60 educational aps in 60 minutes

This was just too good and I had to share!

Check it out:

http://prezi.com/swceiv2g3bbt/60-educational-apps-in-60-minutes/

Research Conference

Student voices
Visual Stress
Mobile phones
Prezi and hospitality


and so full of ideas again. My love hate love hate conversation with technology goes on. and my journey into sound and podcasts begins.   Made the first one today and plagued by doubts on the project; is it legal, how complex is the  technology i thought so simple,  will anyone ever listen,  is that my voice, see the text with hear the text..... 


Together with the doubt and compustrations i'm also excited. My students suggested that the best way to make podcasts would be to translate academic lingo into gangsta. 


Basically, like da dream abou' makin da academic podcast shizz is dat like one day yeah, on a train dat is tot's full of da students, they will be chattin abou' dis really cool podcast on post modernist theatre.. and they iz like 'blugghhh'd.... 'iz it dat u wants me to bluetooth u a copy of dis bangin podcast'!!??


And i will recognise it, somehow, as one i made earlier. 

Podcasts and listening

Modality principle yes. And engaging learners yes. And empowering learners yes. I want to make podcasts so that dyslexic readers have another option. So that academia and theory and a little philosophy seeps into iPods on train journeys. So that actors can ham up academic texts for easy listening. So I read about related theory. And about good podcasts. And how listening only is poor learning as you can't control pace. And I get excited but also grumpy. Does learning always have to be entertaining? If the ideas don't grab you however they come, will their funky presentation?
I played radio plays once for some theatre students. They didn't like it. So. Do I add visuals or is there some value in persisting with the advantages of just wanting / having to listen to something? The image, if it is to help explain , will also simplify.
Also, radio plays are so great. Can't I just make them like them?

Podcasting

Hmm. Casting for the best pods.
Starting to engage with podcasts. There are articles I really would like my students to read. And some just find it too difficult. If they were recorded, would they listen? And do they prefer video? Anyone else making podcasts for teaching?