Thursday, December 31, 2009

Episode 88 Good Golly Ms. Molly

Jeff and Dan provide you with your somewhat irregular dosage of goodies from technology, media integration and books useful for you classroom.

Tech Talk

Jeff shares some sites he thinks you should try in the new year!

http://www.stfrancis.edu/content/cid/copyrightbay/

http://www.micdl.org
http://www.gwap.com


Book Talk

Dan discusses the book "Boiler Plate: History's Mechanical Marvel" See a trailer for the book here:

http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/book.html

Media Integration

Dan shares the documentary film "Pond Hockey" found at http://www.hulu.com/watch/118204/pond-hockey

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded December 31, 2009.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Episode 87 I Was Born in a Small Town

Jeff and Dan discuss the challenges and possible solutions to address diversity in rural schools.

Link mentioned in the show:

http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com/

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded December 15, 2009.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Episode 86 Goody Goody Gumdrops!

Jeff and Dan provide you with your somewhat irregular dosage of goodies from technology, media integration and books useful for you classroom.

Tech Talk

Jeff shares some sites he's pleasantly surprised with...


https://phuser.com/
https://www.dropbox.com/ and the tips wiki http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks
http://www.mapanno.com/mashup/about-mapanno-mashup.html
and a late show mention
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/lin-manuel-miranda-performs-white-house-poetry-jam-8-8

Book Talk

Dan discusses a collection of geek-based short stories. Check out Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci

http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/geektastic/index.html


Media Integration

Dan shares the 7 minute video documentary "The Mixtress"

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/the_mixtress/


Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller. Bumper music, “Pizzaro & Cortez” by: Slim on the album “Interstate Medicine” available via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License at http://www.jamendo.com/en/download/album/3100

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com or on Twitter, name Wicked Decent, or on Skype- Wicked Decent Learning. Leave us a voicemail at (207) 518-8827. This episode was recorded December 7, 2009.