Thursday, April 27, 2006
Taking the Senators Elevator
We had the opportunity to follow the Senator's path from the Dirkson Building to the Capitol.
In DC? Go to the Feinstein Breakfast
Senator Diane Feinstein was wonderful with the crowd. I recommend making reservations and attending her Thursday morning breakfast.
Related Site:
Senator Diane Feinstein's Site
Senator Feinstein Visits the Pepperdine Table.
Senator Feinstein was a gracious hostess and she took the time to explain her views and various practices of the Senate such as the two types of filibuster.
Seize the Day!
Jman preps us for the day. On our way to visit with Senator Feinstein and then to Capital Hill.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Washinton Monument from a Cab
Driveby shot of the Washington Monument. We'll tour the monuments tomorrow. Keep an eye out for our first Hipcast on this blog.
Gordon Peterson Shares Stories
Gordon Peterson, a friend of Jman Sir, was FANTASTIC. He shared some wonderful stories. Thanks Jack and Gordon for a lovely evening.
Sites to check out per Gordon's discussion:
First Amendment
Pullitzer Prize Site
Pew Project: Newswatch.org
Dangling 7,000 lb Mountains & Clouds Sculpture
Yet another view and its supposedly 7000 lbs. Jman Sir says it used to spin but folks got a wee mite bit worried about that.
Church by the Hart Center Office Center
I almost tripped trying to get this pic. Note to self, remind friends to watch your step when moblogging on the run.
Kim Anderson, NEA Lobbyist
Kim Anderson gave us great booklets called NEA Legislative Program for the 109th Congress. Kim is a fab lobbyist for NEA.
Fellow Gadget Lover
Fellow gadget loving tech user at the end there is Barbara Stein at NEA. Just for Barbara, and of course anyone who likes fun lanyards for your gadgets, check out Bead Wizardry Designs.
Keith Krueger of CoSN
Visiting with Keith Krueger, the CEO of CoSN. Keith discussed the needs of K12 Chief Technology Officers, the resources available from CoSN, and the Major trends in the CTO arena including:
He brought up an interesting new term for us of the "Digital Leadership Divide" where we looked at some statistics regarding district technology budgets.
Related Sites:
CoSN
CoSN's 12th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference in San Francisco Next Spring
Bella, Julz, & Tim Magner
Thanks to Tom I had a photo opp. Tim Magner was great fun. Thanks Tim for sharing your insight and taking the time to discuss educational technology from your perspective.
Living the Dream
Michelle asked a great question. She asked Tim Magner, that if resources were not a barrier, what would his dream educational technology project be? He said that he hoped he was living that dream with his new position as the head of the federal Office of Educational Technology. For more on Tim Magner, check out the article, New ed-tech chief touts 'systemic' approach.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Paul arrives safely
Dr. Paul Sparks aka Sparky made it safely. Jman has lots on the agenda with a busy day tomorrow. Meet Tim Magner, CoSN, NEA, Capital, Gordon Peterson...
A National Dialogue
We met Deputy Directors Vicki Schray and Eleanor Schiff at the DOE. Topic - A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Educations Commission on the Future of Higher Education.
Capital View
View of US Capital from my hotel window. OK can I tell you though that we are on the 12th floor and thats a serious climb...
Learn to love the metro cause cabs are EXPENSIVE!
Pentagon Metro Station after our tour of Pentagon. Sending postcards cause not allowed to take pics there.
Had to take a cab cause we had too much luggage to go on the metro
View from our cab of Jefferson Memorial.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Dallas Airport
Hi Mom! Its about 2:30 your time and I am sitting in a familiar spot, Gate D34 at the Dallas airport.
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Division of Sound Rocks!
Shawn's band, Division of Sound rocking at Kruxfest.
Check em out at http://myspace.com/divisionofsound.Friday, April 21, 2006
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Frankie :)
Frankie is such a pain but we love him and he is now my second cell phone multimedia posting, well actually third cause I did that hipcast...
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
This is my mobile tech blog, go to...
...my podcasting blog for podcasting specific thoughts. It's out of date, but since I know I'll have visitors, I'm adding a cool resource - 10 Steps to Podcasting and much much more!
http://julzpodcasting.blogspot.com/
NMSU Podcasters Unite!
