June 2006 Archives
juz completed my sharing at the aect research symposium, had a total of 8 pple in the room and we had some good discussions. just to re-capture some of the things discussed while memory's still fresh. "control" was brought up by elizabeth, on the empowerment of students with control with the use of blogs, there may be teachers who arent comfortable with this way of working. she brought up an interesting metaphor stating that one day, teaching may just "hook on" to the tails of any form of technology and taps on the potentials/affordances. looking at blogging as a phenomenon as a whole, edublogging could be just that. given that students are already actively blogging, bringing blogging into the classroom is hooking on and riding on the tail; jim observed the possibilities of allowing soldiers in training to blog/podcast, and making it as a channel for soliders in different countries to exchange and learn abt the differences in their culture. susan shared abt marie clay's book (an australian) on literacy and control of language which i shall hunt down to read. another though-provoking book which susan shared was vandijk's "the deepening divide".
my heartfelt gratitude goes to all who were in the room. as i mentioned at the beginning, ??????, thank you one and all for the ideas put forward. the slide that i have used goes here.
This article in Meridian studys some secondary school teachers' blogs and looks at how blogs have been used to promote these teachers' reflection about their daily teaching experience. Read the article and you may find yourself persuaded to start blogging today :)
[source: Anne.D's post]
it's been eons since any example of blogs related to education has been shared. was reading Anne D.'s blog and noted that she has found a very impressive blog maintained by a superintendent Dr. Joni Samples of Glenn County in California. Anne has highlighted some interesting posts from the blog and you can never guess how Dr. Joni embarked on blogging. read and find out, enjoy :)
This website compiled by Gary S. Stager offers resources and references for podcasting.
have been hearing about the MIT $100 laptop for some time but have not set time to search more info for it and here it comes into my feeds :O
Check out the details at Howstuffworks :)
This e-learning tool has been developed at Leeds to provide a relatively simple means of creating drag and drop activities for on-line delivery. These activities involve a set of labelled draggable elements and a target which consists of a table or matrix depicting various categories which the elements can be allocated to. The interactive, almost tactile nature of drag and drop activities help to engage the learner in the task.
This may well be an emerging IT-infused pedagogical approach. A Google jockey is a participant in a presentation or class who surfs the Internet for terms, ideas, Web sites, or resources mentioned by the presenter or related to the topic. The jockey's searches are displayed simultaneously with the presentation, helping to clarify the main topic and extend learning opportunities. Google jockeying has the potential to foster more engagement among students, particularly in large lecture classes. The practice builds on tools students already use, and it adds a sense of fun and spontaneity to learning.
Check out this Educase article on "7 Things You Should Know About Google Jockeying" now.
Read this post off Will Richardson's blog about one of Anne Davis's student blogs, it shows an example of an engaging exchange of parent and child through the child's blog comments. Have you thought of using this idea to engage our parents in their children's education ?
Anne Davis's latest post at ESN. I have extracted some of the key ideas that resonates as I was reading ...
... Blogs are unique in the ways they offer teachers incredible possibilities to build on the pedagogy. For instance, blogs can provide an opportunity to change our writing instruction to make it more meaningful and relevant for our students... Blogging can be a place where we can make connections and dig deeper into how and what we are learning, both student and teacher.... Students are creating meanings that make sense to them because they are constructing them, not having pieces delivered to them that they just repeat... On Audience and Comments ... Students are used to the teacher being the only audience for their work. The realization that others think that what they have to say is important is empowering... On Voice... Blogs give students a place for that voice to be heard by many. Many students that would be hesitant to speak in a classroom will share their ideas on a blog.
Other ideas include Conversations & Dialogue, Ownership & Choices, and Archives. Read the full posting here :-)
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