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This July, Paul Allison and Julie Conason fascilated a 3-week Writing Project Institute for teachers where we used VoiceThread as the focus of one of our weeks together. In the middle of our work with teachers, we invited Steve Muth, co-founder of VoiceThread, and Colette Cassinelli, a technology teacher near Portland, Oregon who started a wiki that collects examples of VoiceThreads. What will you find on Collette's VoiceThread4Education? Samples submitted by teachers of VoiceThread projects made by their students VoiceThreads used in professional development Resources, including other websites that contain VoiceThread examples Best Practices - tips and ideas of how to best implement VoiceThread in your curriculum Subject area ideas This is your wiki, Colette writes: Please feel free to add any ideas, examples or resources to the site and provide appropriate link attribution. If you are not sure how to embed your VoiceThread projects in wikispaces - follow the directions below. In addition: Paul and Julie invite you to take a look at the Narrative Discussions from our Institute, linked below. We would love your comments on these. VoiceThread Narrative Discussions by Teachers in the NYC Writing Project's Open/Advanced Summer Technology Institute Family Camp by Paul Allison Quality of Life by JoAnn Chen Ellie Tells a Story by Julie Conason Childhood... by Wendy Farkas Life in Shards by Margaret Fiore Honeymoon by Mat Gerowitz My Loving Family by Julia Loving Family Stories by Aileen Malave Travel by Sonali Matani Amsterdam 2008 by Julie Miele My Running... by Beth St John Chat Log read more

Bonjour et bienvenue dans podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Aujourd’hui,, je vais vous lire un texte intitulé une vache sur la bâche. Ecouter ce texte et répondez à cette question : Alors à votre avis, pourquoi Chisato et moi avons eu cette conversation bizarre ? C’est parti. Pour aller au feu d’artifice, Chisato a besoin d’une bâche. Problème. Quand je lui ai demandé : « de quoi as-tu besoin pour aller au feu d’artifice, Chisato m’a répondu : UNE VACHE. - Une vache ? ai-je répété. - Oui, oui, une vache. - Mais pourquoi as-tu besoin d’une vache pour voir un feu d’artifice ? - Elle m’a répondu ainsi : « Pour m'asseoir dessus. » - Sur la vache ? - Evidemment, me répond-elle, tout le monde fait ça, tout le monde va au feu d’artifice avec sa vache et s’assoit dessus pour regarder le spectacle. - Mais non, ai-je dit en souriant, personne ne fait ça, c’est impossible. - Alors, elle m’a dit : Tu es vraiment bizarre, moi j’ai une bâche et je l’emmène pour ne pas me salir. - Oui, bien sûr, mais la vache, elle s’assoit aussi sur la bâche ? Ou bien tu mets la bâche sur la vache pour la cacher ? C’est quand même vachement compliqué ton histoire. Alors à votre avis, pourquoi Chisato et moi avons eu cette conversation bizarre ? Voilà, c’est tout pour aujourd’hui. Je vous rappelle que vous trouverez sur le site d’autres textes en français facile, des dictées, des exercices de français je vous rappelle l’adresse : www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Merci et à bientôt. mp3

A special simulcast edition of ETBS in which Steven Kimmi interviews Chris Lehmann of the Science Leadership Academy read more

We asked Scott Floyd to sit with some of his friends and colleagues on July, 2, 2008, the last day of the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in San Antonio, Texas. Scott Floyd talks about meeting with his ePortfolio mentor, Dr. Helen Barrett. Scott Floyd is a Technology Specialist for the White Oak, Texas Independent School District and he's the Tech Liaison for the Bluebonnet Writing Project in Texas. (Image snapped by Bud Hunt, uploaded to Scott's flickr account.) Christine Voigt, Instructional Technology Specialist at Bishop Dunne Catholic School in Dallas, Texas. Christie talks about a project she did in here school with iPods. (Image from Christine's Twitter profile.) Michael Gras, Supervisor of the Technology Department in the White Oak, Texas Independent School District, talks about opening things up as much as possible. (Also in this picture is Jeff Utecht, presenting a dilpoma after the Rib Feast. Found in Scott's NECC2008 flickr set.) Scott Floyd talks with Dean Shareski, a Digital Learning Consultant with the Prairie South School Division in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada. In this podcast, Dean talks about how important it is to find time for teachers to learn how to integrate new technologies into the curriculum. (Paul Wood took this picture during the live webcast. This is also in Scott's NECC2008 flickr set.) Chat Log read more

