You can learn more about Zerolandfill at their website or with the link to a podcast I produced to try and share the information with others. The Artist Review Today podcast is no longer in production and I have edited the podcast to focus strictly on Zerolandfill.

Artist Review Today’s Podcast on Zerolandfill.net
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Zerolandfill is a great group that collects materials and prevents it from going directly into land fills. These materials can be of great assistance to teachers, artists, and handmen. There is no cost to collect the materials, you have to come and see what has been collected.

I have been following the Itouch and Ipad with a lot of interest along with other mobile devices for the last year and think it is time to create a blog based upon the 21st Cent. Tool Kit concepts I proposed in the following article: http://markquinn.net/blog5/2009/06/03/the-classroom-communication-tool-kit-for-21st-century-learners/

I have had a lot of discussion with teacher over the last year concerning the need for a change in the models of professional development concerning technology. I am planning on launching http://markquinn.net/21st-centurytoolkit/ to support this cause over the next few weeks. I will be sharing apps and other reviews at this address from this point forward and maintain this blog dealing with only podcasting.

I hope you will join me at the new blog and continue to contribute ideas for us all to become stronger in the classroom.

Moe’s Notes is a multimedia note recorder, editor and organizer for creative and/or busy people. You can save audio, an image or video, text, tags, and GPS coordinates in each note. You can edit, sort and search for notes in various ways, then email them or upload them to Facebook.

The Iphone is simply the most compact all in one multi-media communication tool there is on the market at this point. No other device allows you to create media in both an audio and/or visual manner and share it with others as quickly as an Iphone with approporiate applications. What has been lacking is the coordination of that media into a complete package where text, audio and visual could be combined into a complete message for communication and/or note taking. Moe’s Notes answers that need with a simple interface and an astonishing depth of editing power for an app that is .99 cents.

I agree that for busy people, this application can create a tool for notes and reference that is top shelf for the ability to document ideas and then sort and share them with others. I do think that the publisher is missing a large market with tool, mainly because hardware has not been developed for the educational market to allow this tool enterence into the modren classroom.

I have written a series of articles entitled the 21st Cent. Tool Kit and discussed the use of social media and hand held devices in the classroom. (http://markquinn.net/blog5/2009/06/18/considerations-for-developing-the-21st-century-tool-kit-in-the-classroom/) The discussion of the mobile device and it’s growing use in society has to begin to show in the educational classroom.

At the time I wrote that post, I was not aware of anyone using mobiles in the classroom. Recently, I have learned of several schools have begun to experiement with cellphones in the classroom where the students have a present amount of time and texts to allow communication with learning groups and teachers on demand. They also have access to websites that have flash animations that will demonstrate a problem like the one they are dealing with on demand. Early results show that students are improving scores on their standardized tests upwards of 30% in Math.

The main factor in rolling out this on a larger scale appears to be just money; The cost per handset and the fact that many sources of funding directly prohibit giving the student personal possession of the device at all times. The simple fact is that this ideas is still in early development and as always early adopters pay a cost to play in that area; but Moe’s Notes is an application that should be on a short list of applications to be included when this technology becomes more common.

I personally believe that may come soon than expected. I believe the second generation Ipad will develop a camera and then this will allow the hardware changes to invite this application into the classroom.

Much of the discussion about adoption of technology centers around thinking that is 20th centuary in its focus. Our students have evolved in the 21st centuary and are adopting these tools as a seemless part of their lifestyle. As discussions continue on how to reach our students, perhaps we should consider HOW they prefer to interface, interact and process information and meet them on the field they are already using.

Monday 6/22/2009 9:00AM-12Noon Pocket-Sized Learning

Monday 6/22/2009 1:00PM-4:00PM Create iPod Videos Using Camtasia

Wednesday 7/8/2009 8:30AM-4:30PM Podcasting Academy

Wednesday 7/15/2009 8:30AM-4:30PM Podcasting Academy

Wednesday 7/29/2009 9:00AM-12Noon Pocket-Sized Learning

Wednesday 7/29/2009 1:00PM-4:00PM Create iPod Videos Using Camtasia

Wednesday 8/19/2009 8:30AM-4:30PM Podcasting Academy

Wednesday 8/12/2009 8:30AM-4:30PM Podcasting Academy

Friday 8/14/2009 9:00AM-12Noon Photoshop Elements

Friday 8/14/2009 1:00PM-4:00PM Zoom with the Zoom H2

Check out the complete list of workshops as well as links to register for them here! I look forward to working with you this summer!

I will be posting dates later this week, but alot of people have been asking for the video for Ipod class and that will be run once in June and at least one other time during the summer.

