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EdListen 11: Using Calendars To Improve Productivity

Host & Producer: Bjorn Behrendt ~ g+ | twitter 

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This week I am joined by Eric Curts, who is the technology director for North Canton City Schools in Ohio, creator of the www.appsusergroup.org, and host of The State Of Tech podcast.   Being both podcasters we chatted for about 20 minutes on educational podcasting before we dove into the topic of using Calendars in schools.

Links:

~ Eric's article about Appointment Slot Alternatives: http://www.appsusergroup.org/news/appointment-slot-alternatives
~ Eric's use of Google Calendars for Middle School Homework: http://ms.northcantonschools.org/cal/hwcal
~ Eric's use of Google Calendars for lab sign up: http://tech.northcantonschools.org/calendars
~ Eric's use of Google Calendars for district-level and building-level calendars: http://nccs.northcantonschools.org/cal


Alternatives to Appintment Slots
WASS (open source)
Scheduling Assistant (open source)

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EdListen 10: Educational predictions for 2013


Host & Producer: Bjorn Behrendt ~ g+ | twitter 

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  1. Everything touch: All new computers, laptops, even a touch screen Chromebook.
  2. Google will lead educational communication
    1. Google+ will be the next big communication tool for schools.
    2. Many people who use twitter as their PLN will jump ship to google+
    3. Google Forms will be completely revamped and improved
    4. A database tool will become part of Docs
    5. Google groups functionality will change
  3. Tablets will be part of the standard teaching tools for a teacher
  4. Projectorless smartboards
  5. 1:1 tools
    1. Chromebooks will be the new 1:1 device of choice.
    2. Windows surface tablets will be piloted.
    3. iPads will lose in popularity (except in Main where it will be the new device)
    4. The Ubuntu tablet will do it right but won’t be adopted. mostly because of price.
  6. Tablets and smartphones will become much more powerful and some radical new designs, (no more square boxes).  
  7. Physical conference attendance will go down, but digital conferences like the EduOnAir or PDinYourPJ’s conference will increase. 
    1. Common Core, paperless classrooms, flipped learning and PLN’s will be the primary topics.  These were big in 2012 but I don’t think we hit a tipping point where people are ready to move on to the next best thing.

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~ Let me know your predictions for 2013

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EdListen 9: Sharing Photos


Host & Producer: Bjorn Behrendt ~ g+ | twitter 

 We Remember You
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This week I honor those who lost their lives in the Newtown shooting and to bring things back into a positive note I talk about ways to share photos and to create slide shows.

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EdListen 8: Catching up on some Google News

#PrayForNewtown, My heart goes out to those effected by this tragedy


Host & Producer: Bjorn Behrendt ~ g+ | twitter 

Description:
Google has made a lot of new improvements over the last few weeks and I talk about how they can benefit education.   I also cover some new ways to subscribe to the show.

Show news:
~ Now on iTunes, Stitcher, and Windows Phone: Please add a rating
~ Sign-up via email
~ Google+ Community
~ Rob Greenlee, Microsoft Project Manager, Podcasts Marketplace
Resources
~ gClassFolders
~ Udb Lesson Framework
~ ePortfolio template

Great Edutopia article on 1:1 by Vermont's Amanda Paquette: Challenging One-to-One Model

What's New in Google:

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~ Please let me know how you are using fusion tables with your students.

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