Category: Online Learning
What the Web is For...The Children's Version
By Dean Shareski on Oct 15, 2008 | In Technology, Online Learning | Send feedback »
Dave Weinberger wrote a nice book for children explaining what the web is for.
I'd say adults could learn from it as well. It's in all kinds of formats, including a downloadable, printable version.
Have a look. more »
Beatrice is Way Off
By Dean Shareski on Apr 17, 2008 | In Technology, Online Learning | 4 feedbacks »
I just listened to a podcast of an angry parent upset with the Langley School District for not blocking social networking sites.
The mother, Beatrice, is conceded some authority by CBC since she has a computer science background. Unfortunately her kno… more »
Who will you vote for?
By admin on Oct 12, 2007 | In Online Learning | Send feedback »
The use of new tools to change how politicians interact is becoming very prevalent. Our provincial election will reveal a variety of ways that our government embraces social networks. Here's a few examples of the way the politics in the US is chang… more »
How to become obsolete
By Dean Shareski on May 28, 2007 | In Technology, Change, Online Learning | 1 feedback »
Darren Kuropatwa of Winnipeg writes,
Once access is cheap, fast and ubiquitous and students have access to all this content at their fingertips we will have to change the way we teach. Teachers will no longer be able to resist changing their pedagogy… more »
Networks and Groups
By Dean Shareski on Dec 8, 2006 | In Change, Online Learning | Send feedback »
Information overload is certainly something many of us struggle with. This post by George Seimens helps understand one way to deal with this.As I build my own learning networks, I am "plugging in" to the
thinking, decision making, and filteri… more »