The Podcasting Academy will run once in July and once in August. If you are looking to really get into the nuts and bolts of podcasting, audio editing, and educational discussions on using this technology in the classroom, then this course is for you. You can even pick up a credit hour for your efforts toward certifications through Ashland Univ.

A new offering will come at the end of the summer. I have starting working with a new tool for podcasting that is really nice to use. The H4n is a handy 4 track recorder that fits in the palm of your hand. I did a quick review of this new tool in the blog soon after I purchased it. I have been working with Eric Siler at WVIZ to create a class that would allow people to gain access to this technology and allow improved recording quality at the touch of a button in the classroom or whereever.

We have choosen to offer a class with the H4n’s little brother, the H2. This unit offers most of the features of the H4n in a more classroom friendly package. The microphones for the unit are encased inside the case and not exposed as the H4n’s are. Check out the vidoe on the link to learn more!

Details and dates to be published later this week. Look forward to seeing you this summer in a workshop.

This action represents a serious shift in policy funding for what has become the major funding for educational change in education dealing with technology. EETT funding has impacted the largest shift in teacher professional development in technology I have seen in my 18 years of education. This blog and the courses that it supports are a direct results of the impact that funding funding has provided. I am not compensated for this blog and run it at my own expense. I feel the topics and communication among teachers is vital to continue professional development and use in the classroom after the course or workshop.

The podcasting courses and workshops have trained over 350 teachers in the last two years on how to use Web 2.0 technology like podcasting and video casting in the classroom. Teachers have learned both where to find materials as well as to create their own customized materials for thier classrooms, in addition to recieving the equipment to use the training in the classroom. At least two school districts I have worked with in the last year have created curriculum for students and have enrolled students into production classes for this new technology.

A recent post on this blog discussed the reasons to give children a voice and ownership of their creative abilities and allow the to withstand the social critique of their productions. (http://tinyurl.com/pcv55z) Social Media tools like podcasting and video casting allow this very action to take place in a package that students are eager and excited to learn about. It is only natural that children will want to create in the media that surrounds them and the production costs associated with podcasting and video casting make it possible to do on a school districts limited budget and allows students to continue to use the technology after their introduction at school because it is affordable.

The introduction of the products like the Iphone are going to ensure that personal communication at the handset level is going to be a regular part of our student’s lives. Surveys are showing that mobile video and audio are increasing slowly but are going to become accepted ways of communication rather than the viral novilty it currently holds. (http://tinyurl.com/c86pyz) Continued cutting of technology funding that exposes our children to the tools of communication that are redefining our world are both short sided and dangerous to our advancement as a nation.

Taxpayers in the United States are paying taxes on every form of media consumption to support network access within our schools (http://tinyurl.com/oma35w). It seems a poor policy choice to provide the funding for the tools to allow access; and then cut the funding to train the very participants you wish to use those tools. Professional development for teachers has always the weakest link in educational policy because it is an easy target to cut when choices become challenging; while at the same time, demanding that new and innovative technology ideas are infused into our classrooms at every chance.

I urge President Obama’s Administration to reconsider this course of action and invite you to share your point of view in the comments as well as calling your elected officals to voice your concerns as you see them.

Read more from the article at:
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/07/elearning.students

WVIZ held a workshop on creation of video for podcasts on 2/18 at WVIZ in downtown Cleveland.

WVIZ will hold the first session of a Podcast Academy on 2/28/09. The podcast academy is a two day workshop that will be held on 2/28 and 3/7. Attendees can choose to recieve one credit hour from Ashland University if you are interested. Mark Quinn will be leading both days activites.

If you would like to sign up for the Podcast Academty, you can sign up on WVIZ’s website at www.wviz.org

Learn how to create videos on your iPod. Record virtually any type of on-screen activity and create a video file in an instant to be transferred to your iPod. Obtain an in-depth perspective on Camtasia by learning how to edited with Camtasia Producer. Explore how a menu can be created that allows the user to select the parts to play. Prequisite: Familiar with creating a podcast.

Start Date and Time: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Click on this link to register for this workshop today!!

I look forward to seeing you there!

As you begin to develop your materials, please consider posting them with the blog. I forgot to make that request as we closed the session today. I would be happy to post materials you create under the participant examples page.

For people who visit the blog but were not members of the session today, a new technology was discussed… text to speech conversion. If you would like to learn more about this subject consider the following links: Wikipedia text to speech

Link to start your search for software via Google The software package I tested was called Verbose by NCH Software, the program gives you a 30 day trial and then a fee is assessed for a license.

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