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On 08/07/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, business, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, using teams, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Smashing the cubicles — from technologyreview.com by Tom Simonite
By sketching future spaces around tablets, smart phones, and social technologies, companies can operate with far fewer desks.
Designed for mobility:
This conference table, from the design firm Steelcase, allows employees to dock their mobile devices and take turns sharing the displays at the ends of the table. Credit: Steelcase
Also see:
- The Rise of the Virtual Office — from technologyreview.com
As the definition of the workplace changes, dramatic increases in productivity could be ahead.
On 07/18/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, digital learning, interactivity, learning spaces, multi-touch, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, visualizing information, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
RTS game runs on a 20 foot-wide multi-touch LCD wall — from gizmag.com by Pawel Piejko
A graduate student has developed an RTS game played on a 20-foot wide LCD multi-touch wall
(Image: University of Illinois)
(Image: University of Illinois)
From DSC:
What about if others from another college, university, school, etc. could partake in this as well?
On 07/18/2011,
in 21st century, change, collaboration, digital learning, digital textbooks, e-books, education technology, learning, learning preferences, library / librarians, new media literacies, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
New ways of learning effects library design — Aaron Cohen Associates
Excerpt:
Technology has impacted the way we use library collections. It has impacted the way we interact in the library building. The landscape of learning has changed so much that we need to ask – “Is someone literate if they can not use digital technology?”
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Watch the full episode. See more Digital Media – New Learners Of The 21st Century.
Talk about engaging students in music! Creative use of iPads by Neil Johnston from storevanmusic.com
On 07/05/2011,
in active learning, attention, collaboration, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, drama/theater, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, ideas, innovation, interactivity, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, participation, passions, real-world assignments, social learning / networks, teaching & learning, UK,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
What a great way to engage, inspire, involve students in music!
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- Neil Johnston from storevanmusic.com
- Originally saw at The Futures Agency
On 06/29/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, collaboration, convergence, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, emerging technologies, future, ideas, innovation, learning spaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, technology (general), trends, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
Reflections from DSC (additional emphasis by DSC):
I ran across Braden Kelley’s posting over at Blogging Innovation that’s entitled, “An Innovation Perfect Storm? In that posting, Braden lays out a powerful vision that he’s had for at least 2 years:
I believed two years ago and still believe that what the world needs is not more smart devices, but more flexible and plentiful dumb devices that are driven by the one smart device to rule them all – an extensible smart phone that can not only drive multiple display and input devices wirelessly, but also augment its processing and storage capabilities via wireless devices or the cloud.
Besides mentioning Motorola’s Atrix, RIM’s Blackberry Playbook , and Nintendo’s WiiU, Braden focuses on Apple’s product line. But later on in his posting, he provides a link to Teq’s WiD410 product — a conference room flat panel solution:
Braden’s vision caused me to piggyback on my vision for what I’d like to see in our Smart Classrooms — the ability for students to quickly and easily project/”play” their content for others in the class to see — without interrupting the flow of the class.
This concept holds true for corporate conference rooms & training centers as well.
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On 06/15/2011,
in 21st century, collaboration, learning spaces, library / librarians, smart classrooms, social learning / networks,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
I hesitated in posting this because I don’t know what the future will tell us re: the use of wireless technologies. But for now, the majority of the tests/research that I’ve seen assert that we are not in much danger from using wireless technologies. (I just hope this arena doesn’t turn out to be another Philip Morris type of move from the manufactures/companies selling these items.)
On 06/14/2011,
in collaboration, digital learning, education technology, interactivity, K-12 related, mobile learning, mobile technologies, online learning, presentations, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
I originally saw this at The Educational Technology Guy blog
On 06/14/2011,
in 21st century, collaboration, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, library / librarians, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, using teams, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 06/08/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, interaction design, interactivity, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, multi-touch, multimedia, participation, smart classrooms, technologies for your home, technology (general), television, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC: It would be sharp (and somewhat James Bond-ish) if you could take the concepts within the iTable from Kyle Buckner Designs.com…(esp. motorized parts and a customizable design)
…and combine those concepts with concepts found within a Microsoft Surface type of table: (esp. multi-touch capabilities for a group of people to work collaboratively on)
…and combine those concepts with concepts found within Steelcase’s Media:Scape product… (esp. the ability to bring your own device and instantly “connect” it and press a puck-like device to begin displaying it on the screen/table)
…kinda gives us a flavor for what may very well be part of the integration and continued convergence of devices…and it may be a device in your living room or study.
On 06/02/2011,
in business, collaboration, corporate / business world, future, mobile technologies, social media, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
The Future of Work, NYC — from conversationagent.com by Valeria Maltoni
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Tonight, I will be engaged in a Podio conversation kicking off a series on the future of work with fellow professionals and globetrotters Marcia Conner and Jennifer Magnolfi in New York City.
Moderated by Stowe Boyd, the session will cover several questions on how social media is impacting the world of business on the inside.
In Boyd’s own words:
[…] As our work becomes more social, more mobile, and increasingly channeled through mobile, social ‘work media’, what is the relationship between workers and business?
What will ‘workplace’ and ‘at work’ mean when people work in many locations and increasingly lose the distinction between work and leisure time?
How can business rethink the workplace in light of the primacy of social network-based communication and collaboration?
I’ve been living these questions for most of my career in corporate America.
On 06/01/2011,
in collaboration, engagement / engaging students, innovation, learning spaces, smart classrooms, student-related, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
Next-Gen Classrooms: Aces of Space — from CampusTechnology.com by Jennifer Demski
Four schools use cutting-edge design principles and technology to create next-gen learning spaces, with a focus on collaboration and student engagement.
On 05/11/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, learning spaces, library / librarians, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/21/2011,
in collaboration, digital learning, multimedia, new media literacies, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
What are digital literacies? Let’s ask the students — from DMLcentral.net by Cathy Davidson
It was with these critiques in mind that I asked undergraduate students in my two classes, “This Is Your Brain on the Internet” and “Twenty-First Century Literacies” to come up with a list of skills they had mastered in my peer-driven, peer-assessed, peer-led classes they had not gained elsewhere. We might call these skills “digital literacies.”
Check out their list, and then tell me if you recognize those self-absorbed, no-nothing, isolated, and distracted students described by the pundits. To my mind, this is a list of digital literacies any of us might aspire to: