Tweet Jeff sits down with Parviz Parvizi to discuss the new podcasting app Clammr.  Simply put, Clammr is one of the BEST ways to reach your audience today! Check them out at Clammr.com About Clammr Clammr brings social engagement and discovery to audio. Users are calling our app Audio Instagram and Audio Twitter.  Listeners get personalized streams of Entertainment & News in 18-second bites that they can launch automatically into full-length music, podcasts, and news. Audio content creators love Clammr as a way to make their content more discoverable and viral.  Blogs and video producers love us for reaching audiences when they can’t look at screens. Links of interest Web: http://www.Clammr.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/clammrapp Web Publishing: http://publisher.clammr.com Helpful Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5x7Z_UUMu-Ev_k9ftnP1g About our Guest Parviz is co-founder of Clammr, a mobile app and platform making audio more social and viral. Users are calling Clammr, which features snack-sized audio clips of 18 seconds or less, the "Instagram of Audio." Previously, Parviz worked at McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, the FCC, and O’Melveny & Myers. He has advised top 5 global media companies and mobile carriers on strategy and growth. He was a founder of McKinsey’s iConsumer research initiative on digital consumer behavior, authoring 3 of the Firm’s 10 most-downloaded media sector knowledge documents. Parviz holds a JD from Yale Law School and AB from Cornell. Simply put, Clammr is one of the BEST ways to reach your audience today!Click To Tweet Share the Love If you enjoyed the show, please rate us on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Please join the TechEducator Podcast LIVE every Sunday night at 7:00 P.M. EST on http://www.TeacherCast.tv  Learn How To Launch Your Very Own Podcast! Are you interested in learning how to podcast? Do you want to share podcasting with your students or perhaps create a podcast from your own home?  Jeff is available for one-on-one consulting to help you learn how to bring your podcasting ideas to life. Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail Check out our Educators Guide to Podcasting today! | Video | Slideshare Presentation  Please contact TeacherCast with any Questions or to become a guest on the show Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast Email: info@teachercast.net Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes View LIVE Professional Development from TeacherCast Watch LIVE: http://www.TeacherCast.tv | Broadcasting Schedule (http://www.teachercast.net/showcal) TeacherCast Broadcasting Community: http://www.TeacherCast.net/broadcastingcommunity Invite TeacherCast to Speak or Broadcast at your conference Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE! Check out more TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network Shows TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/) TeacherCast App Spotlight (http://www.teachercast.net/education/teachercast-broadcasting/the-teachercast-app-spotlight/) Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today) The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com)

Tweet Today’s technology guarantees that education is no longer restricted to a physical classroom and location. The availability of distance learning now crosses boundaries and borders, and allows collaboration in ways that weren’t possible before the existence of video conferencing. Today, the sky is the limit when it comes to what can be done in the education field with the latest collaborative tools. Here’s a look at how video conferencing is revolutionizing the way that teachers, colleagues, and students connect. Uniting Classrooms Offering distance learning to students who can’t attend classes on campus is a great way to provide access to quality education regardless of geographical location. However, classes are frequently mixed these days, allowing both on-site and off-site students to participate in the same session. One of the most challenging aspects of uniting students on-site versus those at a distant satellite classroom is making them feel included and not isolated. Video conferencing is one of many tools that successfully eliminates this problem, making the on-site and off-site students feel included and as if they are both in the same lecture, according to eCampus News.  Ensuring the ability to interact with the lecturer in real time and having efficient, trustworthy tools to do so is also key. There are video conferencing providers out there today such as Bluejeans that specialize in these types of tools, refining the use of Video Conferencing in Education Sector with Blue Jeans and always providing reliable service. One of the most frustrating aspects of using video conferencing in the classroom is having undependable equipment. By using a reliable provider with a good track record, you’ll be eliminating these problems before they ever start. Cultural Institutions Thinking Ahead Colleges and universities aren’t the only institutions that are starting to further utilize video conferencing within the learning process and curriculums. Museums and cultural centers are also beginning to integrate video conferencing as a way to offer distance learning.  