Alan Levine
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ETUG Spring Workshop (Nelson, BC • June 2-3, 2011)
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While the Open Education movement focuses on institutional issues, a large ocean exists of powerful individual accomplishments simply from tapping into content that is open for sharing and re-use. As colorful as old covers of “True Comics” magazine, this presentation shares moving, personal stories that would not have been previously possible, enabled by open licensed materials and personal networks.
We all start out in our educational careers (meaning when we were in kindergarten) knowing intrinsically the value of sharing. Somewhere between there and graduate school, we lose track of this simple concept, be it worrying about intellectual property rights or fearing theft.
The open ecology of the internet can undermine this learned and limiting stinginess. In this session we want to celebrate the True Stories of things that happen to educators when they share something openly on the web. We asked colleagues to share with us a video of their own stories of something surprising, valuable, powerful, or just plain inspiring that happened when that piece of media, that document, that video, that blog post, became valuable to someone they did not know before.
This is an all new iteration and mix of True Stories. Previous editions include:
Theme and graphics are remixed by Alan Levine based on the Comic Book Plus copyright free archive of True Comics (1941-1950) licensed from the Grand Comics Database by a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. All images based on the comic book covers on this site are likewise released under the same Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The CoolIris presentation once ran the show (it no longer works, it's Flash DOA)
CoolIris was a nifty presentation method that allowed me to create a "wall" of media that could be navigated in linear and non linear fashion, and it was all generated by a MediaRSS feed. An item could be be an image but also a video. I wish there was an HTML5 version today!
Learn more how it used to work and how it was created.
in tribute...
Dana Atchley (1941-2000) www.nextexit.com
Each thumbnail below leads to a single video, or you can watch all videos via a playlist
True Stories of Photos
The Amazing Unknown Flower (Alan Levine)
- Photos of Flowers Tagged Unknown (people will find and comment)
- "I suspect it is a ranunculus" (comment on orange flower)
- The commenter on my photo was in the room for a workshop I did in Tasmania! (photo)
- Most Incredible Example of Serendipity (the story at CogDogRoo)
Brooklyn Found Film (Todd Bieber)
- "I was skiing in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and I found a roll of film. I had the film developed and this is what I found. Please contact me if you recognize the people in the photos." where it began
- Watch on YouTube Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
- It's Not Fake
Cemetery Photos Shown in Public Library (Devon Adams)
- Devon's photos of Beth Abraham Cemetery shared in flickr
- Beth Abraham Cemetery - Carrick-Overbrook Historical Society
One of My Most Popular Photos Taken With Old Mobile Phone (Roland Tanglao)
- Somersault over Kits Beach (May 2007 photo on flickr, shot with Nokia N93)
- Roland Tanglao's blog
- "I was skiing in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and I found a roll of film. I had the film developed and this is what I found. Please contact me if you recognize the people in the photos." where it began
- Watch on YouTube Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
- It's Not Fake
Cemetery Photos Shown in Public Library (Devon Adams)
- Devon's photos of Beth Abraham Cemetery shared in flickr
- Beth Abraham Cemetery - Carrick-Overbrook Historical Society
One of My Most Popular Photos Taken With Old Mobile Phone (Roland Tanglao)
- Somersault over Kits Beach (May 2007 photo on flickr, shot with Nokia N93)
- Roland Tanglao's blog
- Somersault over Kits Beach (May 2007 photo on flickr, shot with Nokia N93)
- Roland Tanglao's blog
True Stories of Travel
From HTML to Iceland (Alan Levine)
- Writing HTML (tutorial created in 1994)
- Námsefnisgerð í HTML (translation into Icelandic by Guðjón Ólafsson)
- From .az to .is (1999 visit to Iceland)
A Diagram, a Blog Post, a Workshop... Brings Me to Colombia (Scott Leslie)
- Educamp Colombia & Becoming a Network Learner (EdTech Post)
- Scott's PLE Diagram
- Weaving Your Own PLE Workshop (WCET Conference, Phoenix, 2008)
- Educamp Colombia
- Educamp Colombia & Becoming a Network Learner (EdTech Post)
- Scott's PLE Diagram
- Weaving Your Own PLE Workshop (WCET Conference, Phoenix, 2008)
- Educamp Colombia
True Stories of Helping Others
A Photo Saves a Life (April Smith)
- AHA Media
- Storytelling From The Heart Of The City (presentation at Northern Voice 2011)
ds106 Radio (Jim Groom)
- ds106
- Radio drop box (password=wejamecono)
- ds106 Radio (see also Tech Guide and Grant Potter's DIY Radio)
- ds106 TV
