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So much music, so little time

Clive on Learning

I am currently reading David Jennings' excellent new book Net, Blogs and Rock 'n' Roll , which analyses how consumers discover music online. In the meantime, the book has got me thinking about my relationship to music and about how music and learning interact. I have been keenly interested in music all my life.

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Want to Inspire and Amaze Online Learners? Do What The Pros Do

SHIFT eLearning

Andrew Stanton, a Pixar studios filmmaker responsible for "Finding Nemo," "WALL-E" and the Toy Story franchise, says getting the audience to care is the most imperative commandment of all. When the iPod was introduced, he didn''t say it had powerful search functionality. No, he said you could find your music faster.

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4 Tips for Improved Video in eLearning

eLearning Brothers

No, I’m not one of those weirdos who insists that music must be listened to in the format it was originally created for; I don’t have Mozart recorded on a wax cylinder. It wasn’t until I was older, playing with more professional toys, that I realized that you often get what you pay for in terms of recording devices.

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Open all OERs

Learning with e's

He concluded with a reference to Apple's new toy, suggesting that the iPad will do to educational resources what the iPod did to popular music. OERs will also encourage more widespread repurposing of existing resources across wider groups and communities of practice, he predicted. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Nothing to do with learning.but Transformers ROCKS!

Mark Oehlert

This film is not subtle - cmon, its based on a line of toys - it is unremittingly violent but not in a 300 kind of way. We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay Apple/iPhone/iPod Application Becomes the Platform Arrghh!!!

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): GDC Update 2: Starting the day with Raph

Mark Oehlert

read Broken Toys). We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay Apple/iPhone/iPod Application Becomes the Platform Arrghh!!! "What do virtual worlds have to say about this?" What happens when there are no more admins?

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: The Blog Book Tour - Week Two

Mark Oehlert

The critical question is of course – why gadgets over toys? We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay Apple/iPhone/iPod Application Becomes the Platform Arrghh!!! 124 – Great story here to open Ch 4. books futures Web 2.0

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