Podcasts

Welcome to the Podcasts page at NCSSCN! Do you podcast? And are you interested in podcasting about teaching Social Studies or using Educational Technology? If you are, then we want to hear from you!

Look for the "NCSS Podcast" forum on the Main page and be sure to share your ideas about what you want from the NCSS podcast. We want to continue building the NCSS Community Network and make it your number ONE source for ideas and inspiration, as well as a forum to share and discuss with fellow educators new software programs, websites, tools, and theories related to the teaching profession.

Recent Interviews by Tom Daccord:
Tom Daccord has begun interviewing innovative educators on the NCSS Community network and is asking them to share their best practices.
In these two excerpts Tom asks Jeff Williams and Chuck Taft to describe the role technology plays in their classroom:
Jeff Williams, an innovative Florida HS Teacher discusses the role technology has played in his classroom.
jeff williams.mp3
Chuck Taft, a creative Wisconsin MS teacher discusses how technology has transformed his classroom.
podcast Taft 2.mp3

Click on the links below and listen to some of these podcasts created by NCSSCN users. Website links are provided, as well as show notes and accompanying downloads if applicable. For now, if you have a podcast you would like to share, just put a link to it in the comments section so we can all enjoy.

Podcast #1:Wide World of Ning (and Twitter)

From Wired Wednesday,Wired Wednesday: Ed. Tech. Ed. Talk.
Rick Reece, Jeff Williams and special guest Mike Waiksnis discuss collaboration tools Twitter and Ning and its uses in education.
Links from the show:
Ed LeaderWeb (Mike’s Blog)
Rick’s Twitter
WW on Twitter
Broward byte
Twitter Ning

** Special Note** I apologize for the background noise on my mic, I have been getting over a cold and I was having a hard time breathing. I spent a couple of hours editing out the noise with Cool Edit, but the edited version sounded terrible so I just decided to leave it in.:-)

Podcast #2: Why We Need 21st Century Learning

From Wired Wednesday,Wired Wednesday: Ed. Tech. Ed. Talk.
Highlights of Jeff’s talk, “21st Century Classrooms: How Teachers Can Use Technology to Foster Creativity and Learning”, given at the Philadelphia Learning Symposium on February 21, 2009.

Podcast #3: FETC
Rick, Sandy and Jeff discuss cool things from FETC; iLife ‘06, ‘08 AND ‘09; and your picks of the week!
Wordsift - Sandy's pick
Kerpoof (Rick’s pick)
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (Jeff’s pick) **While on the site, look for Tom Kelley’s lecture on being an “innovator for life”.
FETC
mimio

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