Tech Talk - Working Collaboratively in the Classroom

The Tech Talk for Sept. 16 looks at creative ways to use Google Docs in the classroom.

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Tech Talks - Technology Overview

Tech Talks for Fall 2010 were kicked off with a Technology Overview.

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Tech Talks Return Sept. 9

We are excited to announce the return of Tech Talks . Hosted by Learning Design & Technology and the Library , these succinct, twenty-minute talks will touch briefly on some new, exciting, curious or interesting aspect of technology and how it can help you in your learning, teaching, and ministry. A brief presentation on how to use the technology will be followed by a roundtable discussion to answer questions and generate ideas for using the technology. All students, faculty, and

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Backwards Presenting

We've been doing some presenting as of late — twice at JAM and once a MinIT (a sub-group of GusDay ) — so I've been thinking a bit more about presentations than I normally might — creating, delivering, watching, etc. I ran across this article on presentation structure and was intrigued by how the author used the idea of backwards design. I know that this is a fairly familiar concept when developing a course so was interested to see it applied in a different arena.

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JAM 2010 - A Visual Redesign of MyLutherNet

Our other presentation at this year's Jenzabar Annual Meeting (JAM) was on our redesign process of MyLutherNet. Here are some of the helpful resources from that presentation:

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JAM 2010 - Creating Engaging Online Courses

In our presentation Thursday at the Jenzabar Annual Meeting (JAM), we talked about how we use MyLutherNet to create engaging online courses. We wanted to highlight a few resources that we have found helpful, so here is our (incomplete) list:

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Sir Ken Robinson at TED

Sir Ken Robinson has made another excellent presentation at TED. (You can see his first presentation here.) In this most recent discussion, Robinson advocates for changing our model of education from an industrial model to an organic/agricultural model. Rather than educate people ala the assembly line, we should think more like farmers and try and create conditions for humans to learn, grow, and develop.

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Tech Talk: Writing for Social Media

Here is the recording of the Tech Talk on writing for social media.

During the presentation I mentioned several popular social media tools. Here's a list of them if you are interested in finding out more.

Also, during the presentation I reference Gary Vaynerchuk as an excellent example of creating passionate web content. Here's a link to that episode. http://tv.winelibrary.com/2009/09/08/what-wine-pairs-with-cereal-episode-734/

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Tech Talk - Find & Reading Helpful Blogs

Here is our Tech Talk from May 6, 2010. In it, I talk about why you might want to read blogs, how to find some interesting blogs and, finally, how to keep track of all the blogs you want to read by using an RSS reader.

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Hip-Hop Mashups and Virtual Choirs

Since its inception, hip-hop has sampled from previously produced music to create something brand new. Using two turntables and a microphone , a disco, rock, or folk song could be transformed into rap. The digital internet culture has made this even easier over the past decade. People don't even need turntables, just a laptop. This took a huge leap forward when DJ Danger Mouse (in)famously remixed The Beatles' White Album with Jay-Z's Black Album to create the Grey Album .

Until recently I had mostly

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