Web 2.0: creating a classroom without walls.
This article is about my year-long journey implementing Web 2.0 tools into my teaching practice. The goal throughout my journey has always been to increase my students' intrinsic motivation to learn about science. The Web 2.0 tools I used along my journey were weblogs (blogs) and podcasts. ...

Learning English with iPods.
Across the world, technology is part of the social and academic lives of our students. In particular, iPods are one of the most popular forms of technology. Wikipedia, an excellent online source for information, notes that Apple has sold more than 119 million of these portable media players as...

Panopto Offers CourseCast to Socrates Project.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 June 2008-Panopto Offers CourseCast to Socrates Project(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Panopto announced it is making the latest version of its free lecture capture software available to Socrates Project beta participants. Version 2.0 of CourseCast introduces several significant new features, including course-wide search,...

One-stop shopping with learning management systems: virtual course delivery is only one of many options afforded by an LMS, which allows educators to transfer online a host of educational and administrative tasks.
ASK BERT ROSS of the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) what the district's course learning management system can do, and he'll ask you what can't it do--for students, parents, and educators. Need to take a course online due to a scheduling conflict? No problem. Want to see what...

Live, from your cell phone! Web 2.0 technologies bring new power to school districts.
I RECENTLY REVIEWED AN AMAZING ONLINE TECHNOLOGY ON QIK.com (pronounced "quick") that allows users to stream live video from cell phones directly to the Internet. The site presents hundreds of experimental film clips from across the world, including multiple examples filmed by participants in the last Web 2.0 Expo...

The business podcasting Bible; wherever my market is...I am.
9781933596372 The business podcasting Bible; wherever my market is...I am. Colligan, Paul and Alex Mandossian. Heritage House Publishing 2007 286 pages $19.95 Paperback TK5105 Mandossian and Colligan (Marketing Online Live Podcast)...

Podcasting at school.
9781591585879 Podcasting at school. Fontichiaro, Kristin. Libraries Unlimited 2008 170 pages $30.00 Paperback LB1044 Fontichiaro, an elementary teacher librarian, investigates the educational potential of podcasting, the process of creating audio files...

Sloganize me! An online podcasting tool doubles as a portal to self-rebirth.
ARE YOU THINKING WHAT I'M THINKING? Exactly--it's high time I get a new slogan. My old one just isn't supporting my mojo the way it once did: Weinstock ... not so much. Droll self-deprecation doesn't quite leap off the business card. So where do you go when...

Podcasting: contemporary patient education.
Abstract Portable video technology is a widely available new tool with potential to be used by pediatric otolaryngology practices for patient and family education. Podcasts are media broadcasts that employ this new technology. They can be accessed via the Internet and viewed either on a personal computer...

8101 MP3 player and recorder: Califone.
Hardware, $148 Califone's MP3 player/recorder offers integrated volume control for safety, dual headphone jacks for multiple listeners and a microphone for podcasting. It is ideal for testing, nurturing language learning and reading skills, ELL and ELD applications, and listening to recorded books and music. It accommodates up...