Month: November 2012
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Encouraging Creativity in Education through Community & Technology
These are my notes from the breakout session, “Encouraging Creativity in Education through Community and Technology” at the 2012 State of Creativity Forum in Oklahoma City on November 13, 2012. Presenters are Ken Parker, Erik Guzik and Helen Soule. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Follow conference conversations today on Twitter with the…
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Leading a Culture of Innovation by Sir Ken Robinson
These are my notes from the opening keynote session, “Leading a Culture of Innovation” by Sir Ken Robinson at the 2012 State of Creativity Forum in Oklahoma City on November 13, 2012. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Follow conference conversations today on Twitter with the hashtag #SoCF12. Ken Robinson’s TED talk has…
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How the Internet Can Change the Way We Create Stuff & Solve Problems
These are my notes from Cynthia Burnett‘s luncheon keynote presentation, “How the Internet Can Change the Way We Create Stuff & Solve Problems” at the C-School Bootcamp in Oklahoma City on November 12, 2012. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Cynthia is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Distance Education Programs at…
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Blogging the Conference: EDUCAUSE 2012 Session Notes
The past three days I’ve been in Denver, blogging sessions from the 2012 EDUCAUSE conference for iThemes. iThemes is a WordPress and web design focused company in Edmond, Oklahoma, and I’ve been blogging on a contract basis for them past few months on the iThemes Education blog. (@ithemesEd on Twitter) This was my first time…
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Gangnam Style Videos: USNA vs USAFA vs Westpoint
I’m a bit embarrased to admit a recent lack of YouTube cultural literacy: I didn’t follow or know about the “Gangnam Style” song and video sensation until a few weeks ago. I remember hearing the song in early October when our family went to “FrightFest” at Frontier City (our local amusement park in Oklahoma City)…
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Notes from Gary Stager’s Keynote: 2012 Interactive Learning Institute #k20ili
These are my notes from Gary Stager‘s luncheon keynote at the 2012 Interactive Learning Institute sponsored by the K20 Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. MY NOTES FROM GARY’S PREVIOUS BREAKOUT SESSION ARE ALSO AVAILABLE, GARY’S HANDOUT LINK IS: http://stager.tv/blog/?p=1857 Computers have been in…
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This Is What Learning Looks Like by Gary Stager (Nov 2012)
These are my notes from Gary Stager‘s breakout session, “This Is What Learning Looks Like,” at the 2012 Interactive Learning Institute sponsored by the K20 Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Send an email to hey@stager.org to receive links for a collection of resources…
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Is AT&T Mobile Share with Unlimited Talk & Text A Good Deal?
This past week I had a chance to visit briefly with James Deaton, which is always a wonderful treat. (Not only is James a super nice guy, he’s also the smartest geek I know personally on our planet, and that’s saying quite a bit.) James mentioned he has been looking at the new “AT&T Mobile…
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Great Videos for Public Relations Media Training
Today I attended and helped technologically facilitate a wonderful workshop presented by Karen Wicker. Karen is founder and President of Candor Public Relations in Oklahoma City, and presents workshops for a wide variety of audiences about crisis management, crisis media responses, and developing proactive organizational response plans to unexpected events. I took notes and will…