Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death? With a tip of the cap to Neil Postman
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1. Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death?With a tip of the cap to
Neil Postman
2. Barry Dahl dot com
3. Clicker Time Grab your clicker First, some
demographics.
4. Gender & Life Experience 45%1. Female, < 40 yrs.
35%2. Female, 40 + yrs.3. Male, < 40 yrs. 10% 10%4. Male, 40 +
yrs. .. ... . . s. . s. . y. +y yr yr 40 40 40 + < 0 e, e, ,4
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5. New Technology Adoption 50%1.The Keen 45%2.The Masses3.The
Stubborn 5% s en n se or Ke as bb M e u Th e St Th e Th
6. Take your Pick 65%1. Cubs 35%2. Sox bs x So Cu
7. Faculty Perspective For the next two clicker statements Put
on your faculty hat, regardless of whether you actually have
one
8. Entertaining Students is NOT my Job43% 1. Fact57% 2.
Whack
9. Engaging Students is NOT my Job4% 1. Fact96% 2. Whack
10. Not this kind of entertainment
11. A Tupperware (or Bridge) Party
12. Who said this?Anyone who tries to make a distinction
between education & entertainment doesnt know the first thing
about either.
13. Nowthis...
14. Which of the following describe you?61% 1. Bought 3+ things
online last month83% 2. Use online banking services96% 3. Have
Wi-Fi in your house26% 4. You have 5+ cloud documents48% 5. You can
define the term Web 2.00% 6. None of the above are true
15. What is Web 2.0?
16. Select each site where you have an account.70% 1.
Facebook30% 2. Twitter48% 3. LinkedIn30% 4. Google Plus57% 5. You
Tube13% 6. None of the above
17. Which of these devices do you have?61% 1. Smartphone57% 2.
Tablet (iPad or similar)22% 3. e-Reader (not #2 above)96% 4. Laptop
computer74% 5. mp3 player4% 6. None of the above
18. The most wired are198.18 The Keen188.89 Female, 40 + yrs.
Team Scores186.67 Sox170 Male, < 40 yrs.168.57 Male, 40 +
yrs.146 The Masses140 The Stubborn110 Female, < 40 yrs.
19. Nowthis...
20. e-Learning Alphabet A Z
21. e-Learning AlphabetE-Learning Atheists E-Learning Zealots
My images: rights reserved
22. The e-Learning BattleE-Learning Atheists These are the
naysayers. They are the non- believers when it comes to online
learning. In fact, theyre pretty sure that its the DEVIL. 23
23. Sample Atheist CommentOnline education is fake-education.
It is not "real". Convenient? Yes. Profitable? Yes.Popular with
students who mostly justwant a "degree"? Yes.And it is garbage in
the end. Source:
http://chronicle.com/article/How-Big-Can-E-Learning-Get-At/128809/
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24. e-Atheists Viewpoints1. Online students are missing the
true college experience.2. Online students are lonely.3. Online
students cant possibly learn as much.4. Online students are being
ripped off.
25. The e-Learning Battle The Zealots are those that tout the
benefits of online learning without having any evidence to back it
up. Zealots begin many of their sentences with one time there was
this one student E-Learning Zealots 26
26. Sample Zealot Comment And here we are, in 2011, fer
cryinaloud, with dodgy naysayers STILL kicking and screaming and
throwing fits in regards (sic) to online teaching and learning. Get
over it, already the days of having students seated around your
flowing toga in utter awe of your knowledge and acumen are LONG
GONE. Welcome to the present. Source:
http://chronicle.com/article/How-Big-Can-E-Learning-Get-At/128809/
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27. A to Z Continuum0 3 7 10
28. Your Spot from A to Z0% A. 023% B. 364% C. 714% D. 10
29. Who said this?I dont necessarily agree with everything I
say.
30. Nowthis...
31. Speaking ofTwitter .
32. Twitter is Stupid!!!68% 1. Twue32% 2. False
33. Twue Enough100 Male, < 40 yrs.100 The Stubborn70 Team
Scores The Keen70 The Masses66.67 Female, 40 + yrs.66.67 Male, 40 +
yrs.60 Sox50 Female, < 40 yrs.
34. Twitter makes me like people Ive never met and
Facebookmakes me hate people I know in real life.
@shaylamaddox
35. Networked Learning Dont Buy the Book! Absorb the concept. I
learn more every day from my Twitter network than I ever did in
school. (Blasphemy, I know)
36. Nowthis...
37. Some people are great multi-taskers
38. Multi-tasking is a Myth Great Book Brain Rules, by Dr. John
Medina
39. Multi-taskingTask SwitchingMulti-distracting
40. More Brain Rules71% 1. Male & female brains work
differently67% 2. A memory can be made very quickly52% 3. Brain
works better w/the body at rest62% 4. You learn while you sleep24%
5. None of the above are true
41. The Brainiest about Brains100 Male, < 40 yrs.100 The
Stubborn Team Scores92.86 Female, 40 + yrs.83.33 The Keen55 Sox50
Male, 40 + yrs.50 The Masses
42. Nowthis...
43. Predictably Irrational Why do we splurge on a lavish meal
and cut coupons to save 25 cents on a can of soup? What is
behavioral economics and where all of these free lunches?
