What Changes

Dwayne Harapnuik —  December 4, 2009 — Leave a comment

What Changes
Image retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/in/set-72157621765265022
Came across this image that really captures what ubiquity of Internet access is starting to bring about. This is image was only modified from its original state by the the addition of the caption

What Changes with Ubiquitous Access?

The original image posted on flicker was used to show just how many Mac computers there were in in a lecture at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Non-Macs

Either image conveys the fact that our learners today are coming into our classrooms prepared to use laptops and I would dare to say all other forms of technology to help them learn– what are we doing to prepare for this.

In 21st century learning, Laptops, Learning ,
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A Brave New World Wide Web

Dwayne Harapnuik —  December 3, 2009 — 2 Comments

I really enjoy running across these video productions that pull together all the thoughts and ideas about active and engaging learning that most constructivist tend to agree with. David Truss offers this wonderful example or argument for 21st Century learning.

The video was originally viewed at: http://blip.tv/?file_type=flv;sort=date;date=;id=1262079;s=file

In 21st century learning, Learning, Learning 2.0
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60 Second Recap

Dwayne Harapnuik —  December 2, 2009 — Leave a comment
http://www.60secondrecap.com/

60 Second Recap via kwout

The 60 Second Recap site offers a video based explanation of major literary works. Can one successfully summarize Orwell’s Animal Farm or Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men in just 60 seconds–perhaps not but these clips provide a starting point or context for the work. This site has only been running since late September and only has 17 books but many more are planned and users and request a recap. In addition users can also provide their video perspective on a book.

Lots of potential for Net Gen users who prefer video to the printed page.

In Learning, Online Learning
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BookServer

Dwayne Harapnuik —  November 30, 2009 — Leave a comment
http://www.archive.org/bookserver

Internet Archive: A Future for Books — BookServer via kwout

As the audience for digital books grows, we can evolve from an environment of single devices connected to single sources into a distributed system where readers can find books from sources across the Web to read on whatever device they have. Publishers are creating digital versions of their popular books, and the library community is creating digital archives of their printed collections. BookServer is an open system to find, buy, or borrow these books, just like we use an open system to find Web sites.

Perhaps this system will now provide the necessary momentum to bring the price of books down to near zero or zero which may be the tipping point we need to truly free content on the Internet.

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American Thanksgiving

Dwayne Harapnuik —  November 24, 2009 — Leave a comment

This is our first Thanksgiving in America and my family’s plan is to immerse ourselves into the holiday. It is somewhat odd to refer to Thanksgiving as the “Holidays” but from what I have read it is an even heavier travel time than Christmas. We will take the three days off and enjoy the new traditions.

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