Did you catch the obits? Teemu Leinonen, one of the members of the FLOSSE Posse has bravely cast out the notice in “Learning objects – Is the King naked?”. He argues that the IEEE definitions of “any entity, digital or non digital hat may be used for learning, education or teaching” is broad enough to […]
a.k.a “What to do in the boarding area when there is no free wireless…” As a public service, I am here to expose some of the great puzzles of the species humanus nomadus moderni. (1) Coffee. Is Starbucks truly as superior to say the brew bubbling at Cinnabun, Nathans, or Burger King? When I say […]
flickr foto Semi-Serious Burgeravailable on my flickr This is art- a 10oz burger from “Cheeburger Cheeburger” on Sanibel Island- only half the size you need to put away to get your photo on the wall (I was in no mood to go such SuperSized) I’ve got a few hours in between coming and going. But […]
This dog will be going to low blog mode for the next week or so. First up is some time off to visit Mom in Florida. On May 23-24 I get to be a guest presenter at a faculty workshop at San Diego State University, invited by Bernie Dodge, the genius creator of WebQuests and […]
flickr foto Hybrid Courses Matrixavailable on my flickr Our Ocotillo Hybrid Courses Action Group chair Shelly Rodrigo went wildly over the top with a “Matrix” theme for her demo on the group’s efforts this year… with red pills and blue pills for those faculty considering the plunge into hybrid courses. But I cannot help but […]
flickr foto We Made The Marqueeavailable on my flickr South Mountain Community College rolled out the big red carpet as host for our Ocotillo Retreat including getting the event on the electronic marquee. I’m too tired to blog much, but today’s Ocotillo retreat was a raging, energetic success, with some 200 attendees taking in 2 […]
Blogging (for me) is a stream of consciousness, not a definitive final answer, but something evolving. In my recent playing with screencasts I leaped to pitching it as another flavor of digital storytelling… but driving in today I was thinking it was a wrong leap… what Jon Udell has done so brilliantly with his screencasts […]
Robin Good asks, “RSS Ads: Should We Push Unrequested Advertisements Into RSS Pull?” No commentary needed here. Nope. Nada. Go away.
I should be working on other things, but I get a technology bug under my skin. After publishing my first screencast and getting some quick feedback, some of my own, I wanted to take myself to task and do something beyong screencasting as just tours of software.
Creating “How-tos” for using RSS, or a course management system, or some other technology is fine, but it is not all that interesting to me. What is more interesting is using technology to create stories, compelling things.
In this entry, I will share a quick digital story I created with simple tools, and in a short time frame (shorter if were not for my own boneheaded blunders). I deliberately created the basic slide show in PowerPoint, not because I love it, but because it is prevalent.
Don’t be confused by a stretched attempt to create a clever title, tilting back to the 1969 movie by Sydney Pollack. And I am not advocating violence… For a fun romp, see what else pops up on Google for this search: * They Shoot Horses but Vaccinate Dogs Immune deficiency diseases in animals – are […]
