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"If you're interested in becoming a provider, sign up to receive an invitation code. You can only sign up as a provider if you are in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, U.K., and the U.S. Once you sign up, we'll process your request. We're processing a lot of requests right now, but we'll try to get back to you as soon as we can."

"Are you curious about the Helpouts experience? Take a free test spin with a member of the Helpouts Team! You'll get a firsthand tour of the product and see just how easy it is to receive help over video chat. Schedule a time with one of our Helpouts Specialists, or see who is available now! Our team of knowledgeable specialists looks forward to showing you how it all works. If there is a long queue to join this Helpout, feel free to watch our intro video instead!"

La mia recenzione di questo "helpout sugli helpout": "Ronnie was very patient and gave very clear answers. As to whether people from other countries than Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, U.K., and the U.S. (see https://support.google.com/helpouts/answer/3164468?hl=en&ref_topic=14126 ) would be allowed to offer helpouts in future, he said this is planned. As to the difference between helpouts and hangouts, he explained that though helpouts are using the hangout platform, they are a different service. And when asked if helpout participants can use the live captioning app that can be used in hangouts (see https://hangout-captions.appspot.com/ ), he said no. When I asked why the "Introducing Helpouts by Google" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-VFC9AQM1k video is uncaptioned, and the video embedded in the "Find out what it's like to get a Helpout!" https://helpouts.google.com/111421743141645456280/ls/b41c1faef6b76d0f page is not only uncaptioned, but also uncaptionable via e.g. streaming it to amara.org, because if you try to open it on youtube, you get to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=picasacid , which says: "An error occurred during validation. This video does not exist. Sorry about that." he candidly said he couldn't answer and suggested using the feedback, which I'm doing. Same reply when I asked if Google planned to caption these videos. Sure, I would have preferred to get more hopeful answers to the questions about accessibility, but it was great to get candid ones, which can now be reported to the discussion lists of the Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning - http://ccacaptioning.org/ . " No, è vero, Ronnie è stato bravissimo. Chissà quanti helpout si sarà sorbito quel giorno, e paffete arriva una che comincia a rompergli le scatole e il nuovo giocatolo Google, portandolo a riconoscere implicitamente che insomma, meglio gli hangout veri e propri..

Filmed Feb 2008 * Posted Mar 2008 * TED2008 "Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity -- thoughts, emotions, pain -- while it is happening. In other words, you can actually see how you feel. Christopher deCharms is working on a way to use fMRI scans to show brain activity -- in real time."

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 4:00 2. overall speed (WPM): 182 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-94.3%; 5K-96.4%; 10K-97.9%; OL-3.2% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: there is a reference at the beginning of shrinking a ship and injecting it into the bloodstream, see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060397/; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093260/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1. fMRI = functional magnetic resonance imaging--a way to view the brain in action. 6. Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity -- thoughts, emotions, pain -- while it is happening. In other words, you can actually see how you feel.

Filmed Feb 2004 * Posted Apr 2007 * TED2004 "Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of eye tricks help him prove that not only are we easily fooled, we kind of like it. Cognitive neuroscientist Al Seckel explores how eye tricks can reveal the way the brain processes visual information -- or fails to do so. Among his other accomplishments: He co-created the Darwin Fish"

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 14:30 2. overall speed (WPM): 117 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-92.3%; 5K-95%; 10K-96.6%; OL-3.2% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: there are times when the speaker is quiet and the audience is viewing--actual speech rate is higher 6. Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of eye tricks help him prove that not only are we easily fooled, we kind of like it."

Filmed Feb 2008 * Posted Mar 2008 * TED2008 "Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story. Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery"

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 18:02 2. overall speed (WPM): 150 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-92.9%; 5K-95.3%; 10K-97.9%; OL-1.6% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: very emotional story; key vocabulary = schizophrenic; stroke (of the brain) 6. Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story."

