Episode 28: I chat with Tina Shank, a 34-year veteran teacher about the unique ways she incorporates tech into her FCS classroom. As a bonus, two 8th grade students, Gabbie and Matt, join in our conversation. THIS is tech integration!
Show links:
Mrs. Shank’s Moodle site – (use Login as Guest to enter)
Mrs. Shank’s Media page – THIS is how to use media in your classroom!
Episode 27: I chat with high school English teacher, Scott Hertzog, about his classroom and leisure podcasting. Scott’s educational podcasts include Room 312, The Fireside Book Chat, and Poem of the Week. All his podcasts can be found at Zogpod.com. 
Show notes:
Zogpod.com – Scott’s all-encompasing site for his podcasts
Episode 26: I chat with Carol Anne McGuire about the RockOurWorld.org global collaboration project. Carol Anne is an Apple Distinguished Educator and the 2008 ISTE Outstanding Teacher of the Year. Carol works with her class of blind and visually impaired students to make movies while focusing on their strengths instead of their weaknesses. She is an inspiration to teachers everywhere!
Shownote Links:
Carol’s Students’ Movie Tutorials – these kids rock our world!
Rock Our World - the website
Carol Anne McGuire – ISTE Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Apple Learning Interchange website
Episode 25: I chat with Apple Distinguished Educator, Madalaine Pugliese, on the topic of Assistive Technologies. We talk about the stimulus package’s affect on this subject, her work in the assistive technology realm, and spotlight several important, easy-to-use resources that any educator can use to find effective assistive technology solutions.
Show Note Links:
Madalaine’s Blog
Apple Accessibility Site
National Center for Technology Innovation
Stages – Madalaine’s research and software
Techmatrix.org – tool for finding assistive tech products
SETT Framework – guidelines for making assistive tech decisions
Simmons Assistive Tech Showcase – sharing assistive tech success stories
Simmons College Assistive Technology Graduate Program
Education Week
Episode 24: Educators discuss PA House Bill 363 and how it will try to ban electronic devices (cell phones, etc.) from schools. This will set PA Education back 30+ years if it passes. Listen and learn how to help stop this idiotic idea from becoming a law. 
Show notes:
PA House Bill 363 - an incredibly bad idea
Views From the Lamb’s Herd blog – Jimbo Lamb (PA teacher and CFF Coach)
“Keep Cell Phones in School” promotional items (non-profit)
Tipline blog – Jim Gates (PDE Mentor)
K12 Geek blog - Your’s Truly (Instructional Tech Coordinator, Podcaster, and K12 Geek)
Also: Go here and find your rep
and let them know what you think.
Lots of folks are up in arms over this one. This blog post (from Dan Callahan) points to this petition that you can sign if you, too, are against this bill.
Episode 23: Dan Pink’s PETE&C 2009 Keynote. Dan talks about education and the economy from an ‘outsider’s point of view.’ It’s time we changed from teaching the ‘routine’ and started emphasizing the ‘multi.’ Also: the 4 gig TMFT thumb drive winner announced!
Shownote Links:
PETE&C 2009 - Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference.
Dan Pink – best selling author
Dan Pink’s Q&A with Educators on Ustream
4-gig thumb drive winner’s school! – Jade Bowman
Episode 22: Video conferencing options for your classroom. A chat with Julia from CILC and Kathleen from e-Missions about their varied videoconferencing offerings. We also listen in and interview teachers getting a first-hand experience with Operation Montserrat. You’ve heard of ‘controled chaos’ in the classroom?! Listen in to these teachers living the mission! (and you don’t always need a $10,000 video conferencing system to participate.)
Shownote Links:
CILC.org – Center for Interactive Learning (and the Content Dollar Bank)
e-Missions – Live Simulations for the classroom
Operation Montserrat – students simulation to evacuate an island besieged by a volcano and approaching hurricane.
A big thank you to the guys at Wicked Decent Learning for nominating the Twenty Minutes for Tech podcast for ‘Best Educational Use of Audio‘ on the Edublog awards. They’ve been nominated as well — and they do many more shows than I could ever handle – kudos to them!
Thanks guys!
Good luck to all — I’m honored just to be on the list with these folks!
Episode 21: Need a gift for a techie? Mara, Lee, and I chat about techie gifts for the holiday season. Also, a special audio treat for the holidays from Jonathan Coulton.
Shownote Links:
Flip Video Camera – (buy it here and support TMFT)
Jonathan Coulton -A podsafe Christmas song
Rovio WiFi-enabled Robotic Web Cam – (buy it here and support TMFT!)
Episode 20: Thinkfinity is a weath of free, educational resources! I chat with my Thinkfinity trainer, Marcia Torgrude, about the wonderful, free, educational resources to be found at Thinkfinity.org. Partnered with some of educations’ finest institutions (ARTSEDGE, National Geographic Xpeditions, Smithsonian’s History Explorer, and more!) they have something for everyone – teachers, students, para-educators, and parents. You can find lesson plans, interactive manipulatives, photos, videos – all with an easy-to-use, search interface. Check it out – and did I mention, it’s FREE! 
Shownote Links:
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