Home SXSW 2011: The internet is over | Technology If my grandchildren ever ask me where I was when I realised the internet was over – they won't, of course, because they'll be too busy playing with the teleportation console – I'll be able to be quite specific: I was in a Mexican restaurant opposite a cemetery in Austin, Texas, halfway through eating a taco. It was the end of day two of South by Southwest Interactive, the world's highest-profile gathering of geeks and the venture capitalists who love them, and I'd been pursuing a policy of asking those I met, perhaps a little too aggressively, what it was exactly that they did. What is "user experience", really? What the hell is "the gamification of healthcare"? Or "geofencing"? Or "design thinking"? The content strategist across the table took a sip of his orange-coloured cocktail. This, for outsiders, is the fundamental obstacle to understanding where technology culture is heading: increasingly, it's about everything. Web 3.0 The game layer The dictator's dilemma Biomimicry comes of age
Crowdsourced School Social Media Policy Now Available I’ve been seeing a lot of people on social media looking for a social media policy and / or an acceptable use policy. So I offered to help spearhead an initiative where some of our amazing readers could help craft these policies from scratch. It started out very basic but, 400 edits later, has materialized into a thoughtful and well-organized document that’s a great template for any school. It may not be perfect for you, but use this as a jumping-off point to get your own policy started. Want to edit the living document? Social Media Responsible Use Guidelines 2012-2013 We encourage teachers, students, staff, and other school community members to use social networking/media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) as a way to connect with others, share educational resources, create and curate educational content, and enhance the classroom experience. We’ve created these social networking/media guidelines for you to follow when representing the school in the virtual world. Please do the following: Images
Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking 2382 516Share Synopsis Aspects of creative thinking that are not usually taught. 1. You are creative. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. And, finally, Creativity is paradoxical. Tags: adversity, contemporaries, creative education, creative geniuses, creative life, creative thinker, creative thinking, education, lighting systems, masterpieces, minor poets, motions, picasso, practicality, profitability, rembrandt, self-help, shakespeare, sonnets, special person, symphonies, thomas edison, wolfgang amadeus mozart Gamestorming Week 1 of School: Selling the Value of Literacy I sell literacy. I do. If I don't sell kids on wanting to learn to read and write as well as they can, they won't. Sometimes it's an especially hard sell for kids in middle school, both for those who are competent in these areas but choose to be illiterate, and for those who have always struggled with these skills. A Kiss and a Strategy We read one of my favorite poems the first day of school, Naomi Shihab Nye's "A Valentine for Ernest Mann". The next day in class I give them materials, a set of instructions for making such a box, and well wishes. During our third day together, we debrief about why I gave them the box on that first day and asked them to construct one the next. Possible Consequences and Rewards There are always a few who admit that they were afraid to eat the Hershey's Kiss as they thought this some kind of test of their willpower.
Genius Hour | Mr. C's SharesEase This great video clearly outlines Genius Hour movement happening in classrooms across the world! After reflecting for a few months on how to initiate #GeniusHour in my classroom I finally jumped in with both feet, my Genius Journal (click to download) and the question, “What do YOU want to learn Today”? The response, learning, level of engagement and finished products were incredible! I found my Genius Journal to be incredibly helpful in guiding my students, allowing them to follow a process (QUESTION-PLAN-RESEARCH-CREATE-SHARE-REFLECT) and record their learning. The most critical component of Genius Hour is insuring that your students formulate good, thought provoking questions. Students shared their learning through iMovies, Keynote presentations, SMART Notebook presentations, speeches and demonstrations. Two of my students’ incredible Genius Hour iMovies: ‘Dairy Farming Today, The Modern Way’ and ‘A Crazy Cartoon Adventure’. Questions? Please remember to SharesEase! Like this:
BaliEng240&414: "Valentine for Ernest Mann" by Naomi Shihab Nye « Role of a Poet | Main | Mapping of "The Lightning is a Yellow Fork" by Emily Dickinson » "Valentine for Ernest Mann" by Naomi Shihab Nye You can't order a poem like you order a taco. Walk up to the counter, say, "I'll take two" and expect it to be handed back to you on a shiny plate. Still, I like your spirit. Once I knew a man who gave his wife two skunks for a valentine. Maybe if we re-invent whatever our lives give us we find poems. --This poem maps the origin of poetry itself. Posted by pbali at October 21, 2007 02:34 PM I love this poem. Posted by: stablowz at November 5, 2007 07:56 PM I find it almost impossible to not find a poam wherever I travel. Thanks for the Nye poem; I'll pass it on to the 240 network in a post.