6 Videos On Globalization And Technology That Will Blow Your Mind. Are you looking to teach your students about how the world has expanded in the past few decades? Do you need some mind-boggling statistics that will likely blow your (and your students’) mind? There’s a fabulous set of videos that I’ve long admired but never shared for some reason. I was watching them earlier this morning and figured it would be useful for any teacher out there looking to spend a few minutes learning about how far we’ve come in terms of globalization and technology .
The original (first on this page) video and the follow-ups were created by Karl Fisch and modified by Scott McLeod . Please be sure to check out Karl’s website and Scott’s website as they’re both home to fabulous information. TEDxSydney - David Chalmers - The Extended Mind. 10 Ideas for Classroom Video Projects. “… ten years ago, not one student in a hundred, nay, one in a thousand, could have produced videos like this.
It’s a whole new skill, a vital and important skill, and one utterly necessary not simply from the perspective of creating but also of comprehending video communication today.” (Stephen Downes) If you follow my Twitter-stream, you know that I spend a lot of time viewing, collecting & sharing videos. In this post, I share ideas on certain types of videos that I’ve gathered and how educators might use related methods or styles to engage students in constructing and deconstructing media while becoming critical consumers and producers of digital media. 11 Reasons Teachers Should Make Their Own Videos. Flipped Classroom: Beyond the Videos.
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