Presenting at Web Weekend: Edmonton

When: Saturday, Mar. 29 and Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008
Where: Grant MacEwan College Centre for the Arts, 10045-156 Street

Howard Rheingold: “Training attention” with wired learners

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In his latest vlog post, Howard Rheingold addresses an increasingly difficult problem for educators: Attention in a hypermediated age. Rheingold takes things beyond the usual “let’s debate multitasking – good or bad?” to the real heart of the matter: How to focus the wired mind?
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Howard Rheingold on “way-new” collaboration

Recorded in 2005, Howard Rheingold talks about the critical importance of collaboration, participatory media and collective action in shaping a better and more effective world. Great historical examples of human interdependence, cooperation, helping and other civilised behaviours that helped humans to thrive and survive through adversity – all alternatives to more destructive models that have [...]

Classroom2.0: Twitter, del.icio.us and participatory learning

I do not use a textbook. It is not that I dislike textbooks. It is that my textbook is the web. My textbook is YOU and ME and NOW.
Instead of a book, I add all relevant readings, videos or examples to my course delicious bookmarks.
Updated: Please note, I now use Diigo
That’s my virtual, live, textbook [...]