Dick Sblog

I’ve always been impressed by the degree of motivation produced by giving kids the opportunity to produce their own ’stuff’ and share it with a wider audience. The radiowaves project gives kids the chance to start their own internet radio station and the opportunity to broadcast to an international audience. Just how cool is that?

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How can we expect kids around the world to collaborate if some governments make it impossible for them to express their views?
Check out Amnesty International’s irrepressible.info campaign

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This is a great concept. At the Institut St Joseph de Quebec, students have cyberportfolios, a publication space that is described by Principal Mario Asselin as a “virtual extension of the classroom.” This space is composed of three sets of blogs: a classroom Web space, where announcements are displayed and work of common interested is [...]

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This is a departure from collaboration stuff.
Whilst browsing around yesterday I came on a short film, made by a girl called Kiri Davis. ‘A Girl Like Me’ was winner of the Media That Matters Diversity Award. As an example of a young person’s work it’s fantastic; as a message to all of us about [...]

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A team at Sheffield Hallam Uni have just produced an interesting report on e-learning in FE. They categorise e-learning use into 3 types

as a medium (eg internet, email)
as a presentation tool (eg powerpoint)
as a learning/problem solving tool

Now, it occurs to me that a properly structured virtual teams project will press all of these buttons – [...]

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ted dunphy’s comment to my introductory rant is spot on – we can’t expect teachers effectively to impart user skills to students unless they are users themselves. this need for engagment applies both on the professional and personal levels. my experience shows that if teachers find stuff that is useful to them in their work, [...]

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