It looks vaguely cool, somehow game-like.
Is it 'teacher friendly'? Can you control the attention of the class in a virtual situation.
Could be used for for discussions, immersive learning, problem based learning, various forms of experimental and experiential learning.
Links-
http://www.slideshare.net/olga.caprotti/mathematics-education-in-second-life/
http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?c=1&more=1&pb=1&tb=1&title=second_life_best_practices_in_education
On the other hand check out this article.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Drew Murphy at the K-12 OnLine Conference
go to- http://k12onlineconference.org/
“Step by Step- Building a Web2.0 Classroom”
40 min - Oct 13, 2007
Take charge of your web 2.0 experience, make it concrete for novices.
Ten essentials skills
Explore and Participate
1. tabbing vs windowing
2. bookmarking (archiving)
3. sign up and log in (join something!) participate
4. comment and review- again participate
Deconstruct and Reconstruct
1. cut and paste- essential, learn key commands
2. emphasize and align- give it meaning, be consistent, size, bold, alignment
3. images and uploading- show people how to do it, file size, export and reduce
Connect and create
1. Linking (hyperlinks) how to make
2. Slideshows- entertaining
3. Embedding and Iframing- from display and show to teach and perform
Drew uses chatworld, expression, zoho, wikispaces.
The web is hugely abstract, our job is to make it more concrete.
Why web 2.0 for teachers-
saves time (but takes time to learn)
provides lesson options
enhances class interactions
improves student behavior
makes teaching more rewarding
“Step by Step- Building a Web2.0 Classroom”
40 min - Oct 13, 2007
Take charge of your web 2.0 experience, make it concrete for novices.
Ten essentials skills
Explore and Participate
1. tabbing vs windowing
2. bookmarking (archiving)
3. sign up and log in (join something!) participate
4. comment and review- again participate
Deconstruct and Reconstruct
1. cut and paste- essential, learn key commands
2. emphasize and align- give it meaning, be consistent, size, bold, alignment
3. images and uploading- show people how to do it, file size, export and reduce
Connect and create
1. Linking (hyperlinks) how to make
2. Slideshows- entertaining
3. Embedding and Iframing- from display and show to teach and perform
Drew uses chatworld, expression, zoho, wikispaces.
The web is hugely abstract, our job is to make it more concrete.
Why web 2.0 for teachers-
saves time (but takes time to learn)
provides lesson options
enhances class interactions
improves student behavior
makes teaching more rewarding
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
tappedin.org
first impression- where am I? lots of political threads, relativism, etc. a little new agey? just a first impression.
"Tapped In is the online workplace of an
international community of education
professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians,
professional development staff, teacher
education faculty and students, and
researchers engage in professional
development programs and informal
collaborative activities with colleagues."
Uses 'rooms' to build connectivity between educators to share resources. You can also create groups and invite k-12 students to join provided you take responsibility for their conduct.
"Tapped In is the online workplace of an
international community of education
professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians,
professional development staff, teacher
education faculty and students, and
researchers engage in professional
development programs and informal
collaborative activities with colleagues."
Uses 'rooms' to build connectivity between educators to share resources. You can also create groups and invite k-12 students to join provided you take responsibility for their conduct.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Animation Videocast
Let's see how this one works. This is a demo of an animation program called Gif Builder. I produced the videocast using Snapz Pro on my new MacBook. I'm learning all kinds of new things as I migrate from the PC platform to the MacOS.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
What is Web 3.0?!
What is really meant web 3.0, or the semantic web?A cool slideshare. The next next big thing?
Nicholas Negroponte and the One Laptop Per Child initiative
The mission of this non-profit association is to develop a low-cost laptop - the "$100 Laptop" - a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Their goal is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. Hear Nicholas Negroponte bring us up to date on the project.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Two online organizational applications
mynoteIT- http://www.mynoteit.com
upload word, open office docs, images, scanned notes, etc. has to do list, bookmark lists, calendar, create groups
Google Notebook- http://www.google.com/googlenotebook/tour1.html
browse 'clips', and organize information, notes, get access from anywhere, publish your notebook
mynoteIT seems more straightforward than google notebook,wysiwyg, uses 'tags' for notes
I'm a big Google fan but Google notebook seems a little hard to understand. Seems much more complicated than mynoteIT. Does not work on Safari browser.
They are both designed to be online note taking tools/organizational tools.
upload word, open office docs, images, scanned notes, etc. has to do list, bookmark lists, calendar, create groups
Google Notebook- http://www.google.com/googlenotebook/tour1.html
browse 'clips', and organize information, notes, get access from anywhere, publish your notebook
mynoteIT seems more straightforward than google notebook,wysiwyg, uses 'tags' for notes
I'm a big Google fan but Google notebook seems a little hard to understand. Seems much more complicated than mynoteIT. Does not work on Safari browser.
They are both designed to be online note taking tools/organizational tools.
Monday, June 16, 2008
How I view technology in education
It's becoming ubiquitous. We need to view and use technology as we would a book or a blackboard or a desk.
Technology gives us the tools to create experiences for our students that they would otherwise have missed. They can go to places in the world without ever leaving the classroom.
Another benefit is that technology allows for individualized instruction created to meet specific needs for each student. Technology gives an enormous variety of activities on the same subject but at varying degrees of difficulty and with varying degrees of knowledge needed.
A major strength of embedding technology in the learning process is that it teaches students how to become independent life-long learners. Technology allows students the resources to discover information on their own. Including it in the education process gives them a job skill that might not be there otherwise.
Technology gives us the tools to create experiences for our students that they would otherwise have missed. They can go to places in the world without ever leaving the classroom.
Another benefit is that technology allows for individualized instruction created to meet specific needs for each student. Technology gives an enormous variety of activities on the same subject but at varying degrees of difficulty and with varying degrees of knowledge needed.
A major strength of embedding technology in the learning process is that it teaches students how to become independent life-long learners. Technology allows students the resources to discover information on their own. Including it in the education process gives them a job skill that might not be there otherwise.
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