Why do we teach the way we do and why do students have to attend classes face-to-face? These are some of the questions Barbara asks in her segment, “Is Higher Ed Ready for the Challenge?” Citing old-fashioned structures and false assumptions, Barbara urges institutions of higher learning to look more closely and critically at how ...

In today’s episode, Barbara shares her ideas on how to publish and share private videos with a class group. You can download her PDF tutorial on how to do this here: http://itcboisestate.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/topsecret.pdf Chris introduces us to an excellent resource for teachers–online training videos: http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/ This is a great way to save time and find video tutorials that ...

Welcome to another episode of the Cool Teacher Podcast. Today, we are joining members of TeacherStream, an online network of K-16 teachers. You can request an account on TeacherStream at http://teacherstream.ning.com and join in their discussions. As you will find out in today’s episode there are many advantages in being a member of a social ...

Wow, lot’s of stuff happening in techland! For starters, the new iPad was announced today, so Chris will tell you all about it. (I want one in white, if anyone is interested.) We start today’s podcast with a discussion of Darkslide, a Flickr app that will enable total interaction with Flickr using only your iPod ...