FAP844: Nursing shortage, cheaper textbooks Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: An annual survey by the National Retail Federation to project back-to-college spending by college students sees a 7 percent drop this year, to $599.38, from $641.56 last year, Reuters reported. With college students paying more for gas, there is less money available for other goods. + US News: Textbook prices, which have nearly tripled in the past 20 years, may finally start to decline thanks to some new laws, technology, and upstart companies. Undergraduates who take advantage of the new alternatives could easily slash their textbook costs in half this coming academic year. That means the typical student could save more than $300. We re making progress, says Nicole Allen, who heads the affordable textbook drive for the Student Public Interest Research Groups. Things are changing for the better. + New laws, eBooks, open source, and rentals + Reason #5: piracy is easy. 31 seconds to find the book mentioned in the article on a DVD with 235 other textbooks, and no, I m not going to tell you how, but that s how easy it is + $83 on Amazon Scholarship Update + Connecticut League for Nursing Scholarships + CLN has a scholarship program for state residents enrolled in an accredited, CLN supporting member nursing education program in Connecticut. Awards are presented at the annual Student Day, held in late fall every year. + Students in Diploma nursing programs are eligible after completing the first year of the two-year program. + Students in Associate degree nursing programs are eligible after completing the first year of the two-year program. + Students in Bachelor s degree nursing programs are eligible after completing the third year of a four-year program. + Students in RN to BSN nursing programs are eligible when entering the senior year of study, verified by the dean or director of the program + Students in graduate nursing programs are eligible after successfully completing 18 credits in the nursing program, verified by the dean or director of the program The number of scholarships and the amount of each reward is determined by the Scholarship Committee and based on the amount of money available and the applicants qualifications. + $25,000 total + October 10 deadline + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Chris writes in: My mom, who is just turning 60, went back to school for nursing, and because her grades are so good in the prep classes, she s been accepted into the actual program. + My mother currently works at the hospital full time as a unit clerk, and makes just over $17/hour, and after taxes and retirement, she brings in just under $1,000 every two weeks. + Her tuition for the course will actually be covered by the hospital and student loans, so that s not a problem at this time. + The brick wall we ve hit comes from the course itself. It requires 40+ hours per week in class time and real-world experience. Real-world experience is basically interning without pay. She would have to change her work schedule to evenings and weekends, and would be lucky if she could handle 20 hours/week. + At her current pay, her income would be reduced to roughly $1000 / month. + Her living expenses amount to roughly $1800 / month. + She needs to come up with an additional $800 / month for 9 months. Then she would return to work full-time for the summer. Then she would complete her second year where she would again need $800 / month for the next 9 months. + Since this technically isn t tuition , where would we start to look for this kind of money? Obviously grants and/or scholarships would be the optimal choice, but most are geared for young people with their entire lives (or at least several decades of productivity) ahead of them. Any idea where to start looking for seniors grants/scholarships? + Barring free money and your own $10K scholarship, what are her other options, short of selling her house in this down market? I d appreciate any direction or links you could send our way. + Today s scholarship, of course + This is a unique time and opportunity for your mom due to a severe shortage - demand is on your side + Connecticut has had a major nursing shortage looming for quite some time + Contact CNA, CLN, CT DHE, and the administrators of every hospital nearby, and ask if they have a program for COLA issues exactly as you ve described + Would someone exchange a promissory note for $7,200 or more in exchange for X years of service? + Check out Three Rivers Community College nursing scholarships directory Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

