I was just notified that the folks from Apple will not be here today … other than it being a bummer it leaves a pretty big hole in our class today. I am doing some work now to expand our agenda for this afternoon, but I doubt we will be there all three hours because of the change. See you all in a bit.
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iPad Reflection Week 1 – Chris
To be completely honest when the iPad first came out, I thought it was a wasted piece of tech. After using one for a week I cannot imagine working without it. I’m not 100% knowledgeable of what the iPad can do so as of now I use it as a second screen while I work on a game I’m making.
At this point I’m considering not buying a notebook and using the iPad for all my notes, so at the moment I’m looking for an app I can use to write with my finger (maybe I code one myself).
I’m not that into apps so the only ones I’ve downloaded have been YouTube, Gmail, Spotify, and Yammer (for this class).
Typing on the iPad is a little awkward in both landscape and portrait mode. I know there are apps that improve on the native keyboard, but I feel Apple could do a better job.
I’m looking forward to see what I can do with this machine.
Week 2: Apple iPad Seminar in Class
Week two is upon us and now is when we will really get things moving. I want to share some general thoughts on your posts and where we might want to go from here. We will reflect briefly on any lingering issues from week one and try to wrap up the idea of the Internet as a disruptor in general. This will let us set the stage for our first deep dive into our themes, starting with community. I will also introduce you to your team assignments and get you rolling on the Team Contract.
During class some people from Apple will be here to do a hands on session with us to help us get the most out of the iPads this semester. I am keenly interested in us really unpacking the affordances of the iPad as a tool to support learning and student work flow in general. I have asked Apple to focus mostly on how the iPad can support content creation of all types. In addition to the Apple team, there will be some folks here from around campus to learn a bit more about the iPad.
Week 2
- Introduce Diigo
- Complete the iPad survey
- Reflections on the readings
- Students as Content Creators and an Introduction to Web 2.0
- Watch: Everything is a Remix
- Watch: “The Machine is Us/ing Us”
- Watch: “A Vision of Students Today“
- Introduction to your team
- Begin the Team Contract
- Draft in Google Drive
- Final posted to the course site
- iPad seminar by Apple team
- What’s in Your Bag (Backpack)
Out of Class Assignments
- Readings:
- E.C. Wenger: Chapter 2: Communities of Practice, “Community“
- Reading: Camplese, Cole “What YouTube’s ‘Charlie bit my finger’ tells us about Web 2.0”
- Camplese, Cole: On Being Open, An Open Letter to Bloomsburg PA’s Press Enterprise
- Poynter: Why floods couldn’t break through Pennsylvania paywall, while New York Times created leaks in theirs
- Poynter: Bloomsburg Press Enterprise’s post-floods paywall a folly or financially sound?
- Shirky, Clay: Last Call, The end of the printed newspaper.
- Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Blog, How I might have responded to Clay Shirky.
- Complete the Team Contract and post to course blog as a team. Choose one member of the tea, to post your team’s contract. Due Tuesday at 5 PM
- Weekly Create Post
- For the second Weekly Create Post I am going to be more directed than last week. This week I want you to react to the reading by Wenger. This is heady stuff and I want you all to take some extra time and really thoughtfully react to his chapter specifically. Please react to the chapter, pose at least one original question you’d like to see us explore in class, and share your two biggest takeaways from the reading specifically. You are encourage to go beyond the use of text only. Due Tuesday at 5 PM
- iPad Reflection Post — I’d like you to do a “What’s in Your Bag/Backpack” post here to the course site. Respond to: Due Tuesday at 5 PM
- What could be replaced by the iPad?
- What you can’t live without?
- What is the most surprising thing you carry?
- Resources:
- Visit the What’s in Your Bag site.
- More What’s in your Bag from The Verge.
Week 1: Welcome, Overview, and First Assignments
So this is it. Week 1 … we are getting set to embark on quite the semester together. We will be spending three hours each week together having conversations about how technology is shaping the world around us — and in particular, how is it impacting us here on college campuses. Much of our time will be spent having conversations about the things we will be watching, reading, and making — in other words, I expect you to come ready to share what you are thinking about. Even today is influenced by a once very disruptive force — radio. After listening to an episode of Reply All, a podcast from Gimlet Media, I decided to completely redesign our time together today … and BTW, there will be a lot of that, so get used to it!
I want you to feel comfortable in exploring new thinking with our class … the class will only be as good as we make it together! And we are off!
- Introductions and course background
- Syllabus review
- Meet our technology: Twitter and course hashtag #CDT450, Google Drive, Yammer, Diigo, Course Blog, the iPad,
and (maybe) NoteBowl - Disruptive Conversation
- Explore the notion of disruption and disruptive technologies
- Explore the three themes of the course — community, identity, and design
- Explore a story and unpack disruption through the lens of our three themes
- Establish our shared “Weekly Create Post” guidelines and assessment model
Out of Class Assignments
- Personal Introduction posted to the course blog space Tuesday by 5 PM
- Fill out the account form. If you do not have accounts at twitter and diigo please get them prior to filling out the form. It is best to use the same username across these services where possible.
- Reading: Camplese & McDonald, “Disrupting the Classroom”
- Reading: Disruption + Innovation Camplese, Cole
- Complete your first Weekly Create Post Tuesday by 5 PM
- Complete the Weekly iPad Reflection Tuesday by 5 PM
What is disruptive innovation?