Circulation » web 2.0 http://lindybrown.com/blog Higher Education by day, MLIS student by night Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:31:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Technology in the Classroom – Office Parody (Video) http://lindybrown.com/blog/2010/02/technology-in-the-classroom-office-parody-video/ http://lindybrown.com/blog/2010/02/technology-in-the-classroom-office-parody-video/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:04:49 +0000 lindybr1 http://lindybrown.com/blog/?p=1298 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).

]]> http://lindybrown.com/blog/2010/02/technology-in-the-classroom-office-parody-video/feed/ 1 25 Tools: a Toolbox for Learning Professionals (slideshare presentation) http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/10/25-tools-a-toolbox-for-learning-professionals-slideshare-presentation/ http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/10/25-tools-a-toolbox-for-learning-professionals-slideshare-presentation/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:41:59 +0000 lindybr1 http://lindybrown.com/blog/?p=1048

Joyce Valencia’s most recent post on retooling oneself got a lot of link love on twitter today. She provided many wonderful resources for educators and information professionals, but one particular resource I enjoyed was a presentation by Jane Hart, founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies:
View more presentations from Jane Hart.
]]> http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/10/25-tools-a-toolbox-for-learning-professionals-slideshare-presentation/feed/ 1 Celebrate 15 years of the Internet Public Library! http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/09/celebrate-15-years-of-the-internet-public-library/ http://lindybrown.com/blog/2009/09/celebrate-15-years-of-the-internet-public-library/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:25:03 +0000 lindybr1 http://lindybrown.com/blog/?p=926 Picture 2W00t! The Internet Public Library turns 15 years old in March! Celebrate by taking part in the IPL’s “15 Things” challenge – try out the IPL’s fifteen favorite online technologies: blogs, microblogging, wikis, social networking, virtual worlds, podcasting, videos, forums and web boards, RSS, document sharing, social tagging, reading, awareness tools, text messaging and images/photos.

For each technology, the IPL will provide background information, links to readings, information on how the IPL is using the technology and a space to try out and practice the technology for yourself. Each week the IPL will update the featured technology on their website. For those that try out and complete the IPL 15 Things challenge by April 17, 2010, their name will be put into a drawing for a $50 Amazon.com giftcard. Boo-yeah!

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