YIKES! It's been, like, what, three months? More? Thus the question, "Have I podfaded?"... but the act of asking that question in a podcast means that I haven't. I guess. What do you think? Share your thoughts, feelings and emotions by calling 206-339-ERIC (that's 206-339-3742) or e-mailing me (eric) at ericast.com Topics of this fairly brief podcast include a reference to the EduCAUSE LTL seminar in Madison, and a lengthier discussion of our HR department's vacation policy. (Don't worry -- it's not particularly controversial. Though, if that motivates you to listen, then let's say it's incredibly controversial and use that to intrigue you.)

Yahoo and Icahn united; will they resist Microsoft or join? Google gets out of trademark lawsuit but gets sued for ads on parked domains. Google's search share dips slightly but volume goes up. Weird things on Google Trends and more. Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 2:00pm Pacific Monday through Thursday (see instructions here), through iTunes via this link or in other ways listed here. You can also listen on our Digg podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ. See below for links to more information about stories discussed. http://dailysearchcast.com/080721-204559.html

Google Maps tests walking directions. StreetView comes to Europe, raises privacy issues. Google's keyword tool reports search volumes, plus more! Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:00am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday (see instructions here), through iTunes via this link or in other ways listed here. You can also listen on our Digg podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ. See below for links to more information about stories discussed. http://dailysearchcast.com/080721-204211.html

This podcast features a recording of David Thornburg's NECC 2008 presentation "Open Minds, Open Education, and a View of Open Culture." The official conference program description and purpose / objectives for this session were: This talk explores how open education and culture are supported by 1:1 computing facilitated with open source tools, worldwide. True universal access, worldwide, requires innovation in hardware and software. Linux and open source software play a critical role here. In addition, a shift toward a more education-friendly copyright scheme (such as creative commons) is essential in opening up the educational process for all. As liberty, equality, fraternity becomes rip. mix and burn, the remixing of educational content by teachers and students alike is quite powerful. Most importantly, the cultural elements of education around the world can finally be addressed in ways that build true understanding and appreciation for the disparate peoples of the world.

Flash Corporate Episode The Photoshop Guys have a couple tutorials to share, as well as an interview with Photoshop Product Manager Bryan Hughes about the DNG file format. This Week’s Sponsors: On One Software CDW iStockPhoto Mpix OWC Links Mentioned in the Show Don t forget to register for Photoshop World and get the Early Bird [...]

In this first show, Maria Knee and Lisa Parisi are joined by Colleen King and Ginger Lewman.  Together, they discuss the issues and effects of praise in the classroom. Chat: read more

Bonjour et bienvenue sur podcastfrancaisfacile.com. Je vais vous lire aujourd'hui un texte intitulé une journée tranquillou . Je vais lire ce texte trois fois : une fois à vitesse normale, une fois lentement et une dernière fois à vitesse normale. C'est parti. Ça faisait longtemps que je ne m’étais pas fait plaisir. Hier, j’ai décidé de m’offrir une belle journée. J’ai commencé ma journée en jouant du piano. Ces dernières années, j’avais un peu délaissé le piano et j’ai joué pendant une heure. Que du bonheur. Ensuite, je suis sorti. Et je peux dire que c’était THE journée. Il a fait un temps magnifique, je suis allé me promener près du parc, il y avait un petit café ouvert. Je me suis arrêté et je me suis bu une petite bière en terrasse. Le paradis, je vous le dis. Ça faisait longtemps que je ne m’étais pas bu une petite bière comme ça, tranquillou. Marie m’a téléphoné et elle m’a rejoint. On a beaucoup discuté de sa mère qui s’est cassé le poignet il y a deux mois. Elle a dû faire beaucoup de rééducation mais elle est presque rétablie maintenant. J’ai voulu lui offrir le café mais Marie n’a pas voulu : « chacun sa part ». Ensuite, Marie et moi, on est allés regarder dans une librairie et on a trouvé un livre de contes pour enfant très joli. Ils sont tellement jolis qu’on a décidé d’en apprendre un par cœur. On a passé le reste de la journée à faire les boutiques. Le soir, je suis rentré vraiment fatigué mais heureux. Voilà, c’est tout pour aujourd’hui. Vous trouverez sur notre site d'autres textes en français facile des dictées, des conjugaisons. Je vous rappelle l'adresse du site ; www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com Merci et à bientôt. mp3

