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Educational technology you can use today! Live from the Bronx, Fordham University's Regional Educational Technology Center (RETC) in New York City provides lively conversations about technology with leading educators. Ed tech experts and authors Mark Gura and Dr. Kathy King share curriculum resources, ed tech updates, news, interviews and research with focus about application, innovation and meaning. From software programs and online resources, to intimate conversations with notable and experienced educators, ed techies, and authors this is a podcast for educators who teach all age and grade levels.


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The Teachers' Podcast Ep 20 Pre-NECC Episode: Teacher PD for 21st Century, NECC Presenter- Dr. George Perera, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
BONUS EPISODE! Mark and Kathy bring a little bit of the NECC conference to all our listeners. In this episode we interview Dr. George Perera who will presenting his research about teacher professional development in educational technology at the conference on Monday. His topic is "Capabilities of Technology Coupled with Specific Instructional Methods and Objectives" Teachers as learners and learners as teachers AND reserachers! Our guest is a graduate of our PHD program at Fordham Graduate Schoo...

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[ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Ep 19 The Art and Design of Living and Learning 2.0, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Join us in the garden studio of the Teachers' Podcast for resources and HOT announcements. Kathy and Mark gather on a hot summer day to share advances in podcasting, art and technology for our schools exclusively for their podcast audience. You are the first to learn that McGraw-Hill Education has partnered with us to sponsor our 3rd annual Podcast contest in order to recognize teacher achievement and provide tremendous prizes for our winners. Virtual schools and virtualization also top our disc...

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[ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Ep 18 Education and Bridges: Transparency, Learning and Disruption, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Summer is a time of celebration and refreshment and this episode provides plenty to celebrate, reflect and USE! Calls for celebration and activity include-invitation to join Kathy and Mark for allISTE-SIGHC sorts of discussions and fun at the ISTE NECC Conference, articles written by Kathy and Mark in separate publications about podcasting in higher ed classrooms-(what really does happen in Kathy's classes?), and a roundup of mini laptops by Mark in Converge.Abundant resources, hot news right of...

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[ Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 17 It Is All About Media and Learning, tel 201-693-4932, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Improving learning with a multimedia extravaganza from Kathy and Mark. Audio Books, Audible Kids, and LibriVox, the FLIP video camera and always resources, resources, resources! Topnotch articles demonstrating new media for learning advancement, use in classrooms and more. Adaptable tool for admin and tech support! Product reviews: Spiceworks and Flip. Triple-crown of announcements in this episode include the launch of Talking Financial Literacy Podcast (www.talkingfinlit.org), more details abou...

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[ Tue, 20 May 2008 20:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 16 Ed Tech: Dream and Believe - Learn and Achieve tel 201-693-4932, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
NOW for something completely different! A special version of Mark and Kathy's keynote for Tech Teacher Professional Day. SPECIAL FEATURES include: Go to our website to watch the PDF version of this presentation while you listen! Join us as we share key resources, insights and suggestions with teachers around the world! Fabulous announcements in this episode include the launch of Talking Financial Literacy Podcast (www.talkingfinlit.org), more details about the Podcast Contest, AND TTPOD Meet-UP ...

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[ Sat, 03 May 2008 23:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers Podcast Episode 15, Moving Target of Technology for 2008- Podcast Contest Announced, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Classroom Device Excitement, The New Generation of Student Laptops; Best Education Podcast Contest Announced; A Block Buster Trend. In this episode news about HPs new laptop, Intels Classmate PC, The One Laptop Per Child project's XO, AND Innovations for Learning's TeacherMate. Visit website for details of 3rd Annual Best Education Podcast Contest form TTPOD! 3 awards- one each in 3 categories. Deadline July 5, 2008 Email submissions to teacherspodcastawards@gmail.com Update on Facebook happeni...

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[ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 13: Math Learning: Reaching Higher than Mediocre! Tel: (201) 693-4935, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Kathy and Mark reach deep into resources, news and happenings among math education, the Teachers Podcast family, and the Podcasting for Teachers book by your cohosts. Updates on subnotebooks computers, news items, Laptop Cabana product review, listener productions, teaching and learning abounds, math debates, rants and hosts of math celebration and resources. Another 21st century learning episode is packed with not-to-be-missed help for the educator who wants to be in the know! Newsflash- join u...

