The slideshow below has been produced by Jane Hart from ‘The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies’ and it offers a simple overview of the 25 TYPES of tool (and the most popular tool within each category) that are being used right now by those educators at the cutting edge of embedded IT in the [...]
Here’s another great video, this time by David Truss, which beautifully illustrates why embedding web 2.0 tools into our classroom practise can be such a powerful experience for students and teachers alike.
Having followed Jane Hart’s ‘Top 10 Tools’ list at C4LPT in recent weeks, (I’ve harvested the links like a happy squirrel in autumnal heaven!) I’ve decided to add my voice to the project. The exercise has been very worthwhile because it has allowed me to clarify and prioritise my self -directed professional development and to take stock [...]
Our students’ expertise in web 2.0 technologies is developing exponentially. It is inevitable that soon, the organization and structure of formal education will be transformed in response. Many Ed-tech specialists foresee a shift towards ‘blended learning’ where the process of education is not framed by school hours but seamlessly connects self-directed home based learning with teacher-driven [...]
This evening I decided to conduct a little experiment. I am, as you may know, a relative newcomer to the blogosphere. The last 6 weeks have been the steepest learning curve that I can remember – my average night’s sleep has been just 5 hours since I typed my first post!
Needless to say this is [...]
I’ve taken the next step in my commitment to embrace web 2.0 technologies in my teaching practise; I have made my first podcast! It lasts all of 30 seconds and is little more than a test run but nevertheless, I am now officially a podcaster!
I hope to create a number of recordings to support the [...]
Blogging is perhaps the No. 1 way that digital students are adding content to the read/write web. There are a plethora of free platforms out there that require almost no technological expertise to initiate and yet users can create professional looking self-published material within a few minutes which can reach a global audience.
Some educators are [...]
Here is the first of a 3 part slideshow produced by Jane Hart of ‘The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies’. It outlines the impact of social learning for our education system in a clear and concise way. Jane really has her finger on the pulse and there is much food for thought here:
The future [...]
A Twitter contact has just directed me to a very useful and important site for educators exploring Web 2.0 educational practice. Pat Barslow of Reading University is overseeing the ‘This is Me’ project which encourages us all to consider our ‘digital footprint’. As we increasingly participate in the Read/Write web we leave a trail behind [...]
3 weeks ago, my appreciation of the need to implement web 2.0 technologies into curriculum delivery was limited at best. I would not have considered myself IT illiterate – after all I was reasonably competent on Powerpoint and word processing, used Facebook, had a Flickr account and used I-tunes. Then I read Will Richardson’s book [...]
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