Last week, I delivered a keynote address at the Technology Leadership Network Executive Briefing at the NSBA Annual Conference in Chicago. It was my classic, Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century speech, and it was very well received by the technology-conscious school board members in the audience. The address was also exhausting for me. I’m not sure why, excepted that school board members, as well as superintendents still intimidate me a bit 😉
Also in intimidating attendance, was Savvy Technologist, Tim Wilson, who was doing some podcasting of the conference for Apple. I’d met Tim before, but not really gotten to know him until that day. After Ken Kay’s compelling speech about the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Tim interviewed me for a conference podcast. It didn’t go very well. As I said, I was very tired, and just couldn’t seem to articulate my answers very well. I was actually surprised that Tim posted the podcast the next day. I was even more surprised at how well it came out, thanks to his masterful editing of the audio. It sounds a bit like I’m on speed, because of all the confused pauses that he edited out, but he made me sound almost intelligent. The message is good, owing to Tim’s interviewing style.
“Thanks, Tim.” He is the master! He also had some really cool podcasting gear with him.
You can click directly into the interview, or go to the NSBA Annual Conference Weblog entry about the Executive Briefing to access both my audio podcast and a video podcast of Ken Kay’s Address.