Repurposing a stick. What fun!

by | Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Teaching with technology, for me, is all about repurposing technology. Such repurposing requires creative play. Our presentation at SITE 2010 was around some creative micro- and macro-design tasks that can help foster such creative repurposing. I just came across this 1964 Jonathan Winters / Jack Paar video that makes the same point but in a far more interesting manner. Enjoy.

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As he said, “Here’s a stick…” he said, “Make me believe in something.”

[h/t Teachpaperless

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  2. Punya Mishra
    Punya Mishra on April 8, 2010 at 11:13 am

    I mentioned this video to my colleague Patrick Dickson and as it turns out he is a huge fan of Jonathan Winter and sent me a huge collection of links. I include them below, for your enjoyment, dear reader.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfSsV6EjgE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6BIpU_Lzxg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-W8WVm7-Cg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILLc03tNtFE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-gIFU8jjeg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SbgxZFUF9E

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwWDa1xPTPA

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwWDa1xPTPA

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_EumVonZcQ

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7QuCvkZgPU

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBtQD7DoLo4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMG5B-Lwokw

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTgzZb-VVs

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDDXjZ2wLxw

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra5xRCVnv9k

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtbR2UtLOf0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeqL65VlChk

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9T8i4FkNVo

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