Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/27/2013

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Hi everyone. I have a slightly different version of daily news today because my server was being upgraded last night. Today we have some news about blip.tv removing accounts, a reminder to make your website compatible with mobile devices, and a list of great podcasts (mine and others – just scroll down, you’ll get there) you may want to download as you travel.

Blip.tv is removing many users: You may need to download your videos.

I’ve had to go in and download almost 100 videos from 2 accounts of mine over at Blip.tv. This used to be a great place to post your videos as it would distribute them to YouTube, iTunes, or wherever. Now, if you’re not producing an official “show” they’ll probably be getting rid of your account.

You have until December 8 to download all of those videos. I went and downloaded mine and will post them on my YouTube account to archive them. Oddly, I didn’t receive an email notification and had to log in to find out.

Test your blog or website on multiple devices

I was testing this blog on my ipad and realized that the videos weren’t showing. To allow videos to show on ipads, you cannot check “use old HMTL” — in other words, you need to use iframe. I’ve gone over the tutorials I’ve posted over the last few weeks on this blog and have re-embedded them. They should work fine now! Remember if you notice anything, feel free to contact me any time with suggestions.

Updated List of Shows

I’ve gone through and updated links to the shows for my podcast. There are several shows with inspirational students that I’ve shared with my own students and child. I listened to the podcast with Harry Sansotri @hgsansostri (12 year old author of The Little dudes Skool Survival Guide) with my own son and we talked about bullying. This is one of those you may want to download and listen to in the car as it was a real conversation starter with my own child.

Also, there’s Joshua with Joshua’s Heart feeding hundreds of thousands of people in Miami. Add to it an AWESOME interview with Todd Nesloney @TechNinjaTodd and so many other amazing people who have agreed to have a 10 minute interview. While I keep blogging about each show, that is taking me some time, so I wanted some of you who just download one podcast at a time to have a chance to fill up with podcasts for the travel season.

Below this list, I’m also giving you links to some other great podcasts I listen to give you some variety.

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EVERY CLASSROOM MATTERS PODCAST ARCHIVE

#	Title	Participants	Release date
036	A Student’s Response to Bullying Becomes a Book a podcast for parents, kids and teachers dealing with bullying	HG Sansotri, 12 year old from the UK @hgsansostri Author of The Little dudes Skool Survival Guide	11/25/13
035	A Talk with Amazing White House Champion of Change Teacher	Todd Nesloney @TechNinjaTodd 2013 White House Champion of Change	11/22/13
034	Exposing Your Students to Inspiring Young People who are making a Difference: Joshua’s Heart	Joshua Williams, 12 year old from Miami Florida, 2012 Prudential Spirit of Community Award Winner	11/18/13
033	A Smarter, Kinder Approach to Handling Conflict in Educational Settings	Bob Burg, author “Adversaries into Allies”	11/15/13
032	Engaging Students Through Competitions Contests and Code	Pat Yongpradit @MrYongpradit , Microsoft Innovative Educator Award winner (for his project encouraging girls in STEM) and student Anh Vo, Kodu Cup Challenge finalist – USA 2013	11/12/13
031	The Global Classroom Project	Michael Graffin @mgraffin	11/8/13
030	The Need to Teach Financial Literacy	Brian Page @FinEdChat (Milken National Educator Recipient)	11/4/13
029	NASA Explorer Schools: Bringing Authentic Learning Opportunities into Your Classroom	Kaci Heins @spacespartan	10/30/13
028	Using Social Media and Robotics to Engage Students in STEM	Lewis Chappalear (finalist for US teacher of the year from California) Randy Cailor (Georgia USA)	10/29/13
027	Reinventing Your Classroom (Coplanning with Google Docs as done by two 20+ year Literature teachers)	Annice Brave (2012 Illinois Teacher of the Year) and Jeff Hudson @jhudson55	10/21/13
026	Why Teaching Computer Programming to All Students Matters	Lou Zulli Jr. @lzulli(2 Time Winner of Microsoft Innovative Educator Awards)	10/14/13
025	Staying Relevant, Staying Abreast, and Staying Employed for Life	Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti @traceywilen	10/14/13
024	Google Glass in the Classroom: Possibilities and Challenges Ahead	Don Wettrick @donwettrick	10/7/13
023	Connecting Your Classroom to the World	Silvia Tolisano @langwitches	10/7/13
022	Teaching Creativity: Encouraging Learning and Creativity with Mobile Photography	Meri Walker @iphoneartgirl	9/30/13
021	Connected Classrooms: Bringing the World to Your Students	Bev Berns @B_Berns , Kim Powell @powell4thgrade	9/9/13
020	Teach Like a Pirate: Grabbing and Keeping Your Student’s Attention	Dave Burgess @burgessdave Author of “Teach Like a Pirate”	8/20/13
019	Dressing Your Classroom for Student Success	Erin Klein @KleinErin	8/20/13
018	Questioning Rigor, Considering Vigor and Other Musings	Shawn White @swpax	8/17/13
017	Learning by Doing: Inside the Maker Movement	+Sylvia Martinez @smartinezco-author of “Invent to Learn”	8/6/2013
016	Leaning Forward: Moving Your Teaching Practice Beyond Your Comfort Zone	+Aaron Maurer @coffeechugbooks	7/22/2013
015	One on One with a Teacher on the Leading Edge	+Dawn Casey-Rowe @runningdmc	7/15/2013
014	Achieving Sustainable Classroom Innovation	+A.J. Juliani @ajjuliani Steve Mogg @stevenjmogg Rosie Esposito @djesposito from Wissahickon High School, Pennsylvania	7/15/2013
013	Learning Commons: How the School Library is Being Reinvented	David V. Loertscher Learning Commons Pioneer and Author	6/15/2013
012	A New Models: Inside Early College STEM Schools	Brenda Darden Wilkerson, William Starzyk, Arlington Vigilance from Chicago	6/17/2013
011	A Look inside the classroom of ISTE 2013 Teacher of the Year	Nicholas Provenzano ISTE 2013 Teacher of the Year @TheNerdyTeacher	6/6/2013
010	Savvy Use of Edtech in Early Ed Classrooms	Karen Lirenman, klirenman (Kay Bitter K-2 ISTE 2013 Teacher of the Year)	6/4/2013
009	Quest2Matter, Choose2Matter, & #YouMatter: 3 Reasons to Get Involved	Angela Maiers @angelaMaiers	5/23/2013
008	Why Computer Science isn’t Just for Geeks	Alfred Thompson “Mr. Computer Science” @alfredtwo	5/20/2013
007	Teaching Teachers With Technology: 5 Important Ingredients of Good Preservice Teacher Education	Eva Brown @ebrownorama	5/16/2013
006	How Classrooms Change When Genius Drives Learning #geniushour	Joy Kirr @joykirr, Hugh McDonald @hughtheteacher, Gallit Zvi gallit_z, Denise Krebs @mrsdkrebs	5/6/2013
005	Encouraging Global Connections and Digital Citizenship	Theresa Allen @tdallen5	4/23/2013
004	Gearing Up for Common Core Math	Darren Burris @dgburris	4/23/2013
003	How Teachers and Students Are Collaborating Globally	Toni Olivier-Barton @toniobarton, Michelle McGaarvey, Maureen Tumenas, @bcdtech Donna Esposito, @djesponsito Tina Schmidt @MrsSchmidtB4	4/6/2013
002	Creative Approaches to Teaching STEM at the Elementary School Level	Kevin Jarrett @kJarrett,Dr. Jeremy A. Ervin @dr_jeremy_ervin	3/12/2013
001	What is a MOOC?	Dr. Lee Graham @ak_leegand Colin Osterhout @costerhout	2/10/2013

