PechaKucha 20 x 20 for Japan, for the Classroom?
What is that, you say? It is: “PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in […]
digital storytelling
“Digital Is” Resource for teaching writing in the digital age
This looks worth perusing and possibly joining if you teach writing or incorporate writing in your assignments: http://digitalis.nwp.org/ “The NWP Digital Is website is a collection of ideas, reflections, and […]
Voicethread as powerful digital storytelling
Below is an example of a photo journalism project on Chernobyl. Click any of the side icons to hear/see the dialog and comments, both in Russian and English, or just […]
Digital Storytelling resource
This is from the Visible Knowledge project at Georgetown, and consists of a blog post featuring some very useful resources and how-to’s on digital storytelling. A useful skim if you […]
Classroom 2.0 Kickoff/Intro – Feb 4th
The initial meeting for the Title III Classroom 2.0 project is set for Thursday, February4th, 12:15 – 1:15p in the CTL. Lunch will be provided. Faculty and staff are invited […]
Composition as media convergence?
Stephanie Vie is making a strong case for peeking over the wall between the LMS as acceptable tech medium for student learning, and social networking sites — deemed by many […]
Google Docs in Plain English
Here is a another in the series of Common Craft’s short youtube videos that explain key technologies. Now that BCC students have Google email “gmail,” it might be time to […]
Making it visual = amazing
Please watch this: it really is an amazing and interesting testament to the power of technology to present information in new ways that illuminate the issues: http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html
"Opening Up Education" Remix Version
Opening Up Education, edited by Toru Iiyoshi and M.S. Vijay Kumar, has been reproduced on the Academic Commons site. This is well worth scanning and picking out articles of interest: […]
Understanding Gartner's hype cycle
The image below shows the Gartner Group’s assessment of where a number of leading technologies are on the “hype cycle.” This analysis can help us in higher ed to understand […]
