Erica, Agel and Courtney Rose Identify Useful Internet Sites for Elementary Teachers

Angel Dixon, Courtney Rose and Erica Burrell identify and discuss useful Internet sites for elementary school teachers.

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Jahmarkus Rabb, Frederick Patterson and Jessica Debose (not pictured) discuss whether Facebook can be useful to educators and if so how it can be used productively.

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Ginger Parnell Interviews Mike Foster of the Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau

Ginger Parnell interviewed Mike Foster, Vice President of Marketing for the Gulf Coast Visitor and Convention Bureau. Watch her videocast by clicking on the picture. Mr. Foster discusses the various ways in which the Visitor and Convention Bureau attempts to reach potential visitors to the Alabama Gulf Coast and the move from print to the internet for the Bureau's advertising. Part of this is because most visitors determine where they will go on vacation and make reservations on the internet. They are also major users of the internet while at the beach. You may be surprised about the changes in marketing techniques that he discusses.

Catherine, Lanadia and Courtney Discuss Useful Internet Sites for Elementary Teachers

Catherine Bryars, Lanadia Patrick and Courtney Deflanders discuss useful internet sites for elementary teachers.

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Paperless Classroom? A Look at the Future with Dr. Strange

Katherine Duren, Alexandria Hayes and Belinda Flucker interview Dr. John Strange about the classroom of the future. The starting question is What About A Paperless Classroom?

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What If Technology Lost Its Patience and Left Us?

Dillon Rogers, Autumn Wiggins, Jamie Lynn, and Kimberly Gilley muse about the question What If Technology Lost Its Patience and Left Us? in a very evocative short movie by the same name.

This video is also on You Tube.

Hillary Polchow, Jessica Parker and Lachandra Lett Discuss Technology in the COE

Hillary Polchow, Jessica Parker and Lachandra Lett discuss how technology is used in classes at the University of South Alabama.

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Teacher Tube, Ted, SmartBoards, and Edutopia

Anthony Capps, Heather Anderson, Laurin Karadimos, and Lacey Musgrove discuss how Teacher Tube, Ted, SmartBoards, and Edutopia can be effectively used by teachers.
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What I learned from "Did You Know 3.0" JA 0410

Ruth Nazarian and Ricky Ruffin discuss what they learned from watching the video "Did you know 3.0/Shift Happens" and how it affected them as future teachers.

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Hannah Cooper, Bailey Wilson, Emily Alford and Major Deacon discuss their experiences with blogging and how it can be useful to them as future teachers.

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Can Facebook Be Used as an Educational Tool? JA 0101

Brigit Johnson, Nichole Henderson, and Kennavia King discuss if facebook can be used as an education tool?

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Video Podcasting and the Classroom

Todd Reyes, John Harville, Cade Somers, and Ryan Rogers share their videocast Video Podcasting and the Classroom which they created explaining how to use podcasts in a class room and why that is so important.

EDM 310 Interviews Dr. Strange on Change to Listerner/Watchers

Margaret Hines, Stephen Burrough, and Erica Freeman interview Dr. John Strange and discuss the process by which students are becoming listener/watchers rather than reader/writers and the implications of this change for education.

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Technology in Classes at South: A Discussion

Jessica Pierce, Jahmarkus Rabb and Marissa Washington discuss the ways in which technology is used in classes at the University of South Alabama.

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Samantha, Emily, and Tiffany Discuss Wikipedia

Samantha Sunderman, Emily Carlson, and Tiffany Paul discuss whether Wikipedia is an enemy of students or not.

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Our Experiences in Blogging: Good So Far!

Sabrina McAnally, Lindsay Sanders and Jennifer Foreman discuss their experiences in blogging.

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Ms. Kimber's Puppet Interviews

Kimberly Windham presents Ms. Kimber's Puppet Interviews.

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The Technologically Literate Teacher

Nicole,Dana, Dr. Strange, Kitty and Megan discuss how we would define a technologically literate teacher. What does a tech literate teacher know: What is he or she able to do? What experiences has he or she had? What attitudes does a tech literate teacher exhibit?

