Karen Blumberg http://karenblumberg.com Technology is special. posterous.com Thu, 24 May 2012 10:15:00 -0700 5th graders at @The_School are "outsourcing" their Greek 3-D temple designs! http://karenblumberg.com/3d-greek-temples http://karenblumberg.com/3d-greek-temples

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There's an awesome project happening in two of the 5th grade classrooms at The School at Columbia University right now. To supplement their study of Ancient Greece, Dena Rothstein and Heather Lortie, are having their students collaborate with students from The Marymount School across Central Park on the Upper East Side. (The School is located on the Upper West Side...) Both groups are designing 3D Greek temples using Tinkercad and sharing their online files with a group at the other school to tweak, customize, and ultimately build ("print") in our 3D printers. The humor of us being able to say that we are literally outsourcing to the East is not lost on us.

Teachers supporting this collaboration at The School are Heather, Dena, Greg Benedis-Grab (@gbenedisgrab), and Don Buckley (@donbuckley) with a lot of support from Cristina Martinez (@finlaycm) and a little support from me. On the UES of the park, Jaymes Dec (@jaymesdec) and Lesa Wang oversee Marymount's particpation in the project. Jaymes designed the new Fab Lab at Marymount, and he just spoke at TEDxNYED last month.

Today, the groups communicated "long distance" and "real time" using Google Video Chat. (Cristina Martinez turned on the Chat feature for students just for this project and just for a few days. Usually, this feature is disabled.) I moved about checking on all of the groups. At one point, I observed four kids (two in front of me and two on the screen) discuss their designs and even use a secondary laptop facing the camera to visibly demonstrate how to use Tinkercad to make a triangular hole to decorate the roof of a temple. I thought that was awesome. :)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 22 May 2012 08:44:00 -0700 Just learned about the new Google Docs Research tool via @moniamaro59 http://karenblumberg.com/google-docs-research-tool http://karenblumberg.com/google-docs-research-tool

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I'm collaborating with 6th grade Social Studies teacher Monica Amaro ()  on an iMovie project where here students will research topics about the culture, religion, architecture, medicine, food, language, politics, etc. of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. They'll be gathering their research in Google Docs. Monica just showed me something that one of her 6th graders showed her: Google Docs now has a Research Tool that allows embeds a right-side column for you to google websites, images, quotes, and scholarly writings about the topic.

The most satisfying feature for us so far is that when you located images, they are embedded into your Google Doc and their location is cited in a footnote at the bottom of the page. There is no excuse for forgetting to cite your sources anymore!

I found the article below about using the embedded Google Doc's new Research Tool here:

How to use Google Docs' new Research tool: New feature automates research process, making it easier for everyone

By Leslie Meredith

Whether you're a student facing final papers or a parent helping kids with research assignments, Google has just made the process a lot easier with a new tool that automates the research process.

Simply called "Research," the tool lets you conduct searches for terms related to your document or search for just quotes or images from a panel that appears to the right of your document.

Searching for a location automatically brings up a Google map that you can insert as is or edit by zooming in or out. Photos can be filtered to include only those that are licensed for free use — a good idea to avoid copyright problems.

For Web page results, hover over the link to see a preview of the page. Like what you see? Click "insert link" to add it to your text.

Further, the Research tool lets you insert a citation, automatically formatted, into your document.

Here's how it works: After you've inserted a link, click "cite." Google will add a superscript footnote number to the link in your text and generate a properly constructed footnote at the bottom of the page.

There are three ways to activate the research panel. Within an open document, go to the "Tools" menu at the top of the page and select "Research." You can also use a keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Alt+R on a PC and Command+Option+R on a Mac. To jumpstart the process, you can right-click on a word or highlight a phrase to launch a search for your term.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 22 May 2012 08:10:00 -0700 IWitness hosts 1000+ videos of Holocaust survivors and witnesses http://karenblumberg.com/iwitness http://karenblumberg.com/iwitness

I just learned about iWitness from Benjamin Nason (@Ratkacher). (http://iwitness.usc.edu/SFI)

IWitness is an online application for educators and students, giving them access to watch, search, and learn from over 1,000 video testimonies of survivors and other witnesses of the Holocaust. IWitness is unique by bringing educators and their students (ages 13-18) together at the intersection of Holocaust education and the development of critical multi-literacies for the 21st century. The 1000+ video testimonies available within the IWitness application are part of an archive of nearly 52,000 testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses maintained by the University of Southern California's Shoah Foundation Institute, established in 1994 by Steven Spielberg.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 22 May 2012 08:06:00 -0700 Minority Report-ify your computer with The Leap http://karenblumberg.com/minority-report-ify-your-computer-with-the-le http://karenblumberg.com/minority-report-ify-your-computer-with-the-le

Thanks to Al Doyle (@aldoyle), I just learned about The Leap (http://leapmotion.com).

