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.
Google Jockeying
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.
When Parents Contribute to Student Blogs�
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 ?
Blogging and Pedagogy
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 🙂
HBR IdeaCast
Harvard Business School is introudcing the above free biweekly podcast featuring breakthrough management ideas and commentary from the editors and authors of Harvard Business School Publishing. To date, three episodes were posted. Click here for access or to start listening 🙂