Archive for November 2009
Different media…
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 26, 2009
Different literacies!
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‘Nuff said!
Google Forms quiz
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 24, 2009
So far my EdPsych2 classes have been using Google Docs as a platform for collaboratively written articles, personal notes and activity templates. We have also used Google Presentations for (duh!) presentations, and Google Forms and Spreadsheets for surveys and class administration. Everything has been “held together” by a class wiki hosted by Google Sites.
The going [...]
PowerPoint tongue-in-cheek
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 20, 2009
A light-hearted but critical look at PowerPoint.
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But really, it’s not just the fault of PowerPoint. We don’t blame the just the car for killing someone. Look at who’s driving and how.
Cloud computing
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 19, 2009
CommonCraft released a video last week to explain cloud computing. It’s presented well (as most of their videos are) but it is from a business perspective.
A teacher might look at it and not know how cloud computing applies in education. If teachers jump on the Google Ed Apps bandwagon, they might experience this for themselves.
They [...]
Pushing the envelope
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 18, 2009
When I read the BBC news article Great writers ‘fail’ online test, I was not surprised. Why? Two reasons.
First, one of the writing samples was actually a speech. Writing for a speech is not the same as writing for print. Yes, you are writing a speech, but not for someone to read like a book. [...]
No one knows everything, but everyone knows something
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 17, 2009
That was my favourite quote from Polivka’s recent blog entry. Simple but true.
Call it what you will, crowdsourcing or the wisdom of crowds, it is here to stay and evolve. Information, knowledge and power lie not only in the Internet, but also in the people and the connections between people that network via the Internet.
As [...]
Livestream for iPhone
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 13, 2009
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This is a free service for streaming ‘live’ videos from a webcam, video camera or computer desktop to an iPhone or iPod Touch via 3G or wifi.
Imagine the possibilities! Watch lectures or demonstrations at home or work, collaborate with your peers by streaming reports from the field, set up cheap [...]
