Kidcast podcast-How to talk to your administrator

What do you say to support your interest in implementing podcasting in your school? Take a listen to Dan Schmit's "KidCast" Episode 36 and you'll get some GREAT ideas! The episode (Dec. 2006) is available free through the iTunes store (podcasts:education:Kidcast:Learning and Teaching with Podcasting)or at Dan's blog.

Dan is the author of the book KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom (available from FTC Publishing)

GPS in the classroom report

Teacher Bill Savell from Medlin Middle School, Northwest ISD, reports on a geocaching presentation at a conference he attended where he learned about using GPS's to teach a number of concepts, both new and old in the latest edition of eschoolnews. The article details a number of resources including United Streaming videos, books and websites. Here's a link to the full article:
eschoolnews