EdTech Coast-to-Coast

Clarity Innovations' Content and Research Manager Steven Burt interviews Bill Fitzgerald of www.funnymonkey.com about Drupal, Open Academic and the role of open source technologies in education.

 

Clarity Innovations' Content and Research Manager Steven Burt is joined by Tim Wilson and Will Richardson to discuss the changing nature of the role of technology in education.

 

Ed Tech Coast to Coast host and moderator Steven Burt introduces Gwen Solomon, managing editor of techlearning.com, and a panel of educators and technologists at the TechForum held in Seattle, Washington, on November 2, 2006. Panelists include regular contributor Tim Lauer with special guests David Warlick and Conn McQuinn.

Steven Burt is joined by John Lakatos and the technology team from the FDR American School in Lima, Peru, along with Tom Layton to discuss teaching with technology in Lima Peru. Find out more about the Roosevelt school on their Website, www.amersol.edu.pe.

Steven Burt discusses the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 (also known as DOPA) with regular contributors Tim Lauer and Tim Wilson, and special guest David Thornley from Fremont, California.

Unlike most episodes where the contributors are connected using Skype, in this edition, regular contributors Tim Lauer, Will Richardson, Tim Wilson, and special guest Tom Hoffman are all attending the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in San Diego. Topics dicussed include the one laptop per child initiative, Open Source projects and potential, and really big "schwag-bags".

In this edition, Steven Burt of Clarity discusses the popularity of social networking sites such as MySpace and how schools react with content filtering. Features regular panelists Tim Lauer and Tim Wilson and special guest Tom Hoffman, a frequent blogger on the topic at TuttleSVC.

Recorded live at the 2006 NSBA Annual Conference, this episode features guests Clayton Wilcox, Superintendent of Pinellas County School District, Brian Wheeler, board member of Albermarle County School District, and Craig Colgan, Consultant from PotomacPlanet, LLC, with regular hosts Tim Wilson and Steve Burt. They discuss how weblogs are the community engagement tool for the 21st century.

This episode of Ed-Tech Coast to Coast covers activities at FETC 2006, discusses the rising popularity of podcasting, and reflects on eSchool News' education blog awards.

Steven Burt, Tim Lauer, Will Richardson, and Tim Wilson share their Ed Tech predictions for the new year. Some might call this the ‘lost’ episode as it has been so long getting uploaded.

In this episode the panel discusses content filtering with specific regard to student's use of social networking sites like Xanga, Livejournal and MySpace.

In this episode, regular contributors Tim Wilson and Steven Burt meet at the 2005 NSBA T+L Conference in Denver, Colorado, and discuss what's new and what's missing at the conference. The conversation also highlights new technologies and strategies for teaching and learning.

In the third installment, regular panelists Will Richardson, Tim Wilson, and Steven Burt discuss the impact on student achievement from access to technology. The contributes outline the changing role of the teacher and the importance of equity.

What are the barriers to implementing technology and how can they be overcome? Educational technology pioneers Tim Lauer, Will Richardson, and Tim Wilson return to discuss these topics and others.

The pilot episode of Ed Tech Coast to Coast features a look at how three educational technology pioneers from across the country got first got interested in integrating technology into their teaching practices, and where their curiosity led them. Features Will Richardson, Tim Lauer, and host/moderator Steven Burt.