Videos

I came across the singe most amazing student collaboration I have ever seen. While that may sound like hyperbole, it isn’t. I love the fact that 7 "strangers" from around the world came together and for two years produced video blogs for one another about topics they loved. While they are stopping their collaboration at the end of February, I encourage you to check it out because there are hundreds of videos to explore.

Also, I am looking to start a fellowship of my own… so, let me know if you want in.

Link to their channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Fellowshipofthening
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This is what happens when you string a bunch of Vines together and make an intro for your web series.

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I realized that I have lots of Teaching mentors, but not enough Learning Mentors. Who do you look up to as a learner?

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I haven’t been to a conference for a while as a participant, and today I tried to do just that. But, I realized just how many things I had forgotten in having these kinds of conversations. These are the things I forgot, some of which are good and some of which are decidedly not.

Please respond with what you have forgotten and remembered about Teaching and Learning.

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What if we mapped out our learning and uncovered portions of the map as we learn?

This idea comes from two places:
Danny Hillis: http://youtu.be/wKcZ8ozCah0
Darren Kuropatwa: http://youtu.be/fJW8N5y0xLU

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On the way to iPDx, I was struck by the fact that the back of a paper napkin was a better place to brainstorm than on my iPad, iPhone or Laptop. I wanted to figure out why that was. Here is my answer:

We know what else we can do with those devices. They are multi-taskers. What we need some times is a single-task device for a single task problem. Paper Napkin Ideas.

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I respond to a wonderful set of research from Peter Elbow brought up by Paul Allison that discusses how home languages can be better understood and used in the classroom. Paul (and I in this video) make the case that technology and online spaces can be thought of as a home language for our learners.

Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlcyzPdH380 (careful, he is jogging, so it might be a bit disorienting)

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Inspired by Kevin Honeycutt, I wanted to dig deeply in what Blended Learning is and what it can become. Also, I share a story of my own Blended Learning.

Please share your story of how you are actively reclaiming Blended Learning.

Kevin’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTxI0kjDFqI
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After having a great conversation with a number of educators from the Douglas County School District, I did a lot of reflection on why so many communities that we start seem to die shortly after their birth. This video is what I came up with for an answer.

Let’s make sure that whenever we are setting up a new community space for learners (including adult learners) that we have first have allowed them to set up a space to call their own.

Google Doc from the meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hCsNNdz5fHbA1-OgMcvHMC_1UY7jbReNX_WFLb0rdto/edit

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I was pretty excited about Scott McLeod and Angela Maiers doing a video response to my question over the weekend (http://youtu.be/3H8pPTn9jK4), but there were two things that really resonated with me:

1. Role-Alike networks (rather than Job-Alike networks)
2. Choosing those who you would like to learn with

Let’s do more of both.

Video from Scott and Angela: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdFb_sMcqlI
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