44. Chocolate Break Lindt Truffle Hershey Kiss
45. Which candy would you buy?65% 1. Lindt Truffle = 1535% 2.
Hershey Kiss = 1
46. Who Wants a Kiss?50 Female, < 40 yrs.50 The Masses Team
Scores45.45 Sox44.44 Female, 40 + yrs.42.86 Male, 40 + yrs.27.27
The Keen
47. The Power of Free15 Truffles, 1 Kisses 14 Truffles, Free
Kisses 27% 69% 31%73%
48. Who said this?I wouldnt have seen it if I hadnt believed
it.
49. Nowthis...
50. Neil Postman Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Published 1985
51. 1985How about a memory refresherabout what the world was
likein 1984-1985?
52. LeadersSoviet Union
53. Leaders Who lost toReagan in 84?
54. Sports Who lost theWorld Series in 1984?
55. Television Name the top- rated televisionshows in
1984-85
56. Television Name the mostpopular televangelists in
1984-85
57. Television Name the news anchors for theBig 3 networks
60. Amusing Ourselves to Death Many of the remarks he made
about television can be made today about computers and social
networking Hey Barry! Read something!
61. Graphics by Stuart McMillen
62. Which of these books have you read?30% 1. 19840% 2. Brave
New World39% 3. Both of them30% 4. Neither of them
63. 1 million on Facebook
64. To the videos
65. Graphics by Stuart McMillen All words from Amusing
Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by
Neil Postman a book about the possibility that Huxley, not Orwell,
was right.
66. My Take on Postman Web 1.0 was just another one-way
distraction device, very TV-like. However, Web 2.0 goes beyond
amusement by bringing people together and encouraging
creativity.
67. Related Questions How does the use of emerging technologies
add value? If we arent adding value, are we simply trying to amuse
ourselves?
68. Nowthis...
69. Encourage Creativity In any and all subjects
70. Example: 1st week intros in LMS Why not throw away this
tired, old assignment? "Please post an introduction of yourself to
the rest of the class on the discussion board."
71. Example: 1st week intros in LMS Why not throw away
Hello!!!!!!!!!! My this tired, old name is Barry. I live in
assignment? Superior with my beautiful wife. I have "Please post an
2 kids & 3 dogs introduction of and I just cant wait yourself
to the rest to learn all about the of the class on the wonderful
world of discussion board." accounting!!!!!!!!!
72. Example: 1st week introsMade for free at toondoo.com
73. Comic Strips can be Embedded in Discussions
74. Nowthis...
75. Writing papers isan important part of learning and of
college life
76. But so is learning to use other modalities of
expression
77. Consider whereDigital Storytellingmight fit into your
curriculum
78. Digital Storytelling Bryan Alexander
79. Hey Barry, whats the significance of Now this...
80. Who said this?All media exist to invest our lives with
artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.
81. Nowthis...
82. Is this Innovation or Insanity?Culture, Gender, and
Identity taught with World of Warcraft CC Flickr photo by
glenn.batuyong
83. Is this Innovation or Insanity?History of Rock-n-Roll Music
course taught with Guitar Hero CC Flickr photo By 5th Ape
84. Take your pick84% 1.Innovation16% 2.Insanity
85. Who said insanity?50 Female, < 40 yrs.22.22 The Keen
Team Scores20 Male, 40 + yrs.14.29 Female, 40 + yrs.12.5 The
Masses10 Sox
86. How amusing is that?
87. Who said this?We shape our tools and afterwards our tools
shape us.
88. Nowthis...
89. How Well Do You Know Your Students? What do They Expect
from Online Learning?
90. Option 1 - PSOL
91. 2009 PSOL Summary StatementSo far, how has your college
experience met your expectations? 7=Much better than expected
Overall score6=Quite a bit better than I expected 5.0 5=Better than
I expected 4=About what I expected 3=Worse than I expected2=Quite a
bit worse than I expected 1=Much worse than expected 0% 5% 10% 15%
20% 25% 30%
92. But seriously
93. In so many words they expect
94. EASY
95. QUICK
96. SOLO
97. FLEXIBLE
98. SPORADIC
99. What is Web 2.0?
100. Nowthis...
101. Who said this?We look at the present through a rear-view
mirror. We march backwards into the future.
102. Who said this?The medium isthe message
103. Marshall McLuhan
104. Are We AmusingOurselves to Death? And other book
learninFinal word from Postman?