Episode 5: Getting Serious About Gaming, Collaborations, Revelations and Global Connections

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Playdecide.org, Online Collaboration, and Zune Revelations!

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Live from the gaming capital of the world…Now would that be Virtual Shanghai? or Virtual Denmark?

A bevy of items on Gaming, Gaming and ESL, etc. Also, a GREAT resource that gives a startling model of game-inspired learning in the area of science and citizenship (Paly Decide.org pictured above) . No SciFi here… Presenting Tiro, the robot teacher who really made it into a classroom! And yes, those are real classrooms using iPods by the hundreds (wayta go, New Joysie! (local pronunciation of NJ)).

By the way – “Fremd Sprachen und Nueu Medien” means “Foreign Language and New Media” in Danish (or something like that) according to Babelfish (free online digital translation resource http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/babelfish/tr ).

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.

News Items Covered in this Podcast

• From: Independent Online “Robot makes teaching debut”
• From: The New York Times “In Some Schools, iPods Are Required Listening”
• From T.H.E Journal “On a Quest for English”
• From techLEARNING “It’s Not Just a Game – It’s Skills for Life”

Shout Outs:

• Fremdshprachen und Nueu Medien “Danish Blog” …thanks, Jurgen Wagner
• Mark can say that title 3 times fast, can you?
• http://fremdsprachenundneuemedien.blogspot.com/

TTP Recommended RESOURCES:

• DECIDE http://www.playdecide.org/
• SnapKast d iscount for Teachers’ Podcast listeners
• ePals http://www.epals.com/
• and an Article from T.H.E. Journal about ePals “ePals Delivers Free E-Mail, Blogging for Schools”
• ZUNE - http://www.zune.net/en-US/
• Teachers’ Podcast Frappr Map –

Product Review

The Microsoft ZUNE – (MP3/portable media player)

Thanks Kathy Richardson @ ZUNE for sending us the units to review!

http://www.zune.net/en-US/meetzune/

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• NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual CONVENTION in New York City Nov 2007
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