Posts Tagged ‘wiki’
Google Apps by the numbers?
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 3, 2009
I just read in the print copy of Digital Life (2 Dec 09) that MOE’s deal with Google Apps is worth S$650,000 a year over two years. Does that sound like a lot? No, not if you do the math.
Based on MOE’s 2008 corporate brochure, Singapore has 29,000 teachers and an annual education budget of [...]
Ground up
Posted by: ashleytan on: July 28, 2009
I have been assigned as a facilitator for next semester’s Group Endeavours for Service Learning (GESL) in NIE. This will be the third time I am doing this.
I blog about this because some things have changed since I first facilitated a service learning group three years ago. For one thing, GESL has a subscription to [...]
Web 2.0 @ Work
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 26, 2008
Every day I get at least one article via RSS that suggests the value of Web 2.0 at work.
I ignore most of them because they rarely suggest concrete ideas. I also think that the way they might be used at work differs markedly from how they might be used in education.
Along came an article from [...]
Wikis for practicum
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 24, 2008
I presented my use of wikis for practicum at the Fusion Learning event at NIE today. I hope that my audience “got” my message within the 10 minutes I was allocated.
We are preparing practitioners, not students of educational theories. Trainee teachers should be maintaining e-portfolios to showcase their knowledge, skills, and attitudes as teachers. We, [...]
Aussie rules
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 12, 2008
The Australian government sees the importance of Web 2.0. An article in Oz Computer World titled National Innovation System Review urges Web 2.0 adoption starts off by saying:
The federal government has released the report of the Review of the National Innovation System Venturous Australia, which details recommendations for remodeling the nation?s innovation system.
Among 72 [...]
By a teacher for teachers
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 9, 2008
A teacher in the U.S. has some handy guides on some Web 2.0 tools that might be useful in learning environments.
Don’t know what Diigo, del.icio.us, or Ning are? Visit Liz Davis’ wiki at http://21ctools.wikispaces.com.
Wiki business
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 8, 2008
Many thanks to Laremy for bringing to my attention an article titled Businesses Can’t Hide From 2.0: A Look At 2.0’s Impact Across Industries. It was from that article that I found Wikis Are Now Serious Business.
Just how serious are businesses about wikis? Gartner, a company that projects technology trends, predicted that by 2009, 50% [...]
PBwiki’s “Back To School Challenge”
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 24, 2008
PBwiki.com is offering free premium wikis as part of its “Back To School Challenge“.
If you like the practice and pedagogies of using wikis, link a new or existing wiki to the challenge!
Open secret
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 20, 2008
I’ve asked my preservice teachers to sign up and maintain their own group wikis for a few weeks. Why?
Ownership: Of the wiki and hopefully of the learning process.
Learning: By fumbling, experiencing, and reflecting. They have experienced wikis for three weeks as students; they now get to plan and organise their own wikis as teachers.
Anchoring (providing [...]
