Activities
A NILE tutor joined the group for the morning.We returned to the case studies from the day before, reviewed them and discussed them in two groups along questions that Russell had provided. The discussion results can be found on Google Docs.
Russell then added some more comments on the matter (motivation; long-term objectives; how to keep web-based courses alive; teacher training)
In the afternoon we watched a YouTube video with 'guru' Sugata Mitra who is a staunch supporter of Self-Organized Learning Environments. Russell has found material that looks behind the stage of Mitra a bit and has shown that all is not gold that glitters here.
Erick gave a talk introducing us to www.goanimate.com, which enables students to produce funny little videos. Erick found that it helps students to overcome speaking inhibitions.
Finally, we learnt about a www.videonot.es. The site allows you to add notes to a video imported from YouTube. When you watch the video, you can jump to the place in the video that you have annotated.
Technologies
www.goanimate.com is the website that provides templates for animated short films. Click here to find an example called A Helping Hand. Adobe player is required to view it, so not for iPad ...
The link goes to a short attempt I made at annotating Branagh's To Be or Not To Be monologue in his Hamlet film: Hamlet monologue
Gurus
Russell listed the names of a few gurus on educational topics worth looking at.Tony Wagner
Ken Robinson
Stephen Hepnell
Cathay Davidson
Clifford Nass
Nicolas Carr
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