A Vision of Students Today

A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
Music by Try^d: http://tryad.org/listen.html
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More information:
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?...

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

The Machine is Using Us

Final version now available!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

http://mediatedcultures.net

Web 2.0 in just under 5 minutes.

This is the 2nd draft, and I plan on doing one more final draft. Please leave comments on what could be changed or improved, or what needs to be excluded or included. Subscribe if you want to be notified when the revision is released.

A higher quality version is available for download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?6duzg3zioyd The song is "There's Nothing Impossible" by Deus, available for free at http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/103/

Deus offers music under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, yet one more example of the interlinking of people sharing and collaborating this video is attempting to illustrate.

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Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Information R/evolution

This video explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information. This video was created as a conversation starter, and works especially well when brainstorming with people about the near future and the skills needed in order to harness, evaluate, and create information effectively.

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Quicktime:

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If you are interested in this topic, check out Clay Shirky's work, especially: http://www.shirky.com/writings/ontolo...

Also check out David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous:

http://www.everythingismiscellaneous....

This video is licensed under a Creative Commons

Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. So you are welcome to download it, share it, even change it, just as long as you give me some credit and you don't sell it or use it to sell anything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM

Do schools today kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson, TEDTalks

A must-see for every parent and teacher. Education guru Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. Sir Ken Robinson is author of "Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative," and a leading expert on innovation in education and business. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)

A Vision of K-12 Students Today

This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

Pay Attention

http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/221/35/

Believe in Me

Inspirational video for the start of school

    Three simple words, formed as a question, can be exceptionally powerful. Do you believe in me?  This video, posted to YouTube and created for the Starkville (Mississippi) School District by Broadcast Media Group, is a great video to share with teachers, administrators, students, parents, and other constituents in your educational community as we start the 2009-2010 school year in the United States. In addition to asking, “Do You Believe in Me?” video participants answer the basic and important questions:

1. 1.What do you want to be when you grow up?
   

2. 2.Why did you become a teacher?
   

3. 3.Who is your favorite teacher? What is your favorite subject? Why?
   

    Amidst the continuing destructive, myopic focus we see in so many school systems on high stakes accountability and summative, punitive testing of students based on minimum standards, it is refreshing and inspiring to be reminded about things that are MOST important for learning, teaching, and growing.    Kudos to video creators Laura Crum, Nicole Thomas, and Robbie Coblentz. Thanks for this digital storytelling gift.
      Is your school district still blocking YouTube, even for teachers to use instructionally with students? Share this video with a local school administrator or board member. Unmask the digital truth.  By Wesley Fryer of Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Thanks Wesley Fryer for sharing this!! I love the Twitter-orchestrated YouTube video, “Why we use a Mac.” I definitely use Macs for all those reasons too.   
    The video above was coordinated and put together by a 13 year old student, btw, using Twitter. (Charlie Gordon) Hat tip to Colin Harris for the link, via Christina Warren.
    I wonder how many examples of 13 year old digital creativity we can find online at this point which were entirely netbook created? Not many, I’d wager. But that may change with time. Nice work, Charlie and friends. I’m betting you didn’t learn all those digital literacy and collaboration skills in schools, did you?! http://cbgfilms.com
     Thank you for everybody who participated in this collaboration video!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seo2XC4JwOs  Lots of people participated which was awesome, it was all powered by the Twitter community, which is great. I may do for collaborative videos in the future,

Shift Happens  This is another official update to the original "Shift Happens" video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com/ and http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/. This wiki is designed to give you a little more background on the Did You Know? presentation.      The wiki also will connect you with some resources to learn more about the shifts that are occurring in our world and their implications for K-12 and higher education.
Because we are educators in the United States, our experiences and perspectives are going to be somewhat America-centric. However, we believe that the themes of Did You Know? are global in nature and apply to schools and children around the world. We want all children to be successful. We do not view the growing importance of India and China as negative but rather as additional opportunities for everyone in the world. We do not mean to gloss over the very real issues that countries such as India and China face, and we recognize that globalization and "flat world" factors have downsides just like other societal shifts. We prefer, however, to focus on the positive benefits and on doing what we can to help children learn and grow so that they may become successful digital, global citizens.

We'd like your help. Everyone must be involved in the conversation if we are to come up with a system of education for our children that prepares them for the 21st century. Click on the links on the left to get started; request to join the wiki if you want to add to or revise the wiki.

Song written by Kevin Honeycutt from ESSDACK. 

Video Directed/Edited by Shawn Gormley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHb5QVD7fo

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