Say goodbye to your mouse and keyboard.

Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen.  For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements.

This isn’t a game system that roughly maps your hand movements.  The Leap technology is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market — at any price point. Just about the size of a flash drive, the Leap can distinguish your individual fingers and track your movements down to a 1/100th of a millimeter.

This is like day one of the mouse.  Except, no one needs an instruction manual for their hands.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 22 May 2012 08:04:07 -0700 iMovie versus Garageband for podcasts http://karenblumberg.com/imovie-versus-garageband http://karenblumberg.com/imovie-versus-garageband

Marisa Guastaferro and I collaborate on a Romeo and Juliet podcast. In previous years, the students have used Garageband to put merge images, audio, and music. However, the finished product is a small video that is really ideal for viewing on an iPod and not a big screen. I used to use Quicktime to export their podcast into a bigger format, but it was still pixelated. This year, we decided to use iMovie to blend our projects. I found the above tutorial for creating a slideshow with soundtrack in iMovie.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 15 May 2012 08:53:00 -0700 In 6th Art, starting our Renaissance Photoshop Project with Yoshiko Maruiwa. http://karenblumberg.com/photoshop http://karenblumberg.com/photoshop

Today, I began the annual Renaissance Photoshop Project with Yoshiko Maruiwa, my favorite 6th grade Art teacher at The School at Columbia University. As part of the 6th grade integrated study of Florence and the Renaissance in English, Social Studies, Science, Art, Music, and Wellness, Yoshiko and I team-teach this Photoshop unit where students locate a Renaissance painting and layer themselves into it as either the main character or an additional character.

Here are the directions for our 3-day unit:

1. We talk about media literacy. Today, one girl said it was like "reading pictures." I liked that a lot. As a group, we defined media as the plural of medium and gave examples of both:

Media = how to convey or communicate information or mass communication, the news are described as "the media" and can share information using a variety of means (television, radio, internet, etc...)

Medium = how something is communicated or expressed: a drawing, painting, watercolor, television, email, texting, movies, music, commercial, song, newspaper, internet, magazine

2. We watch the Evolution video from Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty.

3. We talk about how easy it is to use technology to manipulate an image and why. (Marketing!)

4. We do a brief tour of the Google Art Project. (http://googleartproject.com)

With a team of Googlers working across many product areas we are able to harness the best of Google to power the Art Project experience. Few people will ever be lucky enough to be able to visit every museum or see every work of art they’re interested in but now many more can enjoy over 30 000 works of art from sculpture to architecture and drawings and explore over 150 collections from 40 countries, all in one place.

5. We talk about Artstor and it's subscription service which Columbia University pays for. We look at the Permitted and Prohibited uses. I remind them that it is super important to read the terms and conditions of a website so that they avoid doing anything illegal or unethical (whether intentionally or accidentally). Everything they do online public, permanent, and traceable. (http://artstor.org)

The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Our community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates.

6. Students choose a Renaissance painting from Artstor that they will manipulate. The directions for the project are here.

7. We talk about ownership of Art. Who owns the Mona Lisa? Yoshiko made a simple slideshow about variations of the Mona Lisa here. We discuss copyright and fair use and discuss Shepard Fairey's Obama Hope painting. My lesson plan is here.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Sat, 05 May 2012 10:51:00 -0700 #EdCampNYC wrap-up and next steps... http://karenblumberg.com/edcampnyc-wrap-up-and-next-steps http://karenblumberg.com/edcampnyc-wrap-up-and-next-steps

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Back in January, Andrew Stillman (@astillman) and Ali Shama (@alishama) approached me about having an EdCampNYC at Francis Lewis High School, where Ali is principal. While having EdCampNYC at The School at Columbia University is incredibly convenient for me, having it in Queens enabled Ali's faculty, a variety of DOE teachers, and many people new to edcamps to participate. There were about 110 people gathered today for three sessions and an amazing BBQ lunch served up by Ali, his administrative team, and student volunteers.