FAP843: How to pick a student credit card, $25,000 scholarship Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bloomberg: 9% of companies plan to hire. Wages fall 2.4%. 28% of companies increasing prices. Tough economic times - if you re on the employment trail, there s a difficult road ahead in the short term. Read Purple Cow and Free Prize Inside, both by Seth Godin, for ideas on how you can personally weather the slump and help your respective companies turn things around. + BusinessWeek: Universities and their alumni associations have discovered an unlikely and disturbing source of revenue: Increasingly, they are selling students personal information to big credit-card companies eager for young customers. + Using state public disclosure laws, BusinessWeek has obtained more than two dozen confidential contracts between major schools and card-issuing banks keen to sign up undergraduates with mounting expenses for tuition, books, and travel. In some instances, universities and alumni groups receive larger payments from the banks if students use their school-branded cards more frequently. + Some of the country s best-known and largest schools have multimillion-dollar credit-card deals, including the Universities of Michigan, Minnesota, and South Florida. + Inside Higher Ed: New York’s governor, David A. Patterson, plans today to back the creation of a major new student loan program for the state, potentially providing hundreds of thousands of students with loans at significantly lower interest rates than they now obtain through private borrowing, The New York Times reported. The loan proposal is part of the final report of a special commission on higher education, appointed by Eliot Spitzer during his brief term as governor. The final report — also due out today — reiterates many of the themes and ideas of the commission’s first report, and calls for a major infusion of funds into higher education. It is unclear, however, how much money and political will are available for these ideas. Scholarship Update + National Geographic Geography Bee + For students in grades 4-8 + The National Geographic Bee occurs in three stages, beginning at the school level. Schools that register for the Bee receive materials to hold their competitions. Each school winner takes a written test, and the top hundred scorers in each state and territory compete at the state level. State-level Bees are held in the spring, and the winner of each state Bee proceeds to the national competition. The 55 state and territory winners meet at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the national competition. The number of contestants is narrowed to ten finalists, who compete for a $25,000 college scholarship. The second- and third-place winners receive $15,000 and $10,000 scholarships, respectively. + Deadline October 15 + Your school must enroll - contact your principal! + Details at our free college scholarship search site Financial Aid 101 + How to pick a student credit card + You probably don t need one + A debit card is good enough 99% of the time + A stored value card is also a great idea + If you do get one, look for rates and fees + No annual fees! + Grace period - as long as possible + Look at how rates are calculated - many are Prime Rate, which is not bad now. Some may be LIBOR, which at the moment is higher than Prime. + Look how the default rate is calculated and when it is triggered - default in normal lending typically applies to someone past 90 days due, but with credit cards, it can be as little as exceeding your credit limit by a dollar. + Look at late fees - some can be as high as 29%! + Avoid two cycle average daily balance billing, which is a jack + Who the heck cares if your college s logo or mascot is on the card? + Rewards programs are often not helpful - run the numbers! + FULL DISCLOSURE: StudentPlatinum.com is a Student Loan Network site that offers student credit cards. Not all of them are a good deal. I expect you to do your research. Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

EdTechWeekly #86 July 20, 2008 This Week's Del.icio.us Links Chat Log Below read more

