September 30th, 2005 — Learning
As stated on this page, “The “seven principles” are the best known summary of what decades of educational research indicates are the kinds of teaching/learning activities most likely to improve learning outcomes.”
Using Technology to Implement
Seven Principles of Good Practice
September 29th, 2005 — Podcasting
This is a nice place to look at regarding podcasting in education. It is some very practical pieces of information.
September 26th, 2005 — Blogging
These sites may be worth perusing periodically.
September 25th, 2005 — Wikis
Want your own wiki – Go to this site and download the file to start your own client-side (local) wiki. This file can then be uploaded to your server. Many people have created variations (adaptations) of the tiddlywiki. Here are some other related sites:
September 25th, 2005 — Wikis
Here’s a neat client side wiki. If you want to use it with Safari, you will need to download the plug-in for this. See the section on Supported Browsers for more information.
September 14th, 2005 — Podcasting
Need to generate some ideas on how podcasting can be used in education? Check out this site.
Exploiting the educational potential of podcasting: “Exploiting the educational potential of podcasting”
September 14th, 2005 — Podcasting
If you would like to find podcasts on topics appropriate for classes, check out this site (from the UK).
September 14th, 2005 — Podcasting
Need to find podcasts on certain topics? Check out this site.
September 13th, 2005 — Collaboration, Wikis
This is probably a site to check out to see if you can create your own wiki and use it within a classroom setting since the wikis created at this site are private and not open to the public.
September 9th, 2005 — RSS
Need to create a RSS feed file for your website? Check out this site.
September 9th, 2005 — Blogging, Collaboration, Wikis
Want to learn more about blogs and wikis and how to use them in education. This is probably a good resource.
September 5th, 2005 — RSS
Here’s a site that allows you to create a RSS feed.
September 5th, 2005 — RSS
If you want to create an RSS feed, this explains how to type up the code to do. Personally, I would rather use software that does it for me.
September 5th, 2005 — RSS
Here’s a site that loads of links to other sites related to RSS.
September 5th, 2005 — Learning
Want to integrate an RSS feed into your CMS – check out this site.
September 3rd, 2005 — Learning
This is the home page of the Journal of Educational Technology and Society. This journal may be worth looking at periodically.
Journal of Educational Technology & Society
September 3rd, 2005 — Podcasting
My 12 year son suggested that Apple look into the idea of putting GPS devices into iPods. Then as a student walked around a campus, he or she could hear and see a lesson dealing with that particular item on the campus. The item might be the reference room of the library. A tutorial on the use of the reference section of the library could either be pre-installed on the iPod or possibly there could be a computer in the library that contains the tutorial files that could be downloaded onto the iPod. Or maybe the item is part of the outdoors such as a pond, where the student could learn about the ecology of ponds.
September 3rd, 2005 — RSS
This article is probably a little too deep for most instructors but for those who are instructional designers or instructional technologists, this article is worth reading.
Stephen’s Web ~ Papers ~ An Introduction to RSS for Educational Designers