Personal Learning Networks
Thursday June 17th 2010, 11:25 am
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I had to write a brief post on this because it so crystallizes what is happening in my brain at the moment.  By participating in this course many of the strands of learning that I have been adopting / following are being woven together – into my Personal Learning Network.  I followed the link under [...]



The Scribe Post
Wednesday June 09th 2010, 2:56 pm
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Just had to highlight this blog as it is such a good idea.  The Scribe Post. Each day a different student is assigned the job of taking notes on the lesson.  The student then types up these notes on the class blog for all students to see.  Here is an example of one student’s class [...]



Thing 4: Blogging is about reading
Wednesday June 09th 2010, 2:52 pm
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One of the first things that smacked me in the face is that blogging is not primarily about writing – blogging is about reading.  The SSR 2.0 was particularly eyeopening.  If we are now reading newspapers online, looking up information on online encyclopedias, reading novels on Kindle, reading articles and blogs online, then what should [...]