I appreciated having the opportunity to hear from Kurt Bonk and getting an overview of his book The World is Flat. Definitely a lot of information crammed into about an hour and half. One thing that stuck out to me was when Kurt showed the picture of the family who took went on a Carribbean boat trip and their three kids were still able to have class. If WE truly ALL LEARN, then these sorts of things should be more possible. Also the example of kids having a little tutoring device was great to see as well. One topic that I'd see to see more discourse on IS exactly that, attitudes of the general public to how learning actually takes place outside of traditional ivory towers. In fact, I sometimes wonder about our very own ITEC program... hmmmm ;) If I've learned anything, its that ITEC has provided me with access of knowledge to tools and contacts. There is a lot of content in the program, that's for sure, but I feel like I'm not fully utilizing the information/skills/tools. I think a lot of this has to do with the constraints of having to work a f/t job and also because I'm not much of a night person. Perhaps I should take advantage more of HyFlex. =)
Oh and here is my 1 minute (It's gotta be at least 2 mins I think) response to Kurt Bonk. More about me having fun with Star Trek I think. =)
Seems like the screen is too thin to show the thing so here is the link as well: http://voicethread.com/share/379697/
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I totally agree with your comment on not totally utilizing the information, skills, and tools being presented for us to use. With other responsibilities to tend to such as work and personal life it feels like theres not much time in the day to learn about these new things we hear about in our class and thoroughly try them out. It seems like when we get a little bit used to one technology or tool another new one comes along for us look over...
Great presentation! I love Data's remarks.
It is hard to try to keep up to snuff on all the new stuff, especially if you not only work but also eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc... You know... be human.
On the other hand, the biggest hurdle is learning how to use the computer (or tool) at all, and everything that is made to be accessed through are increasingly more often being designed to be "intuitive" (i.e., piggyback on the previous training of the tool).
So, at least it's not worse than it could be.
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