response to the Keynote

The video by Don Tapscott is extremely interesting, and placed forward many intriguing ideas and views. Who new that we, the offspring of the baby boomers watch less T.V. then they did? This is quite scary as I always thought that we watched a lot of T.V. as a generation. However watching his video made me realize that we spend more time online than anything else, communicating and collaborating with people from allover at different times of day. Also his idea that we are fast becoming the creators not consumers of media and website accessories. Like youtube for example and wikipedia. This also ties in with my topic-shifting of content production to users. Don Tapscott mentions as well that the technology that his children find so easy to use still sometimes baffles him. He spoke about how if a person was frozen 100 years ago and woken up in this age he would be overwhelmed by all the changes in technology and discoveries in science, however if he had walked into a classroom or lecture hall at a university he would feel at home. This is a hard subject because I feel that the education system I am in is fine, but perhaps adapting lessons or methods of teaching to individuals would increase the rate of learning and GPA’s around the world. Our school Qatar Academy is already in the transition stage of customized education which Don Tapscott is encouraging.

outline of shifin content production to users

Have you ever created a video and uploaded it onto You tube? Or edited someone’s wiki page? If you have then you are a user producing content. This is our topic, shifting of content production to users.
Shifting of Content Production to Users is a fast growing metatrend, where websites hand over the reigns to their users. A well known example of this is Wikipedia, where members and create there own pages, collaborate with people around the world to change, edit, create content and place it on the website. Shifting of content production to users has a great impact on many areas of our society, these areas are; education, government, politics, employment, arts entertainment, leisure, science, environment, and health.
The reason for its fast growing popularity is that the users love the freedom of being able to create, contribute and share their information with people world wide.

shifting on content production to users

like wikipedia, where you produce your own sources and pages.

student generated resources...

project manager

i am in shifting of content production to users. and i have been made the project manager!

now i just have to collaberate with my group...i don't even know who is with me yet or what my topic is about! and our AOI is environment, science, health.

my job description

Team Structure
Student teams and collaboration structure
There will be THIRTEEN teams based on the six trends and 7 Metatrends detailed in the Horizon Report
Each team will consist of a Project Manager (PM) and 4 areas of impact sub-groups (3-4 students in each)
Each sub-group will create a AOI-wiki page (see template)
Each team will create a TEAM wiki page based on the best of the completed work in each sub-group (see template)
Each individual student will create a multimedia artifact and embed it on the TEAM wiki page at the top
Students will discuss using the discussion tab on their wiki (main wiki for overall group topics, AOI wiki for the sub-groups)
Students will use del.icio.us to bookmark their research and share it with others. These will be pulled into the wiki using RSS.
Project Manager Job Description
To take charge of primary editing of the TEAM wiki page that knits the 4 subgroups together for that trend/topic/team
To make sure that the subgroups contribute content to the main wiki page as well as work on their own sub-page
To make sure that there are links to the other projects and to facilitate discussions/meetings/conversations within the group as well as give peer feedback to the other teams
To communicate regularly with the class teachers as to progress and discuss problems and issues as they arise
To create a personal multimedia artifact based on the team topic that may include some content from the subgroups for that team
To ensure all work is completed within the essential time frame
Project Manager Home Page - We will share thoughts and directions for the PM's here.
Team Member Job Description
To collaborate with other member(s) to create a AOI-wiki page for the given trend/topic
To complete a personal multimedia artifact based on the trend/topic and embed this in the wiki
To follow the given template and the assessment rubrics
To communicate, interact and complete essential work within the given time frame

ning

cretaed a ning and joined the horizon project ning page.

also created a wikispace, and used HPSandbox to fool around with and learn how to create a wikipage.

today we found out what teams we are in, i am in "Shifting of Content Production to Users (SCPU)" and my AOI is science and health.

i was thinking that today i would like to try and be a PM (project Manager). it is a big responsibility but i think i can do it. i just have to make out a time table.

wikispaces

created a wikiaccount and found out how to create a page and embed a video, and audio widget. i do not like wikispaces....i do not like computers...its helpful to search things on but imagen all the strange people who will be able to access ur imformation....:S..uuuuurrrgghhh!@!

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