710 - Stageit, Udacity Couses, Tweet Seats at Godspell
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - February 21, 2012.
#710 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
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Some Technology Trends, Tips and Tidbits Today :)
1. Stageit - Small, Live, Distributed Content.
2. Tweet for Elliott - @emasie
3. Free Online Courses from Udacity - Fascinating.
4. TweetSeat @ Godspell - Audience Digital Experiment.
Today, we will take 4 quick looks at technology, engagement and learning.
1. Stageit - Small, Live, Distributed: Check out www.stageit.com for a fascinating evolution of live music and theater. Artists can offer live, small and even interactive performances for just a few dollars a seat. You can go on to Stageit, select the artist and show time of your preference and watch the live video with interaction capabilities. This dramatically expands the number of “stages” available to up and coming artists. I’d love to see Stageit applied to authors, thought leaders and other experts. To see a demo of the process to go www.stageit.com/site/what_is_stageit
2. Tweet for Elliott - @emasie: Talking of technology, I’ve had a number of requests for our Twitter site. You can “follow” me and the programs of The MASIE Center on Twitter at @emasie. Be prepared to hear a blend of learning, content, technology, theater and occasionally news of one of our horses, but it is a fun aspect of our experiments and publishing.
3. Free Online Courses from Udacity – Fascinating: I am now signed up for 2 very fascinating, free courses on Udacity. Sebastian Thrun, one of the co-founders, wanted to scale from 20 students in a class at Stanford to the ability to teach 200,000 students in a virtual environment. I’m taking CS 101: Building a Search Engine and CS373: Programming a Robotic Car. Check it out at http://www.udacity.com
4. TweetSeat @ Godspell - Audience Digital Experiment: Last night, the Broadway production of Godspell (for which I am one of the producers) experimented with 18 TweetSeaters. We put these high energy communicators in the back row of the Circle in the Square Theater, turned down the glare on their mobile phones and had them Tweet throughout the performance. We were intrigued with what the experience would be like for the Tweeters, the other theater goers, the actors on the stage and the folks thousands of miles away. We are processing the experience now and at first glance it seemed to have no negative impact and many cool highlights. I sat about 160 miles away and was intrigued to follow their comments. Many of our young actors were Tweeting back during intermission and found the play-by-play comments intriguing as feedback after the performance. If you would like to view the Tweetseat notes - search on #tweetseat. And, of course there are great seats available for Godspell at
http://www.godspell.com
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie.
email: emasie@masie.com
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