Changing a System: K12 Online Presentation

My presentation titled "Changing a System: Network Centric Learning Communities" is now live on the K12 Online Site. For those of you interested you can view the video podcasts through that site by clicking here. I have also posted my three part video podcast on Youtube and embedded them below. I used a Pecha-kucha format. I receive the idea for the Pecha-kucha format from a blog post that Daniel Pink (author of A Whole new Mind) titled, Got Pecha-Kucha? It was a challenge to generate a presentation following a strict format of 20 slides automatically timed at 20 seconds per slide.

It forced me to be direct and attempt to write a provocative story while minimizing pontification. As I was producing these video podcasts, I realized that the stories that make me think, are often the ones that don't attempt to fill in all the details. They let me connect some of the dots and react.

Note that I have three segments (three Pecha-Kuchas) to my story The Setting, The Characters, and Collaboration (a solution). I didn't get my entire story in one Pecha-Kucha - I felt that I needed to provide 20 minutes worth of presentation. I know old habits are hard to break... I still think about time allotted for the presentation.

Also note that, each Pecha-Kucha (each segment) begins the story with the same introductory slides...

Anyway, I would appreciate any and all feedback on these presentations.

Part 1: The Setting


Part 2: The Characters


Part 3: Collaboration (a solution)

A White Paper: Podcasting & Vodcasting

This White paper titled Podcasting & Vodcasting prepared by Peter Meng from the University of Missouri does an outstanding job describing how to become a producer of both podcasts and vodcasts.

The Education Podcast Network

This site brings together a wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content.

clipped from www.epnweb.org

7 Things you should know about podcasts.

The following article published by the Educause Learning Initiative provides seven things that you should know about educational podcasts. Including what it is, who is doing it, and how it works. Check it out at 7 things you should know about podcasting.

Who's using podcasting in education and how?

A useful site maintained by the Fordham University RETC Center for Professional Development

clipped from www.podcastforteachers.org

The Transforming Web

This is an interesting article about how the new collaborative paradigm obliterates the distinction between information providers and consumers.

clipped from www.masternewmedia.org

MET Podcasts

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced a new podcast website that includes an RSS feed. The podcasts provide a behind-the-scenes look at treasures of the MET.