[10:29min - 129MB] [10:29min - 116MB] Subscribe (HD) Get Flash How about this another week, another show! I wanted to discuss the new iPhone, but because AT T still hasn t shipped mine, it will just have to wait. So, I thought this would be a good time to start filling up my Around the House category. We all have an item or items that need storage. This week I took a trip to a friends house to check out an awesome lift system he designed and installed to store his trailer. As you will see in this episode, I like to take full credit for the idea, although I had no part in the design or implementation. And before you get any good ideas to do this yourself, make sure you consult a structural engineer, it s not my fault if your garage falls down - FOR REAL! And as always, if I missed a good tip or other important information, please post a comment on the blog @ http://thatsawesome.tv Enjoy! Thanks to Alan for letting me invade his garage. For more cool projects, you can check out his blog @http://www.panofish.net

In Episode 135: Links You Can Use: Please take this survey. It is short and will help Joan and I understand who is listening to the podcast and how we can meet your needs. http://wizzard.tv/survey/pdtogo Thanks for supporting us, Ben. Get free sounds effects at soungle.com Comments: Do you have a lesson idea you d like to see in Notebook format? Leave the idea in the comments and Lindsay Angelo will create the best one! Blog Love: Lori Reed s TCEA 2008 Presentation Wiki Call the podcast to say hello, comment, add, suggest, or rant: 415-315-9IWB (9492) Our Best of Lesson: Joan shares her Point of View lesson(s) which follow the AAA instructional design format. Files: SMART Notebook File: point of view.notebook PDF File: point of view.pdf Download Episode 135: Best of Point of View Subscribe: -or- Hosts: Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger Music: Cave In Youth Overrided (mp3) from Live Airwaves (Magic Bullet) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album

This is the greatest show! It is about Geocaching with Shelia Adams, Deb Boisvert, Beth Goodwin as the geocachers, and Jen Wagner and Cheryl Oakes, Women of Web 2.0. Join us for a great conversation and you might use this with your students! The Chat: read more

Buddhism isn’t just about meditation and denying self-gratification to attain a higher state of being. When I was bute a chylde, I visited a Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Thailand. Fun for the whole family: sculptures depicting tongues being torn out, lots of spikes and bodies on said spikes, and certainly heaping amounts of simulated fire and brimstone that would make other religions’ demons feel inadequate. With great joy, my wife and I visited Higashiosaka (click to teleport), the first Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life — the first I’ve ever seen, and likely the first there ever will be. Filled to the prim (pun intended) with scampering souls, corpse-crushing demons, and good ol’ Saṃghāta, that mountain that keeps squashing the sinners. If it isn’t obvious, we had a rollicking, remarkable time. The quality of the build is superb, surrounded by metropolitan buildings out of a Godzilla movie (several demons stood watch), and centered by a pointy temple protruding out of the earth. Around the temple, sculpted little people with crudely-drawn faces and pubic hair ran around in circles, flailing, feeling ever-so-hopeless. And surprisingly animated. See Ravenelle’s video for an in-motion adventure: While you can’t hear it in the vid, a pleasant and/or bone-chilling soundtrack of guttural screams surrounded the whole work, while skeletal hands out of an Iron Maiden album cover intermingled with firetongues. Those who aren’t so rapt on their history will also draw comparisons to certain World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings creatures. Goes to show how creative human imaginations have always been! There was so much to see and do here, and I really appreciate extra attention to detail like the flaming rocks coming down from the sky, the birds circling the temple’s top, the lightning bolts which (among other things) were reminiscent of the Peacock King trailer I saw the other day (wifey and I have been watching various Wuxia films), etc. They all add up for a cohesive, powerful place well-worth visiting. All in all, terribly rich, and enhanced by custom environment settings. And now when my not-yet-Resi friends ask, “What can I see in Second Life?” I can point them here, which might be kinda edgy for the Showcase but worth the visit all the same, and it’s especially meaningful if your cultural background is attuned to the relevance of… BUDDHIST HELL! MUHAHAHA. The only downside? Not knowing who to thank for this experience epic, and why they made it. I didn’t see any advertising, and the main builder’s profile was empty… empty! Seems like they’re of Japanese origin, tho. I’m curious, so if you know, fill me in. Wikipedia has more info on Naraka and hells in Buddhism, and you can’t go wrong with Flickr pictures either (WARNING: NOT FOR SQUEAMISH).

