December 20th, 2009
Episode 32: Veteran Teacher and Technology Coach Sue Sheffer discusses Project-Based Learning.
Show Links:
Movieclips.com – Square Peg in a Round Hole
Posterous.com – blog posts via email and text messaging
Moodle – Open Source Content Management System

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December 2nd, 2009
It’s that time again — it’s tough to try to choose since there are SO many great blogs and wikis out there, but here are my nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards:
Best Student Blog: Civil War Sallie – Great student blog to learn about the Civil War and collaborate with others around the country on the topic. Nice work Sarah!
Best Resource Sharing Blog: Teaching the Civil War with Technology - Jim continues to raise the bar with his Civil War / Tech Integration blog. A great site!
Best Educational Use of Audio: Wicked Decent Learning – Those wild and crazy guys up in Maine do a great service for us educators while keeping us entertained! Where do they find the time?!
Keep up the great work!
Lifetime Achievement: Tipline - Since 1993 Jim Gates is like the Energizer Bunny – he just keeps going and going and going… thanks for all the great work, Jim!
Best Educational Wiki: Web 2.0 Guru – When does this girl sleep?! Incredible amount of resources!
Best Corporate Education Blog: AniktoBlog – You won’t find a better blog on User Centered Design and Web Accessibility. Kel takes this to a whole new level – please check it out.
Best Individual Blog: Indirect Manipulation- Thoughts on Digital Design, Social Technology, and other Stuff.
You can nominate your own favorites. Simply follow the directions from The Edublog Awards Homepage.
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October 14th, 2009
Episode 31: Will Richardson chats about helping to start a fire inside administrators, how his blog changed his life, and “Gutenberg on Steriods.” If you ever get a chance to attend a workshop with Will or hear him speak, don’t miss out
Show links:
Weblogg-ed.com - Will’s blog
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms – Will’s book on educational web tools
Edublogs – get started with blogging here
Project Gutenberg – the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks).

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August 26th, 2009
Episode 30: A chat with Mike Smith, a superintendent in Oakland, Illinois, and the creator of Principalspage.com – chock full of resources for administrators and educators. Mike also writes the blog which will give every educator a smile.
Show links:
The Principals Page – great resources for administrators and K12 educators
The Principals Page Blog – funny, sarcastic — satire at its best!

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August 3rd, 2009
Episode 29: a chat with Dr. Lynn Nolan and Chris O’Neal about several of ISTE’s free leadership tools; we also chat with a few PA students about their projects at the Classrooms for the Future Capitol Day
Show links:
ISTE NETS – National Education Technology Standards
etoolkit.org – Leadership tools for systemic change
Classrooms for the Future – Transforming the way we teach in Pennsylvania
Chris O’Neal – the home base for Chris O’Neal.

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June 4th, 2009
Episode 28: I chat with Tina Shank, a 34-year veteran teacher about the unique ways she incorporates tech into her FCS classroom. As a bonus, two 8th grade students, Gabbie and Matt, join in our conversation. THIS is tech integration!
Show links:
Mrs. Shank’s Moodle site – (use Login as Guest to enter)
Mrs. Shank’s Media page – THIS is how to use media in your classroom!

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Tags: education, Family and Consumer Science, FCS, k12, middle school, solon, technology integration, Tina Shank
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May 5th, 2009
Episode 27: I chat with high school English teacher, Scott Hertzog, about his classroom and leisure podcasting. Scott’s educational podcasts include Room 312, The Fireside Book Chat, and Poem of the Week. All his podcasts can be found at Zogpod.com. 
Show notes:
Zogpod.com – Scott’s all-encompasing site for his podcasts

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