According to Alaskan newspaper Juneau Empire, a new state-of-the-art space for Sealaska Heritage Institute in the city of Juneau includes a learning center that’s equipped with video conferencing capabilities intended to be used for distance learning as well as meetings. Offering services that increase accessibility to educational resources like a museum is logical, since the very mission of a cultural institution is to serve the general public. It also allows colleagues to connect across the globe, eliminating the need for travel and fostering new connections between diverse fields of study. Global Phenomenon The increasing importance and popularity of distance learning is not a phenomenon unique to the United States. According to Technavio, the market for distance learning in India will grow at a CAGR of 10.15 percent in the next five years. This is due to a shift in learner demographics as well as an increased demand for a high quality education while also taking into account convenience. This is the case for many countries, especially those that are spread out and have educational opportunities concentrated in a few main institutions of higher learning. Distance learning via video conference basically means that you can obtain a great education regardless of where you live. Whether you’re taking a class as an off-site student across the state or a country, it’s a technology that’s useful for everyone in all walks of life. The need for flexibility and convenience is a huge driving factor. Even if you can afford to go to college and have a university nearby, if you’re also trying to raise a family or have a full time job, commuting can be all but impossible. This is where distance learning comes in, and how video conferencing is especially valuable. Instead of simply participating in a faceless online course, you can see and interact with the professor and your classmates in real time. This experience is superior in quality, rather than just looking at a screen of text and downloading reading materials. Instructor Collaborations While distance learning using video conferencing benefits students, increases accessibility, and offers flexibility in terms of scheduling, it also has an impact on the learning process for educational professionals. Some classes are co-taught with two instructors, and video conferencing allows this type of structure to become collaborative. Additionally, video conferencing facilitates internal communication much more efficiently. Whether there’s a training session for administration or a faculty meeting, being able to conduct these types of sessions from multiple remote locations makes scheduling much easier. Effective and consistent communication and training is more important in the education field than any other industry, due to how fast approaches and techniques change. There are also many moving parts, and touching base with faculty and staff on a regular basis is essential to success. One of the best parts of video conferencing is its ability to bring together people from far-flung places, whether it be students or staff. Eliminating the need to commute while also maintaining a face to face interaction can only be achieved with this type of technology, and the rewards that are reaped are worth the investment. 

Tweet Given the fact that technology is constantly evolving and advancing, a career in robotics is considered to be one of the most demanding yet rewarding career choices available. Jobs in this field are varied, spanning many different industries. From agriculture, through to manufacturing for space travel, robotic systems are essential and individuals are required for electrical, mechanical or mechatronics engineering jobs. From designing prosthetic limbs to ensuring production plants run smoothly, robot engineers have every opportunity to enhance everyday lives. Outlined below are 5 key benefits to choosing a career in robotics: Variety A good robotics engineer will have strong mathematical, logical, scientific, creative and computer skills. And this skillset will open many doors to different roles across strong technology-driven industries. Think: Aerospace, Automobile industry, Entertainment, Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Military and Medicine - to name a few. The number of mechatronics engineering jobs is growing year on year - and experts are sought to build, design and test robotic systems or software. No day is likely to be the same with a career in robotics. Innovation New robot technology is expanding all the time. Therefore, building robots and corresponding software systems is a hugely innovative process. As an engineer, you are responsible for conceiving new uses of robots and their subsequent application. Developing and testing solutions demands an extremely innovative mind that can introduce new ways to overcome mechanical problems. So if you are innovative by nature, this type of role is suited to you. What are the 5 key benefits to choosing a career in robotics?Click To Tweet Deepen Knowledge and Improve Skills Working in the field of robotics requires a great degree of creative thinking and problem solving. Mechatronics engineering jobs are desirable because employers are looking for those with a deeper understanding of robotic software performance, outstanding design skills (e.g. using Computer Aided Design software) and proficiency in electronics and computing. You will be analysing robot components controlled by computer and electronics programmes. As a robotics engineer, you will constantly challenge yourself and improve your skills to solve problems. Collaboration with Like-Minded Experts Whether you’re an electrical, mechanical or mechatronics engineer, you will likely be collaborating with other experts in your field. Robotics brings together the best minds in computing, physics, mathematics and design for a common, greater cause and you will no doubt be challenged and educated all at the same time. Rewarding A robot engineer is essentially involved in creating and improving processes. In certain industries e.g. medicine, you are ultimately responsible for helping people live better lives. For some, this is an immensely rewarding experience.  Choosing a career in robotics can earn you both practical benefits (some jobs can offer above average wages) and emotional benefits - by creating innovation which enhances human lives. Whichever path you choose to take in robotics, you will certainly not be disappointed. Tell us why you are interested in robotics in the comments below. Images by Nic’s events, Christopher.Michel, used under Creative Commons license.