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We also produced a video of this podcast. At present, it is only available here since it is a trial to see whether all, some or none of the podcasts next semester will be videocasts instead. To watch the video click Watch the Videocast of The Technologically Literate Teacher.

This discussion stems from Karl Fisch's a 2007 post by Karl Fisch, author of The Fischbowl and Director of Technology for Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado: "Is It Okay to Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?"
The material the class reviewed in preparation for this podcast can be found in a separate blog: The Schools of Tomorrow and The Tech Literate Teacher.

The conversation is ongoing. We invite you to participate in it through the wiki Tech Literate Teacher

Should All Teachers Be Technologically Literate?

Nicole,Dana, Dr. Strange, Kitty and Megan discuss whether or not all teachers should be technologically literate teachers.

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We also produced a video of this podcast. At present, it is only available here since it is a trial to see whether all, some or none of the podcasts next semester will be videocasts instead. To watch the video click Watch the videocast Should All Teachers Be Tech Literate?

This discussion stems from Karl Fisch's a 2007 post by Karl Fisch, author of The Fischbowl and Director of Technology for Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado: "Is It Okay to Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher?"

The material the class reviewed in preparation for this podcast can be found in a separate blog: The Schools of Tomorrow and The Tech Literate Teacher.

The conversation is ongoing. We invite you to participate in it through the wiki Tech Literate Teacher

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Anjel Clark, Rosa Howard and Owen Gates discuss using ITunes in Education.


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Ashley Ryals, Jessica Miller and Ashleigh Hill discuss Burpback Education.


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Jeremy Evans, Lindsey Parker, Brandee Moore and Keith King discuss using Youtube as an educational tool.


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Robert Mounsey and Mark Collins discuss Technology and the Military in Education.


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Courtney Parker, Jonathan Orr and Amanda Norwood discuss using Games in Education

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How Technology is used in Classess at USA

Shelley Graham, Eve Tatum, and Melanie Kriner discuss how technology is used in their classes at the University of South Alabama.


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Websites discussed on this podcast:

USA Online

Mr. Sullivan's Class Blog

A Discussion of "Shift Happens"

Scott Thomas, Hollye Galloway, and Tomorrow Haynes discuss the significance of "Shift Happens", a popular web video.

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Reflections on the Last Lecture of Randy Pausch

Martha Miles, Blake Middleton, and Kelly Howell offer a reflective discussion of the inspirational last lecture of Randy Pausch. Links mentioned in this podcast are listed below.



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Links to the lecture:
The Last Lecture Website
View Pausch's Last Lecture on YouTube

Useful Internet Sites for Elementary School Teachers

Bre Yrabedra and Jackie Reyonalds present and discuss some excellent websites that are great resuurces for elementary school teachers. Links to all websites discussed are listed below.


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Websites discussed in this podcast
Elementary Teacher Resources.com
Find and Write Lesson Plans
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Reader/Writers or Listener/Watchers?

In this podcast Dr. John Strange discusses his belief that we have left the reading/writing culture and entered the listening/watching culture with Megan Brown and Dana Reeves.


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We also produced a video of this podcast. At present, it is only available here since it is a trial to see whether podcasts next semester will be videocasts instead. (Or some will be videocasts). To watch the video click See Megan, Dana and Dr. Strange discuss the change from a reading/writing culture to a listening/watching culture.

A note from John Strange. Since this podcast was recorded on June 29, 2009 I was told (by my friends on Twitter) about an absolutely fantastic presentation by Dr. Richard E. Miller, Chairman of the English Department at Rutgers University. To really understand how to "write" with multimedia, the primary topic discussed in this podcast, I strongly recommend that you watch Dr. Miller's presentations!

Other materials referred to in this podcast include:
John H. Strange (1995). "A Cultural Revolution: From Books to Silver Discs". Metropolitan Universities, 6 (1), 39-53.
Shane Hipps (2009). Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Shane Hipps (2006). The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.
Next Generation Learning

Out With Schools - In With the Internet?

Kitty Ruzic and Nicole Coomer discuss with Dr. John Strange his suggestion that perhaps we should replace schools with the internet.


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We also produced a video of this podcast. At present, it is only available here since it is a trial to see whether podcasts next semester will be videocasts instead. (Or some will be videocasts). To watch the video click See Kitty, Nicole and Dr. Strange discuss whether we should replace schools with the internet (and other things as well).

In this discussion the following resources were mentioned or referred to:
John H. Strange (1995). "A Cultural Revolution: From Books to Silver Discs". Metropolitan Universities, 6 (1), 39-53.
Godfrey, D., Parkhill, D., Madden, J., & Ouimet, A. (1979) . Gutenberg Two: The New Electronics and Social Change (2nd ed. rev. 1980). Toronto: Press Porcépic.

The "Last Lecture" of Randy Pausch
Mr C's (Mr. William Chamberlain) Class Blog
Mr. Lamshed's Class Blog

Podcasts for the Spring 2009 Semester Are Complete

Podcasts for the Spring 2009 semester are now complete. Podcasts will resume in June assuming the summer school class has sufficient students to be held. Watch for more details.

Thanks for listening to It's Time for Technology Talk!

John Strange

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Sean Ceballos, Chip Curtis and Heather Averette (not pictured) decided to discuss a very interesting lecture from Randy Pausch. This in fact was his last lecture that he gave to his students just after he was diagnosed with cancer. Listen in to find out what we got most out of the lecture!



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Tyler Smith, Whitney Jackson, James Dumas and Rennard Lambert discuss using Wikis as educational tools.


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"Shift Happens” and How it Affects Me as a Teacher BW0218W

Phillip Howell, Daphne Dudley and James Hutchins discuss the Fishbowl video "Shift Happens" by Karl Fisch in which they each present their views on the ever changing world of technology. They discus how it effects education both now and in the future. They tend to agree that the advancement of technology is so fast that without action to continually stay updated with current technology methods, we would fall behind.

Click Here to see the video "Shift Happens 2.0"


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Keesha Miles, Emma Jones and Doris McManus discuss useful Websites for Educators

Our group researched many educational websites to find some that will be useful to us and other teachers. We looked at many sites that were hard to use and eventually found five websites that we all liked. In this pod cast we discussed what we did and did not like about these websites.

The sites that we discuss are listed below. These websites are fun educational websites that may be used by teachers, students, and parents. They provide great ideas, printouts, games, lesson plans, clip art, and much more. Some of our favorite things are the talking electronic books, animated/interactive games, interactive 100 number charts, and an interactive calendar. Some of them also have great articles about topics like ADD/ADHD, bilingual education, home schooling, parenting, and literacy. We think that these sites were very easy to use and enjoyed using them. Hopefully, new and experienced teachers will find these sites that we found very useful.

Interactive Educational Games
Useful Clip Art Site
Fun Brain Web Site
Site For Useful Lesson Plans
Handwriting Exercises


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Victoria Wiik, Erin O'Rourke, and Amanda Raskiewicz (not pictured); wade through the pros and cons of using Teacher Tube and You Tube in a classroom setting. They all agreed that Teacher Tube was a much more appropriate tool rather than You Tube.


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Melissa Zebracki and Amanda Williams discuss Dr. Strange's thesis "Readers/Writers to Watchers/Listeners" and how it applies to education today and education in the future.


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Can Wikipedia be Useful to Students and Educators? BW0430W

Nick Nogueira Tommy Nguyen, and Lauren Mott discuss the reliability of Wikipedia. We talk about what Wikipedia is and what people use it for. We also discuss the pros and cons. We came to the conclusion that although Wikipedia is a good starting point, it shouldn't be used as the only source. It is a very controversial issue. We also discuss our own personal experiences with Wikipedia. Enjoy!


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Thelma Jones, Brittany Jinks and Cynthia Burnette discuss using Youtube as an educational tool.


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Jaclyn Hendrix, Kayland Lamar, Brittany Carson and Julia Roe discuss using Facebook as an educational tool.


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