All Blog Posts Tagged 'collaborative' (7)

Wikipedia, 10 years of collaboration

Last January 15th, Wikipedia got his 10th anniversary. In Guadalajara, we’ve got a local celebration Mexican style, with mariachi and tequila.

Seeking for a free content encyclopedia, Jimmy Wales and…

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Added by gabriela on February 2, 2011 at 8:06am — 2 Comments

Collaborative Understandings Live Session

This is the first of an open, ongoing course designed for anyone interested in teaching English to students of other languages. Pre and in-service teachers, trainers, instructors, facilitators, coaches, etc. will have opportunities to share perspectives, ideas, and experiences as we all search for ways to improve curriculum, assessment, and instruction in English language teaching and…

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Added by Benjamin Stewart on December 29, 2010 at 2:41pm — 1 Comment

Utilizing MP3s in the College Classroom

Earlier this year, as I was teaching my Developmental Reading and Writing students, I noticed that during the break, they would immediately plug in their MP3 players or smart phones and begin listening to music files. They would also share music with one another. That started me thinking about how to utilize their interest in music to get them more interested in what I was teaching in the classroom. Many of my students struggle with note-taking and other traditional ways of learning new… Continue

Added by Vicki Phillips on June 8, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Are we ready for electronic books and study materials in classrooms?

The latest news is that Sony has also entered the E-Book reader market. The mobile eBook applications are not far behind, Safari's bookbag application for iPhone is one such example. This indicates that the eBook technology is definitely gaining momentum.

Combining eBooks technology with the collaborative social learning platforms will definitely changing the way we study in classrooms.… Continue

Added by judy jacob on September 29, 2009 at 5:01am — No Comments

The World Is My Interface

I changed the name of my Technology Supported Human-World Interaction blog to "The World is my Interface". It reflects the direction of my thoughts about interaction and pervasive computing. The first post includes links to related blog posts, as well as links to people who are doing research in this area.

Added by Lynn Marentette on September 19, 2009 at 11:26am — No Comments

Digital E-learning

Though class room education cannot literally be replaced by e-learning online education has its own advantages. Students are familiar with the digital tools and given an assignment they use online resources effectively and learn in self directed manner. Today's net generation like to discover new things and learn from hands on experience. when they look for information online, not only will they try different search engines, they will also search for interactive materials. From the educator’s… Continue

Added by judy jacob on August 27, 2009 at 4:09am — 2 Comments

Collaborative Documents

[This is part 2 of a short series on Collaboration & Brainstorming Tools on www.EmergingEdTech.com, where I blog every week about the use of emerging internet technologies in education. Please stop by and check out a topic of interest today!]

This week in our investigation of collaboration and brainstorming tools, we’re checking out collaborative document editing tools. Last week we took a brief look at some mind mapping/idea… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on May 4, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments