Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies

Jim Patterson and His Final ELT Blog for 2004-2005! (May 18, 2005 10:10 PM)
Jim Patterson ELT Blog Finale for 2004-2005! Wow, what a year. Roger Yohe of Estrella Mountain Community College and I visited 7 campuses and one group listening to Maricopans talk about what technologies they were using and ones they thought were on the horizon. We had well over 200 participants... more» »
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ELT Report for 25 April (April 23, 2005 04:09 PM)
Hi, Jim Patterson here. This may be my final report for the 2004-2005 year. I say "maybe" because who knows? I might get the urge and report back on things as they develop. I have but one topic this week. The Chronicle of Higher Education had an online discussion on... more» »
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ELT Report for the week of 18 April (April 16, 2005 05:39 PM)
ELT Report for the week of 18 April Hello and welcome to Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of 18 April. I’m Jim Patterson of Paradise Valley Community College, ELT co-chair (along with Roger Yohe of Estrella Mountain Community College). This is from the Chronicle of Higher Education and their... more» »
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ELT Report for the week of 11 April (April 9, 2005 05:25 PM)
Hello and welcome to Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of 11 April. I’m Jim Patterson of Paradise Valley Community College, ELT co-chair (along with Roger Yohe of Estrella Mountain Community College). Last week, ELT covered the Visual Literacy Conference. Special thanks go to those who covered it and then... more» »
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The Future of News Reporting and Reading (April 5, 2005 10:30 PM)
This link is a short movie of about eight minutes on the future of journalism in America. It is worthy of discussion. It has a sinister tone to it all; frankly, as someone who is a trained journalist and has been a reporter, I like the fact that technology can... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 4 April (April 2, 2005 05:12 PM)
Hi and welcome to the Emerging Learning Technologies report for the week of 4 April. I'm co-chair Jim Patterson. This week, from the Technology in Higher Education (THE) website on new products - Librarians, teachers and other school staff can now get instant anytime, anywhere access to their library and... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 28 March (March 26, 2005 03:59 PM)
This is the Emerging Learning Technologies report for the week of 28 March. I’m Jim Patterson, co-chair of ELT along with Roger Yohe. This week – Filmmaking and technology help kids to shape exhibits - Deborah Kennedy, Cincinnati Inquirer The future began Thursday in Two Rivers Middle School in Covington... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 21 March (March 24, 2005 06:16 AM)
Welcome to another Emerging Learning Technologies report for the week of 21 March. I’m Jim Patterson, co-chair of ELT. Free and Low Cost Software to Make Computing Easier - Miguel Guhlin, Tech Learning at http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=60401735 There is software is available for free. They may not be necessarily the newest or... more» »
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O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (March 14, 2005 06:24 AM)
Hi, Jim Patterson here from cloudy and cool San Diego where I am at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference. This is Monday 14 March, day one of the event. I thought I'd share the wiki they set up for the conference at http://wiki.oreillynet.com/etech05/index.cgi Now you can see what is going... more» »
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ELT "Hype Cycle" Report for 2004-2005 (March 8, 2005 09:51 AM)
As a result of our chats with various Maricopa colleges and groups, Roger Yohe and I have come up with a report that is located here Download file... more» »
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Dangers of Blogging (March 7, 2005 09:04 AM)
Firms firing workers for blogging By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer Published March 7, 2005, 7:39 AM CST NEW YORK -- Flight attendant Ellen Simonetti and former Google employee Mark Jen have more in common than their love of blogging: They both got fired over it. Though many companies have... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 7 March (March 6, 2005 08:22 AM)
Welcome to the Emerging Learning Technologies report for the week of March 7. Next week, I will be in San Diego for the O’Reilly Emerging Technologies conference at http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon/ I will report from there (have laptop, will blog!). I found some announcements from our MERLOT friends. MERLOT International Conference -... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 28 February 2005 (February 27, 2005 08:58 AM)
Welcome to Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of 2/28. I’m Paradise Valley Community College’s Jim Patterson, co-chair of ELT along with Roger Yohe of Estrella Mountain Community College. From Bersin and Associates research center comes Learning Authoring Tools: Product Reviews and Selection Guide. The e-learning authoring tools market is... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 21 February (February 21, 2005 07:53 AM)
Happy Presidents Day and welcome to another Emerging Learning Technologies report for the week of February 21. I’m Jim Patterson of Paradise Valley Community College, co-chair of ELT with Roger Yohe of Estrella Mountain. Let’s get busy! A few things are on my mind today. First is the Ocotillo Retreat... more» »
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Addendum to ELT Report (February 15, 2005 10:00 AM)
MCLI’s Alan Levine forwarded me an interesting study from the PEW/Internet and American Life Project at http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/p/1047/pipcomments.asp You’ve all seen those iPods and MP3 players students sling around. Well, the PEW folks did a poll and found that 11% -- or more than 22 million of those who are age... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 14 February 2005 (February 13, 2005 08:31 AM)
ELT Report for the Week of 14 February Hi there and welcome to another week of Emerging Learning Technologies. I'm Ocotillo ELT Co-Chair Jim Patterson. Informed Insight: Parental Attitudes toward Technology - Clyde Winters, techLearning at http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57702734 In 1994, the federal government began an initiative to link all American schools... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 7 February 2005 (February 6, 2005 09:28 AM)
ELT Report for the Week of 7 February Hi there and welcome to another week of Emerging Learning Technologies. I'm Ocotillo ELT Co-Chair Jim Patterson. Free Internet Phone? Skype 1.1 at http://skype.com/ With the rising costs of phone service, this handy application may be worth giving a try. Skype 1.1.... more» »
