Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Re: John Seely Brown and the Zeitgeist

Jim,

There are a bunch of videos on his website: http://www.johnseelybrown.com/

Glad you are enjoying.

Fred

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:48 AM, James Lerman <pronto30@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi Fred,
> Thanks for both of your posts of JSB videos. I got through about an hour of
> the McKay School of Ed one last night. Very stimulating.
> Got any more?
> Jim Lerman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com>
> >Sent: May 4, 2010 8:50 AM
> >To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> >Subject: John Seely Brown and the Zeitgeist
> >
> >I'm going to go out on a limb a bit here and say that John Seely Brown is
> >channeling the zeitgeist. (He might prefer 'surfing the zeitgeist.')
> >
> >For those of you not familiar with the word zeitgeist, it means the spirit
> >of the times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist
> >
> >It may be just the edtech echo chamber I'm calling the zeitgeist, but in
> any
> >case, Brown seems to be bringing together and weaving into a coherent
> >tapestry many of the ideas about pedagogy and technology that a lot of us
> >have been thinking about for most of this year.
> >
> >Brown's recent talk at MIT titled "Blended Learning Revisited" provides a
> >good overview of his thinking.
> >
> >http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/765
> >
> >--
> >Fred Bartels
> >Dir. of Info. Tech.
> >Rye Country Day School
> >
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--
Fred Bartels
Dir. of Info. Tech.
Rye Country Day School

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