Just finished watching a lecture by Lawrence Lessig from Stanford. His latest book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy deals with the need to update copyright/fair use laws to reflect the way it is being used as a communication platform by kids. Had to include this fabulous mash-up he gace as an example:
I was reading Tim Wilson's blog looking for information about purchasing equipment when I came across a couple postings I will republish - one a list of ways podcasts can be used in the classroom and the other an interesting way of encouraging administrators to drink the podcast Kool-Aid.
The post I was looking for is below:
December 24th, 2005 | by Tim Wilson |
I posted a while ago about my new podcasting microphone, but I thought I’d post an updated photo of the podcave. If you click through to the photo on Flickr you’ll be able to see some additional information about the equipment. The new gear includes a Heil PL-2 boom, Electro-Voice RE20, and Model 309 shockmount.
Looking forward to hearing how to deploy new systems. However, I started my day with a Keynote from David Pogue of the NYTimes - an excellent choice.
Feature Presentations 9:00am - 10:00am West Hall 3010
Speakers:
Move over Letterman, Leno and Conan - New York Times technology columnist and Mac industry luminary David Pogue returns to Macworld to host our very own talk show. The news of the day, exciting guests, David’s famous song parodies and plenty of surprises await you as Macworld Live returns to San Francisco!
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3 excellent sessions
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Kicked off this year's macWorld by attending the John Lennon Bus event Tuesday night sponsored by the education group at Apple.
We will use the tech training period to complete the EdTechProfile. Your status is currently green but will be out of date by August '07. I sent your login and password this morning and I have a hard copy if
necessary. Upon login, you will need to verify your site (make sure it is Forest Park then click Done) and confirm your email address. Click Retake then click Start Here. Some questions are in columns in which you determine whether you fit in a majority of the attributes described while others are multiple choice.
Hall Davidson was the 6th and final speaker at the K-12 Symposium and in his inimitable style gave a hyperactive presentation on myriad uses of iPods in the classroom titled The MegaVCR: Media and More in Your Pocket.
Came away with some really neat ideas of how to use this portable technology in the classroom. Hall's central theme was the iPods ability to house a variety of media including:
that could be passed between classrooms. Videos can be added to the iPod after they have been imported into iTunes. If the file is already in mpv4 format, select Add to Librabry. Other assest will have to be converted by right-clicking the video then selecting Convert Selection for iPod. Purchased an iPod cradle with s-video inputs based on his recommendation. I would like to try this out in Jon Ford's room as a way to show powerpoint presentations.

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