The unconference schedule (created this morning by attendees of today's edcampnyc) included sessions about mobile computing, being a connected educator, Google Apps scripting, iPads in the classroom, digital citizenship, podcasting, engineering projects, QR codes, standards based grading, prototyping digital learning, public speaking for educators, ELL needs, Skype in the classroom, SMARTboard troubleshooting, Mathematical art, and more.

Important links:
- Follow the @edcampnyc account and the #edcampnyc hashtag on Twitter
- The online session board is at http://tinyurl.com/edcampnyc
- Like EdCampNYC on Facebook at http://facebook.com/edcampnyc
- Add your photos to the edcampnyc Flickr group at http://flickr.com/groups/edcampnyc and tag your photos with edcamp and edcampnyc
- Post any notes or reflections from the day to our digital archive at http://edcampnyc.posterous.com by sending an email to edcampnyc@posterous.com (with a title for your post in the subject line of the email and your notes in the body of the email)

Consider hosting your own EdCamp or adopting the UNconference model for a faculty meeting or Professional Development day at your school or campus! More info at:
http://edcamp.wikispaces.com

Thank you to Francis Lewis High School for hosting and the BBQ lunch, Teq for sponsoring breakfast, Edutopia for the tote bags, and Inspiration for donating a few premium licenses.

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Yoshiko Maruiwa is a member of the 6th grade faculty team here at The School at Columbia University. She teaches Art, and it is a pleasure to collaborate with her on a few different projects each year. After a unit, Yoshiko tries to have the kids take photos of their artwork to load onto shared albums on The Gallery (our in-house photo server powered by Drupal). They then "point" to these images when writing posts on their personal digital portfolio of their work.

Recently, 6th graders completed mosaics - which correlated with their study of Islam and Islamic art. Yoshiko created the following simple slide show for students to use as a guide for taking better photographs of their finished tiles.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Wed, 02 May 2012 08:11:00 -0700 7th graders are making faux profiles on our social network for the annual Great Mathematicians Project http://karenblumberg.com/7th-graders-are-making-faux-profiles-on-our-s http://karenblumberg.com/7th-graders-are-making-faux-profiles-on-our-s

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The annual 7th grade Great Mathematicians project is underway. Dr. Sabrina Goldberg's students are currently fleshing out faux profiles for their assigned mathematician on The Social Network, our in-house social network powered by Elgg. This year, Don Buckley and I are asking kids to distill their mathematician into a graphic to be used on their digital profiles and on their physical poster.

Examples:
DeCartes - Cartesian Plane
Newton - gravity, apple
Tesla - electric current, lightbulb, or lightning bolt
Erno Rubik - Rubik's cube

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Wed, 02 May 2012 07:38:00 -0700 Making 3D structures in Google @SketchUp and measuring surface area in 6th math: http://karenblumberg.com/making-3d-structures-in-google-sketchup-and-m http://karenblumberg.com/making-3d-structures-in-google-sketchup-and-m

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I'm working with Catherine Hildebrandt on an activity that incorporates 3D printing into a 6th grade Geometry unit.

Catherine and her 6th graders were examining polygons, prisms, cylinders, spheres, surface area, and volume anyway. So, we thought we'd have kids design shapes, measure surface area and volume, and print out their creations on our Makerbot and Bits From Bytes 3D printers to pass around for their classmates to measure.

Catherine chose to use Google Sketchup for this project, as it is easy to construct an infinite out of shapes using the tool, and it is super easy to set the measurements/distance for lengths in the bottom right toolbox of the SketchUp window. I'd initially suggested Tinkercad, but for this project, I deferred to Catherine's preference (especially after she spent quality time trying out each program).

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 01 May 2012 07:46:00 -0700 Talking about #EdCampNYC and #TEDxNYED with @bkolani and @TeacherCast http://karenblumberg.com/teachercast http://karenblumberg.com/teachercast

Jeffrey Bradbury (@TeacherCast) hosts a podcast about education and archives lots of educationa resources at http://teachercast.net where he invites visitors to Listen, View, and Read about the latest in Educational Technology.

