IceCasting

IceCasting Wrapup

2005-03-08T13:45:00.000-08:00

First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in this experiment, whether it was by posting an entry, leaving an audio comment or simply by visiting it! I definitely think that the idea has merit and there are several things that I will be doing differently for the next incarnation.

Every I spoke to was intruiged by the idea nad could see potential uses for it. However, several factors contributed to the fact that it was used more. Primary among them was the simple fact that the site was not prepared until 2am the night before the conference began! If people don't know about it, they can't participate! If I'm able to attend NECC this year, I'll try to have a system in place much sooner and attempt to contact the people running the conference to try to get some official support. David Jakes was kind enough to allow me to plug the site at the end of his presentation. Perhaps other presenters could simply add a note in the last slide of their PowerPoint directing people to the site.

Something else that I learned was that I need to build in some sort of a verification link for email entries. The site did got put on to a spam list, so I've been busy deleting those posts. Having a link for people to click on before entries actually went live would probably eliminate that problem entirely.

Two of us used the audio comments feature. One thing I would definitely do differently there is to find a different service for the audio portion. I was disappointed by the quality of it, but the number of numbers to punch in before you could leave a message made it rather difficult.

On the whole, I think it was a very successful 'alpha', I definitely learned quite a bit from the experience and intend to pursue it further. If you'd like to contact me about it, you send a message to sdembo {}at{} gmail {}dot{} com.

Thanks to everyone who joined me in this little experiment! See you at the next conference!

Moodle

2005-03-04T00:22:00.000-08:00

I attended ICE for a presentation on Moodle. I work for CUSD#200 as a
Network Administrator and plan on using Moodle in a wider capacity for
online courseware.

-Jeff O'Hara
The iPodder Documentation Project
http://blog.zemote.com
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"If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if
you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime."
-Anonymous

Digital Presentations

2005-03-03T12:52:00.000-08:00

I love the idea of taking a classical painting and having the students in
art class blow it up to life size. Then, substituting in students for the
subjects of the painting and having them talk through a report about the
artist and the painting. It's a great idea, and visually compelling.
Fantastic use of a digital presentation.

Open Source resources

2005-03-03T10:19:00.000-08:00

This workshop had an immense amount of Open Source resources available for schools. Sounds like the Peter Laimins at the DaVinci Academy has really embraced Open Source. His school would be a good model for schools interested in getting started.

Website of the day so far: www.pjassociates.biz It's a consulting service, but they're willing to give your school a computer with Linux and Open Source tools on it for you to experiment with. That's right, you don't have to set it up yourself. Ask for it, get it and play with it! What a
fantastic opportunity for educators to experience these tools for themselves. Jim Kidston at Elgin Academy is doing just that and had extremely positive things to say about the experience. Free computer, free software, the only investment you need to make is time.

2005-03-03T09:29:00.000-08:00

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2005-03-02T16:49:00.000-08:00

posting for blog

2005-03-01T06:38:00.000-08:00

On Friday, March 4th, there will be a panel presentation in the Turquoise room showcasing multimedia authoring software. Highly recommended.

9:45 a.m. Part I includes Flash, eZedia, and Runtime Revolution

10:45 a.m. Part II includes Squeak, CREATE Together, and Blackspace

Presenters are from several area schools and will be presented by Arlene Borthwith from National-Lewis.

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Ann Hamel
Director of Academic Technology
Quest Academy
ann.hamel@questacademy.org

What in the world is IceCasting?

2005-02-28T20:57:00.000-08:00

IceCasting is an experiment in MobCasting, an idea that Andy Carvin has been exploring lately. The Illinois Technology Conference for Educators (IL-TCE) will be held in St. Charles from March 1 through March 4 and I thought this might be an interesting way to extend the learning.

Everyone loves attending conferences. There's something about being surrounded by your colleagues and being exposed to new ideas at every turn that really just gets people jazzed up about technology, teaching, and education in general. This blog is a way to capture that feeling and share it with other people. It's a place to capture those ideas that you just can't wait to take back to your school, or make you think differently about the way you're doing things now.

If you experienced something at ICE and want to share it with people, there's two ways that you can do so. Send an email to teach42.icecasting@blogger.com, and the entire text of the email will be instantly posted here. You can also attach photos to the emails if you'd like to! If you'd like to leave an audio comment, simply call 1-661-716-BLOG (2564), use 555-555-5555 for the login and then enter 2005 as your pincode. Leave a message and your audio comment will be posted directly to the blog!

So in between sessions, if you feel inspired, pick up your cell phone and give the number a call. Share what you've seen or heard that inspired you with everyone else. Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone else attending the conference.

If you happen to use Flickr, then tag your ICE photos with ICE2005. I'll be adding a feed to the sidebar that will grab all of our communal photos that way.

Enjoy the conference and share your experiences!