The Coming of a 21st Century Education by Peter Rondy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Creative Gallery Video
The Coming of a 21st Century Education by Peter Rondy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Ideas for Creative Gallery Project
I'm not entirely sure of what our creative gallery project is suppose to be. I get that its suppose to be a continuation of our chosen topic in some way. But is it suppose to be another video? A presentation? What are the restrictions on this project? I may have missed the class where the gist of this project was explained.
But some possible ideas...
*While searching for digo links I came across a site called the Khan Academy. It's successful education tool, where anyone, anywhere can go and find short films (about 10mins) that teach and show subjects. They use a combination of speech, some drawing tool, pictures, and text to present the lessons. Perhaps I could do something similar for my project. My project has to do with CMC in the classroom environment, and this site is very successful at communicating lesson plans to students, on a variety of topics, which makes it one of the best examples of what I am arguing for. CMC within the classroom can complement traditional face-to-face communication and teaching, not replace.
But some possible ideas...
*While searching for digo links I came across a site called the Khan Academy. It's successful education tool, where anyone, anywhere can go and find short films (about 10mins) that teach and show subjects. They use a combination of speech, some drawing tool, pictures, and text to present the lessons. Perhaps I could do something similar for my project. My project has to do with CMC in the classroom environment, and this site is very successful at communicating lesson plans to students, on a variety of topics, which makes it one of the best examples of what I am arguing for. CMC within the classroom can complement traditional face-to-face communication and teaching, not replace.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Response to WWO
I’m a gamer, so I found the World Without Oil alternate reality game interesting. The transition from gaming for purely entertainment reasons to gaming for real world applications has taken place and one best examples that I have seen so far has been WWO. People from all across the globe have responded and participated with 1500 personal blog entries, videos, voicemails and images. For their participation, they received eye-opening experiences that changed how they viewed the world and its dilemmas, and what they can do about it.
I feel like this kind of project would’ve been done a long time ago had they had the technology to do so. There was an oil crisis back around the 70s, I believe that’s the right time period, where cars would literally line up for long distances just to get gasoline. I believe the success of this project also has to do with the subject. People have been talking about finding alternative fuel sources for decades, yet a reliable source replace to oil hasn’t been found yet. Perhaps the motivation to do so lies in the experiencing a world where there is an oil crisis and no reliable replacement. From viewing some the post-game comments, a lot of people changed their lifestyles as result. Games twenty years ago didn’t have this kind of effect, but now with social media combined with this alternate reality game, it has the ability to create change and make progress possible.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Response to 253
I really liked the way 253 was set up and how easily it was to navigate through the novel. Linking all the pages together was incredibly useful. If I forgot one character or who he/she was, I could simply click on his/her name and it’d take me back to the description of the passenger. But beyond the description of the person, it tells you what the person is like on the inside, what a bystander wouldn’t notice from looking at them. From there, it tells of the action and thinking that is taking place with that person. As short as each page is for each person, I feel like I have all the information about each person to know them quite well. And on the side note, I love how a trapped bird on the train was treated just like a human passenger. I had to read it carefully to even notice it was a bird and not an actual person.
“The end of the line” really hit me, almost like I was in that train with them seeing them and hearing their thoughts until the darkness swallowed them. Though the last thoughts of each person were not included, the ones that were included are enough to make a lasting impression. What would my last thoughts have been if I had been on that train or what would I have seen in that split second between life and death? But it would’ve been kind of interesting to see what went through the minds of some of the other people in the train, but I understand why the author included the few that he did.
“The end of the line” really hit me, almost like I was in that train with them seeing them and hearing their thoughts until the darkness swallowed them. Though the last thoughts of each person were not included, the ones that were included are enough to make a lasting impression. What would my last thoughts have been if I had been on that train or what would I have seen in that split second between life and death? But it would’ve been kind of interesting to see what went through the minds of some of the other people in the train, but I understand why the author included the few that he did.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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