FAP842: Illegal downloads of textbooks, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Boston Globe: Faced with soaring prices for textbooks, cash-strapped students have discovered a tempting, effective, but illicit alternative - pirated electronic books, available for free over the Internet. + It s not just textbooks that are being downloaded improperly. Ed McCoyd, director of digital policy at the Association of American Publishers in New York, said a survey in May located about 1,100 titles available illegally online, including novels and books on current events. + But textbook piracy is particularly seductive, McCoyd said, because students are often hard-pressed to pay for academic books that can cost more than $100, three times the price of most other books. + Well duh. College is more expensive than ever, the economy s in the toilet, and every other expense is through the roof. What did you expect? + The Student Loan Network does not condone infringement of intellectual property, but stay tuned in August for our cheap textbooks eBook + Inside Higher Ed: Undersecretary of Education Sara Tucker’s plan, students would find out almost immediately after submitting their much shorter federal student aid application — truncated to just 9 questions from the current 102 — exactly how much federal grant, subsidized and unsubsidized loan and tax break funds they would qualify for, based on their adjusted gross income and number of family members. (Right now students find out at that stage, usually in January or February, only how much their family is expected to contribute, which may discourage rather than encourage students to go to college, Tucker said.) The awards would be indexed based on an as-yet-undetermined formula — something like the average cost of attendance at a four-year public institution, for instance — that would essentially set a maximum amount of federal aid for which a student could qualify. + The sources of federal aid would be greatly streamlined. Federal grant aid, which now flows through about a dozen programs (and rising), would be consolidated into just the Pell Grant Program, providing an additional $1.7 billion that would increase the maximum grant by $370, Tucker said. (No Perkins Loans, no Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, no SMART Grants.) What the student loan program would look like is unclear, Tucker said, given the recent turmoil in that sphere. Work study and education tax breaks would continue to be part of aid packages, the latter particularly for upper-income students. + Still some work to be done, but that s some progress Scholarship Update + Show Us Your Art Scholarship + Submit a picture of a drawing, painting or other mixed media project of your original work for a chance to win $1,000 scholarship. Deadling is July 23, 2008. No purchase necessary. Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia or Canada (excluding Quebec) has access to the Internet, and is 13 or older at the time of entry. + Details at our free college scholarship search site + Plus, embarrass yourself for $1,000 with our Scholarship Idol contest Free Stuff Friday + Borders free 12 oz beverage with cafe purchase + Pill pockets for pets + Degree for men + Clorox for colors + Free sample stuff like this is ideal for dorm rooms + YouTorrent legal torrents + My favorite iPod Touch and iPhone apps + Facebook, Tap Tap Revenge, Mocha VNC, MyStreets, Shakespeare, Instapaper, Last.fm, Pandora, MySpace, Twitterific, Epocrates, and REMOTE. zOMG. + Google Elections Video Search gadget + 20 healthy foods under $1 Free Song of the Week + A tribute to Heath Ledger s Joker + Madsumo, There s So Many Ways I Can Kill You Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

The iPhone wrap up show. We had to. OK, we did it....now lets move on!

We pick up the conversation mid-stream this week in a post-Webcastacademy version of EdTechBrainstorm. We are joined by a number of potential, and new, interns--as well as a number of the usual suspects. You can visit Webcastacademy for more information. read more