Tweet In modern world, the expectations from teachers have gone too higher and only those teaches who are integrating latest technology in their classroom for performing every single task can come up to the expectations of the students, their parents and even school or college management. There are various great platforms which are fully focused and dedicated to the educational purposes and have been very helpful for the teachers where they can learn about the tools, techniques and strategies to make their way of teaching more effective and inspiring. Here in this article, you can find a list of some great tools which you must integrate in your teaching.  Google Drive It is an excellent productivity tool which works on many devices and provides approx. 15 GB free space to the account holders for storage. If you are planning to make impressive presentations, design high valued spreadsheets or work on an important document, Google Drive will be really useful for it. Add this simple tool in your box and see how it benefits you. Dropbox Another great storage place is Dropbox which is cloud-based and can bring you an easy way to save, store and share your docs & PDFs files. Dropbox has syncing capacities which makes it a perfect tool for passionate teachers who don’t want to use the old ways for keeping their records.  Google in Education Google in Education is basically a Google created platforms for the students, teachers and other people who are interested to know about the google products exclusively created for education purpose. Here you can learn about different products that what they can do for you and how you can get the most out of them.  Socrative It is a very smart educational system which allows the teachers to involve their pupils into learning activities through smartphones, laptops and tablets. This system has a lot of advantages and great features such as visualization, instant result aggregation and real time questioning which enables the teachers to improve each individual’s understanding abilities.  Edmodo Edmodo is a great place to connect with your entire class where you can share content with them, post necessary school notices and even assign them homework right through this simple system. Edmodo has more than 50 million members including teachers, students and their parents and this will be really great to have an easy access to latest educational resources.  Evernote Evernote is an excellent web serving tool which will allow you to make necessary notes and bookmark useful webpages. This simple yet so effective tool is absolutely free to use and the best thing about it is that you can use it on almost all web based and mobile devices.  YouTube Video Editor When you want to edit and create videos to make teaching more effective and interesting in your classroom, YouTube Video Editor can be really great tool for editing and it is being used by teachers as well as students in all parts of the world because of its easy to use functions.  WeVideo In addition to YouTube Video Editor, you can also check out WeVideo which is another useful platform for creating, editing and sharing videos on all types of devices such as PCs, laptops, mobile and tabs.  Flipboard Flipboard is a very nice place where you can save your favorite stories which you can read later in form of a magazine that will look more attractive to the students.  Diigo Diigo is a website for social bookmarking and it will allow you to tag and bookmark webpages that you think are important. Moreover, when you are on Diigo, you can also highlight certain areas of the site which you think are more important and if necessary, you can also add sticky notes.  About the Author  Katherine Brunt is an educationalist writer at Assignment Box. She has been actively involved in some of the largest teachers’ forums and communities where he tries to benefit others from herexperience and research work to enable them perform much better in their classrooms as per the requirement of modern world educational system. For more information connect her on Twitter.

