http://www.masscue.org/conference/podcast.htm en-us ℗ & © 2005 John Doe & Family The 2006 MassCUE State Technology Conference Massachusetts Computer Using Educators Highlights from the 2006 MassCUE State Technology Conference Audio recordings of select keynotes and concurrent sessions. Walter McKenzie wmckenzie@masscue.org Deneen Frazier Bowen This lively address that set the tone for the entire event! Take a uniquely entertaining and enlightening journey into the minds and hearts of today's digital natives. Using recent research, Deneen portrays a riveting cast of characters to reveal the students' struggle to connect what they do in school with what they do in the world. Using their own words, Deneen invites you to witness and connect to both the hope and discontent felt by these restless natives. Discover how to engage and leverage the digital mindset and creative energy of your own students to support the co-creation of a new future for your school. http://www.masscue.org/conference/2006/podcasts/Wednesday%20keynote.m4a Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:45:55 -0500 60:00 students, technology, teaching, learning, pedagogy Charlie Schiller, Isa Kaftal Zimmerman and Matt Mervis A rountable discussion on the status of IT fluency in Massachusetts. What does an IT Fluent Massachusetts mean? What initiatives are active and what groups are currently working toward this goal? Come meet some of the leaders involved in these statewide initiatives and projects. Find out how you can get involved in what they are doing and what the future plans and impact might be. The Roundtable panelists will be discussing Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI) projects from across the state, the four ongoing Wingspread Conference Working Groups (Vision, IT Licensure, IT Resource Warehouse R&D, IT Best Practices Vignettes), the One-to-One Laptop initiatives from Boston to the Berkshires, the latest IT Licensure news, the current IT funding opportunities, and other topics that arise during the discussion. http://www.masscue.org/conference/2006/podcasts/Collaborations%20in%20IT%20Fluency.m4a Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:01:14 -0500 60:00 technology, fluency, infrastructure, pedagogy Paul Colombo Make audio podcasts available online for your students! Podcasting is powerful technology that enables teachers to speak directly to students, parents, or colleagues. This workshop will demonstrate the creation of podcasts and how to make the audio files available on the Internet through the use of a variety of inexpensive software applications. Attendees will experience the installation of WordPress software with podcast plug-in architecture to enable a web site to provide a blog space that is capable of producing archived podcasts (audio files) along with the creation of a typical podcast through Recorder Xhead software (Audicity and Audio Recorder will also be discussed). Creation of the catalogue/enclosure structure to provide these recordings in an RSS/ATOM feed as well as through Apple's iTunes will be displayed using FeedForAll software. This presentation will be given on Macintosh OS X 10.4 (Tiger) however an ample amount of time will be allotted for a question and answer format allowing participants an opportunity to dis cuss platform specific issues for implementation within their school network or through an ISP of their choice. http://www.masscue.org/conference/2006/podcasts/Podcasting-%20Extend%20Your%20Classroom!.m4a Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:12:52 -0500 60:00 podcasting, classroom, audio, students, rss, feeds Michael Whittier Use authentic U.S. census data to provide real world learning in the classroom! This session engages participants in using the U.S. Census Bureau to provide real life data for classroom discussions. Several model lessons that use Excel and census data will be demonstrated, as well as a close look at the Bureau of the Census web site and how to drill out the data that you need to support your social studies or mathematics curriculum. The data provides real life numbers in which to create meaningful learning experiences. http://www.masscue.org/conference/2006/podcasts/Teaching%20with%20the%20Census.m4a Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:05:21 -0500 60:00 teaching, social studies, census, technology, Internet, data