Monday, April 14, 2008

Natalie Rusk and Karen Randall Show 7

Natalie Rusk from MIT and Karen Randall, a teacher from St. Paul Minnesota joined us for a discussion about Scratch.

Listen to the show here

Learn about Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/

Scratch Conference
http://scratch.mit.edu/conference/

Natalie Rusk at MIT - Lifelong Kindergarten
http://llk.media.mit.edu/

Learn Scratch
"This site contains Video Tutorials and Practical Guides designed for teachers and students. "
http://learnscratch.org/

Hosting Scratch projects on your website
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=763#p763

Scratch boards - using Scratch with sensors
http://scratch.mit.edu/scratchboard

Karen's class on the Scratch site
http://scratch.mit.edu/users/room209

Wiki from a workshop by Karen
http://wiki.ties.k12.mn.us/Karen+Randall

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Karen Janowski - Show 6, March 20

Karen Janowski

Karen Janowski is an occupational therapist who has worked with special needs students. Her blog can be found at: http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/

You can listen to the show here.

Sites mentioned in the chat room
http://cast.org/
Karen's free technology toolkit for udl (Universal Design for Learning)
http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/2007/06/free-technology-toolkit-for-udl-in-
all.html



Book Recommendations:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Love this book!)
Books by Torey L. Hayden - Specifically One Child

Past Shows

Welcome to our new blog. Teachers are Talking presented its first show in September 2007. Guests so far have included:
  • Jennifer Wagner who spoke about the Technospud projects,
  • Colleen King who spoke about math and Math Playground
  • Alice Barr, Cheryl Oakes and Bob Sprankle who spoke about their work with teachers through Seedlings
  • Jeff Lebow who spoke about World Bridges - past and future
  • Alannah King who shared her experiences with online projects
The audio files and transcripts from the chat room can be found at: EdtechTalk