Many sincere thanks to Educational podcasting for teaching and learning for including my Wisconsin Center for Education Research monthly show in its January round-up of education podcasts for professionals. Podcasts for educators is a UK-based podcast directory for educators with selected educational podcasts in subject areas to support learning by children and young people.
Educational podcast directory review
March 9, 2007
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Research podcast feed moves
February 16, 2007My monthly education research podcast runs about 10 minutes and provides summaries of new findings produced here at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The feed has recently been moved; here’s the new RSS
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/publications/podcast/feed.xml
Recent topics have included
Algebra instruction, then and now
An academic look at games, learning, and society
Assessing English language learners
Data-driven instructional systems
Equality of educational opportunity: a 40-year retrospective
FAST program receives recognition
How computer games help children learn
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NSPRA seminar to offer tech workshops
February 14, 2007The National School Public Relations Association promises some interesting tech-related workshops and breakout sessions this summer its annual seminar. Half-day sessions will address “Mp3s, podcasting, RSS and more” and “Building blocks for electronic communication.” Breakout sessions include “We’re podcasting, now what?,” “Moving your district website into the 2.0 era,” “Using your online resources to tip your bond election,” and “Internet communications.”
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RSS XML URL SNAFU
December 21, 2006The challenge is trying, yet enjoyable, as we here change our podcast feed. Same content, different address. The bugs are nearly worked out. If you’d like to subscribe to this podcast about news in education research here at WCER (a monthly overview plus occasional feature stories) , here is the new URL
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Education podcasts at Arizona
December 6, 2006Check out this podcast and vodcast episodes offered by the School of Education at the U. of Arizona, and notice how easy they’ve made it to subscribe via iTunes. Topics include Grant writing hints and tips, Getting published in academic journals, Technology is changing education, and The experiences of belonging and exclusion of recently arrived refugee women, among others.
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iPod: The Missing Manual
December 1, 2006Remember the old days when you bought software or hardware and there was a thick manual in the box? And you never read it? That’s one reason why don’t pack things with printed manuals like they used to. But sometimes — like when you open your new iPod – you wish you had a book in hand with good graphics and well written text. O’Reilly’s Pogue Press answers that need with its “Missing Manuals” series.
“iPod: The Missing Manual” offers writing that’s chatty and conversational, yet clear and specific, thanks to the editors and to author J.D. Biersdorfer, who produces the weekly computer Q&A column for the New York Times.
The book covers everything from basic “out-of-the-box” information to creating and publishing podcasts. Its design features sharp, high resolution illustrations, a clear “one topic per page” layout, and helpful screen shots.
The information applies to the Nano, Shuffle, and Standard models. If you own a Mini you won’t benefit from the discussion of newer features like the Photos menu, videos menu, the clocks, and viewing artwork and lyrics.
The book will point you to some resources you may not have known about, both online and on your own desktop. For example, how to find and delete duplicate songs. (I had lots.) Or how to safely move the iTunes folder on your hard drive, and options for burning different kinds of discs. You’re also introduced to sites like iLounge.com and iPodNN.com.
The chapter “Videos Everywhere” discusses how to find iPod-friendly videos online, use video conversion programs, convert movie files, and play iPod videos on your TV set. “Picturing Your photos” discusses compatible photo-organizing software and how to create and share slideshows. “iPod Out Loud” discusses using the iPod in your car, with a home entertainment system, and with AirPort Express.
“What to do when the iPod isn’t working right” using diagnostics tools, updating and restoring iPod software, and finding a repair shop. “Advanced iPodding” discusses third party software and hardware, getting ideas for playlists, and how to create and publish podcasts.
The Missing Manuals site offers links to sites and products printed in the book.
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K-12 educators drawn to social media
October 27, 2006I was happy to lead a discussion of social media today in Madison at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Education Association Council. About 30 of us got together for this breakout session to talk about planning for, and evaluating the effectiveness of, blogs, podcasts, and other media in the K-12 world. I happily plugged Will Richardson’s book a number of times as a good place to get started.
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More tips from the insiders
October 27, 2006Matt Winkle agrees with Robert Scoble’s view that anyone who runs a blog or web site and does not provide an RSS feed “should be fired.” But Matt takes it farther and insists that any higher ed institution webmaster that doesn’t provide at least 100 RSS feeds should be fired. (Wow. Does ANYbody?) In Friday’s round of presentations at the Academic Impressions conference he showed how The College of New Jersey makes innovate use of RSS (including multiple enclosures) and how he brought together people from different departments to make everything work.
Joe Hice showed how the U of Florida at Gainesville got its podcast and vodcast offerings up and running and how he added new media capacity to his news office without adding additional staff. He’s making good use of visiting speakers and archived speeches to add compelling audio content to his site. The tools of podcast production and promotion are easy to use, Joe said. The challenge lies in championing podcasting as a tool at your organization.
Bill Mahon talked today about how his team has transformed internal communications at Penn State U. The Penn State Live site draws content from around campus and offers nearly 40 news feeds, from sports to science, from regional news to updates from satellite campuses. The site not only serves acts as a 24-hour press office; it also encourages users to shop for university related products and services, including event tickets, hotel rooms, and dinners at campus restaurants. His staff developed a widget that provides users with continual updates from the news office. It’s this kind of thinking that has propelled to the site to being one of the largest news sources in the state.
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Getting to the heart through the ears
October 26, 2006Dennis Miller of Mansfield U. brings a love of radio and music into his public relations work as he creates podcast series episodes of student experiences over their first year on campus and interviews faculty and administration revealing them to be—guess what—human beings with hearts, aspirations, and disappointments. This guy knows how to interview.
Early on, he moved 80% of his organization’s advertising budget to broadcast, mostly radio, and specifically to the kind of music and programming that would appeal to what he considers the primary audience for college recruiters: mothers and high-school age females. Ask him sometime about his reasoning and he’ll convince you he’s right.
He emphasized the importance of television in shaping young people’s perceptions of their worlds, and how a popular sitcom featuring a student attending a certain urban university drummed up huge amounts of interest in applying for admission there.
His case studies showed how he used radio and TV to measurably increase enrollment in his institution’s nursing program and forensics program.
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Monthly research podcast and newsletter posted
October 4, 2006As part of my work at WCER I distribute a monthly summary of education research, via email and in a 7- or 8-minute podcast. You can find archived issues of the email newsletter here, and you can subscribe to the podcast version here. The content spans the range of education research, including assessment and intervention in special education; child care, family, and community; educational policy and accountability studies; educational technology; mathematics and science education; and teaching, learning, and professional development.
Update 6 December: I’ve removed the archived issues as they more or less duplicate content found on the WCER site.
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