Jeff was kind enough to invite Basil Kolani and me to talk about our work as organizers of EdCampNYC and TEDxNYED. You can hear us wax on in The TeacherCast Podcast #47.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:00 -0700 Year of Innovation pop-up houses on display at @The_School: http://karenblumberg.com/year-of-innovation-pop-up-houses-on-display-a http://karenblumberg.com/year-of-innovation-pop-up-houses-on-display-a

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After the incredible success of the Tools at Schools design collaboration with aruliden and Bernhardt Design, Don Buckley (@donbuckley) was inspired to have faculty at The School apply the design thinking model for our Year of Innovation.

These pop-up houses, on display throughout the school for a few weeks, are the result of many months spent researching discussing, researching, ideating, and prototyping. Inside are snapshots and notes from each group and an iPad3 (on an iPevo Perch with headphones) running a video where students, faculty, and parents talk about each concept (Homework, Discipline, Recess, Lunch, Grading). Kudos to Hil Szanto (@hilszanto) and Cristina Martinez (@finlaycm) for the videography and editing!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:58:00 -0700 App Share in the Library with faculty from @the_school http://karenblumberg.com/app-share-in-the-library-with-faculty-from-th http://karenblumberg.com/app-share-in-the-library-with-faculty-from-th

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These were the things shared by faculty who attended the App Share in the Library this afternoon:

LetterReflex - shared by Joyce Tsang (@jyc_nyc)

Does your child get his b’s and d’s mixed up? How about her p’s and q’s? LetterReflex provides a fun way to help overcome common letter reversals. The first activity, Tilt It, uses kinesthetic learning to teach left from right. The second activity, Flip It, allows them to practice what they learned while honing their letter discrimination skills.

iPevo document camera shared by Gina Marcel (@fpgina) allows anyone to demo stuff on their iPad (until our AppleTV is up and running)

iBooks Author also shared by Gina, though Don Buckley pointed out that when you load a book on iTunes, Apple owns the content.

Available free on the Mac App Store, iBooks Author is an amazing new app that allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad. With galleries, video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page never could.

FlipBoard shared by Hil Szanto (@hilszanto)

Named Apple's iPad App of the year and one of TIME's Top 50 Innovations, Flipboard creates a personalized magazine out of everything being shared with you. Flip through your Facebook newsfeed, tweets from your Twitter timeline, photos from Instagram friends and much more.

iDesk shared by Nadine Renazile (@infobirdie)

iDesk allows you to make flow charts, org charts, Venn diagrams, mind maps, take notes, sketches and do other diagrams with no constraints. Draw a shape, type a text, stylize it choosing from 50+ Fonts.

eClicker also shared by Nadine

eClicker is a personal response system that allows teachers to poll their class during a lesson. It provides teachers with the real-time feedback they need to be sure their messages are being received. Developed for smartphones and laptops, eClicker leverages the hardware already in the hands of many students providing a low cost polling solution for the classroom. All you need to get started is the eClicker Host app running on an iOS device, a Wi-Fi network, and students with internet-enabled devices to participate.

MindNode also shared by Nadine

MindNode is a very easy and intuitive application for collecting, organizing and outlining your thoughts and ideas as mind maps.

Popplet shared by Tabitha Johnson (@tabletj)

Great for work. Great for school. Popplet is a platform for your ideas. Popplet's super simple interface allows you to move at the speed of your thoughts. With Popplet you can capture your ideas and sort them visually in realtime. Quickly and easily!

Flubaroo also shared by Tablitha

Grade online assessments in a single app (@flubaroo)

Vlingo shared by Don Buckley (@donbuckley)

Looking for a voice powered virtual assistant on your iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4? Look no further. In addition to search, messaging, voice dialing and directions, Vlingo integrates with your Facebook and Twitter accounts making it the most social assistant available. All functionality is now 100% free, so download Vlingo today to explore everything Vlingo can do for you.

Forms shared by Nancy Wong (@scampnyc)

Forms is a client of Google Forms (Google Docs). The Form you created on your PC can be viewed in the most suitable layout for iPhone/iPad.

