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WiscNet FTC Day 1: Internet2

Dan Gross and I moderated the FTC session Integrating Art Into the Teaching of Math, Science and other Disciplines enabled by Internet2.

Internet2 - Dale Hilton

There could be no greater example of the power of WiscNet and Internet2 than by having Dale Hilton from the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) present a distance learning sample session on the Harlem Renaissance. Talk about hitting a homerun! This was an amazing session for educators in Wisconsin to experience Art and multimedia in a distance learning setting…from Madison to Cleveland over Internet2 in real-time.

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WiscNet FTC Day 1: Second Life in Education

bill moseleyBill Moseley was the second keynote speaker today. Bill is a Professor of Computer Studies at Bakersfield College in California and an Adjunct Faculty in Pepperdine University’s Masters in Educational Technology Program. His presentation focused on how to utilize, test and play Second Life in education and the technical and curriculum challenges that this network application presents.  The use of Second Life in education was also the focus of a session at the winter Internet2 conference in Chicago last December.

Tags: WiscNet, Future Technologies Conference, Bill Moseley, web2.0, Second LIfe

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WiscNet FTC Day 1: Digital Ethnography

Keynote Speaker: Michael Wesch’s presentation Human Futures for Technology and Education was very well received and many were inspired by his work. New technologies have profound implications for education and force us to rethink how we teach, what we teach, and who we think we are teaching.  (click on the play button in the movie frame)

 

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WiscNet FTC Day 1: Boreas

What a great day for WiscNet! The first day of the 2007 Future Technologies Conference started with a bang…

boreas

Ron Kraemer, Deputy CIO at UW Madison announced WiscNet will be the support center for the new BOREAS network connecting: Ames, Iowa – Des Moines, Iowa | Chicago, Illinois * Iowa City, Iowa | Kansas City, Missouri | Madison, Wisconsin | Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Tags: WiscNet, Future Technologies Conference, Boreas, Internet2, network

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Changes in wind direction

While I will freely admit that I do not watch American Idol, it is no small feat that Carrie Underwood’s exclusive single from iTunes has broken the Billboard Top 10.
american idol itunesThe first time a single available only on iTunes (no CDs from any music reseller — anywhere) debuts at number 6 after selling over 100,000 downloads. This is also an example of the changes in business known as The Long Tail written by Wired Magazine’s Chris Anderson. It proves how iPod sales are now changing the purchasing decisions of music fans.

Remember when the iTunes Music Store suffered a meltdown on Christmas day? Maybe some people still had a balance on their iTunes gift certificates last week.

Tags: iTunes, American Idol, The Long Tail, Billboard, Carrie Underwood, music store, trends