Joe Brennan wrote me that Wal-Mart must be reading my blog. They pulled the losing format hi-def DVD players (HD DVD from Toshiba) off their shelves. I did predict the triumph of Blu-Ray when Warner Brothers jumped ship and left HD DVD for Blu. That being said, now is a great time to bottom-feed for [...]
Videos are worth a thousand pictures–or least 24 pictures per second. When making points about global warming or other phenomenon on a global scale, wouldn’t it be fantastic to have visuals to make your point. In fact, wouldn’t it be great if you could build a story with those visuals to compare, contrast, and otherwise [...]
OK, I was at MacWorld (as faculty in the education strand) and met Steve Wozniac— and didn’t blog. I was at FETC, where I spoke several times and began a meaningful dialogue with David Thornburg. And didn’t blog. I went to the Discovery corporate meeting where CEO David Zaslav was. No blog. So why now? [...]
The format wars fought over high definition DVD’s reminded many folks of the VHS-Beta videotape format wars decades ago. Many buyers sat out the war, not wanting to buy a format that would soon be obsolete. Stop the presses–you can start buying now. Blu-Ray has won. HD DVD was the competition. Content, of course, is [...]
The format wars fought over high definition DVD’s reminded many folks of the VHS-Beta videotape format wars decades ago. Many buyers sat out the war, not wanting to buy a format that would soon be obsolete. Stop the presses–you can start buying now. Blu-Ray has won. HD DVD was the competition. Content, of course, is [...]
Lots of different kinds of media in the first post of 2008. It will be a digital year! Numerologically, if you add the “2″ to the “8″ in 2008 you get all zeros and ones. Close enough. First, Young Hollywood: If you didn’t see Joe Brennan’s post, it still isn’t too late to judge the [...]
Discovery and the teachers of the Los Angeles School District connected with each other Saturday, Dec. 8, for a great Discovery Educator Network event at KLCS-TV in downtown Los Angeles. Great presenters were onhand, like Los Angeles Unified teacher Brad Upshaw, pictured with his critical questions poster he used in his videomaking session. Check out [...]
“I Touch the Future, I Teach” was the wise and memorable quote from Christa McAuliffe. At the technology conference named for her in New Hampshire, I heard wonderful stories about her mother, Grace, the archetypal New England lady. Twenty years ago I was working in the library media branch of the Los Angeles Unified School [...]
“I Touch the Future, I Teach” was the wise and memorable quote from Christa McAuliffe. At the technology conference named for her in New Hampshire, I heard wonderful stories about her mother, Grace, the archetypal New England lady. Twenty years ago I was working in the library media branch of the Los Angeles Unified School [...]
This is a quick post with the PowerPoint and other goodies from the webinar of November 20. Thanks to everybody that helped out, especially Joe Brennan, Scott Kinney, and Teryl. Here’s the Word doc with the video copy-and-pastes, the Gcast site, and the “Why is Winter colder than Summer” site. webinar.doc
Things we did at GaETC! We worked with the great resources from GPB (home to the equally great Patrice, Mike, and Katherine). We made media on the dark side with Photo Story, Movie Maker, and Adobe Premiere Elements and incorporated GPB’s huge educational digital library. We also pulled clips and projects into iPods. And did [...]
The DEN did a Streamathon yesterday. Hundreds of folks took part, some with their staffs or classes watching through a projector. I referred to some both basic and ‘advanced’ Google Earth tips, techniques, and classroom strategies. These have been littered across this blogsite for more than a year. Here’s the aggregate! It has somethings old, [...]
The DEN was in Nashville for the National School Boards Association’s T+L conference. Many great DEN experiences in the gigantic Opryland hotel . The fire marshall shut down the room when Lance Rougeux’s session on 50 Ways to Use unitedstreaming filled the room to overflow. For two days, we kept the room open past closing [...]
It’s Hollywood, so there are premieres. A few nights ago I went to a premiere at Mann’s Chinese Theater–always a great place to catch a film. (live webcam). Not because I own a tux —outside of Second Life– as you might think. I went with one of the writers, a longtime friend and fellow member [...]
For media folks like me, the cool, interactive graphical program that is Google Earth has always had a Holy Grail–inserting moving media so it plays right over the terrain, as still images will do. We’ve gotten a lot closer with two new features, one with mixed blessings. First, Google Earth now has a YouTube layer. [...]
Joe Brennan told me Wal-Mart must have read my blog when they pulled the losing format high definition DVD player (HD DVD) off the shelves. I did predict the eminent demise of the format after Warner Brothers jumped ship to support Blu-Ray. It happened faster than anybody thought. However, now is the time for great [...]
Joe Brennan told me Wal-Mart must have read my blog when they pulled the losing format high definition DVD player (HD DVD) off the shelves. I did predict the eminent demise of the format after Warner Brothers jumped ship to support Blu-Ray. It happened faster than anybody thought. However, now is the time for great [...]
Two requests. First from a DEN member who was attending a great meeting in Florida last week where early adopters of OnePlace (great program) shared information about the single log-in, content creation, etc. She had moved PowerPoints into her iPod for presentations and discovered the problem that comes when iPhoto renumbers the jpegs saved from [...]
Google Earth, with very little fanfare, has grown up…literally up. It has added the sky. You can now see the sky above the location where you are, including constellations, planets, and the movements of heavenly bodies. Google has posted two great videos to explain the new feature. One features Sally Ride and the other is [...]
The Premiere Gala Event was held at the DEN building in Second Life. Put together by the very real hard work of the SL leadership cadre, it is a spectacular place. Fountains, lights of fire, a holo emitter on the roof (set for a New England fall), and a view of the island volcano. Robo-bartenders [...]
For those who tuned in to last week’s webinar (live from the University of California at Berkeley) during the DEN National Teacher Institute, here is the updated PowerPoint presentation and the pdf of the same. They have been enhanced so that they will work somewhat as a standalone. I’d love your feedback. Has anyone tried [...]
A good keynote should inform, stimulate, and inspire. With luck, it can have immediate impact on every participant. At the Caribbean learning experience, we reinvigorated the keynote by having a group share. It took the form of American Idol, with a trio of judges–Grumpy, Pushover, and Effervescent– in tuxedo shirts. There were great ideas and [...]
To find out what the images below have to do with the DEN and NECC, you’ll have to either 1) Come to my media/GoogleEarth session 2) visit the Discovery Booth 3) wait until next week when the pdf of the session hits this blog. In the meantime, the DEN will have a great time in [...]
To find out what the images below have to do with the DEN and NECC, you’ll have to either 1) Come to my media/GoogleEarth session 2) visit the Discovery Booth 3) wait until next week when the pdf of the session hits this blog. In the meantime, the DEN will have a great time in [...]
Last Monday, great teachers across the country were acknowledged and dined in Orlando, Florida, by the Bright House cable networks. These teachers received $1,000 per person (or per team), a two-day excursion to Chicago, and a goodie from Tiffany’s. The work they did was incredible. They blended mega-lessons from cable network programming–like Discovery shows, curriculum [...]
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