2. What Do the Internet, neuron growth, and
Creativity have in common?
3. Different views of the internet
“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all
disorder a secret order”; Carl Jung
4. What do we do with the internet?
Making sense of chaos
5. Wire, fire
higher…….
Brain, drain,
train……
Can the internet bring learning to life and life to
learning?
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the
lighting of a fire.”
― W.B. Yeats
6. The Internet and the Brain
Is this art imitating life or life
imitating itself?
7. The nature of
the brain &
the brain in
nature.
The stuff
of life!!
Technology
may remove
our
delusions.
Critical thinking and exploration
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than
to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan
10. Which of these technologies do you or would you
consider
to be indispensible in an online or blended
course?
Virtual classrooms
Social learning and
networks
Educational platforms
The world wide web
Interactive,
educational websites
Google docs
Microsoft office
Learning
management
Systems
Web tools
Multi-media
11. Which of these would you consider to be closed or
open systems?
Virtual classrooms
Social learning and
networks
Educational platforms
The world wide web
Interactive,
educational websites
Google docs
Microsoft office
Web tools
Learning
management
Systems
Multi-media
12. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
open and closed systems?
Virtual classrooms
Social learning and
networks
Educational platforms
The world wide web
Interactive,
educational websites
Google docs
Microsoft office
Web tools
Learning
management
Systems
Multi-media
13. Can you give examples of the environments, tools,
and communities below and give examples of some
teaching methods you could apply to them?
Virtual classrooms
Social learning and
networks
Educational platforms
The world wide web
Interactive,
educational websites
Google docs
Microsoft office
Web tools
Learning
management
Systems
Multi-media
14. Some influences and recommended
reading
Books:
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
Social intelligence
Daniel Goleman
The Dragon Fly effect
JenniferAaker, Andy Smith
Social Media Examiner
Blue grass blog
Net Smart
Howard Rheingold
The Mindful Guide to Online
Living
Andre Klein
A mindful guide to Social media
Andre Klein
Vygotsky and creativity
LearnOut Live
How to build up a thriving PLN
in 2013
Edukwest on a search for
better education
Why we need strategies for
creativity
15. Some tools for self-expression
Eduglogster
imind
Mindmaple
Prezi
Animoto
Go animate