Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech

I switched over to Google Reader from Bloglines about 2 months ago and am basically pleased. I’ve noticed recently that my feed has no formatting in Google Reader. Bloglines as well, so I guess it’s a feed issue rather than the reader. My posts look brutal and here I go to such lengths to pretty them up.

I tried deactivating plugins but didn’t see any change. I notice that Bloglines keeps my PodPress player in the feed. D’Arcy, Rob, Allan or any other feed experts, do you have any advice?

It reminds me of a classic Seinfeld exchange:

JERRY: Oh… You mean… shrinkage.
GEORGE: Yes. Significant shrinkage.
JERRY: So you feel you were short changed.
GEORGE: Yes! I mean, if she thinks that’s me she’s under a complete misapprehension.

I feel I’m being short changed.

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Haven’t done a podcast with just me yakkin’ for a while. Tried using GCast on Steve D.’s recommendation. Not sure it’s for me as it wants to build a player for me rather than just give me an mp3 file I can embed with my own built in player. So thumbs down to GCast, unless their helpdesk lets me know how to link directly to the mp3.

Update1: They did email me back but apparently I needed to complete another step using Garageband.com
Update2: Did that, but they link has a weird identifier that won’t work in PodPress
Update3: Final email states the identifier is needed so I can’t use GCast as I had hoped….Steve, you’ll have to do a bit more selling for me to buy in.
Update4:After 6 days, I uploaded it to good old internetarchive and stick with what works.
This is a brief podcast on some of my recent frustrations on ideas of assessment and accountability.
Time:8:56
Size:6.4 MB

 

 Frustrations with Assessment: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1584)

Anyone who has read my blog regularly knows how I feel about Google Earth. It is all that and more. I spent an hour today listening to Hall Davidson and learned a few more tricks to add to the toolbox.

Just now I found out that Google Maps now offers online mashups that are incredibly easy to create.  Made this map in about a minute and easily embedded flickr images.

I’ve decided to offer some sessoins in our division for teachings interested in developing content and learning opportunities for students. I truly believe every teacher needs to be able to use this either to use existing files and resources or create their own. I’m considering 3 half days over 3 weeks to help teachers develop this for a variety of classroom purposes.

In addition, I’ll be presenting at Alan November’s Building Learning Communities this summer in Boston. Although my session is called, “Moving beyond the WoW factor…” that’s going to be tough. I’ve been using it since its inception and I still am awed.