Corkulous shared by Jenn Dare (@jenn_dare)

Corkulous™ idea board is the incredible new way to collect, organize, and share your ideas. Access your ideas anywhere on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch with built-in iCloud support. Share your ideas with your friends and family by storing your cork boards in Dropbox. See the demo video: http://www.corkulous.com/

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:21:00 -0700 Trying out cases for the MacBook Air 11" with @donbuckley http://karenblumberg.com/trying-out-cases-for-the-macbook-air-11-with http://karenblumberg.com/trying-out-cases-for-the-macbook-air-11-with

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Next year, we're buying MacBook Air 11" laptops for the 3rd grade and 6th graders. Kids keep the same machine for three year until they graduate to a new model in 6th grade (or simply graduate from the school after 8th grade). The kids in K-2 have an iPad assigned to them. Up until now, we've provided MacBooks and Always-on Cases from InfoCase for the students. In preparation for next year, Don Buckley and I ordered a bunch of different cases from Amazon.

My favorites: 

CaseCrown faux leather book cover clip on case for $18.18 (it'san always on case with a snap closure)

Belkin MacBook Air vertical sleeve with shoulder strap for $14.99 (slim profile and cross-body carry strap)

 

Flort shoulder bag for $9.99 (I've always been intrigued by this IKEA bag...)

 

The others:

Acase faux leather book cover clip on case for $14.95 (same exact design as the CaseCrown but it doesn't have a snap closure)

Hard Candy Cases convertible case for $36.99 is ok but pricey [RETURNED]

Gumdrop cases surf convertible case for $37.35 is the same as the Hard Candy design but pricier [RETURNED]

InCase perforated hardshell for $45 looks cool, is super expensive, and the bottom didn't stay attached [RETURNED]

Red mCover hard shell cover case for $19.99 is overpriced considering the next item is...

Slim Crystal hard cover case for $12.99 is totally reasonable

 

 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:55:00 -0700 "Report: Every Potential 2040 President Already Unelectable Due To Facebook" via @TheOnion http://karenblumberg.com/report-every-potential-2040-president-already http://karenblumberg.com/report-every-potential-2040-president-already


Report: Every Potential 2040 President Already Unelectable Due To Facebook

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This semester, I'm taking TV and the Development of Youth at Teachers College. I'm grateful to my classmate for sharing the following post from The Onion. It's a relevant and hilarious spoof about the persitance of online information...and reinfoces my constant plea to my students to remember that everything they post online is public, permanent, and traceable.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:52:42 -0700 Great preso by @TEDChris about the XYZs of a Truly Terrible #TED Talk. #TEDxSummit http://karenblumberg.com/great-preso-by-tedchris-about-the-xyzs-of-a-t http://karenblumberg.com/great-preso-by-tedchris-about-the-xyzs-of-a-t I'm at the inaugural TEDxSummit in Doha, Qatar. It is a ridiculously amazing opportunity for 700 TEDx license holders from 90 countries to gather and share ideas. http://tedxsummit.ted.com

I'm currently in a session entitled, "Must Haves." Rather than present "The ABCs of a Truly Awesome TED Talk," Chris Anderson, curator of TED (http://ted.com), just offered, "The XYZs of a Truly Terrible TED Talk." He's amazing.

Here's his hilarious list of what not to do when delivering a TED Talk:

Take a really long time to get started

This is too important to be just a talk. Slow down and orate!

Make sure everyone knows how important you are.

Keep referring back to your brilliant book

To make yourself seem smart, use abstract language and lofty concepts.

Who needs real substance? All that matters is that you inspire.

No need to build an argument. You're too good a speaker to have to actually persuade people.

If you're an artist or architect, try to sound as intellectual as possible...and if that leaves no time time to actually share your work, no worries.

Remember, no time to waste telling stories.

If your case is a little feeble, slip in pseudo-scientific jargon to beef it up.

Copy your visuals off the web. It's so easy. No one will notice.

Be very serious. Humor is a terrible distraction.

Slip in some snarky political comments.

Give lots of details about the history and structure of your organization.

Cram in every single aspect of your work.

Don't bother rehearsing for time.

You know you're a great speaker. Wing it.

Memorizing 90% of your talk should be fine.

Be cunning and read your talk off the confidence monitor!

At all costs, avoid eye contact with audience members.

Great TED Talks follow a formula. Crack the code and copy it!

Don't risk being true to yourself.

Emotions matter. The audience is there to be manipulated.

Use at least one gratuitous picture of a family member.

It's easy to fit 3000 words into 18 minutes; just talk faster.

