My Podcast Link-Interviewing Middle School Reading Students about Technology Use

Here is my  podcast for my interview of my students regarding their technology tools, use and preferences for using technology in school. I actually have data from last year at the close of my ipad grant which I included in this post. Additionally, I survey this year's students as I  start every year with student surveys.One survey relates to technology usage and technology tools. I did ask my students a few additional questions but having most of the data, I just had to organize it.  Due to this week's activities and my presentation at Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference, I was not able to get audio permissions completed and returned. Instead, I did a podcast of my voice with the information.

Here is the link to my podcast: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hb7oxt10gzdqi3v/2012-11-29%2011_05%20student%20technology%20survey.wav

I also had numerous problems uploading my podcast due to Vermont's deathly slow internet download/upload speeds, so I  wasn't able to accomplish the download to a podcast host site.

Busy Lives -No Time for Loss of Blog work...

I  am feeling a level of frustration that cannot be imagined.  After investing  many hours of my own time to create a group blog for my graduate class, manage it, make necessary corrections when participants posted their post on the wrong page, deleted gadgets, and lost the page setup and other participant work on the blog, I logged in today, and found that I am locked out.

I am too busy for game playing, intentional or unintentional editing, and mistakes that leave the blog inaccessible. If someone made an error, then they need to report that error to the group. I do not  have the luxury of setting up another one, and am very upset and concerned as this could also occur in a classroom situation with students. 

This happening speaks to the complexity of working in a group in a digital setting. Lessons will  be learned from this and will  help me to refine how, when and if I will ever use this tool with my students. Perhaps the  actual WIKI will not be the format I  will  choose. Blogger may function better.  All in all,  frustration and  anger will lead me to understanding a better way to do this in the future!