Episode 1 Of the NEW Generation- Reasons to Be Cheerful and Education Advances
NCLB Trends- Teacher Advances- First of Our Zune Reviews – iPhone Success
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Welcome from Kathy and Mark to a fresh start for our podcast as we begin a new school year. We are absolutely giddy to be out on our own, following our sense of what’s important and sharing it with colleagues around the world. Hot news items, many teacher resources, a first review of the Zune, and NCLB trends in the air?
We appreciate our great audience and fans – We are here for you as The Teachers’ Podcast. More Ed Tech You Can Always Use Today and Tomorrow.
Announcements
- From now on, our name is officially “The Teachers Podcast” www.teacherspodcast.org
- C’mon, MyChingo us! Please!
- BTW: our previous 100+ EdTech podcasts are still available @ www.podcastforteachers.org
- We’ll soon be off to the Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, California: September 28-30. We’ll be presenting and learning there, looking forward to networking, interviewing, and of course bringing the experience back to share with everyone via an episode we’ll post in early October. Our workshop “Podcasting for Teachers: Applications for Teachers and Learners “is listed on the expo web site http://www.newmediaexpo.com/saturday2007.htm (scroll down the page)
- NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual CONVENTION
http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/annual
News Items Covered in this Podcast
This week we discuss a raft of news items that show the nation’s top policy makers are joining rank and file teachers in calling for a new round of federal funding and initiative for EdTech in our schools… definitely some reasons to be cheerful!
- House draft would overhaul ed-tech funding (Article: eSchool News)
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=7359 - “New bill would revamp ed-tech funding” (Article – eSchool News)
- http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7092
- “ Candidates Urged to Back STEM Initiatives” (Article – Education Week)
- http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/08/29/01stem.h27.html
- Web pulls world into classroom (Article – Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0910/p09s03-coop.html - ISTE’s new NETS (standards) book http://www.iste.org/eseries/source/Orders/isteProductDetail.cfm?product_code=nesbo2
- iPhone Rebates http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/09/08/iphone.rebate.hypocrisy/
Product Review
The Microsoft ZUNE – (MP3/portable media player)
Thanks Kathy Richardson @ ZUNE for sending us the units to review!
Recommended Resources
- The People Speak Blog: A Forum About Our World (from The United Nations Foundation) www.thepeoplespeak.org
- BackPage – Sharing video tips about how to help kids with homework (BBC) www.bbc.co.uk/backpage/
- “BBC launch video sharing site for parents helping kids with homework” (Article: unionlearn.org) http://www.unionlearn.org.uk/ulr/learn-1645-f0.cfm
- My Chingo www.mychingo.com
- “Podcasting for Teachers: Applications for Teachers and Learners “is listed on the expo web site http://www.newmediaexpo.com/saturday2007.htm — Check out the great panel of Teachers’ Podcast family!
Contact Us
You can contact Mark and Kathy at teacherspodcast@gmail.com or comment at the website/blog OR leave a message with MyChingo on the website.
Our podcast feed is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/teacherspodcast
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Mark and Kathy
Congrats on your new venture! I’m looking forward to more great educational podcasts.
Russ