The Digital Frontier Podcast – Episode #1

A Review of NECC 2008

Dr. Leigh Zeitz is our first guest on “The Digital Frontier Podcast,” a new podcast focusing on emerging instructional technologies. Our topic in this episode is a review of the National Educational Computing Conference held June 29-July 2 in San Antonio, TX.

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Podcast Highlights:

  • Introduction
  • Background on NECC
  • The Convergence of Instructional Technologies
  • Sunburst Software & Type to Learn 4; teaching elementary-age students to type.
  • Crick Software’s Clicker & WriteOnline
  • Collaboration
  • Collaborative Tools and the Quality of Academic Work
  • Scientific American and Collaborative Publishing
  • Using Emerging Technologies to Create Collaborative Learning Environment
  • Dealing with the avalanche of new technologies.
  • Using Skype to bring experts live into your classroom.
  • Second Life
  • Bernajean Porter (on Second Life befriend Charzeee Kitaj )
  • National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • RAGBRAI
  • Leigh Zeitz Contact Information
  • Wrap

One thought on “The Digital Frontier Podcast – Episode #1

  1. Although I might be a little biased, I think that your podcast is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!

    This is a true application of what you learned in our Emerging Instructional Technology class.

    Keep it up!!!!

    Z

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