Friday, October 15, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
delicious.com
Need to organize your bookmarks so you can get to them from anywhere online?
Try delicious.com
Here is my list of bookmarks.
This is a very dangerous tool! I can see this taking up a lot of my time!
Try delicious.com
Here is my list of bookmarks.
This is a very dangerous tool! I can see this taking up a lot of my time!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Read my review of Tim O’Reilly's article What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Blogs and RSS Feeds along the Cone of Experience
Using a blog: I look forward to spending some time delving into how to design my blog to make it more personal (heading, links, pages, etc.). The online tools certainly made it easy to set up. Duplicating the information in the discussion forum will mean that our blogs will not be as interactive since replies will be posted in e-learning.
Where are blogs and RSS feeds on Edgar Gale's Cone of Experience? I would place blogs and RSS feeds, to begin with, in the iconic or looking area. However, creating a blog would be a direct experience. If we assume that we are teaching using these tools, then reading a blog or RSS feed involves looking (learning through observation, not direct experience or hearing) and using symbols (learning through abstractions--words, photos) to understand what is being portrayed.
We cannot expect technology to be the "cure all" for all learning experiences. There is a place and a time for technology and it cannot blanket the entire curriculum as the solution to problems in learning and teaching.
Imaginative use of blogs and RSS feeds. Let's say I am teaching a budgeting class for new moms. We are specifically trying to find the best deals at the grocery store. We could purchase a Sunday Kalamazoo Gazette with all the ads and sit down and make up our grocery lists, paying particular close attention to what is on sale. Going through all the store ads could take quite a bit of time. In addition, we would be searching for coupons, trying to match our coupons to the sale items to get the best deal possible.
To save ourselves the time of researching sale items through newspaper ads, we search for blogs where someone has already done the work for us, listing sale items at the various stores and where to find the coupons for those items. We sign-up for RSS feeds from those blogs so that this information comes to us automatically every week. Checking those RSS feeds each week, we can click to the blog to see what other shoppers have posted about the deals and if they have found other deals.
Rather than using the simple or low-tech tools (newspaper ads), we save time and effort and come up with more options for low-cost groceries than we may have been able to find on our own. The blogs allow the students to save on their groceries and avoid wading through information in the ads. Effective interaction in this learning experience would include stories that teach (blogger experiences), learner interaction and collaboration (students share with each other, and on the blog, the latest good deal that they find and if the deal worked or not, and just-in-time resources (internet coupons and weekly deals).
Where are blogs and RSS feeds on Edgar Gale's Cone of Experience? I would place blogs and RSS feeds, to begin with, in the iconic or looking area. However, creating a blog would be a direct experience. If we assume that we are teaching using these tools, then reading a blog or RSS feed involves looking (learning through observation, not direct experience or hearing) and using symbols (learning through abstractions--words, photos) to understand what is being portrayed.
We cannot expect technology to be the "cure all" for all learning experiences. There is a place and a time for technology and it cannot blanket the entire curriculum as the solution to problems in learning and teaching.
Imaginative use of blogs and RSS feeds. Let's say I am teaching a budgeting class for new moms. We are specifically trying to find the best deals at the grocery store. We could purchase a Sunday Kalamazoo Gazette with all the ads and sit down and make up our grocery lists, paying particular close attention to what is on sale. Going through all the store ads could take quite a bit of time. In addition, we would be searching for coupons, trying to match our coupons to the sale items to get the best deal possible.
To save ourselves the time of researching sale items through newspaper ads, we search for blogs where someone has already done the work for us, listing sale items at the various stores and where to find the coupons for those items. We sign-up for RSS feeds from those blogs so that this information comes to us automatically every week. Checking those RSS feeds each week, we can click to the blog to see what other shoppers have posted about the deals and if they have found other deals.
Rather than using the simple or low-tech tools (newspaper ads), we save time and effort and come up with more options for low-cost groceries than we may have been able to find on our own. The blogs allow the students to save on their groceries and avoid wading through information in the ads. Effective interaction in this learning experience would include stories that teach (blogger experiences), learner interaction and collaboration (students share with each other, and on the blog, the latest good deal that they find and if the deal worked or not, and just-in-time resources (internet coupons and weekly deals).
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