Geek!Ed! is a frequently-weekly netcast produced by five geeks (and occasional guests) from Pinckney Community Schools, MI. We're geeks in education who are geeked about the impact of technology on education.
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We’ve got refurb computers.
Michael likes Radiolab.org netcast from WNYC.
Tom syncs.
Are there too many netcasts “out there”? Is there too much “Leo” in netcasting?
Keith lets us know why we should have Linux labs for students.
Geeky Thing(s) of the Week:
Laundryview – is a funny find from Tom. Needs Adobe Flashplayer to work.
Pownce – is another [...]
Surprise!
Yee Haws from all
We are using chat in the real world and using Google docs
http://www.apple.com/applescript/macosx/text2audio.html
turns audio into a file you can put on your ipod
@ 12:00 minutes David Thornburg document “the missing revolution” on Linux applications link to podcast:
http://www.tcpdpodcast.org/briefings.html
@ 13:30 Article synopsis by Ozias
@ 17:00 article on PCS and textbooks
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070702/NEWS05/707020342/1007/NEWS05
@ 18:00 MS [...]
Ted is better at taking notes – I get bored easily…
Michael P.
How about this:
We discuss what would prompt a talented teacher to leave the classroom and look at a video showing the power of statistics when presented with good technology.
Here’s the link to the video on TED with Hans Rosling:
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/92
and a followup:
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/140
and [...]
