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Seminar "Lernen im Mimachnetz" durften wir gestern in unserer DimDim-Session Andreas Auwärter von der Universität Koblenz begrüßen. Er berichtete von seinen Erfahrungen beim Aufbau der studentischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft zum Thema Podcasting "Bildung im Dialog", die es nun schon seit Ende 2005 gibt. Bereits letzte Woche konnten die Studierenden selbst einen Einblick ins Podcasten anhand von Arbeitsaufträgen der AG gewinnen. Im Blog der AG Podcasting, auf dem auch regelmäßig Protokolle die Arbeit der AG dokumentieren, hält Andreas auch noch einen Gruß an die Studierende meines Seminars bereit.

Podcasts sind seit ihrem großen Hype im Jahr 2005 in der Netzlandschaft angekommen. Doch sind es nicht einfach nur Audiosendungen im Internet, sondern nicht selten spielen interessante Konzepte im Hintergrund eine Rolle. Ein Beispiel dafür ist die AG Podcasting, bei der Andreas Auwärter an der Universität Koblenz das Medium in Bildungskontexten einsetzt. Wir waren vor Ort...

Der strukturierte Themenplan der AG Podcasting für das Sommersemester 2009

During the last of our IM discussions related to the theme upgrade, I told Preshit that I worked my bit of the upgrade entirely using MacRabbit's Espresso. He was surprised, to say the least. Everyone knows me as a Coda fanboy, so did I ditch it just like that? I've always seen Espresso as sort of the underpowered in comparison with Coda. Coda is feature rich, has a splendid user interface, so why switch to something sub-standard? Lately though Coda has been showing its age, especially improvements in the world of HTML and CSS, and its user interface felt a little too heavy, given the current trend towards minimalism. Moreover, with Espresso's 1.1 update, things were looking good for this new kid on the block. So I gave it a serious run-through by doing the theme upgrade entirely in Espresso.

Take the simplicity of Twitter, add some features such as sending attachments, redesign the software to appeal to teachers and students, what you end up with is Edmondo.com, a young site that is rapidly gaining converts in the education community. It is a great example of using digital tools to organize a student's day-to-day workflow. Edmodo provides a way for teachers and students to share notes, links, and files. Teachers have the ability to send alerts, events, and assignments to students. Privacy is the biggest drawback to using traditional web 2.0 tools in a k-12 classroom setting.  (Has Twitter been around long enough to be called traditional?) Edmondo promotes itself as "a private communication platform for teachers and students." I'm not a teacher, so I'll defer to the views of someone who is. Mark Warner is a primary teacher in the U.K. who runs the successful www.TeachingIdeas.co.uk and blogs on MrWarner.com.  He and his students (ages nine and ten) just recently started using the site, and they think it's great.

Grom the Webpage: "About The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads.  The Free Music Archive is being directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America.  Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet." Thanx to @anitsirk to pointing us to this!

Weil es für die AG interessant sein wird, hier die URL zum Unterstützen der CALDAV Funktion in unserem Kalender. Im Anschliss ein Auszug aus der Einleitung von Googles Hilfe: "Google Calendar CalDAV - Welcome to our information center for Google Calendar CalDAV support. The tabs above contain information to help you start syncing events between Google Calendar and Apple iCal or Mozilla Sunbird. If you're interested in syncing your iPhone or iPod Touch with Google Calendar via CalDAV, visit this article for additional information. Introduction Find out the information you should know before getting started with CalDAV. Get Started If you're setting up CalDAV for the first time, you'll need to: Decide if CalDAV is right for you by checking out the current list of known issuesView the system requirements. Enable Google Calendar in Apple iCal or Mozilla Sunbird.Troubleshooting Click here for assistance with common problems when using CalDAV with Google Calendar. Known Issues View the list of known issues.

RAFT (Remote Accessible Field Trips) provides the possibility for students to participate in field trips from remote locations. This paper reports on two studies to test the RAFT concept. The first study used video-mediated communication (VMC) to allow students to communicate with experts. The second study tested students' experiences of using off-the-shelf technologies to transfer data while assigned with specific roles. Participants were school students aged 11-18 years. The findings showed RAFT resulted in high levels of interest and was both positive and engaging for students. An increase in student interest in topic (p < 0.05) was reported in the second study. It is argued that these aspects of RAFT are of benefit to students and further developments are discussed.

"Should you friend your students? The short answer is no Earlier this year I delivered a further cyberbullying guidance document on behalf of Childnet International for the UK Government's Department for Children, Schools and Families. The Guidance follow up (and designed to compliment) cyberbullying guidance, a comprehensive document  that formed part of the Safe To Learn: Embedding anti-bullying work in schools suite of advice. While the initial document was really well received both within the UK & internationally, teachers unions and associations were increasingly being asked to deal with school employee cyberbullying cases - in which the staff member was the person being victimised." so written by Josy Fraser a very intereting Blog Post about what we call in germany the adaequate "Paedagogische Beziehung" - How to care this in ages of social networks and learning.

"Effective storytelling is a fine and beautiful art. A well-developed and presented story can cut across age barriers and will hold the interest and reach its listeners. Stories will be remembered long after other orations. Knowing and applying the basics of storytelling will strengthen your stories." by Barry McWilliams - Introduction to Storytelling! You are most welcome to copy and use this document! It is about 6 printed pages long. You might read some of the good books available on how to tell stories as well.