I loved the animated clip from "Amazing Presentation." It was really interesting that we are all capable of divergent thinking; indeed 98% of kinder children possess it but this declines as children are educated through the school system. It was amusing to ponder that copying is punished within schools but outside the school context this is known as collaboration. My only reservation would be the issue of plagiarism. The fact that we box children into their "dates of manufacture" has been somthing that I have had reservations about for a long time.
Podcasts
I think podcasts have been under-utilised in education and are a overlooked resource. They enable anyone to listen, watch and learn on the run or at home in their own time. My concern is that they are only as good as the person who creates them. Whilst this has the advantage of exposing people to a greater range of views they may not always be of high quality. Nevertheless, the podcast directory tools help overcome this.
I will definitely continue to use them and I think they are a great tool for students to use as part of revision or other learning tasks. For example, students can creat a podcast or videocast about a book instead of writing a book review.
The view from Mt Oberon, Wilsons Promontory
One of my favourite views.
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