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GLS-ES Digital Storytelling Workshop

12-Jun-10

Chris Blakesley and I are running a 2-hour Digital Storytelling workshop this afternoon at the GLS-Educator Symposium. If all goes well with my new Google Docs WordPress plugin, a Google Document with resources and examples should show up below… if not, it’s here. I’ll keep it editable by everyone in the world until it gets spammed.

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Collins GLS keynote

11-Jun-10

For those of you who werent able to get to this mornings keynote by Alan Collins, here are most of his slides (in text form, and can I just say that I type waaay faster on the iPad than I do on a laptop because of Apples super-smart autocorrect. Thanks Apple!) (though I wish I [...]

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Let’s Change Education

12-May-10

I’ve been trying to say this for a number of years. Here’s another shot at expressing my message, using a “start with the Why?” approach. Why. I want to change formal education from an institution primarily built around the administration and tracking of students, to one built around the personal and unique interests of each [...]

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TechTips from Amazon

11-May-10

I was just at a University Outreach Informational Technology meeting where the discussion revolved around the question: “How do we help outreach programs access appropriate IT resources?” It turns out that we have many separate attempts and projects aimed at providing resources to many of the parties, but many of these “clearinghouses” of support options [...]

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Rhoten on Digital Learners

10-May-10

This is one of the most clearly articulated arguments that I’ve heard for incorporating Digital Media Assignments (and other disruptive learner-centered technologies) into learning. And a professional video to boot.

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Mobile Learning

21-Apr-10

Yesterday I presented to the University of Wisconsin System’s Learning Technology Development Council on Mobile Learning, and how the university-style of instruction must change to adapt to the style of learning that mobile technologies have made common-place. A few key points: With 24/7 access to trusted sources of information in their pockets, students no longer need to [...]

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New Model for Schooling

13-Apr-10

At the Showcase 2010 lunch, I heard that UW-Madison is looking (and has the support of administration) for innovative ideas to create and implement idea-sharing and interdisciplinary connections — ones that encourage entire campus buy-in. Especially since this is in line with the Wisconsin Idea that asks us to reach beyond the walls of the classroom to [...]

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Campus as Game

30-Mar-10

In a previous post, I talked about Lee Sheldon’s course at IU, that’s structured as a game, with its integration of game-like components (students leveling up, etc.). I was talking to a colleague about the addictive nature of Foursquare (although I’m lacking an overly addictive personality), and the lure of becoming “Mayor” of someplace, and [...]

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Course as Game

30-Mar-10

When we talk about games and education, it seems that we’re usually talking about using games as components or tools with which to convey course content in an interactive and engaging format. I’ve always thought that misses the point. It’s like focusing on the vitamins and nutrients in cereal rather than recognizing that it’s the [...]

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Clickers Engage Minority Students

19-Mar-10

An interesting blurb by Mary Helen Miller in the Chronicle For Higher Education, on “How Interactive Technology Can Help Minority Students Learn.” The takeaway is that some smart students (the article focuses on “Minority” students, though I suspect it may be a larger set) don’t like being perceived as being smart by their peers, so they don’t [...]

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