Surf Dub is an editorial showcase of the coolest stuff on the internet. Thomas Hale will take you on an over the shoulder point of view journey through his discoveries of the coolest sites and apps available. It’s kinda like a dubbed movie trailer of his web discoveries.

Findings: – from technology to apps to cultural stories and entertainment
This episode for the findings section is a little different this time. It’s all around education and innovative ideas to address the problems we have today. Please scroll down to view all the related links I’ve listed for this section of the show.

ReThink: – sites and apps that inspire a sustainable future.
Gazelle.com – a reCommerce service that helps you sell and recycle your used electronics.

HackMe: – sites and apps that enable productivity.
Apple has finally announced the next generation of its professional video editing software, Final Cut Pro X, which can take advantage of powerful new hardware and hefty amounts of memory thanks to 64-bit support. FCP X (application only) will be available on the Mac App Store sometime in June for $299.
You can watch the entire film here: FCPX Presentation
Here is a hi-res screen shot of the new interface – FCPX Interface

Film Essentials: – build your essential indie / foreign film catalog.
The selection of films are primarily based on cinema stylistics.
This weeks selection is “Shadows” – John Cassavetes
imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053270/
trailer: 1959 Trailer

Inspire: – aurally and visually stimulating short cinema the web has to offer.
This inspiring short film, “Above Everything Else” is from filmmaker Alex Roman of ThirdSeventh.
You can watch the entire film here: http://vimeo.com/15630517

Please feel free to make comments and suggestions below – I really appreciate the feedback. Also, continue reading below for all the links related to the extended Educational Findings part of the show.

Educational Findings:
Globalisation is dramatically changing everything around us yet, the way we educate our children has not adjusted to our social changes. We have to stop addressing the future with the old ways of the past. We have to look at the future with a completely new and open view. It’s time to re-write this ridiculous education system.

So, I took a look around for some interesting and innovative educational ideas. Now, remember, some of these are news tools bringing the old ways online. Most are not the end all solution but, they grabbed my attention because of their unique approach to a new educational thinking which potentially may spark something transformational. Hopefully this stimulates you to take a deeper look and participate in this needed change. Check out the links below and post a comment with any sites you think address our education problems.

Adaptive Learning:
adaptive learning systems are an educational method which uses computers as interactive teaching devices focusing on each student individually.
Knewton – this platform transforms your educational content, courses, or technology by uniquely personalizing the individual learning experience.

Online learning content:
There are so many ways to learn about almost anything online from a simple youtube search to sites that offer free and paid access to video lessons.

Khanacademy.com – free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
Brightstorm.com – finds great teachers, films them and build solutions around them.
Learnable.com
Bigthink.com
the99percent.com
ted.com
Knotebooks.com – focused on providing tools to create, collaborate and share self-guided lessons around physics.

Open Education Content:
MIT OpenCourseWare – gives free access to 2000 course materials of the undergrad and grad subjects taught at MIT.

Sites for Kids:
discoveryeducation.com
BrainPop.com
kids.nationalgeographic.com
Instructables.com

Online Tutoring:
TeachStreet.com
SchoolofEverything.com
EduCare
GuruVantage.com
SuperCoolSchool.com
Edufire.com
Myngle.com
Craftedu.com

Collaboration Technologies:
Unclasses.org
OpenStudy.com
OpenStudy.com
Edmodo.com
Blackboard.com

Self Publishing:
Faculte.com
Udemy.com
Videolla.com
Learnoutloud.com
LeapingBrain.com
youtube.com/education
apple.com/education
Widescript.com

Corporate Training and Learning Management Systems:
learningzen.com
learn.com
taleo.com
elearningbrothers.com
http://www.mindflash.com

CrowdFunding Student Loans:
enzi.org
gradefund.com

Prep for the old standardisation tools:
grockit.com
prepme.com

More Great Reading:
DonorsChoose.org – an online crowd-funding charity connecting you to classrooms in need.
flatworldknowledge.com
www.flatworldknowledge.com
inkling.com
sirkenrobinson.com
OpenLearning Initiative
wiki.creativecommons.org
opencontent.org
luminafoundation.org
educationaltechnology.ca
dgree.org
Wikiversity.org
Hastac.org
HumanityPlus.org

Thomas Hale

Chief Alchemist and host of SurfDub for KenRadio.com. On his spare time you can catch him wearing different hats such as; his entrepreneur hat, filmmaker, musician or his time traveling sustainable philosopher hat.

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