Monday, June 1, 2009
First Blog
Those of you who have had me as a professor in the past know that I am interested in exploring how Web 2.0 applications can enhance the classroom learning experience.
This summer I have been looking at using Twitter in the classroom, and I have already used wikis and blogs. As of today, June 1, I am up in the air about which way to go. Twitter seems so limiting (140 characters...!), but it also seems to have the easiest access on the fly and in the classroom (from your mobile device or laptop). Blogs allow for more room to write, but the big blank space seems to provoke writer's block for many students. Also, the way I've set them up in the past results in a series of unrelated and disconnected posts.
So I'm thinking of setting up a group blog, much like Savage Minds, an anthropology group blog that I like to read. Let's see what happens....
This summer I have been looking at using Twitter in the classroom, and I have already used wikis and blogs. As of today, June 1, I am up in the air about which way to go. Twitter seems so limiting (140 characters...!), but it also seems to have the easiest access on the fly and in the classroom (from your mobile device or laptop). Blogs allow for more room to write, but the big blank space seems to provoke writer's block for many students. Also, the way I've set them up in the past results in a series of unrelated and disconnected posts.
So I'm thinking of setting up a group blog, much like Savage Minds, an anthropology group blog that I like to read. Let's see what happens....
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