Technology Is A Tool
Digital pedagogy isn’t about using technology for technology’s sake; it’s about using tools in order to help achieve learning goals. It’s a simple concept that’s often difficult to articulate, but this guy breaks it down nicely with this image:
Technology Is A Tool, by Bill Ferriter
A Map of the Internet
Artist Martin Vargic created this gorgeous visualization of the Internet, using old National Geographic maps as his guide:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/82767/quite-possibly-the-most-brilliant-thing-ever-a-map-of-the-internet-drawn-to-scale
We’ve tried to do something similar in various workshops. Here’s an example:
Vargic’s is prettier, yes, but comes with its own problems. For instance, what are the political implications of his positioning of the seedier side of the Internet (crime, porn, etc.) in the equivalent of South America?
Everything is a Remix
Is it? Is there such a thing as originality? This series of videos makes a pretty convincing argument that the answer is NO. Check it out.Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.
Animated Graffiti on the Q Train
Masstransiscope by Bill Brand:EyeWriter
This is one of the coolest and most inspiring things I’ve ever seen. This graffiti artist, now paralyzed from Lou Gehrig’s disease, takes his art to a whole new level by creating digital graffiti…with his eyes. It will make you think twice the next time you want to complain about life being too hard. And it makes you wonder what technology will think of next…http://eyewriter.org/videos/eyewriter-trailer-final-WEB.mov
(takes a minute or two to download, so be patient…)
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