Who has time to evaluate all of these cool web sites?
I posed a similar question in my class discussion and got “feedback” that I want to hang onto. Blogs are often tauted as a means for commentary and assessment. Yet, the benefits of blogging for the sake of journaling or personal reflection can become lost in the process of seeking feedback. While I am motivated…
I found out tonight that my mom’s close friend, Mary Jean Goeres, died this week. Mary Jean and her husband raised their kids at the same time my parents were raising their “first” kids, and then they traveled with my mom and dad through the 1990s and early 2000s. This picture includes my mom and dad…
Does anyone know what the technology is behind sites like Become.com and Dictionary.hm? They are sooo awesome! A total about face from type, send, wait . . .
After reading Dr. Schank's Learning by Doing article in the infamous Green Book for class, I dug into his recent whereabouts and found these links of interest: Consulting via Engines for Education (non-profit arm) and Socratic Arts Schank is the co-host, along with Maria Bartiromo, of the CNBC television program, The Business of Innovation on…
It seems straightforward enough, right? However, in my Foundations in Distance Education course, we are exploring definitions of distance education that vary widely. This difference in definition and perception has profound implications on research and instructional practices … if you aren’t talking about the same thing, how can you compare results and recommendations? My “off…
One of the struggles with online learning is finding tools to create, publish and share text based media within the online learning environment. Here are just some of the many problems: Creating: Most of the written text that is created by students and teachers is MS Word based. While it is the best known text…