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[ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 12: Face Book Goes Educational: Revealing, Exciting Possibilities: Google DOCS, NCLB, MacBook Air, ASUS PC tel 201-693-4932, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Another blockbuster episode as Mark and Kathy provide shocking, revealing, and exciting possibilities of technology uses for curricular needs! From NCLB roundup of headlines to a score of product reviews this episode is packed with not-to-be-missed help for the educator who wants to be in the know! Check out the latest aboutFacebook news with TTPOD and plenty of comments from the podcast family. Google Docs changing Kathy's life? Virginia to leave NLCB funding behind? Mark's technology affinity ...

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[ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 11: Big Ideas, Bright Future: Second Life, Peer Learning a la King with Blogs, Product Reviews, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Kathy and Mark scan the online education horizon and garner a bevy of resources from listeners and publications. This episode also includes a not-to-be-missed product review of the Edirol R09 recorder and great discussion of the peer learning in classrooms a la King. Newsflash- join us in the Facebook group for TTPOD - check out the link (http://fordham.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9953658948),a Converge article about podcasting and much more. Make us the center of YOUR ed tech Universe: www.teach...

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[ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 10: Celebrate Black History Month and Report on Growing Up Online, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
From Oprah and Frontline to Black History month, this episode is overflowing and quick-paced. Mark and Kathy provide a invaluable episode for educators and parents-from insights and debate about the PBS Frontline broadcast Growing Up Online, to audio, video, web sites and piror recordings for Black History Month. Check out episode 10: sure to be a favorite with listeners. Macbook Air dominates the tech media- check out the links; then send in your comments as the debate breaks out in TTPOD's nex...

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[ Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:01:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 9: Adult Learning in the Very Adult World of Teacher Professional Development, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
As requested by listeners, this episode of The Teachers Podcast focuses on Adult Learning and particularly approaching professional development for teachers through the philosophy and practices developed by the Adult Learning community. As always, we present a raft of news articles (this week covering stories from Alabama to Japan, Britain, and beyond). Listeners respond and we share the wealth with you! Resources include a brand new- just for our listeners- adult learning and professional deve...

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[ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 8: Good News and Positive Energy for the New Year, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
The Teacher's Podcast New Year Episode! Sharing the exciting of the new year- Kathy and Mark podcast on New Year's eve providing a bevy of information and resources for our Teacher's Podcast family of listeners. Join in the fun from "party central" and our self-acclaimed Ed Tech Capitol of the World as we share views, news and reviews for teachers to use everyday! This episode includes a new view on Kindle and e-books, an abundance of RESOURCES including BrainReady Braincasts, and reviews of Ott...

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[ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 8: Good News and Positive Energy for the New Year, email: teacherspodcast@gmail.com
The Teacher's Podcast New Year Episode! Sharing the exciting of the new year- Kathy and Mark podcast on New Year's eve providing a bevy of information and resources for our Teacher's Podcast family of listeners. Join in the fun from "party central" and our self-acclaimed Ed Tech Capitol of the World as we share views, news and reviews for teachers to use everyday! This episode includes a new view on Kindle and e-books, an abundance of RESOURCES including BrainReady Braincasts, and reviews of Ott...

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[ Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 7: Voices of the World - The Power of Social Networking, teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Literacy, Learning, Resources, Tech Tips and Comments from Listeners! Updates on the travels of Mark across China and Kathy to a conference where she energized a standing room only crowd about New Media to reach students. Plenty of news from our listeners: Greg in Hawaii, Joselyn in NC and Gord in Canada! Voices of the World project by Mrs. Tonner of Scotland: you have to catch and explore this one with the bevy of resources! Terrific round up of resources on social networking, articles and news...

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[ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers' Podcast Episode 6: New Literacies Make the News, Show Me the Money!, Tech Knowledge Product Review, teacherspodcast@gmail.com
New Literacies. New ways of being literate with plenty of teaching and student resources. What more could we want for a feature-packed and fabulous episode? Live from the Media Literacy Capital of the world! Welcome to the digital era, literate beings. And PLEASE help Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus :) This week The Teachers Podcast covers a raft of items focusing and reflecting on the ways reading, literacy (and learning and teaching aimed at them) are ever evolving in the face of proli...

