Thoughts on teaching, technology, learning and life in an era of change.

Archive for July, 2007

Web 2.0 in Education
July 18th, 2007

Shambles.net has some nice annotated links that describe applications of Web 2.0 in Education. Grab a cuppa, take a seat and have a read.

Free web tools for educators : thinking 2.0
July 18th, 2007

Thinking 2.0 has this page, Free web tools for educators : thinking 2.0, that eloquently describes a suite of nice Web 2.0 tools that educators can take advantage of and readily use as part of their teaching back-pack. Tools such as Flickr, del.icio.su, wikispaces, eduBlogs and others are covered in this post.

Teaching Hacks
July 18th, 2007

Teaching Hacks is an excellent resource for educators wishing to take teaching and learning one step further. There are materials relating to Web 2.0, wikis and even a section on cyberbullying ~ a serious problem that is infecting classrooms and playgrounds. Explore the links on the left hand side of the web site. Plenty of material to sink your teeth into while you drink a cup of coffee.

Twitter, Web 2.0 and education
July 18th, 2007

Last night I read a comment on a blog ~ a teacher was wondering how Twitter could be used in an educational setting… perhaps you could open a single twitter account and share the details with your students. At random moments you could ‘twitter’ a challenging question and the students could ‘twitter’ their responses. You could provide rewards based on their responses including a prize for the first correct response. A tally of results could be kept for each of the following twitter challenge activitities. I wonder if this will work? I will give it a go.

Lost June Archive
July 17th, 2007

The June archives still exist on the server. All of them were test posts created on the 30th June. I will keep an eye on the archives when August comes around.