Featured Speaker Podcast – Steve Dembo
As everyone prepares to make the journey to downtown Detroit and searches for just the right “traveling music”, consider downloading a few podcasts. I was was fortunate enough to sit down and have a virtual conversation with Steve Dembo, Online Community Manager for the Discovery Educator Network, and one of this year’s featured speakers. Always a crowd favorite, Steve brings a youthful enthusiasm to his presentations, quickly darting between web 2.0 tools, and practical applications for them in the classroom.
A former Kindergarten teacher, Steve understands just how important it is for tools that we use online to be simple and engaging. As a blogger, Steve shares his wisdom with thousands of educators across the Internet, and has a unique view on how students are using the web for both their personal and educational purposes. Steve had a chance to talk about some of his favorite “up and coming” websites for use in the classroom, and he gave some pointers on which sessions of his that would be perfect for first time attendees. Listen to the podcast below, or download it for later on your trip to MACUL09.
My apologies for any “static”, as the interview was done using Skype, and the connection fuzzed out a couple of times. During the conversation Steve mentioned a LOT of great websites, which you’ll find below:
Kerpoof (one of my favorite for early elementary)
March 16th, 2009 at 10:43 am
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March 18th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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