Did You Know? 2.0 – UK version?
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It seems like almost everyone in the educational community has now seen the Did You Know? video, which shows how the 21st century world is changing rapidly. If you haven’t, spend a few minutes viewing it at one of the locations listed here. Unfortunately, the video is somewhat US-centric. What’s great is that the authors have released the original Flash files, meaning that the community can remix the content under the Creative Commons license. A UK version anyone? 
There is a version that was re-mixed for our recent HMIe Conference with Scottish and UK based statistics. I’m trying to get a copy – they actually re-produced and adapted the original as a PowerPoint presentation.
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Ollie, it would be great if you could find that to share. I know Kristian Still was trying to get hold of some relevant UK statistics but was finding it difficult.
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I actually put a wales version together in Powerpoint for an inset last term, but I was never really happy with it. I’ll try and fish it out next week and post it.
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That would be fantastic Dave – thanks! (if I can understand it…)
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I would be interested in this too if it becomes available. I used to show a edited version on my previous school’s Digital Signage System. It got the most attention from people dressed in uniforms!
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Doug, contact Ray Fleming, Education Marketing Manager for Microsoft in the UK – (email address removed). He’s got a UK version of the original version of Did You Know?
Also, I believe (I hope!) you will find the new version, Did You Know? 2.0, to be less USA-centric…
http://tinyurl.com/2mbgnx
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@Paul: Excuse my ignorance, but what’s a ‘digital signage system’?
@Scott: Thanks for putting me onto Ray – I’m awaiting his response. I removed his email address for anti-spam reasons…
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Ray Fleming got back to me very quickly and pointed me in the right direction – another big thank you, Scott!
I’ve posted about it here: http://edte.ch/2007/08/29/did-you-know-20-uk-version-it-exists/
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