OllieBray.com: Microsoft Bing Maps augmented reality demo at the TED 2010

Short 8 minute TED Talk today on their latest evolution of Microsoft Bing Maps which included an Augmented reality demo.

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Horizon Report 2010

“The six technologies featured in each Horizon Report are placed along three adoption horizons that indicate likely time frames for their entrance into mainstream use for teaching, learning, or creative inquiry. The near-term horizon assumes the likelihood of entry into the mainstream for institutions within the next twelve months; the mid-term horizon, within two to three years; and the far-term, within four to five years.”

The 6 technologies described are:

within the next 12 months

• Mobile computing
• Open content

2-3 years

• Electronic books
• Simple augmented reality

4-5 years

• Gesture-based computing
• Visual data analysis

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4. Technologies to Watch (3)
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6. One Year or Less: Mobile Computing (1)
7. One Year or Less: Open Content (1)
8. Electronic Books (0)
9. Two to Three Years: Simple Augmented Reality (1)
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11. Four to Five Years: Visual Data Analysis (0)
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13. 2010 Horizon Project Advisory Board (1)

Johnson, L., Levine, A., Smith, R., & Stone, S. (2010). (2009). The 2010 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium

Diana G. Oblinger at the 2009 AACTE Speaker Spotlight Luncheon

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Free Tools for Teachers: Handheld Learning Conference 2009

Check out Ollie Bray‘s great blog post on web-based tools for teachers and discover some creative, free resources from the wizard text generator to comic generating tools. There are some fantastic links here all based on his Spotlight Scotland session at the Handheld Learning Conference 2009.

I’m a TRAILBLAZER yeah!

I am one of the lucky twenty ‘guinea pigs’ accepted to try out a new Rapid eLearning Development Course.

http://ministryofid.org/MID/Home.html

“Part 3D computer game, part social network, part collaborative learning, the ReD course will teach you how to build effective elearning and informal media using leading elearning author tools.

Designed by Rob Hubbard of LearningAge Solutions with input from some of the smartest people in the elearning industry including Clive Shepherd, Jane Hart and Patrick Dunn. This is a course unlike any other, designed to show how great elearning can be and built using tools that you too can master. We want the ReD course to inspire as well as train.”

Pay Attention

Since most of today’s students can appropriately be labeled as “Digital Learners”, why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?This presentation was crea…

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Teaching 2.0 – Doing More with Less

With the institutional resources shrinking and the costs rising, teachers are being asked to do more with less. John Seely Brown explores how technology can help. [12/2008] [Education] [Show ID: 15...

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PodOmatic

PodOmatic is a podcasting portal to create, find and share podcasts. Multimedia Training Videos has a step-by-step guide on creating and uploading your own podcast here.

More on podcasting from the BBC here.

Detailed tutorial by Jason Van Orden, author of Promoting Your Podcast here.

John Seely Brown Lecture on Learning in the Digital Age

Noted writer, speaker, and educator John Seely Brown discusses learning in the digital age at a guest lecture at IU. Brown is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California.

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Free University Lectures

I’ve previously posted some consolidated lists of free resources but this is a nice clean and simple list of free university lectures compiled by

http://www.lecturefox.com/