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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Episode 62 Inservice Insanity...1 Year Later

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Show notes:
Discussion: @ 3:33
Dan and Jeff discuss the state of in-service trainings after a year to cool off.

Tech Talk: @ 57:00
Jeff shares some sites that help prep students for the SAT test coming up.
http://edufire.com/games/flashcards
http://www.brainyflix.com/
http://www.socrato.com/login.php
http://www.prepme.com/sat-quiz/
http://www.prepme.com/resources/calculator

Book Talk: @ 1:03:27
Dan reviews Nation by Terry Pratchett

Media Integration: @ 1:08:59
Dan talks about the music of Weezer







Didya See/Listener Feedback @ 1:14:56
99 Followers, who will be the 100th?
School RSU to will lose grants.
http://ellsworthmaine.com/site/index.php/2009032619887/Consolidation/Consolidation-Backfire-Big-Districts-Lose-Federal-Funds.html
Do you want to tell us what the show is not dial 1.888.887.3127 (in the US.) channel code 28969, password 207.

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 1.888.887.3127 (in the US), channel code 17760, password 207. This episode was recorded March 26, 2009.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Episode 18 Stop. Put Your Pencils Down.

pisode- 18 Stop. Put Your Pencils Down
Show notes:
Discussion: @ 4:04
Jeff n' Dan discuss standardized testing.

Tech Talk: @ 43:23
Jeff reviews some free online readability tools.
http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php#readintro
http://www.editcentral.com/gwt/com.editcentral.EC/EC.html
http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx
Also in your word processor.

Media Integration: @ 49:33
Dan discusses www.Zudacomics.com an online web comics site.

Book Talk @ 55:28
Jeff reviews Edutopia Magazine. www.edutopia.org


Did ya See @ 59:14
Feds approve the SAT for Maine. From the Kennebec Journal.
Paying kids to study from NPR
$6 Billion Reading Program Failed

Listener Feedback @ 1:04:44
Thanks to Mark for the article on paying kids to study.
Check out Richard’s blog http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com for good tech stuff.

Music in this week's episode comes from Penmachine Podcast. “Meltdown Man” intro music by Derek K. Miller.

Listener feedback is encouraged. Contact us at wickeddecentlearning@gmail.com or leave us comments at http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com
This episode was recorded May 2, 2008.