I’ve read two posts today in support of blogging in the classroom. Yes, there have been many posts written about The first article, by Bradley Hammer a writing professor at Duke, on nj.com (via Patrick). Hammer writes:
As part of this change, technology has radically extended the spaces for academic debate. In real [...]
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Blogging in the classroom
Posted in 21st century skills, blogging, goodteaching, web2.0 on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Retreat Reveiw
Posted in blogging, education, goodteaching, leadership, professional development, technology, training, web2.0 on August 30, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s been a whirlwind few days with not much time to sit but I just wanted to write a few notes about our faculty retreat on Monday. Overall, a success. First off, the “technology” part of things went without a hitch - the network, the laptops, the email server. I had to [...]
Horse before the cart?
Posted in 21st century skills, blogging, education, goodteaching, leadership, professional development, technology, tools, web2.0 on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I haven’t had much time to write these days. I’ve been knee-deep in preparing for the return of faculty (and students). Lots of technical work - hanging projectors, reimaging computers, turning over databases. Not really the most stimulating work but I have had a lot of time to think. I’ve been [...]
Rethinking Professional Development
Posted in blogging, education, leadership, professional development, technology, training on August 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In digesting some of the summer blog posts (too many to name at this point - but Scott McLeod may have started the conversation about a month ago with this post), I have realized that I have totally failed in part of my job. I’ve been quite focused on getting the teachers and students [...]
Will Richardson at WH
Posted in blogging, edubloggers, professional development, web2.0, whipple hill, will richardson on July 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Will Richardson is here to speak to the entire conference this morning. His focus - how the world is changing. Coming to us from a parent, educator and blogger. I blogged during his presentation:
He has given us the link to his wiki.
Blogging has transformed his learning. He wouldn’t be here(speaking to us) [...]
Outta my shell
Posted in blogging, edubloggers, professional development on July 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I got wind of the latest incarnation of the EduBloggerCon, EduBloggerWorld. It’s a Ning social network set up by Steve Hargadon to bring Edubloggers from all over the world together. As Steve says in his latest post:
The site is not meant to replace the engaged dialog of the blogosphere, but to complement it [...]