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I recently had the pleasure of attending ED-Media 2009 World Conference on Educational Media, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications held at the Sheraton Waikiki. There was over 700 presentations throughout the week. This included virtual presentations as well. The first day was pre-conference workshops and tutorials. I was able to attend two tutorials. The one that I learned from and had things we could possible use was titled “Putting the Media in ED-Media: The ‘How Do I Do It?’” The presenter was Anthony Klejna from Daemen College in Amherst, New York. He talked about the following media: Video/Audio, Rich Media, Streaming, Progressive download, Flash, Podcasts, IPTV, iTV, Media Servers, HTTP “streaming” and more. One of the things that was of interest was the Podcasting and Vlogs portion of his presentation. One of the myths he dispelled was that iPods were needed for podcasting. I never thought about it but he was correct. He went through the process of cr...

Joan was kind enough to send me an invite this morning to an Adobe Users Webinar. The topic was Adobe Acrobat 9 and WCAG 2.0 accessibility guidelines. Outline of Presentation: Why PDF Examples of PDF use When is PDF no accessible? PDF Accessibility - Tags Key Points Documents can still retain layout and security Source documents need to contain the essential information - sample: using Microsoft Word add image tags, heading styles, setup table prior to conversion Advanced -> TouchUp Reading Order tool View ->Navigation panels -> Tags Archive of presentation will be added.

If you have a chance, you may want to take a look at this archive, featuring Phyllis Lentz from Florida Virtual School, Director of Global services. It’s amazing how quickly FLVS enrollment has risen. Forecasting into FY 09-10, they’re projecting enrollment of 250,000. https://blackboard.webex.com/blackboard/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=46096947&rKey=F70741853A79A157 Here are some of the main tips. Collect data and evaluate program Hire Good Teachers (e.g. they have evaluation in place to survey potential applicants if they are student learning centered and are team players before they grant interviews) Communication (e.g. they have policy to have all teachers make personal call to students at the beginning of each semester and also a requirement for all their teachers to call students to check in on them monthly via phone) Develop policies to provide student success (e.g. 1:1 attention, ability to resubmit assignments, provide teachers with flexible scheduling, self-pacing cou...

Interesting post about Twitter and its uses by Tony Karrer. http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/05/twitter-and-webinars.html Here is the beginning of his post....for the entire post, please click on the link above. The last few online webinars I've attended there's been an interesting issue. Many of the participants are Twitter users who are becoming used to chatting via twitter. So, both the webinar tool (Elluminate, WebEx, Adobe Connect, etc.) have a chat stream happening and there's one going on via twitter. There's some good information via Speaking Pro Central on twitter from a speaker's perspective including these great posts: How Twitter Can Enhance Your Presentation Speakers – Be Aware, Twitter is Coming 8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool Presenting to the Twitter Backchannel Twitter Conference Ideas How to Present While People are Twittering How Speakers Can Manage Twitter- and Live to Talk About it Audience on the Stage S...

"Web 3.0" Kevin Kelly, Wired Magazine Web 3.0 is the next evolutionary step of the internet and is defined by people in the industry who visualize what the internet will be like in the next 10 years. It is estimated that Web 2.0 will run until 2010, so Web 3.0 will be from 2010-2020. The visions of industry experts vary on what they think Web 3.0 will bring, but a general picture emerges with the following characteristics: Personalized internet experience Search engines will capture user profiles and understand the context of your search words thus providing personalized search results These personalized experiences will be gotten through small, fast, highly customizable applications that are pieced together and run on any device (PC or mobile device) with distribution through social networks (no store purchase) and data being stored in the cloud. More “data” will be stored in the “cloud” (online) that will act as a master database and be the foundation of your p...

M ost of you know, I had the pleasure of being a part of the Koa Reforestation project in the Keauhou forest. It was where we all became one with the forest. As cliche' as it may sound, this was how it was. We were able to escape the busy schedules of work, family, and the city and take in and appreciate what our environment has to offer. Being one with the `aina allowed us all to reflect on what we want and strive for in our lives. Being in 30,000 acres of land with nothing else around you, really put things into a different perspective. Part of this project allowed us to work together and plant Koa seedlings. We did this with the hopes for a better future. We may not see these trees when they are fully grown, but we know we're all working towards sustaining a better future for our children and grand children. If you haven't done so already, take some time to sign up with Patty Ikeda for the next planting. To watch a video on Huaka`i Ho`oilina click here: http://...

So what's all the fuss about. I've been asking myself the same thing but it's time to jump in or move out of the way. Literally, move out of the way and be bypassed :) I really only have my toes in vs. jumping in but at least I'm present. Just like Facebook (which I'm only accepting friends and not much else) I have an account for Twitter but no tweets from me yet. So if you haven't already dove, followed and tweeted now is the time to sign-up: http://twitter.com . The video on the homepage from Common Craft was my favorite part so don't forget to check that out. Brent shared some resources with us and I wanted you to read them and post your comments in addition to your experience with Twitter: Use Twitter the Smart Way: http://www.twitip.com/using-twitter-the-smart-way/ "If you’re publishing content, undertaking online marketing, and looking to keep up with the latest trends in anything web related then Twitter should be featuring highly as a ...