Happy Casting,
:)
~julz
http://julzpodcasting.blogspot.com/
NMSU Podcasters Unite!
Happy Casting,
:)
~julz
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Elliot Masie talks "videoification"
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Jan 9, 2006.
#375- Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
51,985 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
LMS 2006 - April 6-7 - Las Vegas, NV - www.lms2006.com .
Learning 2006 - Nov 5-8 - Orlando - www.learning2006.com .
TV via Internet - Learning Implications: CES Report from The MASIE Center.
The primary discussion at the just ended Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas was Television over the Internet. Announcements from Google,
Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Verizon, Yahoo and others all focused on the
expanding capability (and market) for delivering television content over
the internet. Terms like IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) are being
used to describe a rapidly expanding capacity to deliver video content to
your desktop, mobile phone or other devices, via broadband internet
connections, on-demand and to your specifications.
The MASIE Center is exploring how these trends and market investments may
impact organizational learning approaches. Here are some Learning TRENDS
and emerging examples for our readers to ponder:
* "Videoification" of the Web: Apple has cut the way with the release of
their video iPod and the sale of TV shows for $1.99 a piece. New services
from Microsoft, Yahoo and others are rapidly expanding this marketplace.
Video PodCasting is starting to emerge as an additional vehicle for
content distribution. We believe that this may be an early "tipping point"
for the "Videoification" of the web.
Currently, most internet usage is text based with a mild level of graphics
and a sprinkling of audio/video. If the growth of video content continues,
the user may increasingly come to accept and expect video content from
their web experience. This raises serious development hurdles for content
producers and also requires new models for tagging and search processes.
However, we believe that there will be a steady increase in the demand for
video for learning activities.
* Personalized Control Rooms: Check out the recent announcement from CNN
of their CNN Pipeline product. The user is given a video control room that
contains four live feeds from CNN sources as well as access to a huge
level of stored images. They can switch the "feeds" the same way the
control room at CNN is doing, selecting images, stories and perspectives
as desired. Imagine providing this same offering to learners. Rather than
a single storyline or instructional path, they are given multiple sources,
including some live peer interaction and they can choose which one to
select. Imagine being in a webcast with 5 windows, including a live feed
from the instructor, application sharing, remedial content and the ability
to search archives. The learner may increase their expectation of
switching and choosing the scene or shot or perspective of their choice.
For example, there may be a "nay sayer" feed from someone who disagrees
with the perspective of the presenter. Check out the CNN Pipeline and get
a glimpse of the future. http://www.cnn.pipeline/ Their video quality is
amazing and a sense of how far streaming over the internet has advanced.
* Video to Devices: On my belt is a new cell phone, the Viper from
Motorola with service from Verizon. There is a new service called V Cast,
which brings broadcast quality video to my phone from a variety of
sources. Right now, I can access news and entertainment highlights. But,
in a short while, there will be access to a broad range of content,
including corporate specific or learning focused content. The ability to
distribute just in time video content to the hands of our workforce is
intriguing. Imagine retailers, banks or other customer facing
organizations using this technology to provide short blasts of content to
the entire workforce or on-demand access.
There is an interesting story by a USA Reporter who used this service to
"kill time" while waiting for a flight as they were leaving CES this week:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2005-01-12-baig_x.htm
* Digital Cameras at Work: Learning organizations should take a fresh look
at the use of digital cameras (video and still) as tools for corporate
learning. I could not find a single company that is currently teaching
their employees to utilize digital cameras as knowledge/learning tools.
While we whip out these cameras, along with our cell phone cameras, at any
family event or outing, they are not really recognized as assets for
organizational knowledge capture. It is time to take a fresh look. When
someone comes back from an event, why not do a short video interview with
them, rapidly edit and tag it and share it back out? Think of other times
where we might be able to leverage "citizen capture" as part of our
learning efforts. Many will point to the "poor quality" or "lack of
editing" as a reason to avoid their use. Let's see how we might use these
tools as part of the knowledge feed of our organizations.
Upcoming MASIE Center Events and Services:
* Learning Management Systems 2006 - Las Vegas - April 6 and 7.
