Here it is again! We’re burning up the interwebs! We’re burning up the time! Please check the medias below for all the whizzing and banging we’re capable of within the rule of law!

Video for all your #ednontech purposes! & Then some!

Smoke from your ears will signify success! #ednontech

Though it’s been just a week since recording, I’m feeling remarkably separate from this topic!

So, in terms of what’s been whizzing! and banging! in my current milieu, I’m feeling extremely hopeful around my recent forays into Substack!

The 506 Report is going to be lit, but if it were merely a blogging platform I’d have little else to say! In fact, I’m saying that with fewer than five days on the platform, I’d be 100% fine stepping away from Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn!

There are lots of reasons for this, but the biggest is that as the newsletter is the basis for the wider format, it favors long-form writing, while also providing a feed-like scroll wherein following, liking, and retweeting of “notes” can happen easily… it has a social media ecosystem which is focussed on readers and readership, while also maintaining robust video and audio posting tools. In fact, many of the notes which are cropping up in my feed are to the effect of saying permanently goodbye to Instagram, Facebook, and/or the-platform-that-shall-not-be-named!

I can see it! So… if I disappear from all things Meta one of these months… you will know that I’m easily found!

Further to all this, I’ve started some early, but to my mind highly lit, experiments in using generative AI voice clones for the more efficient rendering of poetry and other writing from text-to-voice, then overlaid with (or is that grafted upon?) openly-licensed rhythm, melody, and visual elements… to effectively create a kind of trap music with corresponding bespoke video content!

Phew! Call the firefolk to put out that hot mess!

This is all to say that we’ll have more tangible and developed (and tangibly developed) examples and experiments to speak to when next we are out in these parts!

Thanks as ever to Doug for being such a great pal and partner on these here e-adventures!

Whizbang (noun)

A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding.

A small artillery shell.

Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.

There are two major issues:

Gilbert, W. (1996, September). Supporting 50 classrooms full of whiz-bang technology. In Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services (pp. 65-66). Chicago

The projector, the operating system, and the educational software affect effective use of large-screen systems for whole-class instruction. Even when all of these factors are aligned, instructional benefits can only be realized when teaching methods are designed to take advantage of the new capabilities. 

Aspects of teaching that have been affected in classrooms observed include:

Planning and Preparation

Lesson Organization and Sequencing

Teacher Actions 

Bull, G., & Garofalo, J. (2006). The 20-Foot View. Learning & Leading with Technology, 33(5), 36-37. Chicago

Two computer-based technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent in the delivery of on-campus instruction: 

(1) online course management systems and specialized collaborative environments that permit electronic communication of classroom instruction materials to students, among students and between student and instructor; and (2) wireless network systems that allow faculty and students with mobile computers to communicate with their campus networks.

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Teaching in the wireless classroom

Myers, S. C., & Talley, D. A. (2007). Looking beyond the Whiz-bang technology: using mobile learning technology tools to improve Economic instruction. Available at SSRN 957058. Chicago

The key is decisions, not just technology. 

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But whiz-bang capabilities don’t create real value unless an organization incorporates these new techniques into its day-to-day operations. 

Mankins, M. C., & Sherer, L. (2015). Creating value through advanced analytics. Bain & Co., Feb, 11.

Whiz bang

How did I get so old using nostalgic phrases?

Whiz bang impact

You said you’re tired of this goddamn town.
You said you’re gonna burn it all down.
Drive your car to the end of the bridge.
Sit and watch the smoke rise. #ednontech