Podcasting session at NSWCEG

I sat in on Greg Preston's podcasting session at NSWCEG today.
Here is a roundup.

1. Podcast research (in relation to educational outcomes and classroom learning. Not much of it around. Suffice to say that "it feels right".
2. Examples of podcasting, from professional, commercial, to student.
3. Quick demo of how to record, edit, save and upload. reference to numerous web based tutorials.
4. How to use podcasts. Group projects, authentic audienc, external contacts, must be organised.
5. Steps to success.

• Concept (audience, delivery, funding, outline, tasks.
• Content (subject matter, research)
• Implementation (record, edit etc)
• Release:
• Evaluate: (assess against outcomes/goals, rubric)
• Further issues. (copyright, child protection)
  

21st century Leadership

Had the pleasure of chatting with Dan Morris at lunch. He is a fellow Intel Senior Trainer, so we had that amongst other things in common. (Like NECC... even though I was an inworld participant.) He showed me a site that he and Gene (Bias) are using to demonstrate the concepts of 21st century learning to leaders and administrators . You might like to check it out here

I'm off to listen to Gene's keynote.

more later

Live from NSWCEG

Well I made it. I'm sitting in a presentation at the moment by Bryn Jones from Atomic Learning.

It was a seven hour drive from my place to Newcastle. All of the roads are blocked and there are police all over the streets trying to keep the crowds under control with regards to the grounding of the Pasha Bulker.

Dan Morris gave the Keynote this morning on 21st century skills. He was fresh from NECC and spoke on problems of promoting change. Also had fun with these lettle clicker things, where he asked a question of the audience and we got to click the response. Fun yes, but interesting then to compare our reponses with other groups accross the USA.