Tagging, the next classroom tool

eSN has this article entitled “For some educators, tagging is ‘it’” that explores issues on tagging services, and the use of it for education. Read the article to get the full picture.
If you would like to explore some tagging sites, Del.icio.us and Flickr are two great examples to start with. Just type in something that comes to your mind in the “discover favourites” or “find a photo of” box, you’ll begin to see the wonders of tagging. And perhaps then we can start to think how we can integrate it into our teaching and learning processes 🙂

Pedagogies of Wikis

EDUCAUSE has a 2-sheet pdf on the above, check it out if you want to find out more about wiki. 8 ways of using wiki(s) are highlighted:
1. Student journaling
2. Personal portfolios
3. Collaborative knowledge base
4. Research coordination and collaboration
5. Curricular and cross-disciplinary coordination
6. Conference and colloquia website/coordination
7. Syndicating/Aggregating web resources
8. Inter-term project management

Handbook of Research on ePortfolios

The Handbook of Research on ePortfolios is the single source for comprehensive coverage of the major themes of ePortfolios, addressing all of the major issues, from concept to technology to implementation.
The book will be released only in May 06. Can take time to request for budget if you are into ePortfolios and intend to buy a copy. It’s not cheap though, US$195.00 *wow*

[source: Elgg]