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Thinking on Pixels...

2009-09-29T01:21:00.000-07:00

Have been thinking a lot about "pixels" - not just the representation of dots on a screen, but also the physicality of the pixels themselves.

Christoph Niemann's I LEGO N.Y. in the New York Times

Eepy Birds sublime The Extreme Sticky Note Experiments

or Artist Creates Sticky Note Mona Lisa

Shift Happens / Did You Know

2009-09-16T04:06:00.000-07:00

The new version of the Shift Happens / Did You Know video has been released on YouTube. This one focusses on the changing media landscape.

2009-08-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

Unnecessary Quotes

2009-07-15T17:24:00.000-07:00

The blog of "unnecessary" quotation marks!

Future trends 2009

2009-07-07T02:06:00.000-07:00

In light of the end of the Microsoft Software License this Trends article by Katie Ash and Kathleen Kennedy Manzo is worth reading.

Great Ideas for using VoiceThread

2009-05-27T15:20:00.000-07:00

I'm loving GoogleDocs for the great community of collaboration and sharing it is creating. Another "How to's" this time on VoiceThead:

Jay Walker & the mania of English

2009-05-27T03:09:00.000-07:00

Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- "the world's second language" -- by the thousands.

MoMA Ad

2009-05-26T04:12:00.001-07:00

100's of IT Teaching Tips

2009-05-26T03:13:00.000-07:00

Great set of collaborative "How to's" using GoogleDocs:

21st Century Disingaged Students

2009-05-20T21:58:00.000-07:00

Disengaged Students from jarrod robinson on Vimeo.

Matariki Resources

2009-05-18T04:31:00.000-07:00

The following is a list of useful resources I found while preparing for Matariki Week (25th-29th May):
* Matariki (Flash based guide) on TKI
* Tai Tokerau Tourism
* Matariki – Māori New Year on Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
* Maori Language Commission
* Māori Star and Constellation Names
* Te Ao Huo: The Maori Magazine
* Taatai Arorangi (Maori Astronomy)

and the following associated resources:
* Earth Sea and Sky
* Kites and manu tukutuku

Making A Career In A Post-2.0-World

2009-05-12T02:23:00.000-07:00

Using audio-conversations in assessment.

2009-04-16T03:10:00.000-07:00

Great resource.

Assessment And Evaluation in the Age of Networked Learning

View more presentations from Konrad Glogowski.

+40 Creative Shopping Bags | Bagvertising

2009-04-15T02:28:00.000-07:00

+40 Creative Shopping Bags | Bagvertising

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Growing up digital

2009-04-14T14:22:00.001-07:00

This film was created as the Keynote for Net Generation Education Project: http://netgened.grownupdigital.com/ and features the kids from Suffern Middle School who talk about education and their future.

Key Compentencies Professional Learning

2009-04-08T16:21:00.001-07:00

When reflecting on Thinking (from NZC) this morning I discovered the following from Harvard University and the Active Learning Practice for Schools site. The Thinking Classroom, is all about the teaching of thinking. So far I've only skimmed the surface however it already looks like a great resource.

Hilter discusses ePortfolios and why he hates Comic Sans MS

2009-04-06T23:58:00.000-07:00

Hitler disaproves the use of Comic Sans MS for his propaganda campaign.
The clip is from "Der Untergang" [The Downfall] owned by Constantin Film Produktion GmbH. The clip has become somewhat of a meme on YouTube with more than 25 mash-ups currently available.

Sustainability Education

2009-04-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

Sustainability is the catch-phrase of the moment, as such there are many teaching moments available on the "inter-web":

In an emotionally charged TED-talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx - and shows how minority neighborhood suffer most from flawed urban policy.
Recent EarthHour photo-reportage form the Boston Globe in which more than 1,000 cities in over 80 countries observed on Saturday March 28th. Collected here are a series of before-and-after photographs - which will fade between "on" and "off" when clicked.
One Drop marked World Water Day '09, where there's a chance to start a ripple effect for the cause of Water. Watch the wonderful video into!
Slightly more left-of-centre but lots of ideas - David Attenborough's BBC video
'Tree of Life' via Richard Dawkins (dot) net [read through the reader comments].
Related to the previous bullet is The Tree of Life web project. A collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world (over 10,000 webpages) on biodiversity, and evolutionary history.

Video-based Professional discussions

2009-03-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

Academic Earth: thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.

EdTalk: a growing collection of videos featuring New Zealand and International educators talking about learning, hosted by Core Education

TED: Ideas worth spreading - inspired talks by the world's leading thinkers and doers

A good place to start is on TED with someone you may never have heard about: Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity, an English Knight of the Realm who became famous in the United States, at least in education circles, following his 18-minute speech he gave at the Technology, Education and Design (TED) Conference a few years ago in Monterrey, California. Robinson's talk threw the world of education into a spin after he spoke about how young children who are naturally curious, naturally creative, and inquisitive are taught through the course of their education career to not be curious, not be creative and not be inquisitive. It's worth the 18-minutes...

[Edit 26 May] Ken Robinson's take is that 'Schools Kill Creativity' What needs to change to foster innovation in Education?...