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[ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers Podcast Episode 5: Serious about Gaming, Amazing Collaborations, Ipods Abound and Zune Revelations, teacherspodcast@gmail.com
You have to hear this episode! Resources, classroom ideas and inspiration all in one neat little package from Mark and Kathy to you! Live from the gaming capital of the world. Now would that be Virtual Shanghai? or Virtual Denmark? A bevy of items on Gaming, Gaming and ESL, etc. Also, a GREAT resource that gives a startling model of game-inspired learning in the area of science and citizenship. No SciFi here, Presenting Tiro, the robot teacher who really made it into a classroom! And yes, those ...

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[ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers Podcast Episode 4: Social Networking from Sputnik to Smartphones for Students, teacherspodcast@gmail.com
Welcome to The Teachers Podcast Episode 4 Science and Social Networking from Sputnik to Smart Phones for Students. Live from New Jersey, your local satellite, and as always www.teacherspodcast.org. a new generation of EdTech professional development. Myspace to Microsoft; Cell phones to MyChingo ringing with listener comments; Firefly, Wherifone and TicTalk to slimmed down Treos; virtual Smithsonian, Scholastic Bookflix to webkins! This week a constellation of resources: news articles on Sputni...

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[ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers Podcast Episode 3: PD on Demand-Your Front Row Seat!, teacherspodcast@gmail.com, www.teacherspodcast.org
The Directors' Commentary and insights from the PNME Expo- PD on Demand-Your Front Row Seat!teacherspodcast@gmail.com, Check out this innovative feature as we bring you the best of the conference. Guest spots by Dan Bach, of Dan's Mathcast, and Dr Joselyn Todd. Don't miss the latest about Nokia developments with podcasting, ed tech and podcasting and Ask a NInja? A New Generation of Ed Tech PD: News, views, research and resources you can use are featured in every episode of The Teachers Podcast....

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[ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers Podcast Episode 2: Pushing the Paradigm: 21st Century Learning, Zeno, Learning not Plaigirism and Resources, teacherspodcast@gmail.com, www.teacherspodcast.org
21st Century Learning, Zeno, Learning not Plaigirism and Resources, teacherspodcast@gmail.com, A New Generation of Ed Tech PD: News, views, research and resources you can use are featured in every episode of The Teachers Podcast. The popular podcasting team of Mark Gura and Dr. Kathy King are teachers, ed tech experts, authors and professors. This is PD which includes fun, abundant resources and crisp insight from the perspective of what you can use today and tomorrow. Make www.teacherspodcast.o...

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[ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:00:00 -0500 ]


The Teachers Podcast Episode 1: Reasons to be Cheerful: NCLB Trends, IPhone, Zune, Join us at: www.teacherspodcast.org
A New Generation of Ed Tech Professional Development for Educators is Here! News, views, research and resources you can use are featured in every episode of The Teachers Podcast. The popular podcasting team of Mark Gura and Dr. Kathy King are teachers, ed tech experts, authors and professors. Note that this is not your usual podcast, nor PD experience. Instead it includes fun, abundant resources and crisp insight from the perspective of what you can use today and tomorrow. Make www.teacherspodca...

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[ Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 3 Ep 102 9/11/07 Video in a Digiatl World: Video, Video Video and A Change of Heart!Email:podcastforteachers@gmail.com
After an unexpected podcasting hiatus, this week Mark and Kathy find themselves immersed in a world of educational opportunities defined by digital video. The timing is perfect for reflecting on changes in the intellectual/educational environment as they share their plans for how they'll change their podcasting activities, deepening and enriching them with major changes soon to come! Announcing the birth of a new generation of ed tech pd on demand: The Teachers'Podcast at www.teacherspodcast.org...

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[ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 101 8/20/07 Dog Day Gems: Art, Literacy, Tech and Fingertip Knowledge with New Millennials! Abundant Resources for Summer PD: Storyboarding, PING and Link Checking Email:podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Enjoy episode 101- we are heading on 1 week vacations and will be back with year 3 on 9/3/07. There is plenty to catch up on! In this episode...Illustration and Storyboarding to promote literacy learning, "pinging" your blog, and using technology to ferret out those dead links in school and teacher websites. This week Mark and Kathy find themselves in a productive, late august, dog day brain space - a place somewhere between hunkering down to real work and sitting on the porch spitting watermelo...

