“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” Albert Einstein
A change of thinking is almost obligatory when considering the future of Higher Education.
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Loading...One of my pet peeves in the MOOC hype is the discussion of best teachers. Whether it’s Thomas Friedman, Bill Gates, Sal Khan, or the fringes of the political spectrum (left and right), rhetoric regarding xMOOCs explicitly states that the structure will allow many people to take class offerings from the best teachers in the world. …
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...As I read through the materials for our next section, I’m excited by the possibilities. But I say this from a practical perspective more than anything else.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Where do I start? I have learned so much. I could write a book. I’ll start with a post. I wrote this post a few months back but thought I would share it with #etmooc. Etmooc is all about sharing and learning.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I have enjoyed trying to use Mozilla’s popcorn maker for the digital story telling assignment. Although I do not detect many agriculture teachers within the etMOOC audience, I don’t mind publishing to myself. :>) This is my personal appeal to the cyber audience.…
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The Six Word Short Story by Ernest Hemingway?
ETMOOC has assigned digital storytelling a la ds106. And the first challenge I am accepting is the Six Word Story which is based on this possible Hemingway story While mine can not compare to his kind eloquence here they are:
News organization belittles American male audience
Travelling with family, happily all survived
Suprisingl, Educational Technolgy is not IT
Digital storytelling is harder than it looks
High school escape the final countdown
When doves cry, let’ s go crazy (I was listening to Prince at the time)
Well that is all for now.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I used to have a cat named Bob (he had a bobtail and the name was supposed to be a placeholder, but then he started answering to it, c’est la vie). Last summer he sadly ran away and I moved a few months later.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Getting involved in the Educational Tech MOOC. Looks great, love to really get stuck into this – gonna be a test to see if I can make time for it. Love this style of learning.
I’m into creating online language learning experiences.…
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I’m excited to dive into the topic of Digital Storytelling with #etmooc for the next two weeks. I started yesterday with a #sixwordstory so today I thought I would try a 5 Card Flickr Story! Here’s my first attempt!…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I think one of the reasons I joined etmooc was to force myself to “walk the talk.” I give workshops to teachers – one of which is on digital storytelling. I know about the power of story and encourage teachers to help their students to become more powerful storytellers.…
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