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FAP841: Read your student loan applications before you sign Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Star Tribune: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against St. Paul-based student lender Northstar Higher Education for allegedly breaking its contract with student borrowers. + The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, says the lender broke its contract by eliminating its T.H.E. Repayment Bonus a 0.75 percentage point interest-rate reduction to cope with the credit crunch. + While Northstar might be facing financial difficulties comparable to other banking institutions, this does not provide it with carte blanche to breach its contractual obligations, said the suit, which is seeking monetary damages and contractual interest-rate reductions for anyone who had a loan with Northstar on Feb. 18. The suit was filed on behalf of plaintiff Jennifer So of California by the law firm of Kabateck Brown Kellner. + Northstar has yet to receive a copy of the complaint. But in a statement, General Counsel Mark Lindgren said: Northstar takes its obligations to its customers seriously and believes it has fully complied with the terms of its agreements. In particular, Northstar has always sought to provide its customers with the benefits from the T.H.E. Bonus but has never guaranteed that the bonus would be available under any and all market conditions. + Borrower benefits are never part of the promissory note - read it carefully + Always, always, always READ a contract before you sign it + There might be a clause in there about your first-born child, and it s legally binding Scholarship Update + Brickfish Honest Foods Ad Scholarship + Design an Honest Foods magazine ad and your layout could be the inspiration for all the company s marketing materials. Winner receives a $500 scholarship. Deadline is August 21, 2008. No purchase necessary. Open to anyone who is a resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, has access to the Internet, and is 13 or older at the time of entry. + Details at our free college scholarship search site JobCast + The buzz is building again about the social media resume + Job market worst for college graduates in years + Use social media to differentiate yourself + Example social media resume + The social media resume does NOT replace a traditional resume + Potential for discrimination + Are you on LinkedIn? + Watch this LinkedIn session! + Grab a copy of our How to Write a Killer Cover Letter eBook Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

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FAP840: How to choose a bank, FAFSA methodology Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: The United States is making minimal progress at doubling bachelor s degree production in science and technology fields from 2005 to 2015, according to a progress report issued Tuesday by the Business Roundtable. That group, along with other business organizations, set the goal as part of the Tapping America s Potential program, but the update found that bachelor s degree production in science and technology fields appears to be relatively flat. + Quick note on FAFSA comments from Twitter - the FAFSA deadline of June 30 is NOT for the upcoming year Scholarship Update + 2008 Shout It Out Contest + In 2007, ScholarshipExperts.com received over 10,000 online applications for the ScholarshipExperts.com Shout It Out Scholarship. Five scholarship winners were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship. In 2008, ScholarshipExperts.com is again offering the Shout It Out Scholarship and will award five scholarships of $1,000 each. Applicants must: Be thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of application Be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia Be currently enrolled (or enroll no later than the fall of 2014) in an accredited post-secondary institution of higher education Submit an online short written response (250 words or less) for the scholarship topic: If you were given a 60-second commercial spot on television that would air repeatedly during the presidential debates, what message would you shout out to America? Applications must be submitted online no later than September 30, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Applications submitted by fax or email will not be accepted. + Details at our free college scholarship search site Mail Bag + Richard asks: I m picking a bank for a standard savings/checking account, one that has an ATM on my soon-to-be campus, and my choices are Bank of America and Citizens Bank. I m looking for, besides good general terms, great online banking options. Do you know of a comparison site for choosing among banks and do you have any other tips to share? Thanks, as always. + Not sure on a comparison site but look for: no fees, or lowest fees on everything. Which ATM networks it s a member of. SUM and NYCE deposit are good. Don t forget about credit unions! + John writes in: So Chris, when your FAFSA says your EFC should be about $8800 and the School sends you an award letter leaving you $24000 shy, any ideas + Difference likely due to institutional methodology vs. federal methodology + Alex called in with questions about where to start scholarship search + Start with our scholarship book! Did you enjoy today s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast gmail com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis

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Many thanks to everyone I had a chance to meet at the NASFAA national conference! I ve put together some resources for you from the conference that might be of help. The guest speaking I did with Dr. Steven Bryant was a short version of this session from EASFAA. Here s the video in full: Slides from the session are here: | View | Upload your own I was asked to record and produce the The College Goal Sunday What s Working Session video: Here s the audio from the Retention of Underserved Students session. And finally, some fun - a musical slide show of the conference, featuring the music of Black Lab. I ll have more content from NASFAA as I produce it, so be sure to bookmark this page and share www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/nasfaa08 with others who want to get this material. ShareThis