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[ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 100 8/13/07 Celebrating 21st Century Skills, Teachers and our 100th Episode: From PD with Podcasting, to PFT Evolution, YouTube, and NCLB Email:podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Marking a major milestone, Kathy and Mark take a victory lap to luxuriate in ruminations about having put 100 (count 'em) episodes of PFT out into the world. Listen as they review the roller coaster ups and downs of taking a brand new technology out for a professional spin. Now, 100 episodes, 3 million+ downloads, and a raft of cyber bruises, awards, interviews, 'ah ha's, revelations, and gray hairs later, what's been learned, gained, experienced and remains to be achieved? (or something like th...

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[ Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 99 8/5/07 Summer Blogging Pd- Educational Blogging Tips and Fun, PFT Spotlights from Listeners, the XO aka 100 dollar laptop and much more, Email:podcastforteachers@gmail.com
New raffle this week and Mark and Kathy share lots and lots of informative bloggin' fun: enjoying listener and colleague blogs, creating blogs, and reflecting on the 'how to' and value of blogs for teachers. No 'blog fading" here! Gain some PFT power a la Google! A host of PFT Spotlight from our PFT Listeners. News items this week include Martha Stewart advising geeks; YouTube and the Democratic debates, and the new generation of the 100 dollar laptop the XO- up close and personal from Mark. See...

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[ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 98 7/30/07 Sum-mer-time, and the livin' is. Podcast Contest Winner Interview - More Resources from NECC, Article about Second Life- and Summer PD Resource: Conversation with Dr. Megan Poore from Australian National

This week Kathy and Mark paddle out further, exploring the deep end of the virtual pool: sampling more inspirational flotsam from the exhibit floor of NECC, and finally reaching the shore of Second Life's educational islands. Discussions and resources in this episode include Second Life, findings from the NECC Conference floor such as One2OneMate, Education City, Thinkfinity.org, Adora Svitak (tech using 9 year old published author), Sharology/Nicholas, Foundation Pokemon Learning League, (Tabul...

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[ Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 97 7/23/07 NECC Wrap Up Part II: Media Literacy, New Resource Announcement (re: Classroom Robotics), the Skinny on Integrating Art and Technology in All Subjects, Otter Box Review and More, Email: podcastforteachers
Don't miss an awesome episode from Kathy and Mark as they not only continue to give you the run down on their scouting of resources at NECC, but provide terrific summer PD for the PFT family. Mark and Kathy run down items that reached out from behind the vendor booths and grabbed their attention: the good, the sad, and the mediocre. JPG? GIF? The rules are made to be probed as all teachers become art integrating teachers and all classrooms transform into art rooms through the use of user friendl...

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[ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 96 7/16/07 NECC Wrap Up Part I: Basking in Afterglow of the Conference, iPhone Review, Great Resources from Our Research at NECC, Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
This week Kathy and Mark mine their cranial memory centers, recapitulating the excitement and significance of NECC. With so much to remember and celebrate about this past June's awesome gathering in Atlanta, they distill their impressions, experiences, and ah ha's down to an intoxicating blend of high spirits and inspiring insights.Resources include curriciulum for students on intellectual property and copyrights, iPHONE review, keynote reflections, Second Life and other ISTE networking opportun...

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[ Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 95 7/9/07 Mark and Kathy at ISTE NECC: Podcasting for PD: Enjoy our Meeting with New and Familiar PFT Listeners at this Year's NECC Presentation, Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Join in the experience as Mark and Kathy present at 2007 NECC conference in Atlanta. This interactive session features the topic of Podcasting for Proefssional Development. It also has a companion PowerPoint presentation posted on our website at www.podcastforteachers.org. This episode includes the story of PFT, a stunning announcement, from beginning to advanced podcasting, gudiance and instruction on podcasting for education and professional development of educators, perspectives and conceptua...

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[ Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 94 7/2/07 Evidence is in the Excellence: Podcast Winner Interview, Honorable Mentions Announced and Summer Topics Revealed for Continuing Pain-Free Professional Learning, Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
This week the PFT Spotlight is on excellent teacher work! Kathy and Mark interview Dr. Stephanie Chasteen of the Science Exploratorium and Science Teaching Tips Podcast. She is a winner of the 2nd Annual PFT Best Educational Podcast Awards. And we do not stop there! We also present the Honorable Mentions from the competition including Treasure Chest, Bookwink, Finding the Centroid of a Triangle, Omnibus and The Teaching for the Future Podcast. Wrapping up the discussion is the long awaited reve...

