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Stephen Downes' First Screencast: It's On Web2.0 and Personal Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was delighted to discover Stephen Downes screencast created with Camtasia for several reasons. First, I've been following the recent stream of posts about "personal learning environments" but haven't delved in depth yet. All my learnings about screencasting are organized in a wiki portfolio.

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New Screencast: Web Analytics Demystified: A Primer for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm pleased to announce that I have completed the screencast, sponsored by NTEN , on Google Analytics! I created a companion wiki where you find lots of links to additional resources to help you learn more. Holly Ross for suggesting the topic and understood that it takes more than a week or two to make a screencast!

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The importance of Sandboxes and Play in online learning spaces!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was reminded yet again about the importance of play and experimentation as part of the online spaces, particularly those that are learning environments. One of the areas I wanted to dig deeper into was vlogging and screencasting. Download pumpkins-apples-not-blogging.wmv.

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Intermediated Conferences and Backchannels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since the workshop is essentiallly about designing more interactive face-to-face learning environments, I don't want to model a 85 minute lecture with 100 slide powerpoint, leaving 5 minutes for q&A at end. I wonder if there are learnings or ideas one can take from here?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Couldn't resist this one, Screencast-O-Matic (with some wikis thrown in) from Bamboo Project. There's been lots written on educational technology blogs about personal learning environments that assume deep understanding of the topic. The ResDistricting Game involves moving the invisible district borders in every U.S.

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