It’s been a while since a podcast. Today’s offering is a little bit about Moodle, a little bit more about hyperjournalism in my classroom, and a thank you to David Warlick for something that I’m not even sure he meant to do. Oh — and my daughter has a brief speaking part. Enjoy.
The links I promised in the podcast:
- Moodle
- YourHub.com
- Mr. Sizer’s blog
- David Warlick’s Connect Learning (The particular episode I’m talking about is here. For some reason, my iPodder only caught it a few days ago, but it was published in late July.)
Cool. Is there a way to subscribe to your podcast via iTunes, without manually downloading each one? If so, how? What’s the RSS feed?
Have a great start to your year Bud! Thanks for the podcast~
iTunes, for some reason, deleted me a while back — still working through their service department to get that fixed. In the meantime, you can drag the orange subscribe button into your iTunes window to subscribe, or you can enter the feed
Thanks!
Thanks, Bud. Am now subscribed. Weee!
Love your podcast and listen always. I have a relatively new one at http://snacks4thebrain.blogspot.com and would love for you to give it a listen. The Kathy Schrock interview might be a good one to share with your listeners! I, too, am having difficulty getting set up with iTunes and I will co-opt (it’s sort of like folk music, isn’t it, this web-sharing of knowledge and skill) your directions for itunes subscription. Didn’t know you could drag the button in!
Cheers, and keep up the great work!
Scott
Bud, Thanks for another great pod cast– loved hearing a bit of commentary from your daughter (c;
I appreciate that you are ahead of me in technology, so often you are doing what I’m just starting to think about. For example, I’d heard the Open Source show on hyperlocal journalism, but hadn’t gotten my brain around how to use it with fifth graders. Now I can watch what you do with older kids and learn from that.
My new district is far, far from cutting edge in technology. I won’t have access to Filemaker Pro for constructing surveys and such. No student email accounts, etc, so I’m looking for options, and can’t leap into blogging right from the start, since I must build a case for it and get district approval.
I’ve been staring at Moodle since both you and Will Richardson keep mentioning it. I’ve poked around in their web site quite a bit, but haven’t dived into the forums– I’m supposed to be unpacking, organizing my home, and getting ready for a new job that starts tomorrow, so I didn’t indulge in the forums. If you have time, I’d appreciate having a few questions answered so I can figure out if Moodle will work for me.
1. I have no SQL experience. I have a .Mac account. I can purchase web space from one of my ISPs, but they haven’t replied to my questions about feasibility of installing it on my space. Can I install it on my .Mac account?
Will I probably need to purchase extra .Mac space?
We have a web server at school. I think it is running Novell– or doesn’t that make sense? Could it sit on there? Approximately how much space does it need? I realize that depends upon how much you do with it, but what is an estimate for one teacher, two classes, underuse?
Do I need to install SQL on the server, be it .Mac, school or my ISPs? Would I be doing this via ftp for .Mac or my ISP?
And most importantly, if I want to keep it simple, not add bells and whistles right now, can I realistically do this without knowledge of SQL or server management?
Thanks for any knowledge you can share.
Susan
Wow! I got a link. Now I just need to get an iPod so I can find out why. Hopefully it wasn’t “and this guy is really annoying”.
Susan (and anyone else thinking of setting up this sort of thing), the most important thing, which is often forgotten or skipped because it’s so tedious: BACKUP!
If your server, no matter where it’s located, gets struck by lightening – and your ISP is a vulnerable as your school – you cannot lose your data.
It’s easy to become complacent, so try to automate the process. When I worked from home, every Sunday morning I’d burn backup CDs (five of them – I need a DVD burner). These days, I do it only once a month or so. But every night an automatic process copies stuff between computers so a single failure won’t lose anything – lightening will drop me back to the last CD.
BTW: Don’t forget to do this with your digital pictures, too.