April 29, 2009
All this talk about technology in the classroom means nothing if the tools aren’t actually being used, and in a way that really supports the teaching and learning process. I conducted a quick search for comments about uses of collaboration tools in the classroom this morning in the forums on Classroom 2.0 (an excellent social network focused on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom – I highly recommend it – click here to learn more). Here are a couple (abbreviated) comments I came across:
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April 26, 2009
In a recent survey of faculty at my institution, this was one of the most frequently cited topics to learn more about, so I am taking a cue from this and will spend a few weekends briefly researching some of the tools available on the internet for collaboration and brainstorming. On reflection, I may have erred somewhat by lumping ‘collaboration’ and ‘brainstorming’ together, since the former includes an expansive array of tools and ideas, whereas the latter could be considered just one, specific collaborative concept. Nevertheless, let’s dive in and start exploring!
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