Tweet A child is a blessing for the parents, even if the child has some disability. Although it breaks the heart of parents once it has been established that their child has a certain disease or a disorder, a great amount of patience, true love, and understanding can get them through such difficult time. Eventually, the father and the mother will be grateful for having a sparkling star of their life in their house, close to their bosom. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has had its roots since early times. However, it wasn’t successfully classified and diagnosed until much later on. ASD is a development disorder characterized by difficulty in social interactions (verbal and nonverbal communication), repetitive behavior, and restricted behavior. Every child, diagnosed with ASD, is however, different. Some autistic children have extraordinary mathematical, artistic, visual, or academic skills, while others may have difficulty taking care of themselves alone. Many autistic children can be cured of the disorder if they receive proper care and treatment from an early age. Apart from therapy or treatment, you can use the help of recent technology and abundant gadgets of today, such as the smart phone or tablets, to download a number of apps to help your child improve his neurological skills. Different applications will enable your child to develop or improve mathematical, functional, social, communication, linguistics and other useful skills. ABA Flash Cards: This app can be downloaded on any Apple device. This wonderful app is designed to help children develop language skills such as new vocabulary words using flashcards with images. Alien Buddies-Preschool Learning: This is another great application which can be downloaded on any Apple device. The focus of this application is to develop artistic skills in the child. It has games that require them to match shapes and colors, build puzzles, and make their own drawings. Arithmaroo 1: As its name suggests, this application is solely designed to develop a child’s arithmetic skills. This app will tell you if your special child has an above average intellectual capability when it comes to maths. The app uses hands with fingers or other objects which they can use to do simple calculations. On a more advanced level, it will teach them how to multiply and divide also. Autism Emotion: Almost every autistic needs a little help when it comes to the social skills. This application will enable you to teach your child different emotions which they should be able to identify in other people as well as themselves. Happy, sad, proud, calm, the faces on this application allow children to improve on emotional intelligence. Everyday Skills (pocket edition): Sometimes, academic skills aren’t enough. Children also need to learn everyday skills and be able to identify places and objects they will encounter in the outside world such as the community and transportation. Everyday Skills is one such app that is designed to develop a child’s functional skills. It also has a flashcard format that will show pictures and label them (i.e. grocery store, fire department, getting around town, etc.) Fast Mall: This is another application designed to improve functional skills. While visiting a mall, your child needs to know where in the world he is. This app will help him identify different types of shops and what you get there. Hippi 1 and 2: This extremely cute app full of animals and colors is intended to enhance a child’s language as well as functional skills. Learning new words, working with puzzles, reading and answering questions will get your child learning new and useful things in no time. This one is bound to keep him glued to screen. About Author: Skornia Alison is a private educator and a tutor, and a part-timer at an essay writing service by essay valley. When not at her desk, she loves to take long stroll with her dog and have a long gossipy chat with her friends.

Tweet On Friday May 29, 2015 educators from across the country gathered at the United States Department of Education for the second annual EdcampUSDOE, otherwise known as #EDCAMPUSA.  It was truly one of the best professional experiences of my life.  It is very difficult to express just how awesome it was to be there in our nations capital discussing with other educators the many ways we can improve as educators and help our students.  The pinnacle of this experience was a visit from the US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. Creating EdcampDOE I would like to personally congratulate the Edcamp Foundation for organizing this event.  Kristen Swanson and Hadley Ferguson worked tirelessly along with countless others from the DOE to make sure everyone had the best experience possible.  From the moment we walked in the DOE, we were greeted with warm bagels and hot coffee.  What a perfect way to start an edcamp!  Thanks Panera Bread! Session 1: Learning about STEM Education and Maker Spaces Of you are interested in STEM education or are even thinking about creating a makerspace for you school, there is no better resource on this planet than Meredith Martin.  This amazing blue haired New Jersey educator has not only created her own Maker Space in her school (that is pretty darn awesome) but is now working with state teachers unions to revolutionize the way that STEM education is presented at the state conference level.  We had a great time in a room filled with about 30 educators talking about 3D printers, Lesson Plans, and the best way to throw a perfectly good egg off the top of a school building in a way that it remains a perfectly good egg.  If you are looking for awesome resources on just about any topic, check out her site Tech For Teachers. Podcasting In The School District In the second session, I lead a discussion (complete with a "show and tell") on the many ways that teachers, schools, and districts are using podcasting and digital media in their educational environments.  Although only a handful of educators stopped by to talk, it was a constant reminder that sometimes the best PD sessions are those that are more personal.  I had a great time meeting some pretty awesome educators who are looking to expand the way they will be communicating with their students and teachers in the future. Transforming your BOE from 1920’s to 2020’s It was the last session of the conference and I didn’t have any clue where I wanted to go. I was walking aimlessly down the hallway when I was screamed at by none other than Melinda Sears.  Reluctantly I went into the session and was completely blown away by the conversations happening.  We all have been in situations where we are the most techy person in the room.  How do we elevate our students? How do we elevate our staff? More importantly… to implement positive change for our students and staff…. how do we elevate our BOE’s to help them understand the importance of our digital classrooms.  I wish to thank Melinda, Meredith, Toby Brown and Amanda Dykes for helping me learn the best ways to be innovative in my new school district next year.  The conversations were incredible and invaluable. Moving Onward I have attended dozens of Edcamps over the last 4 years and have planned more than a dozen unconferences.  This event was absolutely the best professional experience I have ever had. Share Your Edcamp Story Were you at EdcampDOE?  Please share your story below in the comments section.  If you have ever had a similar experience at a conference or event please let us know about below and tell us why these events are so special to you. I wish to once again thank every member of the edcamp foundation for their efforts and to the DOE staff and secretary Arne Duncan for his generous time.

