76:48 minutes (17.58 MB)

It’s Elementary show # 27 was a discussion with Angela Maiers about
21st century literacies. Angela is located in Clive, Iowa and currently
works as an independent consultant with both schools and employers. She
explained the brain research that is the foundation for these literacy
strategies was first discussed in the literature five decades ago. 
Angela divides these literacies into several important categories
(quoting from her website):

 

 

46:10 minutes (10.57 MB)

Have a listen as the It's Elementary Team discusses the Connectivsm Course facilitated by Stephen Downes and George Siemens with our Guests Bradley Shoebottom, [ http://bradleyshoebottom.wordpress.com/ ] and Wendy Drexler [ http://teachweb2.blogspot.com/ ]With Dave Comier coming in to join the conversation.  Click on attachment to view the chat.

60:33 minutes (13.86 MB)

In It's Elementary #24 we talked with Dean Shareski and Wesley Fryer, two of the conveners for the k12Online2008 Conference. Dean is a Digital Learning Consultant with a school in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Westley Fryer is the Director of the Olklahoma Heritage Association. The K12Online2008 conference is totally online, including both synchronous and asynchronous components. This year's pre-conference keynote will be given by Heppell Next week. (week of October 13th) The conferece contains four strands 1. Getting Started 2. Prove it. 3. Kicking it Up A Notch 4. Leading the Change Within each strand, there are many presentations that fit that theme. Several of the presenters prepared teasers, or short advertisements. of their presenations. These are available at http://k12onlineconference.org/?cat=27 More information can be found at http://k12onlineconference.org Join us for our next show on October 27th where we will discuss technology in the Early Childhood Classroom. To read Chat see attachment

40:32 minutes (9.28 MB)

Come have a listen as we discuss Gaming in education with our guest, Tom Turner, we talked about why and how you can use online and computer games in education. The discussion points were:

1. Defining different types of computer games
2. Educational opportunities and learning objectives in these games
3. Barriers to using them in the classroom
4. Games that will likely never be in a classroom (first-person shooter games, e.g. Halo, GTA)

Our next show will be on September 8th, 2008 at our usual time 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern at Edtechtalk

52:17 minutes (23.94 MB)

This show featured Clif Mims, a professor at Memphis State University, and Bethany Smith, an Instructional Technologist at North Carolina State University. Both of them work with pre-service teachers to help them learn about how to effectively use technology in the classroom.

We started off with our backgrounds, and what we were required to do vis-a-vis technology in our pre-service. Then we looked at these essential questions:

• Are pre-service teachers being well prepared for entering k12 classrooms today.?
• Are pre-service teachers bored in college lectures? Does this affect entry into the field?
• What are your recommendations for best preparing pre-service teachers?

Bethany felt that teachers needed to have a PLN through Ning, or another service, to go to. Clif thought they needed to see examples of teacher who are using technology successfully. Alice felt that with the advent of more scripted/prescribed curriculum, teachers needed to see what project-based learning looked like. It was a great discussion, and the text chat log below includes comments from teachers who are taking a class on education technology.

47:35 minutes (21.78 MB)In Transit(ion) was broadcast live on Saturday 12 July at 3:30pm Eastern. The show was streamed by Jose Rodriguez, co-host of It's Elementary. During this show Steven Kimmi interviewed Patrick Higgins. Patrick Higgins is the Director of Curriculum for Sparta Township Public Schools in New Jersey and author of the http://chalkdust101.wordpress.com . These educators discussed how colleges and universities could best prepare pre-service teachers as well as the relevancy of 21st century skills in k12 education today. The host of the show, Steven Kimmi is a 5th grade teacher at Schilling Elementary in Salina, Kansas and author of http://expintech.blogspot.com

20:19 minutes (9.3 MB)

Alice Mercer and Maria Knee, co-hosts of the show, were live from the Bloggers' Cafe at NECC and joined by Derrall Garrison. They interviewed several EduBloggerCon participants about their day and impressions of the event. Despite several connectivity issues they brought several people into the show including Gail Desler, Maggie Tsai, & Jo McLeay. You can find links we talked about in our diigo
Links:
The NECC Ning http://necc2008.ning.com/
NECC main site http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2008/
eduBloggerCon Wiki http://www.edubloggercon.com/NECC%202008
Bud Hunt's BackChannel https://www.chatterous.com/accounts/login/
Summize http://summize.com/
Plurk http://www.plurk.com/
Mogulus http://www.mogulus.com/

Leave comments and visit our blog at http://itslementary.edublogs.com Join us the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month at 4pm pacific, 7pm eastern, & 23:00GMT at www.edtechtalk.com/live

20:55 minutes (9.57 MB)

Special invitation to all that are interested in learning webcasting in Spanish. Our Open House will be on Friday June 6 at 6 p.m. Pacific. Check your local time. at http://puentesalmundo.net/live On this program I (Jose Rodriguez) and Alan Acevedo share what Webcasting is all about and what we expect from our session starting soon. In our Open House we will be giving an orientation to the Moodle course at http://webcastacademy.com and answer any questions you may have. For more information visit our worldbridges spanish site: http://puentesalmundo.net Spread the News!!!!

53:01 minutes (12.13 MB)

We had a great discussion with James Sigler

1. James Sigler shared his background and how he started video-conferencing, including some pertinent points

• It involved serendipity and a willingness to try something new, rather than a technology plan...

2. Why do it?

• Our guest and host shared about the learning connections they've made, and students make using this
• We discussed the standards, like NETS Communication and Collaboration and looking on how our students are communicating with authentic audiences.

4. The It's Elementary team share their experiences

5. And shared barriers to effective implementation or sustainability, blocking and coordinating schedule/time zones came up as the big issues.

We then threw it open and had the audience join in.

Our Next show will be on Monday June 9th, Year in Review. What were your sucesses and challanges? What are your plans for 2008-09? Visit our Blog at http://itselementary.edublogs.org

Chat Below

60:14 minutes (13.79 MB)

En esta hora Alan Acevedo, Isaac Gonzalez en Guadalajara, Mexico y Jose Rodriguez en California E.U.A. hablan sobre el estado del medio-ambiente en las ciudades en paises en desarollo como Mexico. Temas que se tocan son: medios de transporte publico, construccion de viviendas en areas de naturaleza, contaminacion ambiental, perdida de cultiva en poblaciones rurales, movimientos de proteccion al ambiente.

In this hour Webcasters, Alan Acevedo, Isaac Gonzelz in Guadalajara Mexico and Jose Rodriguez in California talk about protection of the environment in cities in the developing countries like Mexico. Topics covered include: public transportation, construction of housing in nature areas, pollution, loss of agriculture to big business, and movements to protect the environment.