Just+Tech+Videos

toc Videos on this page are presented with the hope that they will provide points of departure, or springboards for discussion on the use of technology in our schools...

=//1. Did You Know? 2.0 (8:18)//= I first learned of this video (which has gone through a few updates due to the enormous response) from Will Richardson's blog. [|Click here to read his entry]. Click here to read the creator's notes and ideas for discussion.

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If you are like me, this video raises more questions that it provides answers. I recommend you read the [|July 5, 2007 post about this video at Passionately Curious].

[|Passionately Curious is a wonderfully written, content rich blog] (subtitled DAYS SPENT AS A SECOND GRADE TEACHER) written by Lisa Harrison who teaches at The University of Chicago's Laboratory School in Hyde Park.

= = = = =//2. Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us (4:31)//= A quick, but comprehensive (and very creative) historical perspective of the development of the digital age! media type="youtube" key="NLlGopyXT_g" width="425" height="350"

=//3. Four Generations - Water Buffalo Movie (7:52)//= This from [|Tim Lauer] ("and educational leader who is leading" as [|Tim Wilson] describes him): //"Jason Kottke [|has a post] about a water buffalo, a poor family in China, and people who want to help. A story about symbolic giving that turns into a real gift. Robert Thompson picks up the story, acts on it, and creates for me the best video I have ever seen on the web. A glimpse of what we call the read/write web can be. Watch this video by Robert Thompson, and see what I mean…"

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=//4. Introducing The Book (2:38)//= Thanks to Kyle Schumacher for passing this along. Hopefully no explanation is necessary. My favorite line is "Everyone needs help with the new system."

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=//5. Technology Fear Factor in Education (2:16)//= I read about this video, as well as [|TeacherTube], on [|David Warlick's blog]. Watch carefully - it took me two views to catch it all...

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