Category: 11. Useful references

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web2.0 simply defined

these few days were in and out of major meetings reporting and demoing on the upcoming The ICT Connection website, and was guided to think of the website’s next phase of development. the idea of building a community among teachers who are interested to come together to work and improve on existing ICT lesson examples. and saw this post by Christopher D. Sessums defining web2.0:

Web 1.0 = me
Web 2.0 = me + you

Web 1.0 = read
Web 2.0 = read + write

Web 1.0 = connecting ideas
Web 2.0 = connecting ideas + connecting people

Web 1.0 = search
Web 2.0 = recommendations of friends/others

Web 1.0 = find
Web 2.0 = share

Web 1.0 = techies rule
Web 2.0 = everybody rules

part 2 and 3 probably’s the way forward for The ICT Connection. but again, are our teachers ready and have the time to embrace this Web2.0 culture or perhaps i should say “Web2.0 lifestyle“. it’s like owning an iphone, it’s not abt the physical device, it’s abt adapting to and owning a new lifestyle.

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Learning about learning

learning is our core business but at times if you are asked “how do people learn?” we may not be able to give an answer outright or an explanation following the latest development in learning sciences research. chanced upon this website while looking at AifL, Learning About Learning is a very informative website. you’ll find video illustrations, checklists for evaluation, info on further reading and staff development resources for 9 areas covering:

  • Differences (in learning)
  • The brain
  • Emotions
  • Thinking
  • Motivation
  • Creativity
  • Collaboration
  • Digital learning
  • Assessment

nice (:

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50+ Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story

if you’re an EL/CL/ML/TL/any other language teacher and seeking ideas to “web2.0” your language classrooms, check out this resource put together by Alan Levine. the idea’s not too difficult:

  1. Outline a Story Idea
  2. Find Some Media
  3. Pick a Tool to Build Your Story

change the tool as often as you like and you can plan unlimited ways (use a different story prompt, coupled with different media, and when more and more tools’ made available) of getting students to tell/write stories the whole year round (:
if you need an example of how it can be done, take a look at Alan’s 50+ Ways to Tell the Dominoe Story.
enjoy (:

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Excellent statistics references

am doing stats ‘OJT’ these days for my current research and come across these TWO excellently (IMHO) written text (language’s simple n clear, explanations’ in-depth for newbies like me):
1. Tabachnick, B.G., & Fidell, L.S. (2001). Using Multivariate Statistics (4th Ed.). Allyn & Bacon. [latest edition is 5th]
2. Field, A. (2000). Discovering statistics using SPSS for windows. SAGE Publications. [latest edition is 3rd]
a pity i couldnt get the latest edition for these two books from nie lib but the older editions landed in my hands are already excellent materials. great to have them on your personal shelf if you’re into research, esp book (1). EXCEPT these books are so EXPENSIVE (take a look and u’ll agree: 1 2)

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Very good read on Exploratory Factor Analysis

am battling “zombies” these days and comes the time that i need to use factor analysis for analysis. however, there are so many questions for a newbie like me, came across a few readings but nothing as useful as this which Dr Chai CS has shared:
Costello, Anna B. & Jason Osborne (2005). Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis. Practical Assessment Research & Evaluation, 10(7). Available online: http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=10&n=7
if you are exploring the use of factor analysis and you have qns like which extraction methods to choose, no. of factors to retain, sample size etc, just grab this article and you’ll be on the way to a good start. Thank you 蔡老师 (:

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