Class Notes for 2/18/08

No class next week: Spring Break!
**catch up on all assignments!!!!**
A Whole New Mind
the new age is a conceptual age. the skills that artists have are more important (visual, creative)
the first three chapters talks about the right and left sides of the brain, global economy, Asia, abundance, automation, manufacturing, cheaper faster-in demand, high concept,high touch.
Project: Chapter Five: Story---past groups have summarized chapter or created some sort of story that relates.

Separate Project: Create a five frame story out of pictures in a sequential order. Use flicker or voicethread.

Presentations:
WiZiQ -- Brings students and teachers together without boundaries. teach and learn live, online, free. find, share, download, upload, powerpoints and PDFs. schedule sessions with students, search for topics, public sessions delivered by subject experts, create own tests, search for tests.
Skype---http://skype.com/
make calls from your computer to anywhere in the world anytime, day, night, morning or weekends. (only skype to skype)
cheap calls to phones and mobile across the world (you can view all rates)
sessions: conduct or participate w/ audio and/or video

Voicethread Presentation

Voicethread:
1. Create. (from images)
2. Comment. (by voice, phone, or type)
3. Share. (transforming media)
http://voicethread.com/#q

Voicethread in the Classroom:
http://voicethread.com/share/74456/
http://voicethread.com/share/71234/
http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blog/show?id=649749%3ABlogPost%3A4151

My Voicethread Creation:
http://voicethread.com/share/71234/

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http://www.yackpack.com/