Some more awesome podcasts

I love listening to podcasts and usually listen each morning as I’m getting dressed. Here are my favorites:

This is Your Life by Michael Hyatt
Eduallstars (This is like Larry King but with educators – a longer show but so interesting.)
Simple Life Habits Podcast by Jonathan Milligan
Prairie Home Companion’s News from Lake Wobegon (I love Garrison Keillor, the speaker – if my kids hear me laughing, they know why.)
This Week in Tech
iPad Today
Edge of Chaos Podcast with Aaron Maurer
There are tons of great podcasts on BAM Radio Network (host of my show), Edtechtalk, and Edreach.

If you want to know how to set up your podcatcher, I have a tutorial available for you. (I use iCatcher.) I listen to podcasts while getting dressed in the morning and while I’m cleaning the kitchen on Saturdays. It is a quick way to be informed and stay inspired! Consider setting up podcasts on your mobile device. You are what you think. Think wisely and intentionally.

Happy Thanksgiving

Meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve got my college son coming in today from Georgia Tech and about to run to the store to fulfill his very interesting and random grocery list that only a college student would ask for. (I mean who puts hummus, raw oysters and beef jerky on the same list?)

I hope that you and yours have a blessed Thanksgiving if you’re a US celebrator. If not, have an awesome week. I’m thankful for those of you who read my blog and teach me so much.

It is always a good time to give thanks!

-Vicki

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and telling your friends about the work we do here! - Vicki

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2 comments

Jonathan Milligan February 10, 2014 - 5:41 pm

Thanks for mentioning my podcast! Grateful!

coolcatteacher February 10, 2014 - 7:09 pm

Oh Jonathan – I’M A HUGE FAN! I love your journaling podcast that you just recorded. I listen to you all the time. GREAT WORK. Applause. We need to connect sometime. ;-)— Vicki Davis
@coolcatteacher Blog
Host: Every Classroom Matters
Author: Reinventing Writing
Co-Author: Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds
:: This email (and tweets too) are off the record unless we specify otherwise.:: :::: Sorry for brevity as sent from my mobile device::::::

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