Archive for June, 2007
Backwards into the Future: Seven Principles for Educating the Ne(x)t Generation
By Helen Sword and Michele Leggott
I really enjoyed this article. Although it looks at recasting students as researchers and even fellow teachers (through shifting authority towards them) at its core the article centres upon the learning benefits associated with the student creating the educational content.
“We know much more than our students do. But they also […]
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Professors Who Blog
By Scott McLeod
The why and the benefits of staff blogging.
“The ability of blogs to connect professors with the larger world outside of academia was also noted by other faculty. For example, Dr. P.Z. Myers, a University of Minnesota professor of biology who blogs regularly at Scienceblogs.com/pharyngula, enjoys the opportunity to discuss scientific issues with those […]
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Blogging 101 motivates students
Students learning to blog at 6 years old? Learning how to bring their own voice to the subject, to define their own level of authority on the subject and develop a more emotive link with the subject - at an early age.
“At Moose Jaw’s Westmount Elementary School, an innovative new program is teaching six- and […]
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Are you prepared for the challenges of a wired student body?
Nifty little article. With the advent of web 2.0 and mobile computing students are increasingly finding and defining information as accessible, interactive and up for debate. With this in mind we’re going to have to get used to students who are accustomed to seeking out information and promoting their own authority.
As the article reports:
“As Leslie […]
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A different view of the web
More Photosynth. In the architect, Blaise Aguera Y Arcas, own words (more or less) Photosynth links photos together. Basically when you take 2 photos in a common environment it is as if you form a hyperlink between them. This notion is extended to the vision of an emergent network of hyperlinked photos being built by […]
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Web 3D on the way?
Attaching 3D models to Google Earth has been achievable for a while. It’s interesting since to you can ‘fly’ though cities, explore spaces etc. Its adoption has been somewhat sporadic but recently the city of Berlin released around 44,000 3D building models (approx 10 percent of the city). The video below is essentially a recorded […]
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Student created content using wikis
More form the Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0 (Part 3) article by Brian Benzinger.
A good but brief section on wikis. School use of Wikipedia is covered and there are few links to example. The articles refers to Vicki Davis a US teacher who uses wikis with her students. An excerpt of […]
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7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling
From the Educause site. Digital storytelling briefly defined together with teaching and learning issues and applications. Essentially we’re talking about students creating a story using a variety of media and material underpinned by a strong narrative. Basically an oral essay. Typically the content of the story is something which means a lot to them - […]
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Social networking on the move
By Iain Mackenzie
The possibility of integrating social networks with GPS capable phones. Essentially on line users will be able to see your whereabouts and track you (via Google Maps). Facebook and myspace don’t have this yet but as the article suggests, only a matter of time…
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The beginning of the end for the industrial schooling system?
From the blog of Graham Attwell.
“Knowsley Council in Merseyside, has abolished the use of the word school to describe secondary education in the borough. It is taking the dramatic step of closing all of its eleven existing secondary schools by 2009. As part of a £150m government-backed rebuilding programme, they will reopen as seven state-of-the-art, […]
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