Category Archives: Learning Resources

Screencasts as Learning Tools – An S5 Slide Show

I’ve uploaded the first installment of four from my Blogs, Podcasts, Wiki’s & Screencasts presentation at Nipissing University in January. It’s the first part of the talk which highlighted SCREENCASTS in the classroom. This is a slideshow using the S5 … Continue reading

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Ed-Tech Podcast Remixes and Mashups

In a previous post, I proposed that I’d like to make one podcast out of what I deem as the “noteworthy” parts of other podcasts. I have since discovered that if I did make one podcast out of several, I … Continue reading

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The Problem with Podcasting

Is anyone listening to this stuff? I seem to be getting more and more frustrated about the great podcasts I’m downloading yet not finding the listening time. Then, when I am listening, there’s usually some poignant parts of the audio … Continue reading

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Timers and Choosers

COUNT DOWN for a QUIZ SHOW My husband recently played an adapted version of “The Price is Right” in his college marketing class (more on that later) and he asked me if I knew of any uncomplicated timer or “count … Continue reading

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Keeping Straight Learning Objects/Interactives/Tools/ and iDevices

Today I created a new Category for some of my blog posts – “Learning Resources”. I felt it was time to start hashing out the difference and similarities between such labels as learning objects and learning interactives, learning tools and … Continue reading

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