Web 2.0 & Education Philosophy

I’m listening to a web presentation produced and made available by Ewan McIntosh. I kind’a like the style of his slides, reminding me a bit of some of Lessig’s presentations. I’m not sure it’s not distracting, but I’m certified A.D.D., so who am I to judge.

What impressed me tremendously was the way that Ewan aligned principles of Web 1 with traditional education and Web 2 to a more interactive, conversational, student-directed, inquiry based education. This direct interconnection between web principles and education philosophy uncovered the source of my own excitement about blogs, wikis, podcasting, aggregators, and the like. They all mirror the way that I learn. It’s why I have come to call my aggregator, my “Personal Learning Network.”

Another simple idea that blew me away was:

Intelligence = Knowledge + Manners

Wow! Who communicates effectively without manners? So obvious!

Thanks Ewan, for sharing. Great job!

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  1. ewan.mcintosh posted the following on January 18, 2006 at 4:03 am.

    I’ve not got Garageband 3 yet so making it up was less spontaneous than the actual lecture. Hopefully the next one will be less stilted. Glad your finding some of the content of interest, though. And thanks for your impeccable manners in linking to me! ;-)

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  2. DavidDMuir posted the following on January 24, 2006 at 11:32 am.

    Hello there

    Just to let you know, Ewan gave this presentation to our students and it provoked a very favourable reaction. When I told them he was re-recording the audio because he wasn’t happy with the version he delivered, and that he thought he could do it better, the standard response has been an incredulous, “He thinks he can make it better?!” :-)

    If you want to see as well as hear Ewan in action, I’ve posted a link to the video of the lecture he gave at the end of a fairly lengthy post. Enjoy!

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  3. Click O' the Mouse posted the following on February 27, 2008 at 12:06 pm.

    David, would you mind adding a link to the presentation here? I couldn’t find it on Ewan’s blog. Thank you!

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  4. Click O' the Mouse posted the following on February 28, 2008 at 11:37 am.

    David, would you mind posting the link to Ewan’s presentation? I couldn’t find it on his blog. Thank you!

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