"EFS 693B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY Advanced Listening and Vocabulary Development (...) TED Talks Introduction Below are groups of TED Talks, curated from http://www.ted.com and organized roughly by level and topic. You should do a full group (divided across several sessions if desired) and see if the integration makes them easier to understand (especially the later ones). Be sure to interact with them--don't just watch all of them straight through. However, you can do all or parts of some more intensively than others. Use your best judgment, and return to previous class notes as needed. Note that you are provided with the following information about the talk: 1. length 2. the overall speed in words-per-minute (WPM) 3. the vocabulary profile by percent of words at set frequency levels of the British National Corpus (3K, 5K, 10K, and more than 20K (off-list=OL)) 4. Accent (US, British, etc.) 5. Comments 6. Brief description of the content (from the TED website) (...) Last modified November 12, 2013, by Phil Hubbard"

Molto interessante e sopratutto utile grazie!

Grazie, Fabrizio, Ho taggato con "EFS_Stanford" - tra altri tag - questo webquest e i video ivi elencati dopo un webinar con Phil Hubbard organizzato via hangout da Vance Stevens domenica scorsa (8 ottobre). Nel webinar Hubbard ha insistito sul fatto che la forma di webquest direttivo era meglio delle forme di collaborazione sociali come tagging e condivisione, perché gli consentiva, da esperto, di dare informazioni coerenti. Allora taggare queste sue risorse TED su Diigo è anche un modo di esprimere il mio dissenso ;-) In effetti a proposito di http://www.ted.com/talks/gel_gotta_share.html , elencato in questo webquest, dice di non poter indicare le parole per minuto "perché non c'è trascrizione". Invece c'è, se si va alla pagina YT originale del video embeddato. Ora se invece di un webquest statico avesse condiviso questa risorsa con i suoi studenti in un gruppo come questo, c'è da scommettere che almeno uno di loro avrebbe rimediato all'errore in un commento - come d'altronde ho fatto in https://groups.diigo.com/group/ltis13/content/tag/EFS_Stanford%20GelConference ...

Filmed May 2011 * Posted Nov 2011 * TEDxBloomington "Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. In his talk, he shows how his group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together. (Filmed at TEDxBloomington.) Charlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes"

" From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 12:04 2. overall speed (WPM): 172 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-94.7%; 5K-97.1%; 10K-98.4%; OL-1% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: this is connected to the previous two talks; speech is fast at times 6. Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. In his talk, he shows how his group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together.

Filmed Apr 2010 * Posted Aug 2010 * Mission Blue Voyage "Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. As he sketches some of his favorite sea creatures live onstage, Toomey shares his love of the ocean and the stories it can tell. For the past 13 years, Jim Toomey has been writing and drawing the daily comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, about a daffy family of ocean dwellers"

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1.length: 14:15 2. overall speed (WPM): 167 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-90.8%; 5K-94.5%; 10K-97.4%; OL-2% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: names of fish and other ocean creatures are mentioned--try looking these up on Google images. He draws cartoons to support what he is talking about; see also http://shermanslagoon.com/ 6. Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. As he sketches some of his favorite sea creatures live onstage, Toomey shares his love of the ocean and the stories it can tell."

Filmed Dec 2010 * Posted Jan 2011 * TEDWomen 2010 "New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly shares a portfolio of her wise and funny cartoons about modern life -- and talks about how humor can empower women to change the rules. New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly tackles global issues with humor, intelligence and sarcasm. Her latest project supports the United Nations initiative Cartooning For Peace."

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 6:43 2. overall speed (WPM): 152 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-94.9%; 5K-98.4%; 10K-99.5%; OL-.5% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: her cartoons illustrate the points she makes; references to growing up in the 1950s and 60s; glass ceiling 6. New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly shares a portfolio of her wise and funny cartoons about modern life -- and talks about how humor can empower women to change the rules."