Tribute to Deceased Student From Shared Content (Todd Conaway)
- Tribute Video (low quality version on blip.tv)
Googling for Tech Answers- Results Are People I Know (Luke Waltzer)
Blogging 9/11 Memories (Tristan Louis)
- NIne (blog post for 2010)
- The Day After (blog post on September 12, 2001)
- ds106
- Radio drop box (password=wejamecono)
- ds106 Radio (see also Tech Guide and Grant Potter's DIY Radio)
- ds106 TV
Tribute to Deceased Student From Shared Content (Todd Conaway)
- Tribute Video (low quality version on blip.tv)
Googling for Tech Answers- Results Are People I Know (Luke Waltzer)
Blogging 9/11 Memories (Tristan Louis)
- NIne (blog post for 2010)
- The Day After (blog post on September 12, 2001)
Blogging 9/11 Memories (Tristan Louis)
- NIne (blog post for 2010)
- The Day After (blog post on September 12, 2001)
True Stories of Open Organizations
Teaching Entrepreneurial Marketing on P2PU (Karen Fasimpaur)
- P2PU
- Entrepreneurial Marketing (course info at P2PU)
True Stories of Publishing
New Faculty Blogger Connects with Author (Luke Waltzer)
Practicing (and Blogging) Aloha Works! (Amanda Coolidge)
- Practice Aloha (Got Curls blog post)
- Practice Aloha
- Love Thursday: Random Acts of Kindness (Got Curls blog post)
An Author Connects to My Class via Blogging (Luke Waltzer)
Dracula Blogged (Bryan Alexander)
- Dracula Blogged site
- Google Lit Map (created by Andrew Connell)
Kids Open Dictionary Turned into Mobile App (Karen Fasimpaur)
A Russian Band Mashed Up My Sounds into a Song (Zack Dowell)
- On Being Mashed Up (Noise Professor blog)
- Sound track used - "2 Buddha Machines playing through an EHX Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai"
- Arthur C Clarke mashup by John Example Films (YouTube)
- Practice Aloha (Got Curls blog post)
- Practice Aloha
- Love Thursday: Random Acts of Kindness (Got Curls blog post)
An Author Connects to My Class via Blogging (Luke Waltzer)
Dracula Blogged (Bryan Alexander)
- Dracula Blogged site
- Google Lit Map (created by Andrew Connell)
Kids Open Dictionary Turned into Mobile App (Karen Fasimpaur)
A Russian Band Mashed Up My Sounds into a Song (Zack Dowell)
- On Being Mashed Up (Noise Professor blog)
- Sound track used - "2 Buddha Machines playing through an EHX Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai"
- Arthur C Clarke mashup by John Example Films (YouTube)
- Dracula Blogged site
- Google Lit Map (created by Andrew Connell)
Kids Open Dictionary Turned into Mobile App (Karen Fasimpaur)
A Russian Band Mashed Up My Sounds into a Song (Zack Dowell)
- On Being Mashed Up (Noise Professor blog)
- Sound track used - "2 Buddha Machines playing through an EHX Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai"
- Arthur C Clarke mashup by John Example Films (YouTube)
- On Being Mashed Up (Noise Professor blog)
- Sound track used - "2 Buddha Machines playing through an EHX Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai"
- Arthur C Clarke mashup by John Example Films (YouTube)
True Stories of Connections
A Writing Assignment Gets Personal (Barbara Ganley)
Yale Paleontologist Participates in My Kids' Dinosaur Blog (Wendy Farmer)
- I Love Dinosaurs (We are three kids and our Mom who love dinosaurs. We like to read about them and learn about them. We will be exploring the internet to find cool dinosaur stuff and we will tell you about it here. We will tell you all about our adventures too!)
- New site coming soon http://paleokids.ca/
- Meet Dr Will
Kevin Rose Responds to My Tweet (Mikhail Gershovich)
Blogging Connects Me to My Writing Hero (Gardner Campbell)
- Paradise Lost Read-a-thons (links from Gardner Writes)
- PowerPop (blog by NY Mary)
- Five Of My Fifteen Minutes: "My Favorite Town" (song blogged at Gardner Writes)
- Comment by Steve Simels on Gardner's blog
- Whatever Became of Steve Simels? (forum discussion)
- Stereo Review archive
Where We Got Our Squirrel Logo (Jonathan FInkelstein)
- I Love Dinosaurs (We are three kids and our Mom who love dinosaurs. We like to read about them and learn about them. We will be exploring the internet to find cool dinosaur stuff and we will tell you about it here. We will tell you all about our adventures too!)
- New site coming soon http://paleokids.ca/
- Meet Dr Will
Kevin Rose Responds to My Tweet (Mikhail Gershovich)
Blogging Connects Me to My Writing Hero (Gardner Campbell)
- Paradise Lost Read-a-thons (links from Gardner Writes)
- PowerPop (blog by NY Mary)
- Five Of My Fifteen Minutes: "My Favorite Town" (song blogged at Gardner Writes)
- Comment by Steve Simels on Gardner's blog
- Whatever Became of Steve Simels? (forum discussion)
- Stereo Review archive
Where We Got Our Squirrel Logo (Jonathan FInkelstein)
- Paradise Lost Read-a-thons (links from Gardner Writes)
- PowerPop (blog by NY Mary)
- Five Of My Fifteen Minutes: "My Favorite Town" (song blogged at Gardner Writes)
- Comment by Steve Simels on Gardner's blog
- Whatever Became of Steve Simels? (forum discussion)
- Stereo Review archive
Where We Got Our Squirrel Logo (Jonathan FInkelstein)
It's Your Turn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouzuam9MFxc
