Claude Almansi

Posted on October 1, 2008 by JimS

almansiTeacher and Translator, Noi Media

Claude Almansi has been a member of Noi Media, a project advocating the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)-and Web 2.0 tools in particular-in Swiss schools, and is presently organizing director and editor of Webmultimediale, a project exploring creative applications of Web accessibility, founded by Roberto Ellero. She has taught French and English as foreign languages in middle schools, secondary schools, and universities in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Switzerland.

Almansi is also a translator who has translated texts from several fields. Earlier in her career, she concentrated on literary works and essays; in the last 10 years, her translations have focused on the use of ICT in education. Her own interest in the uses of ICT in schools arose from these translations and from the conviction that technology simplifies work, education, and life in general, and can provide significant support for equal rights for all, particularly equal rights of access to training.

Almansi earned a Licence-ès-lettres (akin to a BA) at Geneva University and a postgraduate diploma in conference interpretation techniques at the Polytechnic of Central London (now University of Westminster).

ETC Publications

Belgian Newspapers v. Google: Text of the Court of Appeal’s Decision
Tactile Learning: Italian and US Experiences
Copyright and Disability: WIPO Consensus Document
Infographics: Problems and Opportunities
‘YouTube Copyright School’ – Remixed and Mixed Up
Lessig: The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge – Call for Subtitlers
Connective Learning: Challenges for Learners, Teachers, and Educational Institutions
IFPI, P2P and an Article that Disappeared
NFB: NYU, Northwestern and Other Schools Adopting Google Apps Discriminate Against the Blind
Beware of Privacy and Other Issues When Signing Up for Free Courses
Cyberbullying: An Interview with Nancy Willard
Info Literacy: Julian Assange’s Statement for the Feb. 4, 2011 Melbourne Rally
Learning from Doctorow’s ‘With a Little Help’
Expertnet Wiki for the White House OpenGov Initiative
Of Cows, Captions and Copyright: Users Need the Right to Caption and Subtitle Videos for Access and Learning
How to Report Phishing?
ICE’s Seizures of Domain Names Concern Us All
‘Operation In Our Sites II’ – Out of Sight for the Blind
Metaphors for ‘University’ – A Survey
‘Locked’ Ning Networks? Access, Copyright and Privacy
Why Unjoin Ning Networks that Won’t Pay
Ning’s New Deadline for Pay-Only: Aug. 30
Ning’s Self-Contradictions
‘Emerging Technologies in Distance Education’ ed. by George Veletsianos
Italy: Teachers’ Manifesto
e-Book Readers: Attempting to Bugger the Blind is Bad for Business
Easy Captioning for UNESCO’s World Heritage Videos on YouTube
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Copyright Committee – 14th Session
Facebook Is Unfit for Educational Use
UNESCO, World Anti-Piracy Observatory and YouTube
End of Free Ning Networks: Live Online Discussion: Apr. 20th
E-rara.ch: Ancient Books, Public Domain and Moral Barriers
YouTube, Geoblocks and Proxies
Online Multimedia: Italian Imperialism
Accessibility and Literacy: Two Sides of the Same Coin
ITForum Discussion on Accessibility
OT Phishing Scam via Twitter
Prix Möbius Suisse Rewards Inaccessible Flash Site
Twitter Could Drive You Cuckoo – If You’re Not Prepared
Google Book Search Settlement Unfair to Non-US Authors
Accessibility and Common Sense
Collaborative Text Translation with DotSUB
Tech Tools Are Just Tools
Rare Ancient Manuscripts Online at E-codices
Sakshat Is a Learning Program – Not a Laptop
ICT for Development and Education: Exit LIFI
Unhide That Hidden Text, Please
Live Radio Captioning for the Deaf
Three Video Captioning Tools
Making Web Multimedia Accessible Needn’t Be Boring

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John Adsit

Posted on October 1, 2008 by JimS
John AdsitEducational Consultant
independent
j.adsit@comcast.net

After a lifetime in education, John Adsit semi-retired to a role as an independent educational consultant specializing in online education. He was most recently theexecutive manager of curriculum at KC Distance Learning, where he worked to ensure that the curriculum design used in KCDL’s three divisions—Aventa Learning, iQ Academies, and Keystone National High School—adheres to the best practices for student success.