Filmed Apr 2011 * Posted May 2011 * Gel Conference "At the onstage introduction of Twirlr, a new social-sharing platform, someone forgets to silence their cell phone. And then ... this happens. (Song by Scott Brown and Anthony King; edit by Nathan Russell.) Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places." YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAk3F0wX9s

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 3:20 2. overall speed (WPM): unknown--no transcript (*)--but not too fast 3. vocabulary profile: mostly frequent words--no transcript available 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: no captions for the first 34 seconds (**). References to various social sharing applications (Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, Myspace, FourSquare...) 6. At the onstage introduction of Twirlr, a new social-sharing platform, someone forgets to silence their cell phone. And then ... this happens" (*) Actually there IS a transcript generated by the subtitles captions: - below the player in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAk3F0wX9s - downloadable from http://www.amara.org/en/videos/gUDo8ztfKMOW/en/40866/ (Download > TXT) 362 words in 3:20 = 108.6 WPM (CA) (**) Actually captions now start at 0:03 (CA)

Filmed Mar 2012 * Posted Mar 2012 * TED2012 "Colin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. And then... Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?"

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : " 1. length: 3:50 2. overall speed (WPM): very slow due to interruptions; you'll see 3. vocabulary profile: mostly frequent words--no transcript available (*) 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: discusses "crowdsourcing": outsourcing tasks to a large group of people, such as customers or volunteers 6. Colin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. And then..." (*) Actually, this TED page has an English subtitle-generated transcript (as well as translated transcripts in the 47 other languages the video is subtitled in). And the transcript in http://amara.org/en/videos/h60BL6bU49WF/en/2426/ page where the English subtitles were made shows an average 90 wpm in the passages where Collins actually speaks. This remains rather slow indeed, however non natives may find it difficult to grasp the written texts that appear very briefly on-screen, and hence Collins' allusions to these texts. (CA)

Filmed Feb 2008 * Posted Apr 2008 * TED2008 "Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved. Amy Tan is the author of such beloved books as The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses."

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 22:49 2. overall speed (WPM): 164 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-96.5%; 5K-97.6%; 10K-98.8%; OL-0.6% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: tells stories about her life; references to quantum mechanics 6. Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved."

Filmed Feb 2008 * Posted Nov 2008 * TED2008 "Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green -- and some of the fringe benefits. Andy Hobsbawm is the European chair of Agency.com and the founder of the website Green Thing."

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 3:25 2. overall speed (WPM): 135 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-92.2%; 5K-95.1%; 10K-98.2%; OL-1.5% 4. accent: British standard 5. comments: "great creativity" is repeated a number of times 6. Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green -- and some of the fringe benefits."

Filmed Feb 2010 * Posted Apr 2010 * TED2010 "Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach. A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak (now 12) speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy"

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 8:13 2. overall speed (WPM): 154 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-94.2%; 5K-96.6%; 10K-98.4%; OL-1.2% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: the speaker is just 12 years old 6. Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach."

Filmed Feb 2009 * Posted Jun 2009 * TED2009 TED2009 " Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a roller coaster! The founder of the Tinkering School, Gever Tulley likes to build things with kids."

From http://www.stanford.edu/~efs/693b/TED1.html : "1. length: 4:08 2. overall speed (WPM): 91 3. vocabulary profile: 3K-91.4%; 5K-95.4%; 10K-97.9%; OL-1.3% 4. accent: US standard 5. comments: Short, clear speech, but with some good vocabulary to learn. 6. Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a roller coaster!"

"By Liana Heitin (...) In a growing number of K-12 schools, the use of 1-to-1 computing devices-including iPads, laptops, and Chromebooks-is becoming a central part of instruction. For teachers making the digital leap, one of the greatest hurdles can be figuring out how to manage the tech-infused classroom. How do you keep kids, who suddenly have the Internet at their fingertips, on task? How do you ensure the devices are safe and well-maintained? And how do you compete with your most tech-savvy students? (...)"I think this is the new frontier frankly with classroom management. We've never confronted this," said Kyle Redford, a 5th grade teacher at Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera, Calif. "

Suggerimenti interessanti su come assicurarsi che gli allievi facciano quel che devono fare in classe con aggeggi web-connessi anziché lasciarsi trascinare da altre cose. Ma si tratta proprio di una "nuova frontiera" per gli insegnanti? In tempi pre-web, era lo stesso quando mandavi gli allievi a far ricerca in biblioteca, o gli facevi fare lavoro di gruppo sul prato della scuola, no?

