41:54 minutes (19.18 MB)

Another in our series of virtual staff lounges here at EdTechTalk. This week I'm joined by Jennifer Wagner, Brad Hicks and James Sigler for a discussion about web-based projects and how technology is and can be used in the classroom and for professional development.

Chat Transcript:

47:16 minutes (21.64 MB)
Discussion Topics

44:48 minutes (20.51 MB)

Part One of a what proved to be a lively night o' brainstorming.

I'm joined by Art Gelwicks and Jennifer Wagner as we discuss Twitter.

The show begins with me reading an excerpt from a recent post by Chris Lott, Donning the Twitter Condom.

11:12 minutes (5.13 MB)

This week we had some "audio issues" and I wasn't able to add other voices to the conversation.Thanks to all the "usual suspects" in the chatroom for the back channel for the show.

Thanks, again, to Derek K. Miller of Penmachine for the use of his tunes during the 'cast.

This week, we again talk about Twitter and Facebook as well as Pageflakes and NetVibes.

52:04 minutes (23.83 MB)This week I'm joined by Paul from Vancouver Island, and again by Jennifer Wagner, of Women of Web 2.0 and Alice Mercer of It's Elementary, and others in the chat room, as we discuss a range of topics in the "virtual staff lounge" including interactive whiteboards, online "netiquette" and what constitutes, "acceptable" and "appropriate" behaviour in online environments.

26:43 minutes (12.24 MB)

This week I talk with Arthus about his thoughts on some online and web-based tools and how they might be used in K-12 education.

We discuss Twitter, Facebook, Google Maps and Gmail and issues related to access and use of these tools in Arthus' experience as a high-school student.

30:51 minutes (14.13 MB)

EdTechTalk: 21st Century Learning #40
Jason Hyams and School Web Portals
April 24, 2007

Jason Hyams joins us to discuss St. Agnes School's impressive web portal where you can download Microsoft Office, get your homework assignments, submit help desk requests for your laptop and more. Also hear about their wireless network that serves 750 simultaneous users!

Next week we have Lorrie Jackson from the Lausanne Laptop Institute, a summer program for schools with 1:1 laptop programs. That's Tuesday May 1st, 1:30 PM EST (GMT-4) at EdTechTalk.com.

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25:51 minutes (11.84 MB)

EdTechTalk: 21st Century Learning #39
PodcampNYC Recap plus Interacting with our Listeners 
April 17, 2007

Today on the show Alex had to phone in, but we discussed PodcampNYC and how the experience was live, mobile webcasting from the podcasting unconference. We played a teaser from Podabracadebra who read out podcast fortune with tarot cards (see the full tarot reading at EdTechTalk.com) and highlighted some of the great interviwees that arvind was able to meet. We also discussed the best way to get people to comment and interact with us. We hope that you will use the Crowdabout.us tool below to leave us a text, audio or video comment. We'd love to hear from you. As always, you can also e-mail us at 21 [at] edtechtalk.com