Adsit spent many years as a high school English teacher before working in the central administration of Jefferson County schools in Colorado. Working in curriculum and instruction, Adsit performed a variety of functions for Jefferson County schools, with the consistent theme of bringing the latest thinking in educational theory to the district’s classrooms. That role led him to begin working with online education in 1995, and within a few years he had founded and administered JeffcoNet Academy, one of the state’s first public online schools.

Adsit helped oversee the creation of state content standards and other reforms as a member of the Colorado Education Goals Task Force. He served on several statewide task forces related to the development of online education, and he cofounded Colorado Online Learning, the state’s official online course provider.

After his retirement from public education, Adsit joined Aventa Learning, then a start-up online education provider. He served as Director of Curriculum and Instruction as the company grew, and when Aventa Learning joined the KC Distance Learning family, he moved to the parent company to oversee curriculum design. He is also active in the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL), and in that role he co-authored the NACOL white paper “Goals, Guidelines, and Standards for Student Scientific Investigations.” He is a frequent presenter at national conferences for online education.

ETC Publications

Warning Signs at Tham Luang and Similar Caves: A Complex Issue
Thai Cave Rescue Media Coverage: Notable for the Most Part
Thailand Cave Rescue via Diving Is a Daunting Challenge
An Online Physical Education Class
Failed Expectations: The Problem of P-12 Online Programs
The Real Issue in Ed Tech May Be Maintenance
No Satisfaction in Finding on Online vs. Traditional Science Classes
What Will Drive the Future of Educational Technology?
Remote Proctoring Services May Not Be Necessary
‘Asians in the Library’: The Value of Social Networking
We Can’t Teach ‘Critical Thinking’ Until We Learn How to Assess It
Meeting the Needs: ‘Academically Adrift’: Helping College Students Learn
Meeting the Needs: Quality Online Discussion Needs a Quality Assessment System
Meeting the Needs: Praise of Folly: STEM Faces Stiff Opposition in American Culture
Online Marine Science Program Hooks Students Through Diving
Meeting the Needs: Internet Information Access Transforms Instruction
Brockton Success a Collaborative Walk Down a Proven Path
The Euphonium Conundrum and the Online Option
Administrators Don’t Have Time to Keep Up with Ed Tech
Innovation Requires Subject Area Expertise
Meeting the Needs: An Educational Reform Story: The Power of Expectations
Education Reform – Fighting the Conspiracy for Mediocrity
What Is Needed for Educational Change
Faculty and Students Need Training to Succeed in Online Classes
Flight of the ‘Solar Impulse’ – Educationally Relevant?
Meeting the Needs: A Prayer for Jennifer
Meeting the Needs: Hybrid Learning Faces Unthinking Opposition
Meeting the Needs: Social Networking and the Secondary Student
Meeting the Needs: Threat of Lawsuits on Social Networking Sites
Meeting the Needs: Tech Support – Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter
The Great Technology Controversy Follows Me into the Caves
Meeting the Needs: Successful Learning: A Matter of Both ‘What’ and ‘When’
A Technological Solution to Prerequisite Skills
Meeting the Needs: Solving the Problem of Learning Styles
Meeting the Needs: If Education Is to Succeed
Job Security Is a Powerful Argument Against Change
Collaborative Leadership Is Essential for Change
Teacher Skills Critical for Success in Online Classes
‘College for $99 a Month’ – A Step in the Right Direction
Why Is Transformational Leadership So Elusive?
Poetic Faith—the Magic of Belief
Needed – A Professional Approach to Teaching
Old School Thinking Blocks Quality Online Science Classes
Technology Must Be Based on Quality Instructional Practice

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Article Proposal

Posted on September 30, 2008 by JimS

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Michael Biocchi

Posted on June 15, 2008 by JimS

[Published 15 June 2011]

I am a current PhD student focusing my research on Education Technology and E-learning. My research is aimed at using video games as a tool instead of a means of entertainment. I am also a recent Masters graduate with my MSc in Computer Games Technology and a new media and technology consultant.

Currently, I am the founder and owner of Chamfered Technology, teacher at the local College (Sault College), Academic Specialist at Algoma University, and I am also a part-time faculty member at Algoma University with the Computer Science Department. I am currently teaching 4th year courses on Artificial Intelligence, Game AI and Distributed Systems. I have also worked with SSMIC and Miramar on building a Facebook Application for ProtoLaunch. ProtoLaunch is a gaming camp for highschool students to teach them how to build games. I have worked within Protolaunch as a mentor to the students in previous years.

