Discourse about Discourse: Educasts by Ben Wilkoff

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The Social Networks of Tragedies

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July 05, 2007 07:52 PM PDT

This podcast is pretty heavy:
I was in Osawatomie, KS for the 4th of July. It flooded earlier in the week, and my sister-in-law lost her car and her apartment due to this natural disaster. This event really got me thinking about how we can use the technology that our schools provide (especially in 1:1 programs) in order to create social networks for a community. I hope that we can start putting together ideas like Steve Hargadon's Public Web Stations (link below) in non-crisis times. If you have any ideas about how to do this, please shoot me an e-mail at benwilkoff@gmail.com
I am also interested in knowing if you would rather I don't include links and pictures with my podcast, but rather simply upload the mp3 file. If you have an opinion either way, please post a comment on this podcast.
Show Notes:

00:00:00: Intro to Osawatomie Flooding
Pictures
00:02:12: Supporting the people of Osawatomie
News Article and Support Links
00:03:02: The 1:1 Social Network
The Osawatomie 1:1 Initiative
00:06:24: The New School Community Center
00:07:51: Steve Hargadon's Public Web Stations
Public Web Stations
00:09:53: Bridging Social Networks and Analog Communities
00:12:15: How do we use tech in our schools to benefit the community?
My Blog

Podcast Summary

My hope is that these educational podcasts add something to the cannon of classroom research and theory being done in K-12 situations across the country. These podcasts are made either in my car or in my 7th/8th grade classroom. They are mostly discussing the different elements of creating a 21st century learners (Web 2.0 technology, Authentic practice, Flat classrooms, etc.)