Have no fear, Audio BOO is here.

Here is an interesting site (http://audioboo.fm/) that collects your brief audio recordings and makes them accessible to friends or students.

Audioboo.fm is the site, you can access it and record via the web and there are free client applications for the iPhone, iPad, and Android phones so you can record snippets (up to 5 minutes in length) and they will be uploaded to the audioboo web site.

Recordings are "geotagged" (location aware) so a google map can show where you where when the recording was made.

Here's a friend's audioboo example. 

Math teacher has some Halloween fun with students using video tech

Check out this fun video at the Next Generation Learning Challenges web site. A creative math teacher had some fun with his students using a bit of acting, live action and video editing.


http://nextgenlearning.org/the-community/blog/2010/11/1/having-fun-while-engaging-students



 

iPad Topics

iPads Revolutionize Technology on the WVU Campus

http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=88419 

10 Ways People Are Using The iPad To Create Content, Not Just Consume It

http://www.businessinsider.com/ipad-creative-2010-10

Evaluation Rubric for iPod Educational Applications

Here is an elementary Principal's thoughts and accompanying rubric regarding the educational use of iPods. This rubric can be applied to iPads and other "tablet" computers arriving on the market. 

http://learninginhand.com/blog/evaluation-rubric-for-educational-apps.html

What do you think about this rubric? Post a reply and URL if you have rubrics you use or value.

The Future of Education - Video - What do you think?

Here is one student's interesting, thought provoking video describing a possible "Future of Education."

http://diyubook.com/2010/10/watch-this-awesome-video-on-the-future-of-education/

What do you think? Post a reply if you'd like.

Thought provoking EDUCAUSE Quarterly Article: Death to the Digital Dropbox: Rethinking Student Privacy and Public Performance

What do YOU think about this topic?

Death to the Digital Dropbox: Rethinking Student Privacy and Public Performance

By Patrick R. Lowenthal and David Thomas

Key takeaways include:

• Requiring students to submit work privately using a digital dropbox (or even worse, e-mail) can be a destructive pedagogical practice.
• Students benefit from public performance and public critique because people have to perform in the "real world" and are regularly subject to critique.
• Online faculty should strive to incorporate authentic, real-world types of experiences in the online courses they teach — including public performance and the accompanying public feedback

Read the complete article here: http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/DeathtotheDigitalDropboxRethin/213672

Did you know that the EWU Blackboard service has several tools that can allow students and others to view and provide input on student work? These functions are not enabled by default but can be easily employed by Bb Instructors. Tools such as the "self and peer review," "Groups," and "Discussion Board" can create social learning interactions. Contact EWU's eLearning consultants (Dave Dean, Grant Ramsay and Jeff Healy) if you'd like help using these tools in your instruction.

100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers

Here is the start of the list of 100 useful YouTube channels for Teachers:

1. Smithsonian Videos: The beloved museum’s official channel mostly serves as a hub for its other offerings, but still hosts its own series of videos covering everything from biology to art.
   
2. TED Talks: Dedicated to "ideas worth spreading," TED Talks features incredible lectures, demonstrations and performances spanning every discipline imaginable.
   
3. Discovery Channel: Explore a nice variety of subjects through this channel, which also serves as the YouTube home of the always amazing Mythbusters crew.
   
4. PBS: Public broadcasting opens up viewers’ minds to the wide range of wonders the world has to offer, particularly when it comes to current events, the arts and science.
   
5. Biography Channel: Learn the life stories of people who have impacted the world in some way or another. Unfortunately, one must wade through a few useless celebrity fillers to find the educational stuff.
   
6. Yale University Courses: Faculty members at the Ivy League campus provide lecture series on a broad range of educational topics.
   

Check the full list here:

http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2010/10/20/100-incredibly-useful-youtube-channels-for-teachers/