Rushton Hurley at MACUL

Rushton Hurley is my new favorite educator to follow for ed tech information. While at the MACUL conference this year I saw a large group of people standing outside one of the larger lecture rooms. It was jammed and people were still lining up to hear him. He's dynamic, fun and entertaining to listen to and has extremely good ideas and resources. He has taught at both the high school and college levels (foreign language - Japanese), been a high school principal, and has run an online school. His new project is Next Vista for Learning an online library of free videos for learners everywhere. There are videos here showcasing various careers and subject areas (Lightbulbs), tours of other countries (Global Views), and videos about volunteering (Seeing Service). The project is fairly new so the collection is growing daily. Here's an example of what one student created about the Boy Scouts of America an organization that the student was active in and felt strongly about. Remember this was created by a student of about 13. Wow! Rushton shares freely so if you're interested, sign up for his newsletter. Here is a link to one of the sessions that he held while at MACUL: Hordes of Free Tools from a Google Certified Teacher. Find anything you could use there? Any ideas of similar tools to share?