Edtechtalk

Serendipity. Just seeing my thwirl swirling on my screen when I saw Jefflebow there. Well, out of curiosity, because these guys at edtechtalk are always around new stuff, I decided to click on the link Jeff suggested to test mebeam. Bang! I was there with him, John Schinker, Dave Cormier and Jen Madrell. What a great pleasure to see all those little video thumbnails. I laughed to myself because I…Read the rest of this article

I've Been Traveling the World

Just by being online, I can be everywhere. However, for the past two days, I’ve been to very specific destinations. First stop was Hanoi with Jeff Lebow’s vietnamese students. I could feel their excitement. They had very little experience with computers, and Jeff has led them to discover a whole new sphere of teaching and learning through blogging, bookmarking, podcasting, oovooing… Jeff has…Read the rest of this article

Vance Stevens Talks about Abu Dhabi

Here’s an interview with Vance Stevens about Abu Dhabi.
He talks about:
the city the multicultural population religion entertainment other Emirates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the postal service
Thanks, Vance, for giving a broader perspective on Abu Dhabi!

Take a tour with Vance:
Vance’s Neighborhood via kwout
Take a look at these wonderful photos of Abu Dhabi…Read the rest of this article

EarthCast 08 Update - A Wonderful Journey to Antarctica

April 22nd, 2008. Earth Day, though Earth Day should be every day! Well, we need some reminders, an awakening for the importance of doing something about our surroundings.
As I listened to the EarthCast08 promoted by Worldbridges, I realized that it was a great and meaningful way to practice your listening skills, so I recorded and divided the listening into parts.
Here are students of Rye…Read the rest of this article

Connections Through Food - Barbecue

Reading Treasures in the Language Classroom Show

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We planned, tried to predict, prepared ourselves for the first announced show. We had already had many informal ones, but it was time to go for the real one. We decided for the topic and there we were with no Skype. What seemed to be doomed to failure became a nice, lively talk full of interaction and rich of resources to share. The Skype glitch worked in our favor, at last…Read the rest of this article

Reading Treasures - Getting Ready for the Show

Reading Treasures in the Language Classroom - Planning a Show

This will be a piloting project with the LearningwithComputers group.
The idea behind the show is to give voice to LwCers to discuss the topic of the month. In this case, the topic being discussed there is ”’reading”’. We’d try it out a first time and depending on our post-show analysis,we’ll consider making it a once-a-month encounter.
The goal is to make even stronger bonds through the…Read the rest of this article

Open Networked Learning - Architectures of Participation

August 10th is history for the Webheads, for Worlbridges and the Webcastacademy. Bee Dieu was the architect. She was there in New Orleans in Merlot Conference orchestrating participation from her audience, the physical one and the online group divided into two. One group was in Alado, the others in Second Life by the campfire. Jeff LeBow was there bridging audio from Second Life and Alado to the…Read the rest of this article

InternCast International Show

InternCast International Show recording here.

Lots of Lessons learned today.
First, Skype can badly misbehave and you have to keep it going. The solution? Maybe drop skype and keep talking to the listeners and asking for their input in the chat area.
Second, if you are streaming and another person is responsible for the skype conference, you have to keep talking if the call is…Read the rest of this article