Edith Kennedy

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
George Mason University
About Me
I am a student in the College Teaching program at Mason and also teach there. I am trying to develope innovative uses of technology to enhance student interest in learning that can be used in distance and and F2F classes.

Comment Wall:

  • Mike Ritzius

    Hi Edith, looks like you are new here too. This place is pretty quiet. How did you come to Classroom 2.0?

    Sep 26, 2007

  • Ian Carmichael

    Hi Edith,
    Nice to read your comments. If you are interested I like to know what you think of the usefulness of Rationale - argument mapping software. It seems to me to provide a great framework for visualising argument and help develop critical thinking skills (http://www.classroom20wiki.com/CriticalThinkingSkills).

    Anyway - welcome!

    Sep 29, 2007

  • Ian Carmichael

    I'm enthusiastic with what I've played with - I've given a brief demo of the concepts and the program to my senior college students who seemed interested; I'm about to give a demo to our school staff, and I intend to install at least one lab's worth of it to put it through its paces in a class context. (And it's an Australian piece of software, but who'd be parochial!)
    In short - I think it looks good, but I haven't really pressed it into service. (And it appears simple to use, unlike the free/open source platforms - of which there are many - see the critical thinking skills wiki page here.)

    Sep 30, 2007

  • Ian Carmichael

    Yes, you're right there isn't a discussion yet, I've just set up the front page, and haven't started any discussions. I'm new to this stuff, so bear with my fumbles!

    Oct 1, 2007