Aggiungo solo questo: che se si va a scuola per lavorare in modalità 1-to-1, tanto valeva restarsene a casa, no? Va bene per brevi periodi di tempo e per scopi precisi, ma altrimenti la scuola è preziosa per comunicare con l'insegnante o lavorare a coppie o in gruppo. Socializzare e costruire la comunità, insomma.

"Caso vero: un professore universitario americano pubblica in un blog MOOC Looks: Zombies and Sober Reality, una recensione di due articoli di altri professori universitari sui corsi online di massa (Mooc). Una cosa molto classica: introduzione, citazioni con riferimenti, discussione, conclusione. Ma invece di scrivere la recensione normalmente, la sbatte in un video con musichetta di sfondo, intitolato MOOC Looks 090713. Il video contiene solo il testo fatto a fette, niente immagini: Trascrizione:"

Non è che sono contraria al multimedia, però il suo uso assurdo, inaccessibile e infruibile mi risveglia pulsioni talibanesche (o forse calvinistiche visto che sono di Ginevra dove gli uomini del Libro 500eschi non scherzavano nemmeno loro con le immagini...)

Come ti capisco!!! Apriamo il Club degli Iconoclasti? ;-)

"Title: Learning2gether with Phil Hubbard, Curation in CALL and TED Talk videos Description: See http://learning2gether.net/2013/12/08/phil-hubbard-on-digital-content-curation-for-call-using-ted-talk-youtube-video/ ."

Questa è la pagina dei sottotitoli inglesi. Dalla pagina principale http://www.amara.org/videos/57VzK4F5LToL/info/learning2gether-with-phil-hubbard-curation-in-call-and-ted-talk-videos/ si può vedere il video in un player più grandi, e iniziare a tradurli in altre lingue.

" Introduzione Termini di servizio Aggiornamenti 11 novembre 2013 Riepilogo delle modifiche Aggiornamento dei Termini di servizio 11 ottobre 2013 Stiamo aggiornando i Termini di servizio di Google. I nuovi Termini verranno pubblicati online il 11 novembre 2013 ed è possibile leggerli qui. Dato che molti utenti sono allergici ai testi legali, per comodità è disponibile un riepilogo in un linguaggio semplice. Abbiamo apportato tre cambiamenti: Primo, un chiarimento su come il nome e la foto del profilo potrebbero apparire nei prodotti Google (fra cui recensioni, pubblicità e in altri contesti commerciali). Puoi controllare come la tua foto e il tuo nome appaiono negli annunci mediante l'impostazione Convalide condivise. Secondo, un promemoria relativo all'utilizzo sicuro dei dispositivi mobili. Terzo, dettagli sull'importanza di mantenere riservata la password. Ecco qualche dettaglio aggiuntivo: ..."

Bell'esempio di chiarezza comunicativa sull'uso fatto dei dati degli utenti e su come gli utenti possono gestirlo, con un annuncio che traduce in linguaggio per umani il legalese dei cambiamenti alle condizioni di servizio, e con un mese di anticipo. Può darsi che abbia incoraggiato questa chiarezza il desiderio di smontare una certa paranoia verso le reti sociali basate negli Stati Uniti e in particolare verso Google, suscitata dall'affare PRISM della NSA rivelata da Snowden quest'estate. PRISM è grave, però siamo noi a barattare o non la nostra privacy contro servizi che riteniamo utili, quindi la responsabilità è nostra, anche se siamo stati maleducati da software e servizi informatici di cui cmq devi accettare le condizioni per utilizzarli... E a prescindere delle motivazioni, questa chiarezza è positiva.

Sono d'accordo con te, Claude!

"Published on Mar 31, 2014 This video shows how to translate subtitles in Amara's Subtitle Editor. To check out the Amara editor, go to http://www.amara.org " with English, Spanish and French subtitles

Cf http://www.amara.org/en/videos/mBUYmL6sROYS/info/translating-subtitles-with-amara/ for translating the subtitles into further languages - per tradurre i sottotitoli in altre lingue