Ep 40 Digital Texts Rock- Part 1

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RESOURCES and Items Mentioned in this Episode!

Another 2-part episode begins with Episode 40 of The Teachers Podcast. This episode is packed with free resources and more discussion related to the realities of budget crunches. But Mark and Kathy spin to the positive side! Join us for a full slate of ed tech resources to reinvigorate your classrooms and your professional learning!

Bing, Google Wave, Facebook transformations?

How about

• a new search engine
• new forms and dimensions of communication on the horizon
• history in the making talking to your class!
• personalized facebook and tools to escalate twitter to greater educational opportunities?
• digital texts, free texts, free audio texts , more educational audio sources??

Resources include a detailed comparison of free resources to maximize your educational reach using social media! This is a set of episodes that promise to open new visions of thinking, and approach for your summer school, summer excursions and revitalization. Make us the center of YOUR Ed Tech Universe: www.teacherspodcast.org.

A new generation of EdTech professional development.

Contact us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com or comment at the website/blog.

Telephone message line: 201-693-4935.

The Teachers’ Podcast: More Ed Tech You Can Always Use Today and Tomorrow.

Produced and copyrighted by Transformation Education LLC, Gura and King, 2007-2009.

Short Takes

• Soldier’s blog teaches Kentucky sixth-graders about Afghanistan
  Aaron Connor is serving near Ghazni City, Afghanistan, with the Illinois National Guard.
  • NY Times article about the blog

• Microsoft  www.bing.com – And will it topple Google?
  

• Google Wave video- Will it really change our world as we know it?

• Facebook names: www.facebook.com  – Did you get yours yet?

On the Road!

Mark in Sicily

• History, art and culture… who can miss this?
• Listen in to the brief account of travel learning and check out the photos of Mark’s trip
• Coming soon…

 Kathy in Chicago and NYC!

• LGBTQ &Allies Pre-Conference at NLU
• Adult Education Research Conference at NLU
• Liberatory Education Conference at DePaul University
• National Council of Research on Women at CUNY Graduate Center

Best Seller from the Teachers Podcast Bookshelf: 

• Podcasting for Teachers! 2nd edition

• In great demand by teachers and faculty members!
• Contact us directly for an autographed copy when you order through Transformation Education LLC

NEWS ITEMS

Schwarzenegger: Printed texts are old school

• Analysis: As a budget-cutting strategy, California’s digital textbook initiative could have national implications
• http://www.eschoolnews.com article
  

OTHER RESOURCES

http://kids.learnoutloud.com/Kids-Free-Stuff

• Audio books
• Podcasts
• Interviews
• Our Kids Stuff Section features free podcasts and audio & video resources for kids & teens to learn from. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online. Enjoy!
• Digsby
  • A dashboard to control the world of IM, email and social media!
  • Also includes easy to use live chat window for your blog or website
  • Check out this free resource  digsby.com
• Twitter.com
  • Tweets, twitter.. Twittermania?
  • Follow us on Twitter to get instant updates on ed tech resources and issues

NEWS FLASH I

Learning without limits
How the rise of online instruction is changing the nature of schooling
By Christine Van Dusen

Primary Topic Channel: Virtual schooling / Distance Learning

Teachers Podcast will be available in Schooltube.com soon.

Some short videos introducing our series and the podcasting book check it out about 4/28/09!

Watch for further details in a few days!

• • You can contact Mark and Kathy by
  • leaving a comment here on the blog/site
  • emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
  • posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
  • phoning us at (201) 693-4935

  (C) Transformation Education LLC, King & Gura, 2009