April 2009

Mid Week Update: Real world uses of mind mapping tools in the classroom

April 29, 2009

All this talk about technology in the classroom means nothing if the tools aren’t actually being used, and in a way that really supports the teaching and learning process. I conducted a quick search for comments about uses of collaboration tools in the classroom this morning in the forums on Classroom 2.0 (an excellent social network focused on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom - I highly recommend it - click here to learn more). Here are a couple (abbreviated) comments I came across:

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Collaboration & Brainstorming Tools (Part 1)

April 26, 2009

In a recent survey of faculty at my institution, this was one of the most frequently cited topics to learn more about, so I am taking a cue from this and will spend a few weekends briefly researching some of the tools available on the internet for collaboration and brainstorming. On reflection, I may have erred somewhat by lumping ‘collaboration’ and ‘brainstorming’ together, since the former includes an expansive array of tools and ideas, whereas the latter could be considered just one, specific collaborative concept. Nevertheless, let’s dive in and start exploring!

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Mid Week Update: Wordle word clouds

April 22, 2009

I couple readers inquired about the image at the top of this week’s “10 internet technologies educators should be informed about” post. I used Worldle (www.wordle.net) to create this image. Wordle is a free web based application that lets you create word cloud images quickly and easily. These are not true tag clouds, since the words [...]

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10 internet technologies that educators should be informed about

April 19, 2009

There are so many different tools and technologies available on the internet today, and so many associated terms and concepts. As I think about topics to focus on here in the coming months, I want to make sure we’re touching on the most important ones. What are the most important internet technologies for educators to be aware of, and informed about? I’m sure many people would come up a slightly different list, but based on my observations and experiences, and feedback from faculty at my institution, I have selected the following technologies.

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Mid Week Update!

April 16, 2009

Now that this blog has been up for a few months and readership has been growing, I’ve been getting more feedback (here and on related sites) about topics I am posting about. Of course, this is great, as the dialogue and sharing of knowledge and ideas is a big part of what I’m looking for! With this growing stream of feedback, it probably makes sense to do a brief “midweek update” to share observations (especially those that come to me from sources other than comments on the postings here). I’ll keep them real brief - no thorough reviews, just a little info.

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Interactive (online) Whiteboards - Part 2 of 2

April 13, 2009

As promised last week, this week I am going to finish up this two part series about online interactive whiteboards by taking a brief look at ImaginationCubed and a more in depth look at Dabbleboard (these were the more impressive of the four offerings I found last week, and Dabbleboard is the more complete offering).

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Online Interactive Whiteboards

April 6, 2009

I just completed a survey of faculty at my institution in which I asked which emerging internet technologies they would most like to learn more about. The top two topics selected were “Video Streaming and/or Podcasting (TeacherTube, etc.)” and “Interactive Whiteboards (web based)”. Since I happen to have covered TeacherTube and other YouTube alternatives for education and Podcasting in March, I am going to take a look at the number two topic, interactive whiteboards, this week and next.

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