Augmented Reality and 'Rainbows End'

The recent flurry of activity regarding Augmented Reality makes me reflect on how much I liked the ideas in Vernor Vinge’s sci-fi novel, Rainbows End (2006). The characters ‘wear’ the internet and can effectively be online constantly, with no visible apparatus attached to their bodies. ‘Wearing’ allows one to have a completely haptic experience. It is particularly amusing that Robert Gu, […]

‘The Two Cultures Problem’

I highly recommend you watch this great talk by Bill Thompson on “The Two Cultures Problem”: OpenTech 2009. It is an exploration of the great divide between those who read ‘code’ and understand the impact of digital technologies, with those who don’t. If you are not familiar with CP Snow’s 1959 lecture that Bill Thompson, who […]

Connectivism & Connective Knowledge #CCK09

This week, like many learning professionals around the globe, I commenced an online course to disrupt all online courses, Connectivism & Connective Knowledge. The #CCK09 MOODLE has many resources and you can drop by and read all the participant introductions. ‘Connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that […]

Social Media Revolution

Thanks to Jane Hart for this one. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3201934&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “Social Media Revolution“, posted with vodpod  

WWW in Plain English

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2349996&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “WWW in Plain English“, posted with vodpod    

The Kindle 2

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2073113&w=425&h=350&fv=previewFlv%3Dhttp%253A%2F%2Famazon-290.vo.llnwd.net%2Fd22%2Fvideo%2Ffiona%2Fkindle_intro_320x240_400kbps_2-290.flv%253Fe%253D1577836800%2526h%253D5008c6e95c5160764a0f8929ea631bb6%26slateImage%3Dhttp%253A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-00a._V251562955_.jpg%26session%3D184-0076098-7258562%26shareURL%3Dhttp%253A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fmpd%2Fpermalink%2Fm30KA321NRO2S%2Fref%253Dkin2w_ddp%26thumbnails%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-02._V251249396_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-03._V251249399_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-04._V251249398_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-01._V251249402_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-05._V251249393_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-06._V251249392_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-07._V251249394_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-08._V251249357_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-sm-img-09._V251249356_.jpg%26largeImages%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-02._V251249376_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-03._V251249378_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-04._V251249405_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-01._V251249377_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-05._V251249404_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-06._V251249407_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-07._V251249401_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-08._V251249400_.jpg%3A-%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fg-ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fkindle%2Fturing%2Fphotos%2Ftlg-md-img-09._V251249403_.jpg] more about “The Kindle 2“, posted with vodpod  

ETA Conference: Web 2.0 Workshop

Colleagues, Far too often at conference ‘workshops’ are merely lectures in masquerade…not today! Now that you have listened to my brief presentation, attempting to define the Web 2.0 and it’s impact, lets try and establish the beginnings of the Personal Learning Networks (PLN) discussed earlier. You may wish to choose your path from the following suite […]

ETA Conference: Blogs and Blogging Workshop

Welcome to this ‘Blogs and Blogging’ ETA workshop. We have 30 computers but with so many particpants you may have to share a computer, which may work out well as we collaborate today (and in the future?) to develop our blogs and networks. The rubric for the workshop: The media landscape, especially journalism, has undergone […]

The Wisdom of Crowds

James Surowiecki, the author of The Wisdom of Crowds, argues that people, when we act en masse, are smarter than we think. He suggests in this TED talk that the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy was the moment when social […]

A Twitter love song

Sue Waters mentioned a ‘Twitter Love Song’ in her comment about my Twitter post. The opening lyrics are just perfectly poetic, considering that my inclination is to talk some English teaching colleagues into using Twitter. Also, I particularly like the idea of Twitter being a virtual ‘watercooler’. Enjoy this and thanks to Martin Weller. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1678267&w=425&h=350&fv=] more […]

Twitter

Since Mark Pesce spoke about Twitter at an education.au conference earlier in the year, I have been embarrassingly evangelical about this microblogging service. Quite simply, Twitter lets you microblog pithy 140 characters posts, known as ‘tweets’, to your friends or followers. This often seems inane to the uninitiated but the growing number of influential educators and teacher […]

Will videogames become better than life?

The title of David Perry’s TED talk on videogames instantly reminded me of that Red Dwarf episode and novel, ‘Better Than Life’. Enjoy this amusing and sometimes challenging presentation. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1638837&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FDavidPerry_2006-embed-Autodesk_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more about “Will videogames become better than life?“, posted with vodpod    

How the law is strangling creativity

Laurence Lessig’s new book, Remix, explores the themes discussed mentioned in this TED video. Some of the remixed clips are pretty funny, especially ‘Jesus – The Musical’. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1449335&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FLARRYLESSIG-2007_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more about “How the law is strangling creativity “, posted with vodpod    

Dapto HS Executive at WIN TV

Andrew FitzSimons interviewed by WIN TV after a presentation about the digital future(s). [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1579220&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “Dapto HS Executive at WIN TV“, posted with vodpod  

Digital museum

The BBC reported on the Virtual Museum of Archaeology (MAV) which is sited 100 metres from the ruins of Herculaneum. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1560781&w=425&h=350&fv=config%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fplayer%2Femp%2Fconfig%2Fdefault.xml%3Fv10%26companionSize%3D300x30%26companionType%3Dadi%26preroll%3D%26config_settings_suppressItemKind%3Dadvert%2C+ident%26config_settings_autoPlay%3Dfalse%26config_settings_showPopoutButton%3Dfalse%26playlist%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnews.bbc.co.uk%252Fmedia%252Femp%252F7610000%252F7613200%252F7613230.xml%26config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType%3Deav2%26embedReferer%3D%26config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_edition%3DInternational%26embedPageUrl%3D%2F2%2Fhi%2Fprogrammes%2Fclick_online%2F7610956.stm%26] more about “Digital museum“, posted with vodpod      

Once Upon a School

Dave Eggers delivering a TED talk on what a community can do to educate young people. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1558423&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FDAVEEGGERS-2008-2_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more about “Once Upon a School“, posted with vodpod  

A free digital library

All teachers should watch this TED video. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1551300&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FBrewsterKahle_2007P-embed-EG_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more about “A free digital library “, posted with vodpod  

Generation Z and Dad's Toys

My new iPhone really is a joy but I will not wax lyrical too much other than to talk about Lucy (4) and Sarah’s (2) perception of Dad’s new toy – and their lack of bias towards one medium or another. On Saturday morning both girls woke up early and all 4 of us ended […]

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