http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:25:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/seth-godin-the-wrapper-matters.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:43:24 +0000 When you have a big idea, the question is, how to spread it?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/the-khan-academy-online-video-education-for-everyone.html Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:49:03 +0000 With the mission of providing a quality education to anyone, anywhere in the world, Salman Khan has created over 1,100 educational online videos covering a wide range of subjects. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/how-to-deliver-a-baby-via-youtube.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:29:30 +0000 Using the internet to learn new things is a commonplace practice. But what’s the cutting edge of the internet-education, DIY phenomenon? Cooking, building a car, hacking electronics? How about delivering a baby. Marc Stephens, a naval engineer from Redruth, Cornwall spent a mere 30 minutes watching YouTube videos on the birth process, and was able to successfully use this knowledge to help deliver his premature child. The Guardian reports: Feeling nervous about the imminent birth of his child Marc Stephens had a look at childbirth videos on his home computer. Four hours later his wife, Jo, went into labour threeRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/moontoast-together-we-know-everything.html Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:57:50 +0000 “Together we know everything” is a tag line of Moontoast, a new online video education service. This online marketplace of human knowledge is similar to The School of Everything in that it brings together teachers and people looking to learn a new skill.  Moontoast uses face to face live video chatting as its communication medium, so the learning experience can be more intimate and interactive. To get started teaching it’s as simple as making a profile and setting your rate. And although it’s fairly new there are a lot of interesting subjects already being offered on the site including: guitarRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/youtube-university.html Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:36:45 +0000 Richard Buckland is a computer science lecturer at the University of NSW who has pioneered the use of YouTube videos as learning aids at Australian universities. Seeing a need for more challenging computing classes in high schools, Buckland is now offering a class for high school students based almost entirely on the recordings of his first-year computing lectures. High school students who want to learn more about computing and mathematics can take this advanced, first-year university level class for free. While studying the video lectures at home, participants will only have to come to the university one night a weekRead more...]]>