" because the woman is actually using a cell phone the old fashioned way --to talk.
Along the way, I discovered a new app that my be easier than that clunky Weebly.
David Carp, 23 year old CEO of Tumblr, is there with his team promoting this new blogging tool. So, for all you web 2.0 junkies out there who haven't a clue about making web pages, I would suggest giving Tumblr a whirl.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Fantasizing about the Kindle 2
Having read David Pogue's review of the new Kindle 2--The Kindle: Good Before, Better Now -- which came out last week, I am thinking about purchasing one. I just read Kathy Schrock's enthusiastic blog post about her new Kindle which has the added bonus of staying connected to your Personal Learning Network (PLN) via Twitter and Facebook. I found Shrock's blog post via her earnest Twittering.
Some features worth mentioning are the the 10.2 ounce weight (lighter than a paperback),about 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines, text to speech option, the highlighting feature,25% longer battery life (read on a single charge for up to 4 days with wireless on...turn wireless off and read for up to two weeks, and new buttons making it easier to hold and handle. The price tag is still $359 @ Amazon. The Kindle Store has more than 240,000 books available,(most under $10)plus top newspapers, magazines, and blogs. I am thinking for travel that it's a must! Does that mean I also have to schlep my laptop along to charge it via USB? hmmmm....
Sunday, March 01, 2009
ICE and NAIS Conference Links
Lucy Gray conveniently posted all these links from Chicago technology conferences to her blog this week. Take a look and learn!
ICE web site
http://www.iceberg.org/
ICE conference ning
http://myiltce.ning.com/
ICE conference wiki -- presenter handouts
http://iceconference.wiki.zoho.com/
ICE conference twitterstream
http://tinyurl.com/icetwitter
NAIS Web Site - independent school community (conference also in Chicago this week)http://tinyurl.com/nais2009
NAIS bloggers
KaTrina Wentzel http://blogs.moundsparkacademy.org/nais2009/
Jonathan Martin http://21k12blog.net/
Michael Obel-Omia http://publiusrex.wordpress.com/
Sarah Hanawald's liveblogging of the NAIS conference
http://gdsmstech.blogspot.com/2009/02/nais-09-live-reports.html
NAIS twitterstream
http://tinyurl.com/naistwitter
Independent School Educators' Network
http://isenet.ning.com/
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