Technology and Learning: Podcasts; Microsoft Donations in Mass.

The Institute for Education and the Arts is posting two articles discussing the use of technology in learning.

Historic Sites Educate Through Podcasts
The Mercury News/Associated Press

Historic landmarks and museums like Monticello and the Boston Freedom Trail are using podcasts to reach a far-flung audience and hopefully boost attendance. Colonial Williamsburg, in Virginia, for example, hired former NBC News anchor Lloyd Dobyns to conduct podcast interviews with its artisans, historians and tour guides.

Read the complete article here.






Microsoft Donates Software for Public Schools and Universities
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Boston Globe

Microsoft on Tuesday announced it would donate a computer software package that includes advanced software-writing and Web-building technology to every public
high school and college in the state.

Read the complete Globe article here.