The Technology in Higher Education Podcast from the University of Colorado Denver
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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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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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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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CU Online summer webcamp – group picture
eCollege mobile phone acccess
Walmart to partner with American Public University
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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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Ning
Social networking tool
will be phasing out some of their free services starting July 2010
Review: Apple iPad
review of the iPad for academic use
Alternatives: HP Slate, Google Tablet, netbooks, eReaders
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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)
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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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PANIC! Study Finds That Students are Addicted To Their iPhones!
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