Tweet There is a chill in the air, lights are going up everywhere, it is like the whole world is prepping for the hour of code!  While I might have enough excitement about the season to carry my whole school site, I know that other people can’t believe we are talking about the Hour of Code already.  They ask me "Wasn’t it just connected educator month?"  Some of my favorite teachers anguish over the time needed for the hour of code and how fast the short period between turkey day and winter break rushes by.  They aren’t sure they can find a spare hour to "do coding." I am putting together some of the best resources I know to help them find meaningful ways to help their students learn through code. As I have been learning about programming and teaching kids to code, music is a theme that keeps emerging.  Vikas from WonderWorkshop first got me thinking about you music could help teach programming last year when I heard him speak about why Dash, one of their robots, plays the xylophone. He spoke about the power of music to help kids understand sequence.  Whether a scale or Mary had a Little Lamb, we can hear the difference between wrong and right in a musical sequence. When we can take something like music and use programming to interact with it we can teach programming basics at the same time as sequence, rhythm and even some basic music theory. Learn how to compose music in your browser visually, now via SamPatueClick To Tweet Thinking about how to make Hour of Code accessible to my music teacher I was playing around with Trinket.io and their Music trinket. This is a neat interface and it plays the music you program into it.  The window has a "cheat sheet" available and allows you to program but the bass and treble parts.   Trinket.io is one of the companies in the Imagine K12 startup incubator this year.  Their Philosophy: trinket knows that educators belong at the center of open education. That’s why we believe that Teachers won’t be Replaced by Software and that there’s a Middle Path for Education Technology that can disrupt an industry without disrupting teachers’ connections to their students. The trinket team has been working towards this vision since 2013. Together we’re building the tools that you need to make a difference in your classroom, whatever and whoever you teach. We hope you’ll join us. Below you will find 2 music trinkets, see what you can come up with.  Could these help you support a meaningful hour of code in a music class?  I was really happy to discover that they work in the Safari Browser on my iPad Trinket From Eliot at Trinket.io We describe the music trinket as everything you need to teach and learn music theory/composition and nothing you don’t.  We use a lightweight music markup language in the trinket to help show that code can enhance other disciplines without being about computer science.  Like all trinkets, music trinkets are free to use, easily remixable and shareable.   Does this have you thinking about the relationship between programming and music?  Well here is some reading to support your curiosity. Cal Arts Programming of Musicians Musicians written about by a coder Music Programming intro essay

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Tweet In this video, Jeff sits down with the team from Microsoft OneNote to learn why it is the perfect companion to any digital classroom. For more information, please follow on Twitter @MSOneNote or visit online at www.OneNote.com. Do you have any questions about Microsoft OneNote? Leave us some comments or questions below and we will be sure to answer them in upcoming videos in this series.

Tweet In this video, Jeff sits down with the team from Microsoft OneNote to learn how to create and use templates for quick and simple organization. For more information, please follow on Twitter @MSOneNote or visit online at www.OneNote.com. Do you have any questions about Microsoft OneNote? Leave us some comments or questions below and we will be sure to answer them in upcoming videos in this series.