Audacity is free for either Mac or PC
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

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Educon 2.0

The conference Wiki: http://educon20.wikispaces.com/
Photos of the Event, go to Flickr.com and search 'educon'
Workshops online: http://www.ustream.tv/search/all/educon
Twitter.com

There are more links and an interesting panel discussion photo on the blog at http://thecleversheep.com

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The recent misplacement of my keys led to some deep thinking about RFID technology.  Do you know about Radio Frequency Identification?  Do your students?  They should... after all, this technology will play a key role in their lifetimes.

Your host, Rodd Lucier, maintains The Clever Sheep blog, which focuses on the use of a wide range of evolving communications technologies in K-12 education at www.thecleversheep.com

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PBS has just aired "Growing Up Online" and the show is available, where else?  online at www.pbs.org

What does it mean for teachers?  We're way, way, way behind!  How about helping a colleague learn a new skill by introducing a few more folks to 'podcasting'?

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Questions for Consideration:

Why do we give exams?
If they are so important, then why do we have exemptions?
What 'real learning' can be assessed in an exam?
Can we do better?


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Powerpoint tips, and links to exemplary presentation content is available on The Clever Sheep blog, which focuses on the use of a wide range of evolving communications technologies in K-12 education at http://.thecleversheep.com

Questions, comments and suggestions for topics are always welcome via email: thecleversheep@gmail.com

Classrooms can be engaging places to teach and learn, but we've got to re-think the designs of the tasks we use to teach students and to measure their performance.

Rich Performance Tasks
www.ldcsb.on.ca/schools/cfe/RPT/menu.html

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No time for notes today... a nice little essay with links to external resources is published on the blog: http://thecleversheep.com

Thanks to Wesley Fryer for the link to the "Ban the Pencil" article... it's still very timely!

In order to understand Social Networking, you need to experience it!

Get an account:

www.facebook.com
www.linkedin.com
www.myspace.com

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Did the Stone age end when we ran out of stone?
Maybe not, but in looking at the pace of change in our education system,  we may need to ban chalk!

Think about it, each of 'The Three Ages' (Stone Age; the Bronze Age; the Iron age) were each represented by materials.

In education, our history in tools:

The Slate and Chalk Age (mid 1800's - present)
The Paper and Pen Era (1900's to present)
and the Internet and Keyboard Period (2000's to present)

But we're still tied to both chalk/chalkboards; and paper/pen as tools! School 2.0 may one day arrive, harnessing the power of global networking with today's multimedia tools... But we may first have to "Ban Chalk!"  in order to get educators to use the tools of the present!

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Really Simple Syndication or RSS isn't simple if you've never heard of it!

On many websites today, the content changes daily or even many times a day.  The technology that allows users to update photos, bookmarks, or text content instantly, also allows readers to draw that new content essentially leaving the website wrappings behind.   In order to take advantage of RSS enabled sites, you'll need to select for yourself a 'feed reader'.  Once you have one, you can 'subscribe' to any RSS feed... (Don't forget to include "The Clever Sheep blog"!(  an may of today's  RSS is the content, while much of the


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* Don't forget to subscribe to the feed of The Clever Sheep blog (http://feeds.feedburner.com/thecleversheep) in your feed-reader !  Now that you know how to use RSS, you might also want to subscribe to my bookmarks (http://Del.icio.us/thecleversheep) or to this Podcast (http://feeds.feedburner.com/ E-learningDaily).  Just 'add new feeds' to your reader of choice.

As an educator there are many ways to make use of 'del.icio.us'
http://del.icio.us

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This is my year end - year beginning review of the tech tools I've found most helpful in being creative and productive in producing rich content. Whether for teaching, publishing, or collaborating with teachers or students, these tools are each worthy of your consideration.

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Grieving on Facebook... It's real!


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