Props to Orli Yakuel at Go2Web2 for posting this today. This great YouTube video is one of those stats-speculation-futurism messages about information, set to music.
The shifthappens video was created a year ago but posted to YouTube in June 2007.
The video—created by XPLANE, a visualization company in Portland, St. Louis and Madrid—originated from a discussion about how to best educate future adults in this ever-changing world. It has been used as a starting point for many discussions on the subject of information, education and technology over the past year. As of June 14, there is a new wiki run by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod to serve as a repository of information about this video and possibly the insights and outcomes resulting from it.
Maybe rather than having everyone read a book over the summer, this Did You Know? video should be watched and discussed at the IU School of Informatics new student orientation in August. It pretty much sums up the challenge informatics is here to address and offers an opportunity to point the conversation toward how it impacts our philosophy of education at all levels. And what better way to show how Web 2.0 savvy we are here in Indiana than working in small groups to summarize our reflective discussions on the wiki.
4 replies on “Shift Happens”
This video is FABULOUS! Is it available to share with my school board?
The YouTube site is pretty versatile about how you can display the content on the web, but the shift happens wiki also has a link to downloadable files.
As one of the co-creators of the video, I can affirmatively respond YES! Please share with anyone you wish, particularly educators. There are downloadable versions on the wiki or you can use the YouTube version. All are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike copyright license.
XPLANE did a fantastic job helping Karl and me jazz up the presentation. They also were fabulous to work with over the past few months. All of their work was done on a volunteer basis so they deserve all the accolades we can give them.
I’m director of the only center in the country focused on the technology needs of school leaders. Let me know if I can be of help.
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