Vicki's RETA Webinar

Please join us on Thursday! Vicki will share her uses of Animoto for
educational purposes.

Here's the link to the RETA's Show and Tell webinar that Vicki is presenting
at on Thursday, April 23, 6-7pm:

http://nmsu.na3.acrobat.com/showtell2sp09/

The “Key” to a Photograph from Ansel Adams–Rare, Unreleased Footage

Barb, this is for you :)

Check out and share with your photography students rare video of Ansel Adams describing visualization:

http://www.silberstudios.tv/blog/?p=231

:)
~julz

Great Podcasting Resource

Thanks to an OTLOzen for this fabulous podcasting online resource!

Check out Learning in Hand at:
http://www.learninginhand.com/

And of course, remember to check out RETA’s podcasting and vodcasting resources at:
http://reta-podcasting.pbwiki.com/
http://pvia.pbwiki.com/

Happy Casting!
:)
~julz

FREE Webinars & Webconferencing Support!

For those of you who are either using Wimba or just wanting to learn more about webconferencing, Wimba has a a variety of free webinar series that you might be interested in:

1) The Wimba Distinguished Lecture Series has a cool lineup including a few that I want to attend such as Increasing Enrollment by Using Collaborative Online Technology and MoodleRooms and Wimba, Together At Last! Check this series out at:

http://www.wimba.com/company/events/dls/

2) Wimba Online Workshops provides support for those of you using the Wimba tools. Check this series out at:

http://www.wimba.com/company/events/wow/

3) The Wimba Archive lets you watch the recorded event, in case you missed it or if you want to see it again. Check this out at:

http://www.wimba.com/company/events/archived/

And of course, if you want to see some fun webinars in action, make sure to check out the RETA Webinars series including eLearning with Emerging Technologies, Increasing Interaction with Audio/Video Tools, and the NMSTE/RETA Webinar Series. Archives of past events are also available for the RETA Webinars.

Check out RETA Webinars at:

http://webinars.nmsu.edu

Much love to my friends on the InterWebs!

:)
~julz

Two cool resources

Thanks to Larry for reminding me to post this!

Check out LibraryThing. It allows you to catalogue your books. Additionally, it works with Ottobib and provides book citations in MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, and Wikipedia citation. I also like GoodReads, but I’m a bookaholic.

http://librarything.com
http://ottobib.com
http://goodreads.com

:)
~julz

Important video of ideas to watch, think, discuss

Thanks to Larry for this video!

Seems to me there's a message here applicable to how technology changes the
way we learn, think, and interactivity with technology? Technology use:
Consuming! Producing! Sharing!

In the following video, ³Where do people find the time?², Shirky argues that
investing our time in learning these technologies or spending your extra
time on the Internet learning is not useless, rather it is more productive
than watching TV and that we should reconsider how we "waste" our time.

http://www.davidbill.org/2009/04/03/where-do-we-find-the-time/

(Found in a Twitter Tweet)

First Empirical Evidence for Visual versus Verbal Learning Styles

Thanks to Szq for this info!

Visual Learners Convert Words To Pictures In The Brain And Vice Versa, Says
Psychology Study
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325091834.htm

Cool Video Resources!

Thanks to my friend, Allioop for this most excellent video information:

YouTube has just released a new sub-site called YouTube EDU (http://www.youtube.com/edu), aggregating thousands of free lectures from over a hundred universities across the country, including MIT, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and oh-so-many more.

YouTube EDU - http://www.youtube.com/edu

Web site Academic Earth (http://academicearth.org/) is like Hulu for academic lectures, pulling free lectures from Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale into one attractive, easy to navigate site. It's incredible.

The site clearly takes its cues from Hulu and iTunes on its design, but it's ten times better than either, because it's open. The videos can be embedded anywhere or downloaded and enjoyed wherever you want to take them. It's easy to use, has tons of great content, and it doesn't cost a dime.

Academic Earth - http://academicearth.org/

The two services are very similar in some ways, and while YouTube's landing page isn't quite as useful as Academic Earth's, they're both packed full of great content.

Head to the YouTube Directory page to browse through all the university options, and when you pick one, you can see all of the full courses or individual lectures available:
http://www.youtube.com/edu?action_directory=1

According to weblog Open Culture, YouTube EDU currently has over 200 full courses, so you're bound to find something that piques your interest - like MIT's Introductory Quantum Mechanics II:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=958F66FFE4393435

It's really exciting to see the web embrace and distribute all this free learning, and we're eager to see both services grow.

FW: [NMSUWebinars] Tomorrow's RETA Webinar: Show-and-Tell

Hello Educators,

We would just like to remind you of our Show-and-Tell webinar TONIGHT at 6pm MST.  This Show-and-Tell webinar will spotlight how technology is being used in the classrooms of educators who have attended RETA Webinars.  

To join our webinar, click the following url 15-20 minutes before the start of the session, so that we can help you setup your audio/mic:
http://nmsu.na3.acrobat.com/showtellsp09/

Our presenters:
Jill Brown is a life-long educator with a BA in Elementary Education, MA in Curriculum and Instruction, and PhD in Educational Technology. She has taught in different states, at different grade levels (1st grade - graduate level) and in different formats (face-to-face, workshops, real-time, online). She conducted her dissertation research focusing on the necessary skills for teachers to be successful technology integrators in the classroom. Jill is currently an administrative and instructional leader as the Director of Educational Technology at Albuquerque Academy. She serves on the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) board, the New Mexico Society for Technology in Education (NM STE) board, and the New Mexico Association of Nonpublic Schools (NMANS) board. She also volunteers and serves on the New Mexico Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) board.

Jim Carlton is a retired businessman turned high school teacher.  He received a BBA in Accounting from ENMU and an MA in Secondary Education/Educational Technology from NMSU.  Currently enrolled at NMTech in the MS in Teaching Science program, is in the Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning from NMSU, as Ideal NM Teacher, and affiliated with the Teaching the Gifted Coursework (NMSU).  He has a New Mexico Secondary License with endorsements in LA, SS, Math, ESL,Technology Ed, Business Ed., Technology Coordinator and will earn Science endorsement this summer.  Currently living in Albuquerque, NM with Liz Bryant (his high school sweetheart) and Bailey the Bichon Friese.  He teaches Mathematics and Web Design at New Mexico Collaborative Arts Charter School (9-12) and works at a state chartered school with no affiliation to a school district.  

To Attend:
To join our webinar, click the following url:
http://nmsu.na3.acrobat.com/showtellsp09/

• Plan to join us 15-20 minutes prior to the start time to configure your computer. To participate, speakers are required. A simple computer microphone and/or a headset are ideal for interaction. A webcam is optional.
• If you have never used Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional, please test your connection at: Adobe Acrobat Pro Support Center https://admin.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
  

For complete information on this and all of our webinars visit us at: http://webinars.nmsu.edu or contact us at webinars [at] nmsu.edu or call 575.646.6143.   And don’t forget to find us on Facebook, http://tinyurl.com/ahffeh.  To donate to RETA, visit: http://reta.nmsu.edu/donation/index.cfm.  Your donation will help support RETA's K-12 Professional Development efforts such as webinars, technology integration workshops, 3-tier dossier workshops, and partnership programs. The RETA Webinar series and many online teaching and learning resources are provided free to educators and your donation sustains this effort.  Thank you!

Have a cup of coffee, invite a colleague and raise your eQ (eLearning Quotient) with us!  

 

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College of Extended Learning
New Mexico State University
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