Tag: TED
CALL TO PARTICIPATION: How Much Daily Exercise Is Enough?
After a few years working at Full Sail University, sitting every day at our cubes, I think eight...
Meditations on why Time is such a Bai@%^ch
I keep thinking about the story of the young boy in the candy store staring at all the candy,...
Ed Issues Thursdays: What Job Can You Get With Your College Education?
My first weekend back from university, my freshman year, my dad sat me down after breakfast and...
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer & The Community of Friends
The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer Turns out that famous recording artists are people with all the...
From Keyboard-Driven UI to Google Glass: What’s the Next Metaphor?
On the eve of the release of Google Glass we’re continuing to hear tech pundits go on about...
In Bad Faith 12: Happy Holy Friday: What Non-Believers May Be Missing
I’ve had wonderful conversations with my girlfriend, Tricia, over the past few weeks as...
Video Wednesdays: Rob Reid: Copyright Math(tm)
In honor of my students reading through this week’s materials on Copyright issues…...
Video Fridays: Jane McGonigal: Gaming Can Make a Better World
I guess it’s gaming week. This selection, game designer, Jane McGonigal, goes well beyond...
The Story of the OLPC: Kids Are the Mission Not A Market
At CES 2012 this past January the One Laptop Per Child foundation unveiled their newest model...
How Important Is Music Education? TEDxBoston – Benjamin Zander and the YOA [video]
I’ve been fortunate enough to have had many music educators as my students and they tend to...
Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong [TED talk]
At TEDx Orlando 2011 we were shown the following video/TED talk by Eric Whitacre. I’ve been...
Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
Why do we do what we do? Some might respond that asking such questions is a typical first-world...
In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think
I just finished read/listening to Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God, and like waking with...
The Role of Technology in Education
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working with my Full Sail EMDT students teaching and learning more about online learning management systems. I’ve been using online tools for teaching and learning for over nine...
In Bad Faith, Part 1: It’s the Accent, Isn’t It?
Over several months I’ve begun this entry at least half a dozen times, but failed to get...
The Creative Commons Solution
Part three of my three part media merry-go-round: Creative Commons (Part 1: Copyright; Part 2:...