The History of Jazz - a Media-Rich App on a Timeline

I've been wanting to know more about jazz and found some enthusiastic posts about the History of Jazz app on Ipad. Here it is. I bought it and as an informal learner, I'm loving it. If you were teaching a course in the history of jazz, how would you use it?



On the more analytical side, I hope these companies consider other ways to offer such wonderful resources. We are back to digital divide issues, if they don't, and that is a potential learning barrier.

TED ED Invites You to the Revolution

At a workplace in the nineties, I used to have a tagline that said "Here for the revolution." Somewhere I drifted over to the thought that change in education would be evolutionary, that people had to move along a continuum to really change the model. Well, it just has not been happening at the pace we need.

And beyond the political news, there is once again talk of the revolution with TED's creation of an educational community. So, I'm back. Watch the video and consider the opportunity to contribute to the TED ED BrainTrust: http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/01/join-the-ted-ed-brain-trust/

2011 Horizon-Report Video

NMC and Educause's Horizon Report is out. This 3:26 minute video presents the major tech trends for Higher Ed within a 1 - 5 year adoption timeline:

0-1: Mobile Devices and E-Books
2-3: Game Based Learning and Augmented Reality
4-5: Gesture-Based Computing and Learning Analytics



You can also download the pdf version here: http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Horizon-Report.pdf

The Why and How-To of Twitter Lists

I'm trying to become more familiar with the capacities of various tools.

Here's a good post on why use Twitter lists. This post not only provides some good reasons for creating lists, but adds detail for use once the list is established (like how to add additional Twitter Users after you've established the list: http://slymarketing.com/how-create-twitter-list

Here's a four minute video tutorial as well:

Great Timeline of Social Media from Online Schools

Via: Online Schools

21st Teaching

I'm happy to see references coming out about 21st Century Teaching. As much as educators may know about the 21st learning skills, integrating them into course experience is another.

I will start here with a couple brief references because this topic will undoubtedly warrent

more than one post:

So to start -- here's a faculty site which provided professional development to this end:

http://www.cte.usf.edu/. The goals are quite modestly stated, but they are there, and the tools are there to get people started. E-learning is essential for all deliveries, given the fact e-practice is pervasive in 21st century living.

Additionally, Bloom's digital taxonomy connects learning objectives to web2.0 tools for demonstrating knowledge at different levels, and also includes the verbs related to the Web2.0 capacities.

Critical Thinking Video

The ability to questions sources and claims is truly a key requirement in all ages, and remains so in the information age. This video defines critical thinking and makes the case nicely: