Posted in blogging, education-news, web 2.0 learning on Oct 31st, 2006 No Comments »
Just about completed now, but the presentations, seminars, podcasts and other material are all online. I’ve found it hard to devote time to online conferences during the day; you almost need to be away at a real conference to actually have your attention on it, but the material and resource are great, and maybe online [...]
Posted in blogging, podcasting, web 2.0 learning on Oct 31st, 2006 No Comments »
I enjoy most of the edtechtalk podcasts, but this one, a conversation with Richard Kassissieh struck a real chord with me. It was both sad and somehow also heartening to hear in this podcast echoes of a conversation I’d been involved in a meeting today.
The converation was about integrating web 2.0 applications into our [...]
Posted in blogging, podcasting, web 2.0 learning on Oct 27th, 2006 No Comments »
A nice quote in Will Richardson’s always interesting blog today, he describes a very positive meeting of teachers and educators who ‘get it’, and makes the point:
I wonder if maybe, and it’s a big MAYBE, we’re nearing another level in the conversation. It’s one where we talk about
how the realities of the ways in which [...]
Posted in e-learning on Oct 27th, 2006 No Comments »
A new spin on some (mostly) familiar tools from Google, with an educational slant. They say:
Google recognizes the central role that teachers play in breaking down the barriers between people and information, and we support educators who work each day to empower their students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. This website is one [...]
Posted in blogging on Oct 26th, 2006 No Comments »
You probably know my answer, but it’s a bit like, ’should all learning professionals be reflecting on their practice?’. Of course, but can you mandate that kind of thinking in a busy work day? I don’t think so. I’m working with others in my school to put in place structures that will facilitate teacher reflective [...]
Posted in wikis on Oct 26th, 2006 No Comments »
A new online wiki-based book, on using wikis in education, $19 to access the entire book, I haven’t had a chance to look at any of it yet, but it’s an interesting concept; the wiki as book?
They say:
This book is a deep extension of the focus and content on my blog, Using Wiki in Education
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