TechHEDs

TH-2010-07-19 #78 Today we’ll talk about Blackboard’s Monopoly (aka Anna’s farewell!)

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:27:44 -0500

Brian Yuhnke and Anna Thai take you on a journey to the very beginning of Techheds then back to our most current episode. Along the way he puts Anna in the “Hot Seat” to prepare her for her journey back down under!

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TH-2010-07-06 #77 Today we’ll talk about some affordable ways to capture video

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:43:39 -0500

Pocket Camcorders & Hybrid cameras
Flip Mino HD – $185 (Amazon)
Sanyo Xacti Line – $120 to $750 (Amazon)
Creative Vado HD 720p – $150 (Tigerdirect)
Kodak Playsport waterproof HD – $136 (Walmart)
Canon Powershot SD1400 – $229 (Best Buy)

HD Webcams
Microsoft Lifecam Cinema HD (720p No HD Skype Support) – $50 (Microsoft)
Logitech HD Webcam C510 – $60 (Logitech)
Facevision Touchcam N1 – $120 (Facevision)
Freetalk Everyman camera – $50 (Freetalk)

Mobile Phone Video Cameras
iPhone 4 (HD) – from $199 (Apple & AT&T)
HTC Evo (HD) – $199 (Sprint)

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TH-2010-06-28 #76 Today you’ll find out how to spice up your course with podcasting and screencasting!

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:14:05 -0500

Audio Podcasting
Hardware – computer, microphone, headset, voice recorder, mobile phone
Software – Audacity, GarageBand
Hosting – blogtalkradio, Libsyn, Blubrry; iTunes U

Screencasting
Hardware – computer
Software – Jing, Camtasia, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premier Elements
Hosting – YouTube, Screencast.com

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TH-2010-06-14 #75 Today we’re “kicking” off our late spring spectacular!

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:47:42 -0500

CU Online summer webcamp – group picture

Apple iPhone 4

eCollege mobile phone acccess

Walmart to partner with American Public University

See You Online Featurette Spring Symposium video

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TH-2010-05-24 #74 Today we’ll debrief the CU Online Spring Symposium

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:06:50 -0500

CU Online Spring Symposium 2010

twitter account – follow cuonline

Keynote Speaker – William Horton

Denver Pecha Kucha night – next session July 23 @ Denver Art Museum

Videos/Presentation recordings – will be posted soon!

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TH-2010-05-03 #73 Today we mourn an app that is no longer free

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:56:47 -0500

Ning
Social networking tool
will be phasing out some of their free services starting July 2010

Alternatives to Ning

Review: Apple iPad

review of the iPad for academic use

Alternatives: HP Slate, Google Tablet, netbooks, eReaders

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TH-2010-03-29 #72 Today it’s time for Geo This and Geo That!

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:16:28 -0500

GPS (Global Positioning System) – is a satellite-based navigation system
-Device in cars (OnStar)
-handheld devices (Garmin, Magellan, TOMTOM)
-Hiking (Garmin, Polar)

Geotagging
Adding GPS related (coordinates) to metadata
photos – Eyefi, flickr
How to GPS Tag photos: Flickr, Mappr, Google Earth...
geoblogging

Location Based Social Networking
brightkite
foursquare
Gowalla
Yelp – (Denver)

Augmented Reality
Google Street View

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TH-2010-03-22 #71 Today we’ll talk about the various Learning Management Systems out there

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:00:51 -0500

Learning Management Systems also referred as Course Management Systems

Blackboard
pros – array of build in tools to choose from, integrates well with external applications
cons – constantly having to apply patches to fix various bugs

eCollege – Pearson Learning Studio
pros – simple to use, very stable system
cons – limited amount of tools available, gradebook can be quite restrictive and too simple

Angel
Moodle
Sakai
Desire2Learn
Haiku

Resources
WCET edu tools

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TH-2010-03-15 #70 Today we’ll talk about how mobile technology is changing the university

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:14:47 -0500

PANIC! Study Finds That Students are Addicted To Their iPhones!

The Mobile Campus

Abilene Christian University – Mobile Learning Report 2008-09

Top 50 iPhone Apps for Educators

Alternative Mobile Devices

Apple iPad
Amazon Kindle
Barns & Noble Nook
Dell mini 5 tablet
Windows 7 tablet PC

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TH-2010-03-08 #69 Today we will showcase the battle between Google Buzz & Twitter

Brian Yuhnke & Anna Thai — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:52:53 -0500

Twitter

Google Buzz

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