Search for #PubCampGA on flickr to find’em. I’ve already met several people in public broadcasting from Georgia and Alabama, educators from around Georgia, and some students. I look forward to meeting more people from different backgrounds.
Crossposted at TimMerritt.net
calibre plus Sigil equals formatting for epub, which works in iBooks for iPad and iPhone, and maybe for books for your students and your school!
Via Macintouch.
There’s a lot to unpack here, and I can’t do it for the moment, but if you’re looking to do some serious live streaming, Harvard’s Larry Bouthillier explains how they streamed this year’s commencement for just about every platform: PCs, Macs, iPod/iPhone/iPad, Android, and Blackberry.
LearningAPI » More on live mobile streaming.
I don’t know how many people it involved, and that would be good information, but Larry discusses what tools they used and some of the gotchas. Overall, he says, it was ultimately a big success. A/V synch on the encoding system was a big issue, as was consistency across different models of Android and Blackberry phones on different carriers. He didn’t specify which combos were problematic, but said that iPhones and iPads “were the easiest to support fully.” Hmmmm.
50 Best Blogs for Education Leaders | Online Universities.
An exhaustive list, nicely categorized, of blogs with valuable resources for policy makers, teachers, professors, grad students, educational technologists and anyone with a serious interest in where education is going.
Whether you want to be a teacher, principal or even an educational policy-maker, learning all you can about the field and how to be a more powerful leader while you’re still in college is essential. These blogs will fill you in on the latest news, provide inspiration, and ensure that you are up-to-date with the latest educational technologies so you can be the best education leader you can be.
I’m working on resources for a Social Networking Workshop this weekend for Georgia State’s College of Education Alumni Club. I came across a great blog post that covers a lot of detail about LinkedIn, the focus of my talk. Kalinago English is Karenne Sylvester’s blog about teaching English around the world – she’s from the Caribbean and is now based in Stuttgart. 
Her post about LinkedIn for EFL teachers covers the ground so well for teachers, I’m going to base my talk on it with her permission. In addition, here’s her very good LinkedIn profile, too. Think of her profile and her blog as excellent examples of what social networking is for: an open and generous demonstration of expertise. It’s an invitation to you as well. If you invite the world, they might actually come—and then the sky’s the limit.
Thanks, Karenne!
Other great resources after the jump.
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Great resource for making your presentation slides look better. Remember though – your presentation is not your talk! Design comes after writing what you’ll say.
Lifehacker—SlideFinder Helps You find Inspiration for Your Next Powerpoint Presentation.
Alrighty, back at work at Georgia State, and a first working post. With so many people wigging out about Apple’s purported tablet computer, here’s a savvy weigh-in from yesterday’s Inside Higher Ed:
Before the integration of the iSlate and iTunesU it was never possible to bring all the course and learning materials to one device. Course readings and video delivered through the browser were often difficult to navigate, and the reading experience was relatively poor. But with the iSlate and iTunesU it will be possible to download all the course related materials, hosting them locally for easy viewing and reading. At the same time, the browser experience in the iSlate will keep what is good about a Web based learning system – the ability to interact and communicate. Combining both the reading/viewing experience not browser based, with the collaboration/communication experience browser based will converge these activities into one device.
via Blog U.: iSlate / iTunesU / Higher Ed – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed.
If you’re looking for effective software, of all kinds, to use to run and teach in classroom, The Freewares of 2009 has a lot to offer you. It’s a month-by-month listing of the author’s favorite free software. Each item has a thoughtful comment about using the software, often with first-hand reporting. A very valuable year-end list.
Via My Apple Menu.
We knew this day was coming, and it’s about time. Teachers Using Cell Phones For Class Lessons, Homework.
The fine community at Macintouch points to the Mac-specific area on Old Version Downloads – OldApps.com. Find old versions of lots of software, for Mac and PC: older email programs, audio editors, picture editors, FTP programs, and more. They even have older versions of Apple’s QuickTime. Looks like a great resource, especially if you’re spiffing up an older machine to save money.
And teachers always want to save money.