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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766

I thought I would share a video this week. I had writers block yesterday, so I am a day late. I came up with this, because it was a shared link over my network in Twitter.

This video made me think about several things...

This has been a video week. I have gotten questions about embedding video, recording video, or sharing video. There are many places opening up to share video. First, within the University, you can share videos on iTunesU, but you need to reserve space ahead of time. The next location is YouTube (which is free) and ETS and TLT does have a presence there. There are other video sharing sites coming out including Seesmic where you can engage in a video conversation and Vimeo where folks are connecting through video to name a few. (How can avenues like this be used in the future?)

This has also made me think more about BS Bookclub book - A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink. The video is creative. How do we come to be more creative? Creativity helps you think more outside the box and look at things from a different perspective. It brings ideas to the forefront. It helps you engage with new thoughts and ideas to utilize them differently. What can we do on the creative side to positive engage?

I attended BalJam this past weekend, so I was swimming in creativity dancing Balboa Swing and Listening to Jazz music, live and by DJ. How can activities increase your work flow and add to your learning design.

Another event this past weekend, which I missed was Podcamp Philly, which was another way to see how folks in this are are creatively sharing ideas through podcasts. How are they using the technology of podcasting to share out their ideas?

It is making a topic of design and font design funny. Working on the web, there are guidelines. Does this video poke fun at guidelines that are set in stone? How do we break free from the structure of style guides and css. Or do we follow the guides to be consistent?

I guess I am sharing this to challenge you to use something funny to draw out better ideas, examples, or work flows in your everyday.
Digital Commons is coming very soon. If you are interested and want to learn more and want a great place to start, Digital Commons Camp is coming this fall. Go to the wiki below to learn more or to get involved.

http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/wiki/Digital_Commons_Camp

If you are interested in learning more about Blogs as Portfolios, you can view the presentation from Learning Design Summer Camp by visiting the following link.

 

http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/blogs-at-psu/ldsc08-blogs-as-portfolios/


You will also learn about blogs at Penn State. Because the ePortfolio is built upon Movable Type 4.2 which is the blog platform.


I am in process of rebuilding my site to use this. I will share more as I get through the project and moving everything.