The arrangement is from the classic album, Getz/Gilberto, which launched the bossa nova craze of the early 60′s. The album was primarily a collaboration between Getz and Astrud’s husband, the guitarist and vocalist João Gilberto, but when someone got the idea of including an English translation of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “The Girl from Ipanema,” Astrud was recruited. She had never sung professionally before. The recordings launched her as an international sensation.
Bike Shelf
Someday, I’ll have the perfect wall for this type of bike shelf.
Toon App
Playing with a new iPhone app
Open Conversations
When working with faculty [or others] who already have an online course/classroom, one of the first questions might be to ask, “How can I help you?”
Starting the conversation this way leads no where. The client I am working with can just say, “I think everything is OK” or “I just don’t know what to do.”
Instead I try to open the conversation with something like: “This is a [insert adjective and noun] here on this page and in this area. How did you come about deciding to add this to your course?
Bam…now, I have paid attention to the professor/client and a rapport can be built. They can talk about their online classroom/situation and we can both discuss what’s working and what might need some tweaking.
When working with professors/clients/whomever, I always listen first and then ask open-ended questions to generate empathy, trust, and most of all, learning…for both sides.
It’s time to G-Up
On my way to the Tuesday Market, this poster caught my eye, from a good 20 feet away. I think Bruce, over there at g-ee is doing some nice work publicizing of his “no frills” approach to Guitar lessons.
The Five Biggest Ideas On The Future of Health Care Design
Here’s something that might help when designing educational materials. While this is geared towards the health care industry, it is an excellent reference source to consider when creating educational materials-especially when we think about The Patient. Consider your user, when designing your online classroom.
This article states: “The practice of medicine changes constantly, and your product will have to change as well.” If we think about our curriculum as constantly changing we know our online class materials will need constant changing and updating too.
