Posted in Bloglines, Edutech, Horse Manes, Learning Landscape, Media, Movies, Presentation, remix, schools on Nov 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Well folks, I’ve arrived. I am now a Movie Director and this is my first feature. It’s a test of my new Kodak Zi6 camcorder. I bought an 8 Gig SD card for it as the internal memory is enough to capture a sneeze. Let me know how you like it fans
Posted in Learning Landscape on Nov 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, it’s not the absolute first but it is the first “stay on the ground” snow of the year. Time for getting out the shovels and making ready for the white stuff.
Posted in Art, Learning Landscape, remix on Nov 8th, 2008 No Comments »
A facinating presentation on consciousness by a very trippy guy, David Lynch, accompanied by the physicist from “What the Bleep Do We Know” – one of my favourite movie/documentary/science shows.
David Lynch, – film director, lectures at UC Berkeley on the topic of consciousness and creativity. “The inside story on transcending the brain, Award-winning film [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape, Presentation, U.S. Politics on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Barak Obama has launched a new site that pulls together an array of social media tools and continues his mission to be a participatory and inclusive government. I picked up on this new site via Communicopia and Jason Mogus.
He’s Still Open :: President Obama Launches Change.gov | Communicopia
I’ve recently written about how Obama’s campaign was [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape on Nov 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I always liked Frapper. It’s being a few years since I’ve used it. This tool makes it simple and fast for people to join. All you do is click on the join button and your away.
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Posted in Learning Landscape on Nov 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Jane Hart has a marvelous consultancy called Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. She has great ideas for showcasing social media tools and I will surely pick over them carefully. Her Slideshare below is one of the clearest I’ve seen and an inspiration to me as I ponder my own slideshare for my new work [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape on Nov 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Sarah Howes, a Family Intervention Counselor with Eva’s Place Toronto shared her thoughts about our last Stigma Workshop. You get an idea how different our workshops are in comparison to many training type workshops.
Posted in Learning Landscape on Oct 25th, 2008 No Comments »
This short post resonated with me so here it is from:
Moving at the Speed of Creativity
I found this quotation about the mind of a learner this evening on the blog of the Tennessee State Board of Education:
We are to regard the mind not as a piece of iron to be laid upon the anvil and [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape on Oct 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Learning Landscape on Oct 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Today is a day for feeling right about myself and the world. It’s rough out there these days with the economy going to pot and the employment situation for me a big question mark. Despite this, I am compelled to acknowledge how good I feel about myself and all my treasures. It truly is a [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape on Oct 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Learning Landscape on Oct 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Week 3: Blogging for Personal Learning – Work Literacy
“Don’t tell me you don’t have time or that other things are more important. Is anything in your work life more important than continuing to be better at what you do? Because that’s what reflection is about–considering what you can learn from your experiences and then doing [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape on Oct 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Thank you Michele for sharing a not too severe rant about blogging. I believe your comments got at that grey area space between reading (lurking) blogs and creating content. The majority of people who read blogs, myself included are primarily lurking but many of these people will take that leap and eventually start producing their [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape on Sep 28th, 2008 No Comments »
This excerpt from Jay Cross’s post is bang on. In my non profit world, learning is the lowest priority amongst the list of daily tasks. It’s sink or swim, get or you don’t, and on and on..
Home of Jay Cross and Internet Time Blog — Internet Time Blog
In a knowledge society, work and learning are [...]
Posted in Learning Landscape on Sep 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Virtual Distance : Laleh Shahidi’s Blog
This is so relevant to my interests in working with students and NPO staff. Her data is reinforcing my own experience working with social media (albeit in more smaller contexts). I can use this to reinforce the outcomes of using social media in business settings. It’s a motivator for managers [...]