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[ Mon, 2 Jul 2007 23:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 93 6/25/07 Literacy: Digital, Print, and Web and its Current Adoption Patterns, Meet us at NECC, Safari, Vista and More; Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
This week Kathy and Mark reflect on a raft of new instructional content items, formats, tools to use them - and ways learners consume and learn with them. This latest snapshot of how the world is poised to change profoundly for teachers and learners is guaranteed to elicit genuine ah ha's, YES! and head nods. The inside scoop on Apple's Windows=based released on Safari, more updates on Vista, tech innovations from the Book Expo only heard on PFT and don't miss the insghts on web users' behavior....

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[ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 92 6/18/07 Choices with Ed Tech: Excellence or Failure: Mr. Wizard, Best Educational Podcast Awards, Plagiarism and ASCD's New Online Resource, Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
A Shining Star's Last Twinkle, Best Podcast Awards, and Trouble in River City- This week Kathy and Mark respectfully and enthusiastically honor some of the highest of high points in the uses of technology for education, as well as lament a low, low, low for contrast. PFT SPOTIGHT Congratulations to this year's PFT Best Educational Podcast Awards Winners: Skill Soup - Award for Best Higher Education Podcast, Megan Poore and Darien Williams of the Academic Skills and Learning Centre, Australian N...

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[ Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 91 6/11/07 Learning Through Listening, NCTE Inbox, and Mining the Gap: Plenty of Resources and Tour of News Items: iTunes U (PFT vindicated), Grad Casts, Robots and Scratch, Tech Update on VISTA, Digital Divide (ar
This week Kathy and Mark continue probing the teaching, learning, achievement, and Instructional Technology gaps that block the highway to 21st Century learning. Sifting instructional gems from mountains of "edu-junk", they observe student robots hauling nuggets of learning to the surface, watch a fellow traveler just beginning to"Scratch" the surface as he excavates a well worn book for old/new tech news, and applaud accomplished diggers busy mining deep veins of ore for meaning. Mining the Gap...

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[ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 90 6/4/2007, Global Student Laptop Wars: Classroom Skype Visits, $100 Student Laptops vs Intel's Classmate, Classroom SKYPE Visits, Blogging, Learning Resources, Wi-Fi and Vista, Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Global Student Laptop Wars. This week Kathy and Mark file another report from the front of the Revolution in Teaching and Learning. As the 100 dollar laptops arrive in the New World, indications are that progress is being made from Moose Jaw to Uruguay: Universities reinvent Computer Science by implementing little blue "toy" robots, first graders author blogs, and new devices hit the market promising educational innovations that even their manufacturers haven't dreamt of yet. PFT Spotlight with ...

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[ Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 89 5/28/2007, Tech Tips, Leaps and Global Crossings: Vista, iTunes, Hyperjump into Education Future, Cross the Rubicon, Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Keeping Our Students Competitive in the Global Knowledge-based Economy, Round Up on iTunes, Podcasts, and VISTA. This week Kathy and Mark cross the Rubicon, dive into VISTA, blast iTunes, and hyper jump into the future of Education. Along the way they rev up their processors with Google Gadgets while humming "Another One Bites the Dust." Ending up in Jordan, a nation that is rapidly distinguishing itself as a model of technology-driven education reform, they reflect on Mark's interview with the ...

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[ Mon, 28 May 2007 12:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 88 5/21/2007, The Mother Lode: Classroom Content at Your Fingertips and in Your Ears - Skype, Hype, and Electronic Leashes. Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
This week Mark and Kathy marvel at Podcasts for Eggheads, new old news about the availability of course casts as entertainment for lifelong learners, knowledge geeks, and those who think eavesdropping on Physics 101 is a good way to spend time. After loosening Dick and Jane's digital leash, they reflect on the work of colleagues who use Skype and its helper Pamela and the many ways it can be used to expand teaching and learning. Excellent discussion on the meaning and instructional strategies of...

