Want some new brain connections? This podcast of Professor Martin Westwell, Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century will change your mind as you explore how minds are changing.
In this first of four podcasts from the day long seminar “Mind over matter”, Dr. Westwell provides an introduction to neuroscience without the brain bits and explores the research into how technology is changing the brains of our young people and ourselves.
If you would like to look at the slides he used to illustrate his points during this session, you’ll find them on the special section of the education.au site set up for this event - http://educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/mind_over_matter
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Nice attempt Kerry,
It’s great to see have ago at this stuff. Any chance that next time you could just point us to the live stream? And just give us an email address to ask questions? You know, KISS for us old folks.
You might like to consider what http://wikipediaweekly.org/ do, as a way to offer some context for the seminars.
Lastly, perhaps a http://www.slideshare.net/faqs/slidecast so we don’t have the A and V separation
Good Stuff! (boring lecture though)
Dear Simon,
Not sure what you mean by “a go at this stuff”. Podcasting? Cover it Live?
There was no live stream of audio, so no, I couldn’t have just pointed you at a live stream of audio. We could have used something like Ustream but we have found the Cover it Live tool much more accessible for people in regional areas in our previous uses of it for the DER symposium and the Eportfolio Symposium.
It couldn’t have been easier to ask questions on the day Simon — all one had to do is type a name and a question — much KISS’ier than email no matter what your age and much simpler for someone paraphrasing on the fly and moderating a lively chat on the side. ; )
Slidecast sounds interesting and I’ll be sure to check it out, although VoiceThread would also do the job. As I’ve spent a great deal of time readying the podcasts, it may be something we need to budget for for future events.
Please share what you do on your blog or for your events.
Cheers!
KerryJ
Kerry,
Thank you for the links - great topic! I appreciate accessing the index of podcasts so I can choose which one to listen to first.
I find the slides arranged in a separate website easy to scroll back and forth as the audio is playing.
Thanks too for not loading me with more emails than I already receive. This blog is a good way for me to record my comments in the context of the discussion.
Hi Simon
Thanks for the feedback - a pleasure as always! With several hours worth of audio, syncing slides and audio wasn’t practical — so I’m glad you’re not finding it too awkward.
I’ll be publishing parts three and four tomorrow - they deal with work and lifelong learning, so I know you’ll find them interesting.
Cheers!
KerryJ
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