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NOW for something completely different!

Welcome to a specially recorded “podcast for broadcast” version of Mark and Kathy’s keynote presentation for Technology Teacher Professional Day

SPECIAL FEATURE: Be sure to view the PowerPoint that accompanies this podcast. Watch the PDF version of this presentation while you listen! (at www.teacherspodcast.org--- episode 16)

Starting with quotes from Shaw, Cervantes, and King, we cover the gamut of perspectives and possibilities. Join us as we share key resources, insights and suggestions with teachers around the world! Fabulous announcements in this episode include the launch of Talking Financial Literacy Podcast (www.talkingfinlit.org), further details about the 3rd Annual Best Educational Podcast Contest, AND a Teacher’s Podcast focus group on the topic of Talking Financial Literacy at ISTE NECC 2008- (June 30-July 2) Specific times, day and location to be announced— stay tuned for details a this blog.

ISTE NECC 2008 MEETUP for TTPOD

Originally prepared as a video conferenced remote presentation to the teachers of Palliser Regional Schools, as part of their first district wide professional development day on the integration of Technology, this content was re-recorded for this episode.

Resources mentioned in the presentation:

* VOKI http://www.voki.com and
o the VOKI “Hillary” avatar message created for this presentation
* Voices of the World – International Online Collaborative Project
o http://onevoice.ning.com/
o and (student work example)
* Partnership for 21st Century Skills
* The Futures Channel – Math & Science Digital Video Content
* LibriVox http://librivox.org/
o Free audio books which are in the public domain
o from sci fi to poetry, biographies to plays, check out the over 1300 entries available!
* Mabry Online – Hyper Successful Middle School Program of
o Student Reports done as Digital Video Projects and
o Dr. Tim Tyson’s (principal of Mabry School) Closing Keynote @ NECC 2007
* Small Voices Podcast
o http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com/
* podOmatic
o http://www.podomatic.com/
* Jeff Bradley’s Blog
o http://ipsbradley.blogspot.com
* The Teachers Podcast & TTP Archives
o www.teacherspodcast.org
* International Society for Technology in Education
o http://www.iste.org/
* Scholastic
* Talking Financial Literacy Podcast - a newly launched series by Mark and Kathy
o www.talkingfinlit.org
* ISTE NEEC Teacher’s Podcast Meet-Up and Focus Group
o Focus group on the topic of Talking Financial Literacy at ISTE NECC 2008- (June 30-July 2) Specific times, day and location to be announced— stay tuned for details a this blog.

This episode is enthusiastically dedicated to

1. Pallisers Regional Schools, Alberta Canada (http://www.pallisersd.ab.ca/) who invited The Teacher’s Podcast dynamic duo to kick off their first Tech PD Day via video- conference hookup
2. All educators everywhere who are traveling the journey of learning, exploring and innovating with technology in teaching and learning!

The 3rd Annual Best Educational Podcast Contest - Deadline July 5, 2008