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Myna – Online Audio Editor and Creation Tool

The new, free online tools keep coming. Here is an online audio editor called Myna (Aviary, Inc.). I think of this product as an audio-only Garageband. Maybe something else will come to me as I explore some more. You put together your audio creation from clips that are provided, record audio, or upload audio you [...]

Posted 17 September 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Fireweed Jelly Podcast

My holiday tech project has involved the creation of a podcast. I have been working on a project concept I describe as “Sharing Something Local”. The idea is to teach others about something “locals” may understand, but those outside your group or area may not. My first example involved the sugar beet harvest in North [...]

Posted 29 December 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Excitedly – Happily

Today, the Grand Forks Herald has an article on Cindy’s podcasting grant. The core idea is to offer customized content for English Language Learners new to Grand Forks and often the United States. The iPods allow students to experience digital audio and video content appropriate to their classroom and language needs. The mobility of the [...]

Posted 21 March 2008 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

On the future of books

On the media (from New York Public Radio) offers a podcast on the future of books. Are new media replacing old (e.g., books) or are traditional media adapting? My “listen” of the presentation – it is not so much a decline in books, but in how they are sold. There are too many books and [...]

Posted 27 November 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Student Vodcasts – Eco-Ed

The role technology can play in field-based learning (e.g., biology) has long been a topic I like to present because it runs contrary to many people’s way of thinking about technology. Digital cameras, probes, and digital microscope are easy to bring into the field and allow the collection of data (broadly defined) that can be [...]

Posted 16 October 2007 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

University Podcast Courses

A post from Open Culture organizes a list of college courses available as podcasts. It looks like the institutions involved include MIT, Berkeley and Stanford. The departments involved represent an interesting mix, but I see nothing from an education department. I wonder why?

Posted 11 July 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Podcasts have no inherent value

Researcher Ashley Deal has determined that podcasts have no inherent value (see Campus Technology for brief summary). I am not certain if she cites my research (I read the summary associated with the link), but I have arrived at the same conclusion. My interest was in using podcasts as a way to enhance lecture attendance [...]

Posted 10 July 2007 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: