Podcast #8 - A Day Off For Fall Break

Hello. I'm typing this from my favorite local coffee house - By The Book. It is a great book store here on the historic town square in Liberty, Missouri. They serve great coffee drinks and have a great selection of books for everyone in the family. We love to come down here on the weekends for a treat - I'm enjoying an Oreo freeze right now - and to get a new book or two. Today is a weekday but we have the day off for fall break. We had parent teacher conferences this week and last night visited with parents from 1:30 to 8:00. I will mention the role of technology and conferences in my podcast. I've been writing down thoughts and ideas about learning and technology over the past couple of weeks and have a lot to talk about today. So let's get started.....

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Show Notes:

• Listener response from around the world - where are you listening to this? Last show I heard from Ireland and Australia
• National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Kansas City - November 17-20, 2005
• My presentation: Friday - November 18th - Liberty Minutes Project
• Duke University Podcasting Symposium - held September 27-28 - webcasts available
• The $100 Laptop Project from MIT Media Lab - audio from presention by Nicholas Negroponte from Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwith
• Educational Podcast Spotlight - Ed Tech Talk by World Bridges
• Parent Teacher Conferences and technology as a tool
• Ideas on using podcasting in education: collaborate, content and creating