This video is from a presentation given at the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) National Conference a few weeks ago by several folks, including a fellow Oregon State University colleague, Eric Stoller. While the overall presentation was about using social media in student affairs, I found their video on leadership ingenious! Take a look and listen to the narration:
I love how the video gives props to the “first follower.” While it is important for a leader to take the first step, push limits and set an example — the first follower is a central piece of the leadership puzzle. The first follower is the person who helps start the momentum in creating a movement. Without the first follower, the rest of the crew might not join the cause.
As consistent concert attender through the years, I have witnessed many brave souls who let the music take them over while they dance to their heart’s content. (Some may argue a controlled substance spurred them to dance like that, but that’s besides the point). It almost never fails — one fearless person joins in on the dancing, becoming the first follower, who then starts a movement as others join in.
What a wonderful example of this concept!
[ps--It appears dancing dude is at The Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington, which is an awesome venue to see a concert btw!]
Earlier today I was thinking about how professors can integrate technology into classrooms — how they, instead of fighting it, could use it to promote learning and collaboration.
Then this evening, I read a timely post from Kansas State University Professor Mike Wesch’s blog Digital Ethnography. The post was about a video created by Lynn Schofield Clark’s Innovation in Mass Communications class at the University of Denver. This video is a mini-mockumentary of a professor trying to teach his digital native students about technology. If you are a fan of The Office, then you’ll enjoy this take on a professor trying to teach a class of young students about technology.
Here’s the actual video, “The Class” (which would be an example of how not to integrate technology in class):
By the way – if you don’t follow Dr. Wesch’s blog, I highly recommend you do. And, if you haven’t seen other videos made by him and his students, check out his youtube channel. One of my favorite educational videos from Dr. Wesh (in collaboration with 200 of his students!) is about students today, aptly titled “A Vision of Students Today.”
I also recommend The Machine is Us/ing Us because it provided a timely look into Web 2.0. (Note that this video was created in 2007, so it was right on time/at the cusp of the proliferation of Web 2.0 technologies).
Recently, I stumbled upon Crackle, a neat online video resource. Not sure how I missed Crackle – perhaps I was lost in the shadow of Hulu, another (fabulous) free online video service. Owned by the Sony corporation, Crackle is much like Hulu, offering videos from television and full-length movies. Crackle houses many “minisodes” — where full-length selected TV shows are shortened into 4-5 minute episodes. Hulu has a minisode channel, but it is not as extensive as Crackle’s. Crackle also has original shows, where some are cross-shared via a channel on Hulu.
To view more of Crackle’s minisodes, go to this link and click on the drop-down filter on the right hand side of the screen to filter by minisodes. Unfortunately, I could not find a direct link to them (which would be a recommendation to Crackle for a mini-improvement to their website).
I’ll leave you with a minisode from The Facts of Life. (Take note of a very young Helen Hunt as a drug pusher!)
