Wednesday, July 10, 2013

E-tivity 4.1

I have found 2 motivating videos. The first one is pertinent to this subject, the second I will show my class as I think it will be very meaningful for them.

CEL2012 Andrew Douch – 45 mins
Andrew Douch has given some presentations at our campus, which I found very motivating, so I thought I would see if I could find anything on Youtube.  The above link is to a talk he gave of about 45 minutes. It is directed to high school educators, but much of what he says is relevant to all contemporary instructional design. He’s not as funny as Sir Ken Robinson, but he does refer to one of his books. Douch is very passionate, and his enthusiasm for the way technology can transform learning is inspiring. The slideshow behind him is not often visible, but this doesn’t detract from the message of the presentation. He refers to the theme of swimming against the rip constantly, and intersperses plenty of personal anecdotes to keep the talk interesting – even if you are not fully fascinated by what he has to say.

Information literacy in the digital age – Brian Peters – 6 mins

This is a much shorter video which highlights the need for evaluating webpages. It emphasises the importance of the role of the librarian in ensuring students can find appropriate information. This is beneficial to my students who for the moment are students researching, but will one day be the person in the library to help the students from all areas. The narrator isn’t really passionate or inspiring in delivery, but hopefully the students will get the message that information literacy is important and that their work will be valuable.

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