Completed my first Screenr.  Not exactly sure where or why I would use this technology again, but it was an interesting process.  Also completed a collaborative Prezi–very cool…I would like to continue to explore the world of Prezi…

ButI am still struggling with where to use the technology.  Prezi is great for presentations, but I really doubt I would use it as part of an online lecture.  Screenr was cool only because I could capture audio and video, but I’m not sure when I would use it.  Perhaps to couple it with VT, but VT can do something similar. But VT can be used for online lectures, and I like that aspect of it…

This morning was one of those mornings that you kinda feel like sleep walking through.  I slept well but just couldn’t wake up.  So when it was time to go to the open house, I decided to retreat into the bathroom to finish getting dressed (away from my three year old who has yet to discover the joy of silence).  And just by chance I ran into the most amazing show:

Imagination is more important than knowledge

The show is on NPR and is called On Being…I caught the show about 5 minutes in (but the entire show is archived online–of course).  On the show were talking to Physicist James Gates.  Can I just say this guy is amazing…

So for my PLE, I would like to link to this show.  It is the perfect blend of dialogue and critical thinking and it is just downright interesting…I want my PLE to be a place full of interesting resources, a place that inspires dialogue and curiosity…

OK, so the rebuttal is done…After listening to the other side’s argument, I still do not believe they dealt with our arguments head-on…For one thing they seemed bothered that we changed the tenor of the question.  From the beginning we stated it was not a question of stupidity for us, it was a matter of asking what changes are occurring because this new technology.  This was not to argue that the end of the world was coming…But our position was to say that Google and the internet is having an effect on the kinds of creatures we are (just like every technology does).  There is nothing wrong with considering metaphysical and ontological questions as they relate to technology.  It just makes sense to question these things…To not do so would be to go quietly into that cold night…

So the exercise was an interesting one, but I only wish the actual debate would have been more robust…