Daily Archives: October 27, 2007

A Vision of Students Today

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There aren’t many days go by when I don’t run into a teacher who downplays the changes in our world and, more importantly, in our kids. They just fail to recognize the way our students are adapting to an ever-changing environment.

Now comes yet another masterpiece from Dr. Michael Wesch and his students at Kansas State University. After last years “The Machine us Us/ing Us“, now comes along their latest effort “A Vision of Students Today“.

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The evidence is all around us…how can they be so blind?

tags: technology, education, learning, michael wesch, whipple

Come Fly With Me…

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It seems the lastest version of Google Earth has a surprise inside, one they haven’t highly publicized.

Both the Mac and PC versions of GE have a hidden flight simulator that is actually quite cool. It seems easy enough to navigate, and after a bit of practice I was flying around touring a few locations.

You can access the flight simulator by opening Google Earth and selecting Ctrl + Alt + A on a PC or  Cmd + Option + A on a Mac. The rest of the commands are available at the Flight Simulator Keyboard Control page.

You can choose between two different aircrafts (a fighter jet and a two seater prop) and are able to select any number of the worlds major airports from which to take off.

I showed this to a couple of teachers…it’s easy to see how one could actually use this in a classroom to expand upon a virtual tour to a site of interest.

tags: technology, education, google earth, whipple