The "Technology Piece" in the Media Center

Sorry for the big delay. I've been very busy--not just work, but tiling floors, putting down sod, and all sorts of other chores around the house. We have a new dog. He's very fun, but a lot of work. And poop.

And, of course, we have a new baby coming in October. (Did I forget to mention that? My son is very excited, running around the house yelling: "I'm going to be a big brother!")

Anyway, I did have time to do this "official" podcast for work. I interview one of our media specialists on the differences between libraries and media centers. Click the title, above, to listen!

What happens on your web site on a snowy morning?

In this episode, I offer thoughts on MySpace that are going to make me unpopular. Listen carefully, though--it's not MySpace that's the problem. It's our institution. Also, some realizations about my school district's website: how can its evolution bring change in the organization at large? We use Mambo, which forced us to do some things differently.

Click here to listen.

An "Official" Podcast

During any given month, I have a limited amount of time to podcast. I have plenty of time to record. Nothin' else going on in my car. Believe it or not--probably not, given the technical quality of my podcasts--I spend a lot of time editing.

This month, I spent all of that time working on my district's first "official" podcast.

Here's what I came up with. Thanks to Mr. Bleakley, Shannon, Eric and Kristen.

I'll be back next month with some insights on the State of the Union, Linux on the desktop, MySpace, and whatever else happens between now and then.

My 2 Cents on the Future

A not-too-pretty addition to the chorus of predictions ... Click on the title, above, for the podcast.

By the way, it was the Kasier Family Foundation Generation M report that I was referring to, not anything out of Pew. See page 17 of the executive summary for information on television, and also Chapter 13 of the summary (which claims a 19% difference between White and African American homes with access to the internet).

Toward a Paradigm for Educational Technologists

Conversations over the weekend lead me to thinking out loud about how the role of the educational technologist has changed (and is still changing). Time to reforge a paradigm! Listen for my 2 cents.

Also ... a short discussion of JpGraph.

Here's a direct link to the podcast.

Denver, Part 2 of 2

Day 2. The beginnings of some final impressions, since I fly out tomorrow morning. Today was somewhat frustrating, but ended on a good note. A good conference overall. Thanks, Denver, for everything.

Exhausted in Denver ...

Thoughts on the first full day of the 2005 T+L2 conference. What's on the other side of those impossibly huge mountains? Click the title, above, for the mp3.