light in the shadows

We have made it to Kunming.
Travelogue of the trip is here http://in.lits.gen.nz
Click on China Blog.

Posted on December 21st, 2007 under Events 07. Comments: None

GE331 at Otago University runs a really cool class activity.

Write collaboratively in a wiki.  (In this case a script for a soap opera)
Blog (in character, in german) for a month.  [This is an interesting genre]
 Shoot the video and put it on YouTube.  (Complete with Bloopers)

See it here: http://seifenoper.wikispaces.com/  
Fictional Blogging.  An interesting use of blogs, [...]

Posted on December 11th, 2007 under Blogging, Web 2.0. Tags: Blogging, cool teaching strategies, Web 2.0. Comments: None

Wiki details: http://akowiki.canterbury.ac.nz/index.php/Chuxiong_Visit
And my own emergent summary: http://akowiki.canterbury.ac.nz/index.php/Physics_Education_research
Still deciding where to exist online. Probably eventually Wikieducator.com
Reflections on the last 20 years in Physics Education
There have been some quite remarkable educational discoveries (if that is the right way to phrase it) in Physics Education. The ‘Golden Age” was the 1990’s. Now (in my [...]

Posted on December 11th, 2007 under Physics Education Research (PER). Comments: None

Just had an e-mail from some of my buddies at cpsquare announcing a January workshop on Community Platforms.  Great Idea.  I’ve been mulling around possible futures for Interact – maybe spin it off as a slightly narrowed aim (not have to worry about all the quiz, gradebook stuff, and concentrate on core business: learning community [...]

Posted on December 11th, 2007 under Blogging, Communities, Events 08. Comments: None

I met David in March, and now he is helping with translation for my workshop.  He has compiled quite a neat course: “Learning to Learn”.  The message for students is “Take control of your learning”.  The message for teachers is “Let go”.  I was really impressed actually.  He uses a learning style analysis – VAK.  [...]

Posted on December 5th, 2007 under Friends, Learning. Comments: None

There is still a lot of interest in wikis around here. Ran a short presentation last month, “Now you’ve got your wiki, what now?” looking at ways to introduce their use to a group.
Odd how little connections can somehow open whole new doors.  John Fountain’s sister Renee spoke recently at a wiki conference in [...]

Posted on December 5th, 2007 under Events 07, Web 2.0. Tags: Conferences, Wikis. Comments: None