Friday, October 30, 2009

Episode 101 - Podcasting is Alive and Well, Powered by 3rd Graders

It’s Friday, October 30th, 2009 and welcome to episode 101 of TechTalk4Teachers!

In this episode:
Podcasting with 3rd Graders, an interview with Mrs. Judy Barford, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level Education Department at Eastern Illinois University









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Show notes for Episode 101:

In this episode:
Podcasting with 3rd Graders, an interview with Mrs. Judy Barford, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level Education Department at Eastern Illinois University

Project WOW
http://www.eiu.edu/~wow/


Technology Pick of the Week

My Technology Pick of the Week this week is the Audacity software for recording and editing podcasts and other audio files. Below are some links to get you started quickly with podcasting using the FREE Audacity software.

Audacity Software Download Site (Source Forge)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

LAME MP3 Encoder - (required to save files to the MP3 format)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

Audacity Tutorial
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html

Poducate Me - Practical Solutions for Podcasting in Education
http://poducateme.com/

Poducate Me - Guide to Podcasting
http://poducateme.com/guide/


Visit the Eastern Illinois University Instructional Technology Center website at:
http://www.eiu.edu/itc

Do you like the new format? Please send comments and suggestions to techtalk@eiu.edu

Until next time this is Tom Grissom, keep on learning!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Episode 100 - Podcasting is Dead

It’s Friday, October 30th, 2009 and welcome to episode 101 of TechTalk4Teachers!

In this episode:
Podcasting with 3rd Graders, an interview with Mrs. Judy Barford, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level Education Department at Eastern Illinois University









Right Click Here to Download MP3

Show notes for Episode 100:

Leo LaPorte’s Comment – Podcasting is Dead
http://onlinedesignbureau.com/blog/116-social-media-marketing/498-leo-laporte-declares-podcasting-dead

You can fast forward in the video embedded at this website to the 16 minute and 30 second mark to go directly to the “Podcasting is Dead” comments Leo made at the Online Media Association conference on October 4, 2009.

No More Podcast in The New Media Expo – 2007 Podcasting is Dead Comment
http://mwgblog.com/archives/2007/10/01/no-more-podcast-in-the-new-media-expo/

Also in this episode are the comments from three grad students regarding a recent podcasting assignment where the students gave their thoughts about listening to educational podcasts.

Technology Pick of the Week

Kodak Zi8 flip-style camera
http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsus/en_US/pd/productID.156585800

Visit the Eastern Illinois University Instructional Technology Center website at:
http://www.eiu.edu/itc

Please send comments and suggestions to techtalk@eiu.edu

Until next time this is Tom Grissom, keep on learning!