Videos

Videos

It's a Beautiful Day for an #ETMOOC

This is the unofficial theme song for #etmooc and Personal Learning Neighborhoods everywhere. Here are the lyrics, which are sung in unison by Gallit Zvi and Ben Wilkoff:

It’s a beautiful day for an #etmooc,
A beautiful day for some learning,
Would you connect?
Could you connect?

In my personal learning neighbourhood,
We blog, and we vlog and reflect what’s good
Would you comment?
Could you comment?

I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,
Always wanted to take this learning path along with you

So let’s make the most of this beautiful day,
Let’s tweet and lets chat, in a backchannel way,
Would you move in?
Could you my friend?
Won’t you be my neighbor?

Won’t you post,
Won’t you link,
Please won’t you be my neighbor?

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Know Your Learners: Where Do Your Paths Intersect?

Even though our learning paths are all different and we need different things to help us along the way, our most visible (and sometimes powerful) learning happens when our paths cross and we are able to recognize and articulate what is happening.

Inspired by Lee Graham: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpRBTsIVLtM and Scott Hazeu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0v00LO-Wik

Join the Reflective Practice Vlogging Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482

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Learning is Poetry (And Should be Treated As Such)

I have had the pleasure of learning from Sheri Edwards over the past few weeks, and I have grown to love her approach to learning. It makes me think that our learning has a lot of meaning and importance. It also makes me want to believe in the power of poetry.

Her Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/sheri/

Reflective Practice Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482

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Single Use Learning Doesn't Exist!

I love the learning path that Scott Hazeu laid out in his vlog for #etmooc. It made me think about just how cyclical learning is and how we should be able to emphasize that cycle in our teaching and leadership.

Link to the original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyV4xRWP8Yg

Link to the Reflective Practice Vlogging Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/116395158372553895482

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Better Backchannels: What’s Missing?

I believe that better backchannels are possible, so long as we don’t keep doing them in a chat that is reacted upon every few seconds. In the video, I identify three things our #etmooc backchannels need:

1. @mentions (replies that show to whom you are speaking)
2. Threading (much better nesting of conversations for tracking)
3. Up/down voting so that you can agree with an idea without adding noise the backchannel.

Original video from Joe Dillon: http://youtu.be/v8FKEDi6-mc

Reflective Vlogging Practice Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482

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It isn’t #etmooc’s Fault: Find Your Own Slice of Learning

Should we concentrate on making a MOOC less overwhelming, or should we rather concentrate on making our learning process better? What role does our own empowerment play in finding the right “slice of learning”?

Thank you to Darren Kuropatwa for inspiring this idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m_PaAFRtxc

Reflective Practice Vlogging Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482

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Hand-Made Learning: Games, not Gamification

I have been inspired by Caine’s arcade for a while now, but I am not the only one. Michael Smith has also been inspired by the hand-made arcade, and has transformed it into a teaching and learning experience for his students. I encourage you to think about how you create hand-made learning experience for your learners, and how you can use games and play to create authentic experiences.

Michael Smith’s channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelbransonsmith

The Education Arcade: http://arcade.dewlines.org/

Caine’s Arcade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U

Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482

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Who is in your Anti-PLN? Or, Avoiding TeamThink.

 

After thinking about the ways in which we can develop incredibly insulated learning networks, I wanted to create a way to find alternative voices. Eventually, I stumbled across the idea of creating a profile for the types of people that aren’t represented in my networks and then going after them.

Original Ginger Lewman Video that served as inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cCIDc6tE0U

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From Network to Neighborhood: A New Definition for PLNs

I get to think through PLNs in a new way. Instead of being nodes in a network, I would encourage us to be people in a neighborhood. And rather than demonstrating the far reaches of our network, we should be introducing one another to the “locals”. Those that push us and help us create change. In this video I introduce you to three people in my neighborhood. Special thanks goes to the #etmooc community for helping me to craft this idea and for asking the right questions.

Who are the people in your neighborhood?

Would you consider introducing them to the rest of your “network”?

Darren Kuropatwa: http://www.youtube.com/user/dtkuropatwa

Ginger Lewman: http://www.youtube.com/user/GingerTPLC

Rodd Lucier: http://www.youtube.com/user/roddlucier

The Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116395158372553895482

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Time Should Be a Companion, Not a Bully

This one let me respond to an engaging concept from Michael Wacker. He is mad that Time has been bullying him and taking away his capacity to spend time with his family and do things about which he is passionate.

But, time can be a companion if we translate our projects into conversations instead of hours.

Original Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgoAN6o9vk

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