I have experience in graphic design, programming and project management. I have a keen interest in gaming and that is why my PhD focus has been on gaming and education. I want to introduce gaming to younger students and create new ways of learning through videogames.

Prior to starting up Chamfered Technology, I traveled to Scotland with four Algoma University undergraduates to compete in a Gaming Competition called Dare to be Digital. Our team, Log2n, won an award for most innovative and creative game. Our game, Flux, created a gesture based game where music decided the gameplay. I had a dual role on the team, being graphic artist and programmer.

With my experience in design, programming and new media, I am also creating websites for companies using Web 2.0. If you want to get your business on the web using the latest tools at a low price, please contact Chamfered Technology.

ETC Publications

Educational Games Part III: Their ‘Educational’ Characteristics
Educational Games Part II: Using New Technologies in the Classroom
Educational Games Part I: A Way to Make Even Math Fun

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Transcript of Alexandra Wallace’s March 11 Video

Posted on April 3, 2008 by JimS

[The source for this transcript is the Angry Asian Man, 13 Mar. 2011. Click here for the linking article. This transcript was posted in ETCJ on 19 Mar. 2011.]

Okay, so here at UCLA it’s finals week.

So we know that I’m not the most politically correct person so don’t take this offensively. I don’t mean it toward any of my friends I mean it toward random people that I don’t even know in the library. So, you guys are not the problem.

The problem is these hordes of Asian people that UCLA accepts into our school every single year, which is fine. But if you’re going to come to UCLA then use American manners.

So it used to really bug me but it doesn’t bother me anymore the fact that all the Asian people that live in all the apartments around me — their moms and their brothers and their sisters and their grandmas and their grandpas and their cousins and everybody that they know that they’ve brought along from Asia with them – comes here on the weekends to do their laundry, buy their groceries and cook their food for the week. It’s seriously, without fail. You will always see old Asian people running around this apartment complex every weekend. That’s what they do. They don’t teach their kids to fend for themselves. You know what they don’t also teach them, is their manners.

Which brings me to my next point. Hi, in America we do not talk on our cell phones in the library. I swear every five minutes I will be — okay, not five minutes, say like fifteen minutes — I’ll be in like deep into my studying, into my political science theories and arguments and all that stuff, getting it all down, like typing away furiously, blah blah, blah, and then all of a sudden when I’m about to like reach an epiphany… Over here from somewhere, “Ooooh Ching Chong Ling Long Ting Tong, Ooohhhhh.”

Are you freaking kidding me? In the middle of finals week? So being the polite, nice American girl that my momma raised me to be, I kinda just gave him what anybody else would do that kinda like, [puts finger up to lips in a “shh” motion]. “You know it’s a library, like, we’re trying to study, thanks!” And then it’s the same thing five minutes later. But it’s somebody else, you know — I swear they’re going through their whole families, just checking on everybody from the tsunami thing. I mean I know, okay, that sounds horrible like I feel bad for all the people affected by the tsunami, but if you’re gonna go call your address book like you might as well go outside because if something is wrong you might really freak out if you’re in the library and everybody’s quiet like you seriously should go outside if you’re gonna do that.

So, thanks for listening, that was my rant. I just — even if you’re not Asian you really shouldn’t be on your cell phone in the library but I’ve just never seen that happen before so thank you for listening and have a nice day.

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Davin K. Kubota

Posted on March 15, 2008 by JimS

(Published 15 March 2020)

Davin K. Kubota is an Associate Professor of English within the English Discipline and the Languages, Linguistics, and Literature Department. Davin’s interests are feminism, Shakespeare, media literacy, rhetoric, esoteric shamanism, comic book analysis and sustainability.

List of ETCJ Publications:

Google Classroom to Transition to Online: A COVID-19 Response

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Call for Chapters, Articles . . .

Posted on March 11, 2008 by JimS

Please send your calls for chapters, articles, presentations, etc. to Jim Shimabukuro (jamess@hawaii.edu).

Harvard/Stanford Call for ‘Ideas for a Better Internet’ – Deadline April 15, 2011

Vernier: Thirty $10,000 Technology Grants – Deadline June 1st 2011 – Deadline June 1st, 2011

Call for Chapters: Classroom Experiences with Tech – Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011. extended to June 30, 2011

Lessig: The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge – Call for Subtitlers – No deadline

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