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[ Mon, 21 May 2007 10:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 87 5/14/2007, Beyond the Basics and through the Laptop Portal: BONUS Resources: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, Don't Throw the Learning Baby Out..Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Don't throw that learning baby out with the bathwater! (aka misguided expectations of laptops)! Bonus resources for 1-to-1 computing included. Chance to win in our PFT Survey- see website link. This week Kathy and Mark sound off about the laptop controversy created by a recent NY Times article. Luddites, Naysayers, and Old Paradigm Dominant Thinkers beware - clarity of thought prevails! From 3 Dimensional printers to video games in the school gym, to new robotics materials for teaching and learn...

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[ Sun, 13 May 2007 22:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 85 4/30/2007, Viral Videos and Free Resources, TeacherTube, and More Come to School, Astounding Announcement, Podcamp Excerpts on Teacher Motivation and Review of Adobe CS3! Email podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Catch the educator-made video virus that's going around. Highly infectious strains, like the new free resource TeacherTube, keep breaking out, promising a virtual pandemic of educational progress. Fevers run high as this episode of PFT covers: PFT Spotlight on Chris Smith's Blogforest, Youtube's education portal: Teachertube, PFT Announcement- can you guess? Bill Gates on to the worldwide democratization with 3 dollar software, Teacher excerpts from Podcamp NYC session- join the fun and discussi...

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[ Sun, 6 May 2007 20:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 86 5/7/2007, Gear for Podcasting in Education: Live from Podcamp NYC- From iPods to MP3s, Video to Mics and Mixers, Teachers , Podcasters and Professors Speak! Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
We get the scoop on the tech, gear and reality ofpodcasting in the wild and wooly life in the trenches of classroom and podcasting experience! Mark and Kathy meet with their colleagues to provide an information-packed episode with a dynamic audience of teacher participation and experience at Podcamp New York City April 7, 2007. Now broadcast in this episode. Join in the fun and excitement even if you were not there and enjoy the memories if you were! From tech suggestions, to questions, raffles,...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 84 4/23/2007, Back from CAMP (Podcamp): News on Virginia Tech and Media, Resources from Listeners, Product Review- SnapKast and the Podfamous, PodCurious and Podfans of PFT, Email podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Join in discussions and tour of resources with Kathy and Mark- from Podcamp to Virgina Tech and the Meida to dissections by students and podcasts by teachers. We're back from PodCamp with memories, snapshots, and virtual souvenirs. This week we reflect on lessons learned at the biggest podcasting event ever - so much learned as listeners, colleagues, fellow podcasters, and kindred spirits shared ideas, discoveries, and the desire to push the educational envelope with us. Some outstanding free re...

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[ Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:00:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 81 4/02/2007,Free Food, Resources and YouTube Controversy: Cable in the Classroom, Web Authoring Freebie, Podcamp and Blogs, Blogs, Blogs, Email podcastforteachers@gmail.com
This week Kathy and Mark celebrate the EdTech good guys, review a few global happenings that are sure to impact classroom tech use, track down some hot prospects, and get some Good Eats (Alton Brown's Podcast). PFT Survey unveiled- join in the experience and chance to win! Don't forgetto meet Kathy and Mark at Podcamp NYC. Items discussed this week include: Turkey Pulls the Plug on YouTube, Copyright wars, students buying books, supes honored, NAEP amkes the grade, Great free resources! Thanks t...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 80 3/26/2007,Inconvenient Truth: 3D Penguins to Global Issues, Check Out the PFT Frappers, MapleStory, Adobe, Kodak and Free Resources Email podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Reviews of Inconvenient Truth with Mark and Kathy. This week Kathy and Mark hyperlink themselves around the evolving intellectual landscape our New Millennials are taking charge of. They visit virtual hangouts, observe real activities kids participate in there, and share resources adults can use to engage them with on this new digital turf. Convenient or inconvenient, there are new truths for educators to embrace. Feedback from listeners about Olympus recorders and their uses. This week discuss...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep77 3/5/2007, Salute to Special Ed, Math Teaching, and Global Trends, Kathy and Mark Let Their Hair Down: Second Life - Disney - Wikipedia - Shambles.net, Email Podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Kathy and Mark select news items to riff on that reveal their interests, passions, and concerns about the state and future of education. They shine the PFT Spotlight on exemplary work of colleagues from around the world. Join them as they share insights and reflections and blow off a little steam. Items discussed this week include: from Korea- students pick teahcers off the web, USA Today reports about Disney- Safer cyper playrooms, CBS investing in Second Life and Electronic Sheep, More reliabl...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Eps 82 and 83 4/09/2007, Earth Day Special for Every Teacher, Double Episode: Free Resources for Science, Literacy, and Social Studies: with Items from NASA, USA Today, Your Expedition.com, EarthWatch Institute and DoS
Earth Day Double Episode - Earth Day Special with resources for every teacher- Kathy and Mark present robust resources, always insight and humor on discussing our planet and helping every teacher to get ready to celebrate with their classes. A bushelful of free teachingresources across the curriculum. From the Sun to a street corner in Harlem, Ed Tech is enriching the lives of Earthlings who teach and learn. From lesson plans to resources, and tracking a worldwide trek to simulations to sample o...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 79 3/19/2007, Free Resources Abound - Podcasting Gear, Feeds and Flakes: Olympus, PageFlages, C-SPan, National Geographics, the Squidman? Email podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Technology continues to become richer and richer in what it offers students and teachers. It's high time to tap this "MVP's" potential. This week Kathy and Mark continue their work in helping Tech put its best foot forward by highlighting a raft of new items ready to make teaching and learning fresh and exciting. This week's talent roster includes: C-Span, TryEngineering.org, the Squidman, Pageflakes, Kidsnews, Olympus recorder review, and much much more. Podcamp NYC: join Kathy and Mark, podcas...

