The Web Edtech Podcast

Peggy Whyte, Ryan Collins and Alvin Trusty are joined by John Schinker on this show. Learn why blogging and RSS on your site is important, as well as some blogging software to install, helpful plugins, and easy to install packages for PHP and MySQL with Apache or IIS web servers, along with specific software for Linux, MAC, and Windows platforms.

I’m taking a different approach to the show notes this week by providing a link to the Google doc we use for the podcast. This page is “live” and can be updated by any of this week’s panelists. Let me know if you like this format or would prefer that I post show notes directly in this post.

Show #3 Notes

 

 Show #3 - Blogging [60:36m]: Play Now | Download

Technorati Tags: podcast, blog, wordpress, k-12, web edtech

Alvin Trusty and Ryan Collins are back on the panel, and Peggy Whyte from ITSCO joins us in this discussion of online multimedia. You’ll learn about some great tools and sites you should be using, and you’ll hear some thoughts about site blocking and unblocking (filtering) that I’m sure you’ll find to be of interest. There’s also a great discussion of copyright issues.

Show Links

• Gallery 2 - Open Source PHP/MySQL project
• Flock - Firefox-based browser with lots of media capabilities for bloggers
• Picasa - free photo management software from Google
• PostCardViewer - works with Picasa and iPhoto
• PicLens - plugin for Firefox and Flock
• Library of Congress on flickr
• FreePlayMusic - for podcasts and other multimedia projects
• Digital Juice - Commercial License-free music and video clips
• Squeak - Smalltalk graphical programming environment
• Scratch - MIT’s programming language
• Alan Kay presents at TED - A powerful idea about teaching ideas
• Adobe Flash CS3 - free demo
• Peggy’s Blog
• Ryan’s Blog
• Alvin’s Blog

 

 Show #2 - Multimedia [56:45m]: Play Now | Download

Technorati Tags: copyright, edtech, filtering, flickr, flock browser, gallery 2, k-12, multimedia, picasa, podcast

Welcome to the first show of The Web Edtech Podcast. This was recorded during the evening of Ohio’s big primary, and a giant ice storm in the northern part of the state. We take a look at two popular systems: Blackboard and Moodle. Technical glitches aside, there’s a lot of good info here to help you decide to deploy your own LMS or start a consortium to share services. Our panel is:

• Ryan Collins - Kenton City Schools
• Melissa Higgs-Horwell - South Central Ohio Computer Association
• Kathy Mohr - North Central Ohio Educational Service Center
• Alvin Trusty - University of Findlay

Show Notes

Blackboard Home

Moodle Home

Talented and Gifted Support

Moodle Lappia

iDesktopTV

The iPod Touch

Alvin’s Blog

Ryan’s Blog

 

 Show #1 - Learning Management Systems [56:49m]: Play Now | Download

Technorati Tags: podcast, lms, moodle, blackboard, learning management system