Thing #21 Podcasts and Audio Books

This was a Discovery Exercise was AWESOME!! After reading some others comments and blogs I was a little concerned, but both Audacity and PhotoStory are very easy to use. Our new laptops issued by our District have both programs on them...how cool is that?!? Anyway, I decided to compose a Vidcast about our JA Company Program, WINC at Spring Woods HS. I did have some hiccups with uploading--I couldn't upload it straight to Blogger for some reason (???), so I uploaded it to TeacherTube and have embedded the file from there. Enjoy!!!

p.s. WINC still has a few lamps for sale on our website...click here to purchase one!

Thing #20 YouTube and TeacherTube (part 1)

Okay...before I begin my official post on this thing, I wanted to post this video that The Library2Play blog had on their site. This video, called Three Steps to 21st Century Learning is produced by Jackie Halaw, owner of the TeacherHacks Blog. I am amazed at all the information that I've been able to glean as a part of the 23Things project. Enjoy this video...I'll be back with the rest of my Thing #20 post shortly.

Thing #18 - Online Productivity Tools

I am very familiar with Google Docs...I spent some time collaborating with a colleague a year or so ago and we decided to use Google Docs to share our information. It worked fine for us. I've never used OpenOffice...but...I didn't want to download and install it on my computer--so--I found some video tutorials via Technorati. I watched the tutorials and read the blog reactions. Most agree that OpenOffice is a viable (not to mention affordable) option to the MSOffice Suite. While I agree, I admit that I am partial to the standard software version. Personally, I believe the choice to be a matter of personal preference as both options meet the need.