RPP #70: Blackboard World Interview: Blending Blackboard and Second Life, and Podsafe Summertime

• News from the Podosphere
• Blackboard World '08 - Las Vegas, July 15-17, 2008

• Rod's Podcaster Guide & E-Learning News
• Lively - Google's new Second Life killer
• Knol - Google's new Wikipedia killer

• Blending Blackboard and Second Life

• Interview with Mauri Collins, DEd, Instructional Designer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
• Dr. Collins is also an adjunct assistant professor at Boise State University, where she co-teaches an innovative course: Teaching and Learning in Second Life. She has been involved with computer-mediated communication since 1987 and worked in distance education since 1992.
• Her presentation shared teacher and learner experiences for those who plan to teach using Second Life.
  
• Second Life and Learning Spaces
• "it's not just pixels on a screen"
• "Testicle in the Sky" (Slurl) by DrDoug Pennell (SL) aka Dr. Douglas R. Danforth of Ohio State University
• "Prim" - primitives, basic building blocks in SL

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
• "Summertime" by Brother Love - one of the most popular tracks on the network

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Duration: 24:22

RPP #68: Better Chemistry through E-Learning and more Yael Naim

• News from the Podosphere
• Dr. Ken Hartman (Drexel University) wins USDLA Award

• Interview with Jean-Claude Bradley, Associate Professor of Chemistry and E-Learning Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University
• Drexel CoAS E-Learning Blog
• Drexel CoAS E-Learning Podcast
• Drexel Island on Second Life
• Useful Chemistry - Open source project in chemistry
  
• Open Notebook Science using Blogs and Wikis
• Teaching Chemistry with Second Life
• Other topics and tools mentioned:
• Audacity - free audio editing tool
• Blogger - free blog service
• Camtasia Studio - screen recorder
• Creative Commons - licenses for authors, artists, and educators
• Feedburner - manage RSS feeds and track subscribers
• Second Life - a 3D virtual world
• SMILES - for describing chemical molecules
• WikiSpaces - free Wiki service

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
• "Too Long" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. She gained fame as the music played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign

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Duration: 26:08

RPP #44: Slice of Life Workshop and Podsafe Jefferson Airplane

Topics covered during this 19 minute podcast:

• News from the Podosphere
• Learning "Second Life" comments by Dr. Susan Toth-Cohen, Jefferson College of Health Professions
• New Media Consortium (NMC) is an international not-for-profit consortium of organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies. View the YouTube video on the NMC Campus in Second Life.
  

• Slice of Life Workshop 2007
• Notes from attending the 19th Slice of Life Workshop at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Dr. Suzanne Stensaas, the founder and driving force behind Slice was interviewed in RPP #35
• Selected Conference Highlights
  
• Keynote: Principles of E-Learning: Lessons from Cognitive Psychology (PDF). Geoff Norman, Ph.D., McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
• PocketSnips: Ubigquitous as YouTube but with Cutting Edge Quality. Joyce Helmer, David Topps, Richard Witham, Cambrian College and Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
• Keynote: The Socialization of Technology, Medicine and Education: Driving Forces for a New Hyperlearning Environment (PDF). Fran Rabuck, Rabuck Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• I'm Melting! I'm Melting! Web 2.0 and the Death of the Virtual Learning Environment (PDF). Rachel Ellaway, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Technology Tips
  
• Turning Point - Audience Response System
  
• iSquint - free iPod Video Converter for Macintosh
• Clerkship Companion - Palm-based tool for patient and procedure logging developed at Drexel
• Rod presented on "Podcasting and Web 2.0: Implications for Medical Education (PDF)" - view the SlideShare Powerpoint Presentation
• International Association of Medical Science Educators will incorporate the Slice of Life group next year
  

• Podsafe Music Selections from the Podsafe Music Network
• "Somebody to Love" by Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1967
  
• Jefferson Airplane also performed at the Berkeley Folk Festival, Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock, and Altamont. "Somebody to Love" and their other hit single "White Rabbit" were from the album "Surrealistic Pillow".