Posted in e-learning, learning environments, web 2.0 learning on Jan 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
One of a growing number of sites that try to link students with real life scientists and real life environmental issues.
The Blue Zones Quest is an educational project that gives students the
opportunity to direct our team of scientists, explorers, and
journalists as they travel to Blue Zones™ places where people
live the longest, healthiest lives. Backed by [...]
Posted in blogging, e-learning, web 2.0 learning on Dec 10th, 2006 No Comments »
A interesting short post that argues that it’s really fear of upsetting the social order that’s behind the zealous and sometimes scare-mongering commentary about the dangers of girls using social networking sites like MySpace.
In a very different take on things, Justine Cassell argues that parental fears are related to fears of losing control over [...]
Posted in blogs I like, e-learning, tools and gadgets, web 2.0 learning on Dec 6th, 2006 Comments Off
Just came across Graham Wegner’s specialized blog on active whiteboards. I’m not into them as a learning technology, but Graham’s writing is always worth reading, and this blog is great for the details of actual implementation of a new technology in a real school and worth reading for that alone. And, if you [...]
Posted in e-learning on Nov 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
Spent a day this week at the VITTA 2006 Conference at Flemington Racecourse; imagination creativity thinking. Always worth a look but like most conferences always inconsistent in the sessions, VITTA is a bit caught between its old I.T. teachers association role, and its new sexier incarnation as technolog across the curriculum.
I can feel a [...]
Posted in blogging, e-learning, web 2.0 learning, wikis on Nov 15th, 2006 No Comments »
Almost always agree with what Will Richardson has to say in his influential blog weblogg-ed (hey, the library rang me yesterday and told me his book that I’d ordered had just arrived) but his comment yesterday on schools trying to re-create web 2.0 learning WITHIN the school network environment was a bit hard. He quotes [...]
Posted in e-learning, learning environments, tools and gadgets on Nov 5th, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve always been a little underwhelmed by the interactive whiteboard push, mainly because to me it mirrors so much the old paradigm; teacher with blackboad, demonstrating …stuff. I talked about it a bit in Wozcast13 and liked some of Gary Stager’s comments on them too.
Now, a new posting on Derek’s Blog tries to balance the [...]
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