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Trip Report: American Society for Training and Development “TechKnowledge 2005” Conference (February 6, 2005 08:47 AM)
Trip Report: American Society for Training and Development “TechKnowledge 2005” Conference I attended ASTD’s “TechKnowledge2005” conference between February 2 to the 5, 2005 in Las Vegas Nevada at the Riviera Convention Center. ASTD is an organization dedicated to training in the corporate, government, military, and academic sectors. In addition, I... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 31 January (January 30, 2005 08:35 AM)
ELT Report for the Week of 31 January Hi there and welcome to another week of Emerging Learning Technologies. I'm Ocotillo ELT Co-Chair Jim Patterson. First off, this is a week of travel for me. I will be speaking at the ASTD TechKnowledge conference in Las Vegas later this week... more» »
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NMC Update: 2005 Horizon Report Released (January 26, 2005 09:01 AM)
This in from Larry Johnson of NMC - The 2005 Horizon Report is completed and immediately available to NMC members as a downloadable Acrobat file. With the official release planned for tomorrow at the NLII annual meeting in New Orleans, we wanted to give the members of the NMC community... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 24 January (January 24, 2005 08:28 AM)
Hi there and welcome to another week of Emerging Learning Technologies. I'm Ocotillo ELT Co-Chair Jim Patterson. This week, you all know how digital crazy I am. Well, I got an interesting flyer in the mail a few days ago and thought I'd share this with you. Digital Photo Solutions... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 6 December 2005 (December 5, 2004 09:19 AM)
Welcome to Ocotillo’s Emerging Learning Technologies (ELT) report for the week of 6 December 2004. This will be the last report I will post until the new year. Look for me again sometime in January 2005. I got interested in the grants offered by Hewlett Packard and started doing some... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of November 29 (November 28, 2004 08:13 AM)
Welcome to the Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies report for the week of November 29. I hope you have all survived Thanksgiving. Thursday, I suffered through another Detroit Lions loss, ate, then took a nap. But FRIDAY was different! MMMMMM! Hint: BEAR DOWN, ARIZONA! And I was in the middle of... more» »
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ELT Report for the Week of 22 November (November 21, 2004 08:24 AM)
Welcome to the Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies report for the week of November 22nd. I trust you all are looking forward to a restful holiday as am I. The tradition for me is nobody in the house moves or breathes too loudly while my Lions are on television. Of course,... more» »
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Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of November 8 (November 8, 2004 08:20 AM)
Welcome to the Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of November 8, I’m Jim Patterson (co-chair along with Dr. Roger Yohe). Sunday night I had the pleasure of watching and listening to Yanni (http://www.yanni.com/) in the Glendale Arena. I was struck by his use of computer technology for sound... more» »
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Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies Report for the Week of 1 November (November 1, 2004 08:25 AM)
Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies Report for the Week of 1 November. Greetings. I do not know about you, but I will be happy when Tuesday is over. No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, I am sure you agree the signs around town are an eyesore. That is... more» »
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Emerging Learning Technologies for the Week of 25 October (October 25, 2004 09:40 AM)
Welcome to Ocotillo’s Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of 25 October! I’m Jim Patterson, ELT co-chair along with Dr. Roger Yohe. Tuesday at 2 pm I will be listening to the faculty of Mesa Community College as we dialogue about their view and uses of emerging learning technologies. From... more» »
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Call for Presentations (October 21, 2004 04:39 PM)
This is something I found on the edtech listserv recently. It is a conference at Purdue in February. They are looking for presenters. The great news is the conference is FREE. I don't know about you, but I detest the fact these organizations will not waive registration fees for presenters.... more» »
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Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of 18 October (October 18, 2004 08:28 AM)
Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies for the week of 18 October If you can, do try to join us virtually this Tuesday at 3pm for a Horizon Wimba demonstration. Anybody will be welcomed to logged on, even though they are not physically at the meeting. Here is the information (please save)... more» »
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Emerging Learning Technologies for the Week of 11 October (October 11, 2004 08:30 AM)
From my friends at Penn State who run the DEOS-L (Discussion Forum for Distance Education Learning) at http://lists.psu.edu/archives/deos-l.html The inaugural issue of Innovate, a peer-reviewed bimonthly e-journal featuring cutting-edge research and practice in using information technology to enhance education is now available at http://innovateonline.edu You can do more than simply... more» »
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Welcome to Emerging Learning Technologies (ELT) for the week of 27 September! (September 27, 2004 09:46 AM)
I’m Jim Patterson, co-chair of ELT… Let’s start off with this. Just hot off the press: http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm045.asp Great articles on weblogs, wikis, and mobile technology: Educational Blogging Stephen Downes The process of blogging—of reading online, engaging a community, and reflecting it online—is a process of bringing life into learning. Going... more» »
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The Dummies Guide to Change, Diffusion and the Tipping Point (July 14, 2004 01:20 PM)
The process and dynamics of how innovation happens is related to understanding emerging technologies- you may have heard a few years back about "crossing the chasm", the gap between leading edge innovators (heat seekers) and the larger numbers of "main stream" people- open to change, but more skeptical. In The... more» »
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We Are Emerging Too! (June 3, 2004 03:44 PM)
Hi. As co-chair of this new Ocotillo Action Group, I am excited to be helping Maricopa take a long and close look at new technologies. One of the key first steps for myself and Jim was to recast the name of this group as the Emerging Learning Technologies action group--... more» »
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