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TED: Larry Lessig – How Creativity is being strangled by the law
Scaffolding 101
I’ve been talking a lot lately at conferences and consultations about the idea of “scaffolding” content. Scaffolding isn’t new. It’s teacher talk for supporting a resource or learning objective with various structures such as: questioning sequences, introductory discussion, activities or some form of [...]

Beyond Blocking: Embracing the Social Web
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The slides above were prepared for a talk I gave with the Canadian Association of Communicators in Education, which represents Canadian information officers from school boards and principals associations.
Designed for non-techies, my presentation provides an introductory overview of web2.0 social media tools and [...]

Last week I taught my class about Creative Commons, Larry Lessig and remix culture. Over the weekend, still feeling inspired by remix culture, I checked out RIP: A remix manifesto:
“RiP: A remix manifesto is an open source documentary about copyright and remix culture. Created over a period of six years, the film features the [...]

I just returned from another thrilling adventure in innovation at Magazines Canada’s Web Weekend series in Vancouver.
My talk: “The Sharing Revolution, ” outlines key trends, tools and barriers to adoption with social and participatory media approaches. I shared the bill on Sunday with fellow content producer and former Tyee marketing manager Lisa Manfield, who [...]