Year: 2009

Total 161 Posts

Just Say Yes?

Gary Ball, edtechnophile:

I want to be a Yes Man. I want to be a Lets Find a Way Man. I want my job to be finding ways to say yes to educators requests. Educator: “Can I do/have (insert random skill/technology/tool)?” Me: “Heck ya – that sounds awesome. I am not sure how but lets find a way!”

Mark Weston, Dell’s educational strategist:

Asking the question, “Does technology improve student learning?” is the wrong question. The question should be, “Does technology support the practices that improve student learning?”

End Of Days

Vice Magazine is an odd home for this photo set documenting the decay in certain corners of the Detroit Public School System, but it’s grim, essential stuff no matter who was behind the camera:

BTW: Jen notes that these photos were taken originally by a husband-and-wife team in Detroit who go by the name Sweet Juniper. They document Detroit’s decay wherever they find it, within the public school system and without. Nice find, Jen.

What Can You Do With This: YouTube URLs

Here are some YouTube URLs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DiAjL72FVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s37PU6f2ZfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhwXPsTaRgc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSXlV_1hzSk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWbcsEDrmFE

See the pilot for instructions.

BTW: Give it up for Megan:

1) How many videos can YouTube hold before running out of space in the identifier? Did they plan well? Are they going to run out of space? How fast are videos being added? Do videos ever go away and free up these strings?

2) Are those โ€œv=โ€ strings case-sensitive? How does that change the total possible combinations?

3) What characters does Youtube use in the โ€œv=โ€ string? How does adding one allowed character change the total possible combinations?

Tell Me Why We Don’t Do This, Again

Henry Abbot:

The NBA is working on something truly splendid. A video rulebook. The idea is that, eventually, there will be an online, multimedia showcase of what is legal and what is not. It will help to settle many an argument.

Until that’s ready, there are all kinds of video clips available and the NBA uses them all kinds of ways. As part of ongoing training, the NBA recently sent referees a series of clips showing different kinds of travels.

The idea that a teacher could call up a gallery of, short clips of say, “classroom dialogue” or “authentic questioning” or “silent, sustained reading” โ€“ examples both good and bad โ€“ probably shouldn’t seem like the vainglorious pipe dream it does to me right now.