Category: digitalstorytelling
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Did You Know 4.0 – The Mobile Revolution is Here
Posted on September 14, 2009, “Did You Know 4.0” already has about 300,000 YouTube views and you can bet it’s headed for viral status as were its predecessors. The video was put together in advance of the third annual Media Convergence Conference in New York City, 20-21 October, 2009. Unlike its predecessors, the focus of…
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Visual Tapestry – Flight
I’m continuing to help prepare for next week’s educational symposium “NEW RENAISSANCE: A Revolution of Creativity and Learning” to be held at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond on September 30th. Peter Donaldson is our main speaker and event consultant, and will be role-playing Leonardo da Vinci the entire day. To create atmosphere and…
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Digital Nation Call for Participation – Thinking about Digital Learning Activities
This week in the “digital dialog” class I’m leading for local parents and grandparents here in Edmond, Oklahoma, we’re going to watch and discuss the 2007 PBS Frontline special “Growing Up Online.” The entire program remains online to watch for free, and provides a good overview of many digital issues which continue to confront our…
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Edmond Parents Protested President Obama’s Speech
I’m late seeing this, but we actually had some local parents stage a protest over President Obama’s national speech to students here in Edmond, Oklahoma, where I live, a couple of weeks ago before his speech. Given the response (over 180,000 views to date) and learning which has taken place around my daughter’s YouTube-posted response…
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Takeaways from the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference
The past week in Hong Kong has been amazing and filled with learning on many fronts for me. Here are a few takeaways about history, geography, technology, and other topics. TECHDIRECTOR.NING.COM: WORLDWIDE LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR SCHOOL TECH DIRECTORS Paul White and other east Asia technology directors created this private Ning which has become an international…
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Interviews and subway videos from Hong Kong International Schools (Part 1)
Here’s a collection of four, short video interviews from this past Wednesday with different school administrators in Hong Kong and from our journey on the MTR (Hong Kong’s subway system) between schools. In this 40 second clip, Deputy Head of College Peter Lasscock explains “rapid prototyping” and how the technology design lab at Discovery College…
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Three exemplary International Schools in Hong Kong
Yesterday I had the pleasure of touring three fantastic international schools here in Hong Kong, China. Derek Rutt, the Director of IT for the International School of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, was also able to go on this superb tour coordinated by Paul White of the English Schools Foundation in Hong Kong. We toured…
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Thinking about dark matter, the origins and size of the universe
Yesterday’s 28 hours of air travel and airport waiting afforded me some time to watch a few TEDTalks I had not seen previously, and the following two were standouts focusing on topics including dark matter, the origins and size of the universe, the structure of galaxies in the universe, galactic distances, and parallel / multiple…
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Delete multiple (or all) photos from an iPhone or iTouch with Image Capture
I generally import photos from my iPhone onto my computer using iPhoto, and then choose the provided option to delete / remove the photos from my iPhone afterwards. If you choose to leave photos on an iPhone or iTouch after importing some or all of them, however, is there a way to later delete them…
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Hello from Hong Kong
After 28 hours of travel from Oklahoma, I’m pleased to report I’ve arrived safety in Hong Kong and am looking forward to a day of visiting several international schools tomorrow. The 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference starts on Thursday. Before catching some sleep tonight, I uploaded about 50 photos to Flickr from my…