<h1>Podcast #3 - On Essential Skills and the Making of Lists</h1> <p> It is <strong>long</strong> overdue, but at last the technological hurdles have been overcome, and <a href="http://omegageek.net/podcasts/edtechposse_20050714.mp3">EdTech Posse Podcast #3</a> is ready! On July 14, Dean, Rick, Alec and I all had the chance to talk about Laura Turner&#8217;s list of <a href="http://thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5387.cfm">Twenty Essential Skills Every Educator Should Have</a>, as published on the <span class="caps">THE</span> Journal website. I&#8217;ll put some show notes up soon, but I&#8217;m in a rush right now to get to a parade with my family. <strong><span class="caps">UPDATE</span></strong> The parade is over, I have finished reading the latest Harry Potter book, and yesterday was spent on a road trip to Regina to watch the Saskatchewan Roughriders play such an amazing 4th quarter that they won the game over the Hamilton Tigercats. Thanks for waiting patiently &#8211; here are the shownotes: <strong>Introductions</strong> &#8211; Dean&#8217;s daughter made it to the <a href="http://shareskis.blogspot.com/2005/07/merediths-tv-moment.html">final auditions in Toronto for Canadian Idol</a>, and it saved Dean the price of a flight to Toronto for her post-secondary music program audtions. w00t! <strong>Main topic of discussion</strong> is <strong>The List: Twenty Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have</strong> by Laura Turner &#8211; http://thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A5387.cfm Dean mentions two books during discussion: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400060443/qid=1121708233/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8234629-0287113?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;n=507846">The Flickering Mind</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374292884/qid=1121708197/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8234629-0287113?v=glance&amp;s=books&amp;n=507846">The World is Flat</a></li> </ul> <strong>Discussion</strong> What skills would you put on the list? What skills listed would you disagree with? What are your feelings about the value of such lists? <em>You must be a registered member of the site in order to leave comments, but its free and I would never, ever tell anyone your e-mail or other info &#8211; promise!</em> </p>