This is a resource guide for some of the learning moments that occurred during the Instructional Materials class for the Media Specialist track of the Plymouth State University MEd degree. My co-worker Joann Guilmet and I were invited to present a variety of new educational technologies that our new librarian/media specialists will be encountering in their field.

Podcasting/Audio Tools
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net) - a great audio editing tool, and it is FREE
ODEO (http://www.odeo.com) - a podcast search and creation tool
EdTechTalk Podcasts (http://www.edtechtalk.com) - provides three weekly podcasts dealing with educational technologies
iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes) - Apple’s software to search and subscribe to podcasts
iPodder (http://www.ipodder.org) - another podcast resource
Bob Sprankle’s Room 208 blog - (http://bobsprankle.blogspot.com/)

Audiobook Resources
Audible Book Subscriptions (http://www.audible.com) - a fee-based service (think Barnes & Noble on your MP3 player)
LibriVox (http://librivox.org/)
Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/)
Storynory (http://storynory.com/)
Thomas Ford Memorial Library (http://www.fordlibrary.org/clickastory/)

Learning & Blogging Tools
John Martin’s PSU Resources - http://oz.plymouth.edu/~jemartin
John Martin’s blog - http://edventures.wordpress.com
Wil Richardson’s blog - http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
Tim Lauer’s blog - http://tim.lauer.name/
Dave Cormier’s blog - http://www.davecormier.com/edblog/
Tim Wilson’s blog - http://technosavvy.org
interactive educator magazine - http://education.smarttech.com
Bud the Teacher - http://budtheteacher.typepad.com/

Communication Tools
Skype (http://www.skype.com) - Voice over IP communications software
SharpReader RSS aggregator (http://www.sharpreader.com) - a free tool to manage your blog subscriptions

Video Editing Software
Pinnacle Studio - http://www.pinnaclesys.com

SmartBoard Tools
Smart Technologies - http://www.smarttech.com/

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• EdTech Resources
• The truly world-wide web, or my blog’s travellog
• Re-visioning the online learning environment, part 1
• Social Software in the Classroom: Happy Marriage or Clash of Cultures?
• BlackWeb (taking a page from Microsoft?)

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