The 140 Challenge
This year we want to get the whole FOTE community more involved so we decided to have a 140Challenge during FOTE11. This is your opportunity to have your say on where you think the future of (technology in) education is going.
The Format
We have set aside 10 slots in total for people to get up on stage and share their views on the future of technology in education in 140 seconds. Candidates can look at any aspect ranging from hardware, software, web2.0, strategy, students, etc.
At the end of all the presentations the audience will be able to vote on their favourite presentation, with the winner and runner up receiving a prize – more on this at a later stage.
The Rules
Well there aren’t any really other than keeping in mind that we won’t accept sales pitches.
To make sure that the 140 seconds are used effectively we suggest either no slides at all or just 1 slide per participant; containing the full name, Twitter handle and title of the talk.
Other than that we don’t want to be too prescriptive and very much agree with the sentiment in the BBC’s social media guidelines: “Don’t do anything stupid”.
“The guidance is based on common sense, the section on personal activity starting with the phrase: “Don’t do anything stupid”. It goes on to say – among other things – that you shouldn’t say anything that compromises your impartiality or sound off “in an openly partisan way”.“
How to enter
It’s very simple really:
- Post a short comment containing the title and brief outline of your 140Challenge presentation below
- Tweet the link to your comment using the #fote11 and #140 hashtags
- All comments/tweets with the correct hashtags posted by Friday, 3 September will be considered
- If more than 10 proposals are received we will let the FOTE community vote
- The 10 final 140Challenge presenters will be announced on Friday, 10 September
If your ‘application’ is successful then you will receive a guaranteed ticket to FOTE. Tickets are normally gone within hours of release – the first batch of 125 tickets sold out in less than 90 minutes – so they are quite hard to come by.
So it’s time to get your thinking caps on and start getting involved. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: @FOTiE.
Flipping Naked
Technology will turn education upside down and strip away legacy practice.
Scarce flips to Abundant
Institutional flips to personal
Teaching flips to learning
Technology “disappears” .. becomes unobtrusive
Martin
Good points. I see you are still playing the ‘naked’ card.
How did the ‘ “naked” “Jam” Mobile unpresentation for #mobilelearn2011 go?
Frank
Frank,
I was thinking of doing a dark side for the 140 challenge but I’d be too exposed – tech potential for change is what I want to believe.
I did two naked Jams with teachers at our college – totally enjoyable – each session quite different – a lot different to standardised powerpoint death education seems to prefer.
Mobilelearn is at the end of Sept – I’m sharing a 20 min session – I’ll be naked jamming that too – there is a blog for that in the works something like “Flipping Naked and Unplugged”
Naked jamming exposes you and I’ve a lot to learn – could do with a better memory for a start
What’s the purpose of (technology in) education?
We (Doug Belshaw and Andy Stewart) have started a Co-operative Community Interest Company to wake people from their educational slumber:
We'd like to take 140 seconds showing how the current use of technology in education, if taken to its logical conclusion, could be bleak.
Of course, just so that everyone isn’t despondent at the end, we’d point to ways to make it better (as well as very small overview of our Purpos/ed campaign)
All in 2.333333 minutes.
Doug and Andy’s proposal (the Purpos/ed Team)is a must! 100% behind them and the CoP they are developing.
mLearning
I would like to do 140 seconds on how eLearning is becoming increasingly mobile, and why this is so interesting for educators, as a result of mobile platforms’ ability to slide across space, time and social context – along the lines discussed here.
But i will not be getting naked.
LOL
You can use your smartphone as a figleaf
The Game Is Afoot: How Games Can Help Higher Education
I’d like to take 140 seconds to tantalize people with some of the benefits and possibilities to be derived from massively multiple online role-playing games when applied to higher education. The future is games and that future is nearer than you think.
I know I’m too late for the competition, but I’d like to throw this “out there” anyway! The future will be where mobile and handheld will be an extension to the existing learning methods, rather than a replacement for them, with school work being enhanced by games that the pupils play on their phones on the bus home.