Sunday, October 30, 2005

Show 17

(Run Time: 19:59)

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Show Notes for Podcast #17:

  • Technology and Learning Magazine Online—great resource for information on technology in the classroom.

http://www.techlearning.com/

  • Education Arcade—consortium involving MIT researchers to create educational videogames.

http://www.educationarcade.org/

  • Link to article on “Supercharged”, a physics video game developed by researchers at MIT.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/educade.html

  • Gravity—flash-based physics game:

http://homokaasu.org/gasgames/game.gas?21

  • Review of the PC game, Civilization IV:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/civilization4

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Show 16

(Run Time: 19:53)

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Show Notes for Podcast #16:

  • Opera Web Browser

http://www.opera.com/

  • Firefox Web Browser

http://www.firefox.com/

Correction: Mole Day is actually celebrated on October 23, not November 23, as was mistakenly stated in the podcast.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Show 15

(Run Time: 32:09)

Show 15 was completely unedited, and we did not discuss our lists of website favorites before we recorded. Thus, this show has a very live feel to it. Let us know what you think.

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Show Notes for Podcast #15:

TECHNOLOGY: Some of Our Favorite Websites

  • boingboing: a directory of wonderful things:

http://boingboing.net/

  • GAMESPOT: video game central

http://www.gamespot.com/

  • Photoblog:

www.chromasia.com

  • Metacritic: movie reviews

http://www.metacritic.com/

  • Textamerica: Free Moblogs

www.textamerica.com

  • Slashdot: tech and science news

http://slashdot.org/

  • digg: tech news website

http://digg.com/

  • Simpson Crazy: everything Simpsons

http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/

  • Jinx: products for geeks, gamers, and hackers

http://www.jinx.com/

  • ThinkGeek: products for geeks

http://www.thinkgeek.com/

  • National Weather Service

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

  • Rotten Tomatoes: movie reviews

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

  • Atom Films: (the movies are flash based)

http://www.atomfilms.com/

  • The Human Clock:

http://www.humanclock.com/

  • Wikipedia: somewhat of an encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

  • Infoplease: somewhat of an encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac

http://www.infoplease.com/

  • Engadget: technology blog:

http://engadget.com/

  • Game Faqs: video game hints and tips

http://www.gamefaqs.com/

  • Marvel Comics wallpaper for your computer:

http://marvel.com/wallpaper/

  • 43 Folders: tips on making your life more organized

http://43folders.com/

  • Lifehacker: tips on making your life more organized

http://lifehacker.com/

  • Paul Graham’s interesting essays:

http://paulgraham.com/

  • Pop Cap: online video games

http://www.popcap.com/

  • Open Office: Opensource software—free office suite

http://www.openoffice.org/

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Mid-week Release

We will put up this week's show sometime in the middle of the week.
Thanks so much for listening.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Show 14

(Run Time: 14:05)

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Show Notes for Podcast #14:

  • First look at Xbox 360 game—NBA 2K6—from GameSpot

  • Photo Mosaic Software—(just one example):

http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/

  • We are now registered on podscope, which you can use to search through audio.

  • Check out episode 4 of the vidcast Systm for more information about podcasting:

http://revision3.com/systm/podcasting/

*We talked about class speed/pacing issues in the education section. If anyone has suggestions on how to deal with this issue, we would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks, and have a great week!