Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Live-blogging PAETC
Morning sessions have ended. We're into the second half of the sessions. Bobbe Allen is discussing podcasting a conference. We're attempting to podcast this conference, though I understand we've lost the sound files for the first sessions. :(
The first sessions covered gaming, specifically an interactive fiction game (text-based) in a 9th grade English class. They're getting ready to put this to use this semester and evaluate its effectiveness.
Janet Scannell spoke about issues surrounding support. She used Maslow's pyramid of needs to map computing needs. There was lots of discussion about how we deal with users and meeting our own needs at the same time as we're meeting the users.
I'll update as the day goes on.
Laura Guertin from Penn State Delaware County just finished speaking about her experience podcasting her earth science class. She's shown that a great number of students access her podcasts and even more like having them available even if they don't always access them.
Now we're listening to Erik Poole and Matt McKeon from Drexel discussing their online MBA program. They're showing ways that they are creating community for cohort groups and created podcasts for some basic information.
Jingles in podcasts are big!!
John Dehlin discussed the Open Courseware movement, what it is and what it means for education. There was an interesting discussion about the difference between course materials and teaching. There is, we all agreed, a huge value to face-to-face teaching. John reiterated that the goals of Open Courseware are 1) to provide teacher with resources to help them improve their teaching and 2) to provide learning resources to people who may not have access to education.
Dan Karleen presented ways to optimize a blog for search. His presentation is, of course, in a blog, here. He offered some very simple ways to make sure your blog is being picked up by search engines. As someone who believes that drawing an audience is important, I found his tips very helpful. I think more and more as coursework goes online and faculty and students want their work to be found, they're going to need to use these methods.
Finally, Bobbe Allen wrapped up the day with a discussion of some lessons learned from creating a proposal for the Dominican Republic for creating and educational technology infrastructure. She's learned as much about her own institution and the U.S. educational system as she has about the Dominican Republic. She recognizes that while there are low-cost alternatives to delivering content online (wikis, blogs, etc.), many educators are still reluctant to embrace them, even in the face of obvious reasons for doing so.
Links to podcasts and and PowerPoints coming soon!
The first sessions covered gaming, specifically an interactive fiction game (text-based) in a 9th grade English class. They're getting ready to put this to use this semester and evaluate its effectiveness.
Janet Scannell spoke about issues surrounding support. She used Maslow's pyramid of needs to map computing needs. There was lots of discussion about how we deal with users and meeting our own needs at the same time as we're meeting the users.
I'll update as the day goes on.
Laura Guertin from Penn State Delaware County just finished speaking about her experience podcasting her earth science class. She's shown that a great number of students access her podcasts and even more like having them available even if they don't always access them.
Now we're listening to Erik Poole and Matt McKeon from Drexel discussing their online MBA program. They're showing ways that they are creating community for cohort groups and created podcasts for some basic information.
Jingles in podcasts are big!!
John Dehlin discussed the Open Courseware movement, what it is and what it means for education. There was an interesting discussion about the difference between course materials and teaching. There is, we all agreed, a huge value to face-to-face teaching. John reiterated that the goals of Open Courseware are 1) to provide teacher with resources to help them improve their teaching and 2) to provide learning resources to people who may not have access to education.
Dan Karleen presented ways to optimize a blog for search. His presentation is, of course, in a blog, here. He offered some very simple ways to make sure your blog is being picked up by search engines. As someone who believes that drawing an audience is important, I found his tips very helpful. I think more and more as coursework goes online and faculty and students want their work to be found, they're going to need to use these methods.
Finally, Bobbe Allen wrapped up the day with a discussion of some lessons learned from creating a proposal for the Dominican Republic for creating and educational technology infrastructure. She's learned as much about her own institution and the U.S. educational system as she has about the Dominican Republic. She recognizes that while there are low-cost alternatives to delivering content online (wikis, blogs, etc.), many educators are still reluctant to embrace them, even in the face of obvious reasons for doing so.
Links to podcasts and and PowerPoints coming soon!
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That's too bad about the sound files. After hearing the first session this morning, I'm all ready for gaming!
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