I read an article in Fast Company magazine the other day that talked about the rise in popularity of smartphones and other devices that allow kids to access information anywhere. There are over 6 billion people in the world today and according to the article, it is estimated that there will be 5 billion cell …
Category Archive: Instructional Technology
Apr
26
CEC 2010 Sessions – Nashville, TN
Apologies for being away for so long… I started another venture that occupied way too much of my time. Fortunately I’m back now, so should be able to provide updates much more often. This post is just to speak on the two sessions I did with my colleagues at the CEC Conference in Nashville, TN. …
Apr
15
Cool Whiteboard Software
Just finished reading about how to integrate whiteboard lessons into online learning environments where the FREE software LectureScribe was mentioned. LectureScribe is a software developed by Brian Dean, an assistant professor of computer science at Clemson University. I viewed a demo of the software and found it very well put together. Although it is recommended …
Mar
03
Academic Earth makes going to college easy
I ran across one of the best sites I’ve seen recently after reading about it an article. The site is called Academic Earth and this is how they describe themselves: We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from …
Mar
02
Kindle 2 Released
It’s official, the Kindle 2 has been released. I must admit that after seeing the Kindle 2, I now think that I may have purchased my Kindle too early. Although expensive ($359 at the time of this writing), it has updated many of the things that I find problematic with the 1st generation Kindle, including: …
Nov
13
Text to Speech just got easier
Most of us are probably familiar with products that turn digital text into speech. Programs like Read&Write Gold and Kurzweil are feature packed applications that will not only read almost any digital text to you, but also provide numerous other supports such as advanced spell check, word prediction and more. Other programs, like ReadPlease are …
Oct
15
Podcasting 101
I’ve held off on doing a post on podcasting because every school, district or organization I help get started have things in place that make them unique. For example, I typically recommend using a blog to run your podcast through, but many places do not have or even allow the use of blogs. Others may …
Jul
29
Podcasting and Podcatcher Options
For those that aren’t aware, a podcatcher is a software application used to collect and play podcasts. By far, the most popular podcatcher is iTunes. However, not everyone wants to rely on only one software application. In addition, there are many schools or entire districts that do not allow the use of iTunes. So what …
Jun
01
Video Self Modeling Part 2 – The techy stuff – Updated June 2008
This post is part 2 to my introduction to video self modeling (VSM). Part 1 is only a few paragraphs long so I recommend you read it first to gain a better understanding of what video self modeling is. You can access the post BY CLICKING HERE. So now the fun part… What do you …
Jan
25
Intro to Video Self Modeling – Part 1
The idea of using images or videos of appropriate behavior in hopes to get individuals to replicate that behavior is a rather common strategy used today. We see it anywhere from exercise tapes to instructional videos. An adaptation of this strategy that you may not see as often is known as video self modeling (VSM), …