http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1371 rants & resources from an open educator Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1371/comment-page-1#comment-158736 The future… « Megan’s journey to using technology in education… Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:34:51 +0000 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/?p=1371#comment-158736 [...] funny enough, I was reading Alec’s blog and came across a post with a link to a video of what Microsoft sees in the future.  The video [...] [...] funny enough, I was reading Alec’s blog and came across a post with a link to a video of what Microsoft sees in the future.  The video [...]

]]> http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1371/comment-page-1#comment-158407 Randy Rodgers Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:01:15 +0000 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/?p=1371#comment-158407 Interesting video, Alec. While the technology portrayed is exciting, I am amused by the attempts to emulate paper (electronic newspapers, post-it notes, etc.). Our kids really care less about paper than we educators (and, apparently, Microsoft) appear to. Some people just can't let go completely. Interesting video, Alec. While the technology portrayed is exciting, I am amused by the attempts to emulate paper (electronic newspapers, post-it notes, etc.). Our kids really care less about paper than we educators (and, apparently, Microsoft) appear to. Some people just can’t let go completely.

]]> http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1371/comment-page-1#comment-158401 Cindy Seibel Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:31:21 +0000 http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/?p=1371#comment-158401 I've seen the video before. At the time I was intrigued by the smart capture, the intelligent interface. I still like the notion of the technology apparently seamlessly connecting us to other people and to information. While still presumably possible with the technology what I didn't see was collaborative creation - it was more about transfer or perhaps sharing. Showing that the knowledge already exists and we just need to find the right data store to understand it. That's not necessarily all bad, but where is the <a href="http://davecormier.com/edblog/2009/02/22/oers-shining-light-new-textbook-model-or-harbinger-of-a-new-imperialism/#comments" rel="nofollow">curvy knowledge</a> (ala Dave Cormier)? I’ve seen the video before. At the time I was intrigued by the smart capture, the intelligent interface. I still like the notion of the technology apparently seamlessly connecting us to other people and to information.
While still presumably possible with the technology what I didn’t see was collaborative creation – it was more about transfer or perhaps sharing. Showing that the knowledge already exists and we just need to find the right data store to understand it. That’s not necessarily all bad, but where is the curvy knowledge (ala Dave Cormier)?

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