"Do You Know Who I Am?" (Chomp, Chomp)

The joy of networks, tight and loose?

Hadn't spoken with fellow blogger Harold Jarche in a long, long time.  Months.  Maybe a year? 

Not sure why.  Always enjoyed his writing and ideas.  But time is a wry critter.

In any event, his name suddenly pops up in a comment on my blog this afternoon.  I then notice -- 2 min later -- that he's in my Skype contact list.  Send him a quick thank you.  He replies seconds later. 

And then he sends me this video gem called "How To Cheat on an Exam". 

Sure, it's a cheeky title.  But the final take-away in the closing seconds of the short video is classic.  Especially the apple bite.

Think you'll like it, regardless of what side of the apple-on-the-desk you claim.

BTW: The video code is found at "5 Min - Life Videopedia", a great little site that is built on the premise of people submitting up-to-5min-long videos for "practical questions" and for people to "share their knowledge".

Their goal:

"Our goal is to create the first communal Life Videopedia allowing users from all over the globe to contribute their knowledge by sharing visual guides."

Now that's cool.  Worth-checking-out cool!

And certainly -- all things lead back to the "future of learning" premise -- a fun side project for a teacher to assign to a group of public speaking students, those trying out a science experiment, poetry reciting fans, and just about any other subject-based project known to mankind that can be explained (or at least hinted at) visually in under 5 minutes.

Sure as heck can imagine seeing a dy/dan (meyer) "graphing (math) stories" channel there, but maybe that's just lil' ol' English teacher me who still digs the potential of this 2.0 business having a reasonably positive impact on how schools might 'deliver' education down the road. 

Might take a certain "digital native" intern to get the ball rollin' out there in Cali, but I'm semantically optimistic that way.  Must be the non-linear, right-side-of-the-brain Kool-Aid I'm drinkin'.  (he smiles)

Comments

[Dan Meyer]

I hope they find a different picture for my wake.

[John Larkin]

Hi Christian,
I followed your video link, How To Cheat In An Exam, and received a mild surprise as I realised that the actor playing the teacher was Geoff Morrell. I studied English with Geoff at the University of Wollongong from 1977 to 1979.
Thanks for the pointer, cheers, John.