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Yesterday I presented a podcasting session at the School Libray Assoc of Victoria, library technicians & assistants conference in Melbourne.  Attendance at the conference was a clear indication of the support structure behind school libraries, being exceptionally well attended.  Many of these staff have the daunting responsibility of actually running school libraries these days so SLAV is fulfilling a real [...]

Podcasting hype has hit schools.  This is good because out of a lot of hype you will get a medium amount of application.  I ran a 5 hour podcasting workshop with ten of our teachers this week which will definitely get some of them on the road.  Podcasting is a powerful learning and teaching tool [...]

Well it’s been a busy time since China but with a dear lady laid peacefully to eternal rest, it’s time to get back on track.  In realising that I’d missed out on two events I like to keep an eye on namely the K-12 Online Conference and the ALA (American Library Assoc) Conference I’ve spent some time catching up [...]

Attending the State Library of Victoria conference last week has really made me curious to see just what is happening out there in the world of public libraries.  It’s amazing and while public a school libraries are quite different beasts, in many ways we are wrestling with the same issues. The Youtube video Transformation Lab is [...]

Getting back to school after the Christmas break and seeing the number of iPods that Santa has delivered to our ‘digital natives’ reignites my interest in investigating ways in using this fantastic technology in the 7-12 classroom. The Apple site is presently featuring an article ‘Podcasting in Education’ where they say “There is a wide-range [...]

Development of non-text based media is continuing apace. It seems almost monthly that we are introduced to new concepts and opportunities to bring a new focus to the learning and teaching process. Gary Stager has prepared a webpage that will bring you up to speed on “podcasting” entitled Podcasting Resources for Educators & Students. Work [...]