SEEDlings Webcast #31

Our last show before summer break. We prepped for NECC. Alice and Cheryl are heading to Washington DC. Bob is attending virtually. Ben joined us to talk about planning for a student show in the fall. We really enjoy hearing Ben and look forward to a student version of the show. Stay tuned, he has some interesting ideas. Have a great summer. SEEDlings will start up again in September.

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SEEDlings Webcast #30

I missed this one with Cynthia Curry, but caught it on the podcast.

Summer Technology for Teachers

The school district I work in offers a three credit course to teachers each summer with a follow up in the fall. This June we started with 16 teachers. It was a great test run for our Google Education domain. Thanks to our student helpers who are indespensible!

Student Technology Showcase

Cheryl Oakes and I made the trek up to Newport, Maine to see Kern and Keith Kelley and their student technology showcase. What an amazing group of students and teachers, it was so impressive! Cheryl wrote about our day at her blog. Thanks Cheryl!

Education Courses at USM using Technology

If you are interested in taking graduate education courses in using technology in the classroom at The University of Southern Maine this summer, here is a listing of the courses being offered:

Summer 2009
• EPB 599 Digital Storytelling
• EPC 511 Learning to Use Podcasting and Vodcasting for Teaching and Learning
• EPC 500 The Read/Write Web in the Classroom
• EPC 508 Technology Integration for the Classroom Teacher: Mac
• EPB 510 Technology Integration for the Classroom Teacher: Windows
Fall 2009
• EPC 512 21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology
• EPB 599 Digital Storytelling
Spring 2010
• EPC 511 Learning to Use Podcasting and Vodcasting for Teaching and Learning
• EPC 500 The Read/Write Web in the Classroom

You can download the brochure: technologyflyer

The iSchool Initiative

Thanks to Wes Fryer for posting this interesting project. It’s a student initiated movement  to get iPod touches into schools, called the iSchool Initiative. Check out the video. Travis makes a pretty compelling case! He even gives other students the tools to meet with their principal. There are some interesting ideas and I think as more tools are developed, the iPod touch might be a viable device for school. Good Luck Travis and friends!

Summertime and your Personal Learning Network

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Wow! Thanks to everyone who joined Bob, Cheryl, and I on June 2 for the PBS Teacher and Classroom 2.0 Webinar. It was so much fun to see old friends and make some new ones! If, however, you didn’t have a chance to come by, the session will be archived at PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 soon. Thanks so much to Steve Hargadon and Jenny Bradbury for hosting.

You can alo join us at at this companion website, the SEEDlings Ning, or Thursday nights at Ed Tech Talk. As always, we look forward to the conversation and learning with you!

Update: Here are the links to the various archives

• Elluminate session
• Audio
• Chat
• Portable Video

MLTI Student Tech Team Conference

We had a terrific day at the Student Tech team conference on Friday. Ben and Ben taught Quizlet to a small group and did a great job explaining the ins and outs of the collaborative flashcard program.

Our Google Super session was amazing. We interacted online with Susan Gendron, the Commisioner of Education in Maine, and George Nelson from NASA. Ernie Easter helped us in the audience, and Google Docs pulled it all together for us. Perhaps the most amazing part was that we over 550 people from around the globe to answer our survey. Here are the data points and survey charts. It was so much fun to work with Jim, Sarah, Kern, and Cheryl. Everyone just rolled with the whole session. We has 800 + people in the audience all on apple iBooks and MacBooks. Cisco had a great chart which showed how many people were on line at once.  Cheryl has done a great job blogging about our experience.

SEEDlings Webcast #29

We speak to Doug Taylor from Podcast People one of our favorite podcasting sites. Then we move to Arcademicskillbuilders with Dave  Scherrer.

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