I will no doubt come back to this theme again, but I see connections between that which we are reading in Web II and what we are reading in Pedagogy II. Basically, learning the need things you can do with wikis and blogs and skype and delicious, etc. is a lot of fun and interesting, but only useful to me if I can see their application to my work as a teacher and administrator.
Well, I think I've begun to see the connection. In my classes, I require student to take what I call "double sided" notes on their reading. The left hand side of the page is for actual reading notes, the right hand side is for students to write questions, make comments, draw connections and analyze the material. Another way that they might do this is with a blog. The pedagogical concept here is to have students do something with the material that they are reading. It is clear from recent brain research that we all learn better if we do more than just read about something. Blogs and wikis would be a way to make this happen. I'm not yet sure how to make this work with the process of taking reading notes, but I'll continue to consider the options.
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The left hand side of the page is for actual reading notes, the right hand side is for students to write questions, make comments, draw connections and analyze the material. Another way that they might do this is with a blog. The pedagogical concept here is to have students do something with the material that they are reading.
What about giving students the option to keep notes in a graphic organizer like Inspiration (which would also help them organize and categorize the material. And directly from within the graphic organizer proram, they can add a link to any web site. So in this way they could add access to a blog directly from the notetaking.
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