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[ Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:15:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 78 3/11/2007, Mind-Bending, Read - Write - Podcast - Think - Learn!: Podscope, Teen Tech Week and Books Galore, Email Podcastforteachers@gmail.com
This week scores of short takes provide revealing and thought provoking views of the educational landscape. Join your guides, Kathy and Mark, on an EdTech travelogue flyover visiting Teen Tech Week, a Tech Leadership Reminder for New York City's Mayor, Video iPods for Sign Language-based Instruction - Podscope - Publishers Online Book Browsing - and more mind-bending experiences! Classroom robotics book information from your PFT podcast hosts www.bxmedia.net. And of course- Podcamp NYC: join Kat...

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[ Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:15:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 71 1/15/07 Part 2 Onward 2007 Top Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year Ahead for Teaching and Learning
Part 2 Onward 2007 Top Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year Ahead for Teaching and Learning. From iWannabee products to teacher social networking not taking off. What else make it to Mark and Kathy's Top Fizzle List of 2006? Then take a look in the PFT Digitla Crystal Ball for 2007 and Beyond- Could we see NCLB and 21st Century Learning heading off? Software and hardware predictions? and who is talking about a revolution in education? Tune in to your favorite weekly podcast with More Ed Tech You C...

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[ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:15:00-0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 70 1/8/07 Onward 2007 Part 1 Top 5 From Fab to Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year in Review
Onward 2007 Part 1 Top 5 From Fab to Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year in Review. PFT Round up- Top 5, Fizzles List, Digital Crystal Ball and Do We Have A Positronic Brain in Here? Surprises in the list . Would would you expect to find? More news and resources you can use. Greatest news the full details of the 2nd Annual PFT Best Podcasting Education Awards were discussed today! Deadline 5/1/07 winners' program or school will also receive a $100 prize and a certificate of award. Web page has d...

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[ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:15:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 74 2/12/2007 The High Stakes of Ed Tech and Dr. D'Ag's Not To Be Missed Field Interview with Teacher and Students on Podcasting,Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
The High Stakes of Ed Tech and Dr. D'Ag's Not To Be Missed Field Interview with Teacher and Students on Podcasting. Resources for Black History Month. PFT Spotlight on student podcasting musicians making front page news! Mark and Kathy get into some serious territory on ed tech issues and funding- lots of topics, resources and content packed in this episode. Fabulous field report of podcast audiobook used in 3rd grade- teacher and student perspectives-listen in on this great interview. Free Podc...

