February is Black History Month. There is a free curriculum unit on African American history available from K12 Handhelds. It includes an interactive ebook, a virtual field trip, and more. Also, my mashup this month features audio from black history,
Podcasts by secondary students
My first mashup for the new year will feature podcasts by secondary students. If your middle school or high school students produce a podcast or if you have a favorite, post it here or drop me an email.
Parent podcasts
The beginning of another new school year, and it’s a good time to think about how to facilitate strong home-school communications. With everyone’s schedules getting busier and busier, this is difficult. One way to communicate so that people can participate
Mashup on museum podcasts
The newest show in Karen’s Mashups features podcasts from museums. These are good resources to bring virtual field trips to life or to supplement a wide variety of curriculum units. Let us know if you have an idea for a
Free "copyleft" visual resources
Every day, I am becoming a bigger advocate for copyleft licensing options for content. Copyleft licenses lets the creator maintain ownership (and copyright), while allowing others to share the content under terms specified by the creator. If you are looking
Video-based professional development
The newest show on Karen’s Educational Mashups is up. This show features different ways that video resources are being used to provide just-in-time professional development. With all the time pressures on teachers, I’d expect this to be a growing area
New mashup is available
The new show from Karen’s Mashups is up. This one features podcasts produced by elementary students. You’ll be impressed by the great work done by these kids and by how much thinking and learning is obviously going on. If you’re
Educational Podcast Mashup
OK, Tony inspired me. Thanks, Tony. After my last post, he asked if I could post the mashup I made. Well, it was too long and had some other issues that made it suitable for my workshops and sessions, but
Welcome to Spokane and NCCE
I just got into Spokane for NCCE, and the weather is beautiful! On the plane on the way here, I put together a quick mashup* of education-related podcasts. It was a lot of fun — there are so many great