End with a subtle hint about your organization's crucial funding needs...and linger on stage waiting for a standing ovation.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:53:00 -0700 Can't wait to see @JaymesDec at #TEDxNYED on 4/28... http://karenblumberg.com/cant-wait-to-see-jaymesdec-at-tedxnyed-on-428 http://karenblumberg.com/cant-wait-to-see-jaymesdec-at-tedxnyed-on-428

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This month's NYCIST meeting is being hosted at Marymount's 97th street building where Jaymes Dec set up a Fab Lab (short for Fabrication Lab, though Fabulous Lab would be apt as well). The space he designed and the number of machines he has gathered is impressive. Even more impressive are the awesome projects his students are doing.

Jaymes will be giving a talk at the third annual TEDxNYED taking place on April 28 at the Museum of the Moving Image. See the full lineup of speakers here: http://tedxnyed.com

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:34:00 -0700 Write and run your Processing code anywhere you are with P5JSSketch for iPhone http://karenblumberg.com/p5jssketch-for-iphone-write-and-run-your-proc http://karenblumberg.com/p5jssketch-for-iphone-write-and-run-your-proc

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Thanks to Fred Bartels (@fredbartels) for sharing a link about P5JSSketch (@P5JSSketch) for iPhone on the NYCIST listserv this morning.

P5JSSketch is a tiny code editor for Processing.js. Write and run your code anywhere you are.

Features:
- Syntax highlighting
- Auto indentation
- Code assistance
- Additional keys
- Undo/Redo
- Import/export files via iTunes File Sharing
- Load multipull pde files
- Load JavaScript libraries (e.g. toxiclib.js)
- In app preview

About Processing.js >> http://processingjs.org/
See also Processing >> http://processing.org/

Erik Neumann (@openblackboard) mentioned that P5JSSketch is much better than pjs4ipad which offers "offline Processing.js web clip apps with built-in code editing."

pjs4iPad lets you create Processing.js apps that can be run and edited directly in HTML5 browsers and will run offline. Currently tested with Mobile Safari (iPad, iPhone, Android 2.1, iPod touch, Chrome).

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Thu, 05 Apr 2012 06:15:00 -0700 .@P5JSSketch for iPhone: Write and run your Processing code anywhere you are (via @fredbartels #edtech #edchat) http://karenblumberg.com/pjs4ipad http://karenblumberg.com/pjs4ipad

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Thanks to Fred Bartels (@fredbartels) for sharing a link about P5JSSketch for iPhone on the NYCIST listserv this morning.

P5JSSketch is a tiny code editor for Processing.js. Write and run your code anywhere you are.

Features:
- Syntax highlighting
- Auto indentation
- Code assistance
- Additional keys
- Undo/Redo
- Import/export files via iTunes File Sharing
- Load multipull pde files
- Load JavaScript libraries (e.g. toxiclib.js)
- In app preview

About Processing.js >> http://processingjs.org/
See also Processing >> http://processing.org/

Erik Neumann mentioned that is much better than pjs4ipad which offers "offline Processing.js web clip apps with built-in code editing."

pjs4iPad lets you create Processing.js apps that can be run and edited directly in HTML5 browsers and will run offline. Currently tested with Mobile Safari (iPad, iPhone, Android 2.1, iPod touch, Chrome).

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087314/KRBsquare.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5Avy4Woyc2wp Karen Blumberg karenblumberg Karen Blumberg Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:17:00 -0700 MIT-K12: Making Video to Make a Difference http://karenblumberg.com/mit-k12-making-video-to-make-a-difference-via http://karenblumberg.com/mit-k12-making-video-to-make-a-difference-via

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http://k12videos.mit.edu

In December, 2011, Ian Waitz, MIT’s Dean of Engineering, launched the MIT-K12 project, driven by a series of questions: How can we change the perception of the role of engineers and scientists in the world? What can MIT do, right now, to improve STEM education at the K12 level? What if MIT became a publicly accessible “experiential partner” to the country’s K12 educators? What if MIT students generated short-form videos to complement the work those educators are already doing in their classrooms and homes?

This site was built around a simple idea: K12 educators and MIT should be working together to make movies. No one would argue that STEM education in the U.S. is in tough shape. Teachers want to do something about it, and so do MIT students.

Well, here's your chance.

1. Educators can submit ideas for experiments or demonstrations they would like to see an MIT student perform and explain in a short video (5-10 minutes long) that will be made available online.

2. MIT students can then "check out" these assignments (in the library sense of that phrase) — or they can come up with their own ideas and check them out themselves.

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