Tag Archives: education

Twiddla and Web meetings (or classes)

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Organize a meeting and share thoughts on a specific Web page in minutes with Twiddla! Take a whiteboard, add a Web page, invite people, begin to draw, annotate, add maths, whatever. Don’t even need to register! Use widgets, audio, media.

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Twitter as Courseware

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Unit Structures – Twitter as Courseware Fred Stutzman posted a good thought on the effect Twitter is having on courseware. He considers that Twitter has replaced the traditional listserv or mailing list, and the classic email announcement: when he wants … Continue reading →

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Darwin and the evolution of the British

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

A few days from today will be Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday (12th of February). I guess he’d feel not easy at all, for two reasons: According to a very recent poll in the UK (the UK!!), 51% of Brits does … Continue reading →

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Students reading?

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Creativity coupled with Web 2.0 tech is finding a way into our classwork, and changing it. In one of his latest posts (How to get students to find and read 94 articles before the next class) Mike Wesch (Digital Ethnography) … Continue reading →

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Mike Wesch: From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Mike Wesch gave a nice talk yesterday, at Educause’s ELI 09 meeting, titled “From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able: Experiments in New Media Literacy“, a conference on the state of education and the Web 2.0 revolution, which compels some serious questions on … Continue reading →

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