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There are no natives - we’re all in the same boat

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Mike Wesch’s latest Youtube video, A Portal to Media Literacy, is essential viewing for all educators. He describes so clearly why we have to change and challenge the present system of educating our young people. He is clearly a passionate teacher and someone who understands the world in which his students move.
His dismantling of the [...]

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Tags: Learning · Technology · change · changing culture · collaboration · participation · social · social network · teaching · video · wikipedia

MySpace Generation: Why the Hype and Hysteria?

November 14th, 2007 · No Comments

An interesting debate from Fora.tv that was one of 3 from a recent event called Battle for New Technologies. The panel includes a number of key speakers including Norman Lewis (Chief Strategy Officer, Wireless Grids Corporation), Robin Walsh (Producer of scientific conferences for the Pharmaceutical Industry), MT Rainey (Joint CEO of Rainey Kelly Campbell [...]

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Tags: Learning · Technology · social network · video

A vision for free, global (online) education

September 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Richard Baraniuk is a Rice University professor with a giant vision: to create a free, global online education system. In this presentation, he introduces Connexions, the open-access publishing system that’s changing the landscape of education by providing free coursework and educational materials to everyone in the world. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 19:18)

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Tags: Learning · Open Source · Uncategorized · Web 2.0 · changing culture · video