Posts Tagged ‘reflection’
Drop by drop
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 11, 2009
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A while ago, I wrote about how important it is to slow down (or even stop) to think. John Connell referred to this as slow blogging. The video above reminded me of this.
My take home message from the video: Slowing things down allows us to learn new things about ourselves [...]
Know your audience
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 6, 2009
I just read a TechCrunch article on something called Aardvark. Aardvark looks like a promising social Q&A tool, but it was the example (below) that Michael Arrington shared that caught my eye.
I had to laugh. I also thought how this was a good example of needing to know your audience.
I read this on the back [...]
Two truths, one lie
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 28, 2009
One of the Web 2.0 tools that I have used in the ICT course is MindMeister, a collaborative, online mind/concept mapping tool. My classes used it to conceptualize the topic of cyberwellness.
The EdPsych2 course started this week. So far, I have got three out of five of my classes to introduce themselves by telling two [...]
It’s context, not isolation
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 27, 2009
I found this Vimeo video from a ReadWriteWeb article, You Can’t Squeeze Knowledge From a Pixel.
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It has little to do with education. However, it reminded me of something I try to emphasize in the ICT course that I facilitate and am now harping on in the EdPsyII course. What makes learning meaningful is context, [...]
Another ending
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 20, 2009
For two of my classes, this week marks the end of the ICT course. The other two classes have two more weeks to go as they are in another programme.
If you ask me, I think they should all move at a slower pace so that they have time to let things simmer or sink in. [...]
Netbooks ideal for learning
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 13, 2009
Jon Bower of eSchool News believes that “netbooks are all the rage, but they don’t really meet the needs of today’s students”. He goes on to say that netbooks are 1) not that cheap, 2) too small, and 3) not powerful enough. He could not be more misinformed or misleading.
Bower gives an example of [...]
Game-based learning
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 8, 2009
I have led my ICT classes through another game-based learning module. After a bit of tinkering, I think I have something I can suggest to my colleagues.
This semester I included a different presentation at the end of the module: My favourite Prezi presentation platform!
Most of my teacher trainees have been actively blogging about their gaming [...]
Alternative assessment?
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 28, 2009
I started thinking about how we assess teacher trainees here in NIE. While my thoughts are still forming, I think that we should be evaluating them instead.
It never ceases to amaze me how well some of my teacher trainees write when they reflect in their blogs. It also never surprises me how poorly constructed some [...]
Delayed impact
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 25, 2009
Teachers know that their efforts are likely to manifest only over after a long time. They bump into former students and they see how far they have come (or how far they have fallen).
What about teacher educators? When do we see the fruits of our labour? I recall telling one batch of my teacher trainees [...]
Second Life course
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 18, 2009
Warren Sheaffer of Saint Paul College offers a course called Second Life Basics. This is part of a certificate for its Computer Information Systems Technology programme [article].
Here are some choice quotes that I extracted from the article:
We’re challenging the whole notion of concrete, sequential learning by offering a rich learning environment that allows students to [...]
