I can't remember how I came across this video but it's brilliant. Ken Robinson makes some very serious points about education and creativity in stand-up fashion and completely without the use of Powerpoint. It had me rolling about. This is one in the TED talk series http://www.ted.com/talks and it seems to me that almost every one of them is worth watching.
I have just had my proposal for a talk at Online Educa Berlin http://www.online-educa.com/ accepted and they want me to send them my Powerpoint. Powerpoint has had a lot of bad press recently but on the other hand I have been running sessions for teachers on how to make Powerpoints more interactive. However I'm not sure how interactive I can be in a fifteen minute slot. So it looks as though I can't go the Ken Robinson route and do without a Powerpoint.
Questions: Some of these questions have become obsolete (Dec 12, 2007)
Where did the video embed tool disappear to from eduspaces?
Why can Chris Sessums still embed video such as here http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog/193485.html and I can't? (Have tried the {{}} option and the html option).
Why does my blog look strange on some computers and not on others?
Why does the insert link pop-up sometimes come up with gobbledy gook which means I have no dialogue box to insert the link in?
Where can I find out what's going on in eduspaces (such as the disappearing video embed widget)?
Keywords: eduspaces, Ken Robinson, Online Educa Berlin, Powerpoint, TED talks, video embed
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I have had to try a variety of ways to embed videos. I still have luck using the {{video:}} tag but it often requires several attempts and variations. Wish I had a better answer.
-c-
BTW, I adore the Ken Robinson piece!