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This week I got to attend a session at the College of William and Mary sponsored by VITAL with Karen Richardson and Chris O’Neal. Attending were some Goochland principals, Henrico administrators, and other folks from Albemarle County, Norwalk, and Richmond-city.

The guest speaker was Jim Moulton. He talked about his own humanist approach to technology. What I found most interesting was his call to focus on project-centered approaches and people instead of all the tech. Yes, having access is important, but the real focus should be on goals for great projects that teach (and of course integrate great technology).

We then spent the second half of our day there making podcasts. I got assigned to “help” others. I was proud of the Goochland efforts.

• Thomas DeWeerd, John Mayo, and Jon Bennett
• Kimberly Berry with Dianna Gordon and James Hopkins 1
• Kimberly Berry with Dianna Gordon and James Hopkins 2

More people should hear Moulton’s messages, and more administrators should have had the fun opportunity to use Garageband and learn how to edit/record podcasts!

Incidentally, here is my help for GarageBand materials.

This blog outlines tips for dos and don’ts with copyright.

Here’s a great tutorial for using Comic Life in the classroom.

Some interesting notes from a presentation on Web typography. Some time I want to go to SXSW.

Script and service lets you spell out words with pictures from Flickr.

This is neat: a nice little “widget” holding an RSS feed:

Check out the Badger page and make your own with Javascript and Yahoo! Pipes.

Podcast Free America offers free advice for staring out in the world of podcasting.

A recent article appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch by Calvin Trice:

They include a focus on teacher Kim Bachmann’s Digital Graphics classes at Goochland High School, and include quotes from Tom DeWeerd.

This is on my wish list.

Canon PowerShot TX1: hybrid video and point+shoot.

7.1 MP plus video in HD! Wow!

I have published three podcasts from the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) conference from February 25-27, 2007.

• Video Podcast Highlights (MPEG-4 Video)
• Google Earth Presentation (Mp3 Audio)
• Success with the Read/Write Web (Mp3 Audio)

If you attended the sessions, please leave comments below.