I have to say that this term is really showing me how much we as teachers need to change.I have completely changed my teaching approach and find that the students are very responsive. The shift for me has been to figure out how to encourage their voice to come out. I have to say that … More Learning to change, changing to learn
The RSA animate youtube feed is very interesting….. Jeremy mentioned the mirror neurons discovery and there is a video explaining what this means about us….. It is incredible to see how our scientific knowledge is changing this days…. This coupled with the idea of social intelligence and the collective factor that researchers at canergie mellon … More Mirror neurons: we are empathic beings
wow….. Education is surely for front in many media feeds these days… It is fascinating to see critical thinkers embracing social media as a means to share their thoughts. This week has been incredibly rich in terms of notions about what 21st century means in terms of education but also theory of mind… It is … More Green school by a person with learning disabilities
Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World This documentary presents a few individuals for whom the Internet has become a way to connect with like-minded souls in surprising ways: a cyber punk based on an anti-aircraft rig in the English Channel who operates a rogue Web server, a monk developing “wireless prayer technology,” a “gamer” … More wired speak
Notes for workshop.
Thank you Jason for this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuaKMm28c5Q It is so clear to me that children will become verse in a language we do not understand. I think youth already is operating in a completely different digital sensory world and can not operate in our current social reality in the same way. One moment that really … More Ipad and Childhood moment
iPad Benefits For Children With Special Needs http://www.letschatautism.com/?p=310
Sintel marks an important moment in the history of cinema. Entirely build on open source economy and production and distribution model and using gaming aesthetics. This short animation demonstrates an alternate industrial framework to that of traditional film makers…. The pre-market funding model is fascinating and the fact that DIVX is behind this instead of … More Deutch Digital Cinema “New Wave”
If high schools are developing new media literacies based on the notion that new media practices are changing the range of expressive opportunities of students and that these practices are tools independent, shouldn’t universities pay attention? I love this passage from a newmedialiteracies.org post: With regard to new media practices making youth less literate, it’s … More Digital Media Education
Well, it is about time. Scientists are starting to use media to regulate auditive sensory input! Yeah, the media positive generation is finally coming to be.
Big brother is the parent… Interesting twist more about “Toddlers + Fisher Price + Twitter = T…“, posted with vodpod
An interesting use of simulation principles in physical realms more about “Virtual out-of-body experience“, posted with vodpod
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