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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Daily Internship Log: 5/30/09
Over the next couple days I need to come up with the technologies and trends that I will focus on and I am struggling with the best way to do it. At first I was thinking that it would be a good idea to look at wide topics like network, administrative, online, media, and user services and then what technologies/trends fit under each area - which may still be the way to go. Especially since this is how the college is separated in the Office of Technology Services. I believe all of the technologies that I have looked at so far would fit into one of these areas.
Well I think I just decided what I am going to do organize the technologies/trends as I would between the different services at San Juan College. This makes even more sense because as I present this information to the OTS staff they would be able to identify - and support or not my thoughts. Well time to get moving on day 3 of 70 days of my internship.
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Articles I read:
I focused on geolocation/geotagging today and the things teachers/instructors could do is limitless. From documenting a summer trip, creating virtual field trips, providing students with learning prompts while on a fieldtrip based on the students location, and many more. I read one article where an instructor was connecting location with literature to give students a real sense of what the characters would be looking at during a story like grapes of wrath.
This would be a way to do virtual and real guided tours at a university giving students information about a certain area of campus based on where they are standing at that moment. For example as a student nears a certain area near the student union a video or audio describing what can be found in that building.
As more mobile phones have gps and location aware applications the more this technology will expand and become more ubiquitous. Like said in the 7 things everyone should know article this introduces privacy issues - if a social network can share my exact point on a map to all the people who are my "friends" its great for connecting with people but very dangerous as well. I think an episode of numbers explored an issue like this where the school tracked the students via their id cards and a group of students hacked into the system to determine where certain students were and used that info to hunt down those students.
At this point I don't know if I want people to know exactly where I am - I like the idea that I could hide.
Well I think I just decided what I am going to do organize the technologies/trends as I would between the different services at San Juan College. This makes even more sense because as I present this information to the OTS staff they would be able to identify - and support or not my thoughts. Well time to get moving on day 3 of 70 days of my internship.
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Articles I read:
- Horizon Report - http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009/ (Looked at the 2-3 year technologies)
- 7 Things you should know about geolocation - http://www.educause.edu/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutGeolo/163157
- Geotagging to share field trips with the world - http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/fieldwork/info/teaching-technology/geotagging-photos-to-share-fieldtrips-with-the-world/
- Geo-Everything (Mscape - http://www.mscapers.com/ - a tool to create a virtual and walking tour of SJC - based on where the student is standing could serve up content - video, music/spoken word, text, or photos. - very cool)
I focused on geolocation/geotagging today and the things teachers/instructors could do is limitless. From documenting a summer trip, creating virtual field trips, providing students with learning prompts while on a fieldtrip based on the students location, and many more. I read one article where an instructor was connecting location with literature to give students a real sense of what the characters would be looking at during a story like grapes of wrath.
This would be a way to do virtual and real guided tours at a university giving students information about a certain area of campus based on where they are standing at that moment. For example as a student nears a certain area near the student union a video or audio describing what can be found in that building.
As more mobile phones have gps and location aware applications the more this technology will expand and become more ubiquitous. Like said in the 7 things everyone should know article this introduces privacy issues - if a social network can share my exact point on a map to all the people who are my "friends" its great for connecting with people but very dangerous as well. I think an episode of numbers explored an issue like this where the school tracked the students via their id cards and a group of students hacked into the system to determine where certain students were and used that info to hunt down those students.
At this point I don't know if I want people to know exactly where I am - I like the idea that I could hide.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Daily Internship Log: 5/28/2009
Articles Read:
This is more likely than not - look at the netbooks that are coming out recently by the major computer producers. One comment made in an article I read said that laptops are getting smaller and mobile devices are getting larger which eventually we will find a happy medium [paraphrased - exact quote is in the leave your laptop article]. Once these devices [possible term internet appliance or cloud appliance] become main stream will the internet become a commodity like electric, gas, garbage collection accessible from any where? Nicholas Carr's book The Big Switch says so!
