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One delightful tool we forgot to mention

June 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment · iPods

I see edublogs has started working (now that I am finally home).   I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it is fixed. I sat in on a good session with the Women of Web 2.0 today, and we were talking about handy web 2.0 tools.  But the one we forgot to mention and that hasn’t had much [...]

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How will this change education?

June 11th, 2007 · No Comments · iPods

  iTunes U – university content offered via iTunes.   It’s not just audio podcasts but video as well. ( Thanks to Patrick Higgins at  Chalkdust for passing this along. ) So, what changes when academic courses become this accessible to everyone who is interested? 

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IPods and ITunes: Productive or destructive?

April 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments · iPods, Podcasts

  Earlier this week Joel (our tech coordinator) and I did one of our weekly “Project Technology” workshops for staff on using iTunes and iPods in the classroom. Through the generosity of our PTO, we’ve bought six nanos to bring iPod technology into the school for staff and students to use.   The workshop went really well, and one [...]

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Ipods in the classroom

April 13th, 2007 · No Comments · iPods, Tools

  We’ve requested six iPods from our PTO for use in the classroom, for checking out audiobooks to students, and for podcasting use, and they’re arriving next week. Want some ideas how to use them in the classroom?  Check out this incredible presentation by Gloria Woods from the Bolles School at NECC last summer and at FETC for a [...]

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