Posted by: ashleytan on: August 31, 2009
This NPR report headlines as “Dean Urges Tech-Free Classes”.
It’s not accurate. Dean Jose Bowen actually urges faculty to use technology more strategically and effectively.
Read and hear for yourself. And keep your pants on!
Posted by: ashleytan on: March 26, 2009
How could I not blog about something that three Tweeters I am following mentioned?
If you visited The Guardian, you might have come across this headline: Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary schools shake-up. Of course the headline was sensationalistic, but it was quite accurate too.
I think that the bottom line was not so [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: March 9, 2009
Sometimes I wonder how I would function as an educator without the Internet to help me with resources both human and non-human.
My four classes of teacher trainees started exploring Second Life (SL) this week. Over the weekend, someone I met a few years ago by email (and only this year in person) sent me a [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 15, 2008
I took the opportunity to listen to yet another backlogged podcast yesterday. (As I did some window shopping, I shut the crowd out with my earphones!) I am glad that I did because this one focused on issues of integrating blogs with mainstream curricula.
I have been experiencing and mulling over some of the issues myself, [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 27, 2008
Once in a blue moon, I listen to select podcasts from EdTechTalk. These podcasts are like fly-on-the-wall recordings because you get to listen to teachers talk. The podcasts tend to be quite long and rambling at times, but there can be gems hidden in all that talk!
They recently started podcasts that focused on preservice teacher [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 9, 2008
The coining of the phrase “Web 2.0″ is often attributed to Tim O’Reilly (2005).
In this 50-minute podcast, O’Reilly shares his thoughts on Web 2.0 in education. The podcast was made in April 2007.
An interview with O’Reilly
O’Reilly is not an educator but a publisher, but he does share some interesting thoughts on how Web 2.0 might [...]