The Cloudworker article I triggered a thought: are we moving towards the cloudlearner? Will all students become "online" learners that connect to the university cloud and literally learn any where, any time, any place, and possibly any pace [heard this at a conference somewhere and of course from O'banions learning college]?
Where are these technologies going to take us - only the future knows!
- 2009 Horizon Report - http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009/
- Whither Twitter? - http://www.ccweek.com/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=1091&zoneid=7
- Time to leave the laptop behind - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122477763884262815.html
- Voice in Google Mobile App - http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/11/voice-in-google-mobile-app-tipping-point.html
- The Cloudworker's Creed - http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2008/10/23/the-cloudworkers-creed/
- see Daily Links post for other articles that I scanned will come back to for future reference on each technology
- Mobiles
- Cloud Computing (Nicholas Carr’s The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google - need to check this book out again - from what I read of the book it connects how power/electricity became a commodity the internet is following the same path)
- Geo-coding
- Personal Web
- Semantic aware applications
- Smart Objects
- Game-based coursework
- "Smart" classrooms
- Classroom response devices like Clickers or mobile phones
- Green Data Centers
- Course/Learning Management Systems (CMS/LMS)
- Personal Learning Environments (PLEs)
- Campus Alert systems
- Social Media in Learning, Student Support, and Recruitment/Enrollment Management
- MySpace
- Linked in
- YouTube
- Netbooks vs Mobile phones vs laptops
- Open Courseware, Open Source Software, etc...
This is more likely than not - look at the netbooks that are coming out recently by the major computer producers. One comment made in an article I read said that laptops are getting smaller and mobile devices are getting larger which eventually we will find a happy medium [paraphrased - exact quote is in the leave your laptop article]. Once these devices [possible term internet appliance or cloud appliance] become main stream will the internet become a commodity like electric, gas, garbage collection accessible from any where? Nicholas Carr's book The Big Switch says so!
The Cloudworker article I triggered a thought: are we moving towards the cloudlearner? Will all students become "online" learners that connect to the university cloud and literally learn any where, any time, any place, and possibly any pace [heard this at a conference somewhere and of course from O'banions learning college]?
Where are these technologies going to take us - only the future knows!
I start my internship today
Today is my first day of my internship for my master's in community college administration. I am excited about what is going to go on this summer because I will get to experience what it is like (in a limited way) what a CIO does day to day.
I have 3 main objectives with this internship - 1) observe the day to day responsibilities of a CIO, 2) facilitate OTS (Office of Technology Services) all staff meetings, OTS managers meetings, and give a presentation open to the entire San Juan College campus community - or at least to the folks who come ;), 3) develop a strategic technology plan forecasting what technologies/trends the college will need to anticipate in the coming year, 2 years, and 3 years from now.
During my internship I am going to document my experience here on my blog and so there will be postings (daily) that describe my experiences with the meetings I facilitated or the presentation I gave or summaries of articles, technologies, or trends that I have found.
Who knows maybe the constant blogging will get me in the habit and I will want to continue my semi-daily postings - we will see.
Here we go Day 1 of 70!
I have 3 main objectives with this internship - 1) observe the day to day responsibilities of a CIO, 2) facilitate OTS (Office of Technology Services) all staff meetings, OTS managers meetings, and give a presentation open to the entire San Juan College campus community - or at least to the folks who come ;), 3) develop a strategic technology plan forecasting what technologies/trends the college will need to anticipate in the coming year, 2 years, and 3 years from now.
During my internship I am going to document my experience here on my blog and so there will be postings (daily) that describe my experiences with the meetings I facilitated or the presentation I gave or summaries of articles, technologies, or trends that I have found.
Who knows maybe the constant blogging will get me in the habit and I will want to continue my semi-daily postings - we will see.
Here we go Day 1 of 70!
dailyPosts 05/28/2009
2¢ Worth » Could I be Sorry to see a Test Go?
- In a time of rapid change, the value that we bring to our endeavors will not come so much from what we know that is the same as other people. It will come from what we know and how we think that is different. We have to ensure that all students graduate with a common context for their world and their future. But it is just as important that our graduates are able to resourcefully make themselves experts, and be able to adapt and innovate.
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