I’ve just attended another interesting Connexions conference, and now it’s time to dump a few ideas out here so I can get to sleep. Conference summary After a nice welcome and introduction, the first panel shared major content projects, demonstrating the supreme importance the Connexions team places on the content.…
UNESCO Conference on Open Social Learning
IMG_5600, originally uploaded by caswell_tom. I really enjoyed being part of the UNESCO Chair in E-Learning conference on Open Social Learning last week with my friend and colleague, Marion Jensen. We presented TwHistory, a project that Marion started and I have been involved with during 2009, and it involves reenacting…
Betting on trends in the Twitter backchannel
People will bet on anything. From horses and cars to American Idol contestants and presidential candidates. At this year’s Games+Learning+Society Conference 5.0 I have enjoyed playing BackChatter, a game of trendwatching and betting on popular keywords in the Twitter backchannel. The idea is relatively simple. Before a keynote or session,…
A great conference and an unexpected honor
Earlier today I was crowned “Grand Poobah of Social Media” at this year’s Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange (http://ttix.org). This honor came shortly after Chris Lott’s closing keynote in which I realized that I would probably be better off if I tweeted less and meditated more. But now I carry…
God be with you ’till we tweet again
This weekend I attended LDS General Conference. But this time there was Twitter. It changed the whole experience for me, as I found myself interacting with hundreds of people, sharing favorite quotes and making comments. I used http://twitterfall to see all the other tweets tagged with #ldsconf. In all, 775…