As part of my education technology role at my school, I am a member of our high school “Laptop Leaders” group. A few weeks ago, at the end of our first quarter, the Laptop Leaders were asked to document the work they were doing, to create a shared resource, both for themselves and for other [...]
Posts Tagged ‘communication’
Student Resistance to Groupwork
Nate Kogan, writing about his plans for “classroom 2.0″ collaborative writing assignments in his history classes in the coming year, notes student resistance to working collaboratively:
While many students seem to dislike group work, I think the resistance stems more from the fear of being saddled with all the work by one’s potentially indolent group-mates rather [...]
What Tools are Useful?
I’m at EduCon right now, and I’m always struck by the tools other people use that I’ve been missing out on. And always surprised by the tools I use every day that other people have never heard of. Skim is a great example of this. Here’s what I use.
The Economist on Changing Communication Paradigms
Having just bent my mind to thinking about some of the ramifications of changes in communication, I just came across this madly cool article on information visualization in the Christmas issue of the Economist (which, lets face it, is sort of like a double-issue of pornography for news-junkies).
Using What We Teach to Teach Better
My first year teaching, a bright young thing just out of college, I spent the summer before-hand in a state of panic: I assumed that, having gotten a job teaching AP Computer Science, that I would now need to be an infallible expert in computer science. This level of pressure had me practically hyperventilating before [...]
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