Comments on: Three to Think About http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/three-to-think-about/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Fitzgerald http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/three-to-think-about/comment-page-1/#comment-23988 Bill Fitzgerald Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:24:18 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/three-to-think-about/#comment-23988 Hello, Will, Some interesting resources available from this post, and kudos to the educators for breaking what is still new new ground -- Although Damian mentions lateness in "coming to the party" I don't see that as an accurate characterization -- any teacher using cutting edge/leading edge tools to improve the educational experience of their students is doing it right. In reading over Ben's list of resources, I was struck by the range of these resources. Depending on the specific learning activities, much of this functionality could be incorporated into a single well-designed Drupal site. This would then create a more coherent archive of student learning (and, for that matter, teacher planning and teacher learning) -- this archive could then be incorporated into portfolio-based work, and used to improve/inform educational and technological approaches in future years. Cheers, Bill Hello, Will,

Some interesting resources available from this post, and kudos to the educators for breaking what is still new new ground —

Although Damian mentions lateness in “coming to the party” I don’t see that as an accurate characterization — any teacher using cutting edge/leading edge tools to improve the educational experience of their students is doing it right.

In reading over Ben’s list of resources, I was struck by the range of these resources. Depending on the specific learning activities, much of this functionality could be incorporated into a single well-designed Drupal site. This would then create a more coherent archive of student learning (and, for that matter, teacher planning and teacher learning) — this archive could then be incorporated into portfolio-based work, and used to improve/inform educational and technological approaches in future years.

Cheers,

Bill

]]> By: Calvin http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/three-to-think-about/comment-page-1/#comment-23682 Calvin Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:02:59 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/three-to-think-about/#comment-23682 Thanks for the mention Will. I am hoping this technique will be just the thing for math instructors who are looking for an easy way to deliver worked problems to their class (either online classes or face-to-face). My online students always say "If I could just see a few problems worked out...". Now they can... Thanks for the mention Will. I am hoping this technique will be just the thing for math instructors who are looking for an easy way to deliver worked problems to their class (either online classes or face-to-face). My online students always say “If I could just see a few problems worked out…”. Now they can…

]]> By: Damian http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/three-to-think-about/comment-page-1/#comment-23359 Damian Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:19:26 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/three-to-think-about/#comment-23359 Thanks for the shout here, Will - I've been getting a lot of traffic to the Romanticism wiki from your blog. I wanted to put it out to the folks who are visiting that I'm a bit starved for discussion on this topic, and would love to hear from similarly-minded educators, either here in the comments or via e-mail, on how they are using or plan to use wikis in their teaching. Also, if anyone has any constructive criticism on my site, I'm game for that as well. Finally, respect to Ben for his proposal for replacing proprietary software with free & open source stuff. I've often wondered how much it would save our district in licenses, etc., just to move everything over from XP and Office to a Linux/OpenOffice combo, let alone the other major software we use (don't know how feasible that would be on the technical side, tho...). Thanks for the shout here, Will – I’ve been getting a lot of traffic to the Romanticism wiki from your blog.

I wanted to put it out to the folks who are visiting that I’m a bit starved for discussion on this topic, and would love to hear from similarly-minded educators, either here in the comments or via e-mail, on how they are using or plan to use wikis in their teaching. Also, if anyone has any constructive criticism on my site, I’m game for that as well.

Finally, respect to Ben for his proposal for replacing proprietary software with free & open source stuff. I’ve often wondered how much it would save our district in licenses, etc., just to move everything over from XP and Office to a Linux/OpenOffice combo, let alone the other major software we use (don’t know how feasible that would be on the technical side, tho…).

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