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[ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:15:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 76 2/26/2007, It's Sinking In! Digital Media with Value from Podcasting to Film and Assessment: Virtual High Five! Email Podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Mark and Kathy shout out a Virtual High Five! This week's observations turn up much to be optimistic about. From cutting edge toy designers to denizens of the most conservative corners of education, evidence is emerging that they're "getting it." Is technology-based relevance in what we offer 21st Century learners right around the corner? Even developments in assessment this week move Kathy and Mark to share a virtual high five! Items covered include: PFT at the ISTE NECC Conference- our worksho...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 75 2/19/2007 Augmented Reality, New Standards and Students Online: Ed Tech Resources, Progress and Commentary, Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Kathy and Mark provide resources, insight and commentary on ed tech progress and events. Augmented reality coming to your classroom complete with GPS! Listen in. PFT Spotlight on teacher resource by Jeff Bradley of IPS and Slauson PodShow. Black History month resources from Scholastic. Free Podcamp NYC discussed- Join Kathy and Mark, podcast listeners and podcasters for the unconference April 6-7, 2007 http://www.podcampnyc.org New ISTE standards in draft stage. Students and online living- thei...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 72 1/22/ AND 1/29/07 Online Etiquette, Digital Diaries, and Laptops (Gaming too) Email: podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Online Etiquette, Digital Diaries, and Laptops (Gaming too): Kathy and Mark scour the latest EdTech news and riff, report, and rant on trends important and amusing. Devices, market trends, education innovations, and New Millennials observed as anthropological specimens all make it into the mix with PFT mascot solo included. Tune in to your favorite weekly podcast with More Ed Tech You Can Use. Hear who wins the raffle in the next episode! Greatest news the full details of the 2nd Annual PFT Bes...

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[ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:15:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 73 2/05/2007 Spotlight on Ed Tech: Teachers, Robotics, Podcasting hits Prime Time and Tech on the Road, Email:podcastforteachers@gmail.com
Spotlight on Ed Tech: Teachers, Robotics, Podcasting hits Prime Time and Tech on the Road. Kathy and Mark are back after a 2 week adventure - very different sorts of adventures- listen in to the tech perspectives! Great ed tech tips and curriculum ideas from PFT Teachers in PFT Spotlight. Raffle winner announced. PFT Best Ed Podcast Contest continues till May 1, 2007. Resources span Snapz Pro, Library of Congress Summer Institutes, plenty of student robotics contests, robotics dancing and opport...

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[ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:15:00 -0500 ]


Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 70 1/8/07 Onward 2007 Part 1 Top 5 From Fab to Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year in Review
Onward 2007 Part 1 Top 5 From Fab to Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year in Review. PFT Round up- Top 5, Fizzles List, Digital Crystal Ball and Do We Have A Positronic Brain in Here? Surprises in the list . Would would you expect to find? More news and resources you can use. Greatest news the full details of the 2nd Annual PFT Best Podcasting Education Awards were discussed today! Deadline 5/1/07 winners' program or school will also receive a $100 prize and a certificate of award. Web page has d...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 69 12/25/06 HolidayTreats and Tech Conversations Warm Up! Open Source and Open Tech From theClassroom to the Library and the Stars.
Holiday Astronomical Treat, Report from DRELC, Update on Assistive Technology, Shout out to PFT Listener Podcast, School Library Journal Resource and podcast. Open Source having its day in school? You can call it Open Technology we have called Open Source and have plenty ready for you! Astronomical treat and podcast on astronomy wonders introduced. Mark shares report on conversations in Arizona with Ed Tech leaders. Gcast, wikis and podcasts as web 2.0 realities for imaginations. Join in the dis...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 71 1/15/07 Part 2 Onward 2007 Top Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year Ahead for Teaching and Learning
Part 2 Onward 2007 Top Fizzles and PFT Predictions: Year Ahead for Teaching and Learning. From iWannabee products to teacher social networking not taking off. What else make it to Mark and Kathy's Top Fizzle List of 2006? Then take a look in the PFT Digitla Crystal Ball for 2007and Beyond- Could we see NCLB and 21st Century Learning heading off? Software and hardware predictions? and who is talking about a revolution in education? Tune in to your favorite weekly podcast with More Ed Tech You Ca...

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Podcast for Teachers, Techpod, Vol 2 Ep 65 11/27/06The Kids Have All the News: Digital Media Kids in Control, You've Got Blog! Schools Learn from Students.
The Kids Have All the News: Digital Media Kids in Control, You've Got Blog! Schools Learn from Students. Social networking confounding schools; viral videos supporting science education; paperless classrooms. Is your email broken? wikis, blogs may be providing means to help us communicate without being run over? You've Got Mail or You've Got Blog? Update on 100 dollar laptop project; Mark's diatribe on psuedo-ed tech column. first edition PFT Spotlight- Kindergarten podcast- Small Voices. Also p...