* Extreme Learning LAB & Seminar - Saratoga Springs - Jan 25-27.
* Learning 2006 - Orlando - Nov 5 - 8.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
#375- Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
51,985 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
LMS 2006 - April 6-7 - Las Vegas, NV - www.lms2006.com .
Learning 2006 - Nov 5-8 - Orlando - www.learning2006.com .
TV via Internet - Learning Implications: CES Report from The MASIE Center.
The primary discussion at the just ended Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas was Television over the Internet. Announcements from Google,
Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Verizon, Yahoo and others all focused on the
expanding capability (and market) for delivering television content over
the internet. Terms like IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) are being
used to describe a rapidly expanding capacity to deliver video content to
your desktop, mobile phone or other devices, via broadband internet
connections, on-demand and to your specifications.
The MASIE Center is exploring how these trends and market investments may
impact organizational learning approaches. Here are some Learning TRENDS
and emerging examples for our readers to ponder:
* "Videoification" of the Web: Apple has cut the way with the release of
their video iPod and the sale of TV shows for $1.99 a piece. New services
from Microsoft, Yahoo and others are rapidly expanding this marketplace.
Video PodCasting is starting to emerge as an additional vehicle for
content distribution. We believe that this may be an early "tipping point"
for the "Videoification" of the web.
Currently, most internet usage is text based with a mild level of graphics
and a sprinkling of audio/video. If the growth of video content continues,
the user may increasingly come to accept and expect video content from
their web experience. This raises serious development hurdles for content
producers and also requires new models for tagging and search processes.
However, we believe that there will be a steady increase in the demand for
video for learning activities.
* Personalized Control Rooms: Check out the recent announcement from CNN
of their CNN Pipeline product. The user is given a video control room that
contains four live feeds from CNN sources as well as access to a huge
level of stored images. They can switch the "feeds" the same way the
control room at CNN is doing, selecting images, stories and perspectives
as desired. Imagine providing this same offering to learners. Rather than
a single storyline or instructional path, they are given multiple sources,
including some live peer interaction and they can choose which one to
select. Imagine being in a webcast with 5 windows, including a live feed
from the instructor, application sharing, remedial content and the ability
to search archives. The learner may increase their expectation of
switching and choosing the scene or shot or perspective of their choice.
For example, there may be a "nay sayer" feed from someone who disagrees
with the perspective of the presenter. Check out the CNN Pipeline and get
a glimpse of the future. http://www.cnn.pipeline/ Their video quality is
amazing and a sense of how far streaming over the internet has advanced.
* Video to Devices: On my belt is a new cell phone, the Viper from
Motorola with service from Verizon. There is a new service called V Cast,
which brings broadcast quality video to my phone from a variety of
sources. Right now, I can access news and entertainment highlights. But,
in a short while, there will be access to a broad range of content,
including corporate specific or learning focused content. The ability to
distribute just in time video content to the hands of our workforce is
intriguing. Imagine retailers, banks or other customer facing
organizations using this technology to provide short blasts of content to
the entire workforce or on-demand access.
There is an interesting story by a USA Reporter who used this service to
"kill time" while waiting for a flight as they were leaving CES this week:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2005-01-12-baig_x.htm
* Digital Cameras at Work: Learning organizations should take a fresh look
at the use of digital cameras (video and still) as tools for corporate
learning. I could not find a single company that is currently teaching
their employees to utilize digital cameras as knowledge/learning tools.
While we whip out these cameras, along with our cell phone cameras, at any
family event or outing, they are not really recognized as assets for
organizational knowledge capture. It is time to take a fresh look. When
someone comes back from an event, why not do a short video interview with
them, rapidly edit and tag it and share it back out? Think of other times
where we might be able to leverage "citizen capture" as part of our
learning efforts. Many will point to the "poor quality" or "lack of
editing" as a reason to avoid their use. Let's see how we might use these
tools as part of the knowledge feed of our organizations.
Upcoming MASIE Center Events and Services:
* Learning Management Systems 2006 - Las Vegas - April 6 and 7.
* Extreme Learning LAB & Seminar - Saratoga Springs - Jan 25-27.
* Learning 2006 - Orlando - Nov 5 - 8.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM.
Information at http://www.masie.com
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