I changed my blog title as I realized that I want my blog to reflect more than just my work related interests, so I am developing two categories: musings and music!! This entry is mostly about theory–I am trying to…
Month: November 2005
the educational possibilities of Podcasts
Just when you think there cannot be another educational technology to think about there is–Podcasting isn’t that recent but is growing in popularity. As essentially a broadcast technology I initially was less enthused about it (I mean I love my…
moving towards a prototype for GRAIL
Had an interesting meeting today with the ACG group in Education Commons about possible engines for GRAIL to provide the central frame for the environment that the various elements would link to. Mark Hume, formerly at UTSC, developed a really…
Visual representations of theory
One of my MEd students, Celynn Klemenchuk–whom many of you know, has a real knack for creating visual maps of complex ideas. She has a whole set of really great concept maps for different theories and theoretical perspectives and you…
Setting up Del.ic.ious and Bloglines
Well that was a lot easier in the end! I have managed to get accounts in both, post to both and have set up links in my task bar which lets me add links directly without opening those pages first.…
The dissertation dive
I have been thinking a lot about how many of the most important elements of graduate education are quite implicit. One of these elements is the psychological aspect of the thesis process. People often start out seeing it as a…
Why reading matters even more in the digital age
I was planning what to talk about for an invited ECOO presentation next year and was thinking about the issue of technology in preservice education, particularly what are the most useful kinds of technology related knowledge and experiences could we…
the Practice of Grounded Design
I was thinking about the implications of using a grounded design approach to development and what it actually implies for collecting data and cycles of development. I found some links to papers in related but not identical context which provide…