Two 7th Grade Student App Developers - Show #48 and Interview #7

Louie and Sam are two 7th grade students who have formed a partnership for developing websites, web apps, and most notably an IPhone and ITouch educational application. I was fascinated by our discussion as their professionalism is fantastic. I think we can all learn a lot from our students and this experience was an excellent learning experience for me!

Links:

1. The Math Master
2. gettapware.com
3. sipthatdrink.com

Thanks a lot Sam and Louie for being my teacher!

Sylvia Martinez - Show #47 and Interview #6

Sylvia Martinez is president of Generation YES. She has a varied background in both educational and consumer software and games, with expertise along the way in design and development of online environments that encourage learning and communication. Full bio. Follow me on Twitter, Diigo, del.icio.us, or Google Reader Shared Items.

Links talked about...

1. http://www.genyes.com
2. http://blog.genyes.com/

ITouch / IPhone Applications mentioned:

1. Robo Logic
2. Lemonade Stand
3. SimCity
4. Oregon Trail
5. Jelly Car
6. Diamond Islands

Constructivism Links mentioned:

1. Constructivist Celebration at NECC
2. Northwest Contstructivist Convention

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Cameron Foster - Show #36 and Interview #4

Cameron Foster is a Japanese Language teacher with valuable experience using IPod's and mobile phones with his students. We talked a lot about specific uses of these devices for his students but also dipped into the whole web 2.0 world and the issues that surround it. Cameron has some interesting points for sure and this was a fantastic learning experience for me. I really enjoyed hearing about his students use of blogging and podcasting while on a trip out of the country. His use of the mobile phones for their itinerary was definitely unique to me!

Cameron referenced this site http://japanesepod101.com/ and how valuable it has been to his students and himself.

Karen Thompson - Show #28 and Interview #3

School District: Springfield District 186

Title: Instructional Technology Facilitator

1. http://web.mac.com/thompsonk/digitaltools/Digital_Tools.html
2. http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/group.php?id=18499
3. http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/techservices/projects/2452/?mod=8239
4. http://myiltce.ning.com/profile/Karen

Karen has done some fantastic professional development with the ITouch.  She is a fantastic resource on how we can think about using these devices with students in the classroom.  She is focused on having students "create" and she believes that these devices have lots of potential. 

Tim Stahmer - Show #18 and Interview #2

Here is our 2nd interview in an ongoing weekly schedule.  This week we met Tim Stahmer.  Tim's school district is looking to test or pilot ITouches in the classroom. He has some excellent incite into the value of these devices. Check out his site at http://www.assortedstuff.com/. 

Thanks again Tim for our discussion and we look forward to hearing more about your district implementation as it moves forward.

Interview of Brent Coley - Show #13 and Interview #1

Brent Coley has some extensive work with IPod's in his classroom.  This first interview ever in an ongoing weekly videocast was with Brent as he walked us around his work with the students via his website MrColey.com.  We highly suggest you check out Brent's work.

http://www.mrcoley.com