Education Tips: Using RSS in Education

RSS and Education
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-and-education.htm

15 ways that RSS is being used in educational settings = 15 ideas that may work for your educational institution

How are you using RSS personally? How are you using RSS to educate and inform? Please share!!

Education Resources: Teacher's Corner

Teacher's Corner
http://www.coe.uga.edu/k12/

According to the press release:
"A new website that provides resources for teachers on how to create 21st century classrooms with a focus on technology integration, information literacy and emerging technologies will be unveiled by University of Georgia technology specialists at a national conference this month."

There are pages on this site for information literacy, technology integration, 21st century schools, video, podcasting, multimedia, hardware technologies, e-portfolios, and emerging technologies.

Education Resources: Copyright for Kids (and adults!)

The U.S. Copyright Office has launched a site to teach copyright concepts for kids (and I must admit, I appreciate it as an adult, too!).

Copyright Office Launches Website for Kids
http://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/2007/316.html

Here is the actual site:
Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/

found via U.S. Copyright Office NewsNet

Technology Resource: Why Netcasting to Teach?

I like this quick and easy overview of podcasting - well, netcasting (?). There are several good ideas for how to use them to teach, and I like the brief explanation of how to "do it yourself." Nice, simple explanation!

http://www.k12handhelds.com/podcasting.php


So, why did I say netcasting?

Ever since Apple started claiming trademark infringement for using the term "podcast," I have heard some interesting discussion about it. Leo Laporte has started using the term "netcast" to refer to all of the shows on the TWiT Netcast Network. Robert Scoble suggests using the terms "audiocast" and "videocast" instead.

I personally have been trying to say "netcast" as a general term, but I like using the other terms to differentiate between the two - because it matters to those of us who only have time to listen or to those of us who like the visual. I listen to audiocasts while I've driving to work, but I can watch videocasts on my home television, so I like to know the difference before I download it.

Of course, it doesn't matter what you call them, they can be a wonderful tool for teaching and library instruction!

So, are any of you using netcasting to teach your users? If so, please tell me all about it!

Courtney