Podcast #2 Making History 4.21.2006

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Podcast #2 Shownotes - You heard it here last....

Introduction Music: Blue Mountain Boogie by Mark Scott LaMountain and the Blue Thunder Band from the Podsafe Network: http://music.podshow.com

Segment #1 Rural college pushes iPod use for lectures
The campus of Georgia College & State University boasts traditional college fare: spacious greens, historic architecture and a steady stream of students with the familiar white headphones of iPods dangling from their ears.

Segment #2 New York State Computers and Technologies in Education - Conference March 22, 2006 http://www.nyscate.org/ NYSCATE includes educators and educational administrators. Their mission is “to inspire and empower learning communities to envision and implement technologies for the purpose of improving student achievement.”

Bloglines: Free news aggregator http://www.bloglines.com/about/

Will Richardson's Blog http://www.weblogg-ed.com/

What every educator needs to know about Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms in one handy (and if I do say so myself, smart-looking) volume. Written for young teachers, old teachers, soon-to-be-teachers, administrators, heck…anyone who wants to learn more about how the Web is changing teaching and learning.

Segment #3 Classroom Experiments - Test Process Pocasts

The Test Process podcasts website provides a personalized summary of each of our class unit tests http://www.testprocess.blogspot.com/

Segment #4 Comments on Jackie Robinson Day April 15th 2006: n April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. In celebration of the most momentous day in baseball history, Commissioner Alan H. (“Bud”) Selig declared April 15 “Jackie Robinson Day” in perpetuity.

Additional Links from Segment #4
Jackie Robinson Foundation: http://www.jackierobinson.org/
Teddy Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington from Wikipedia.org
Baseball Hall of Fame http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/

Until Next Time....