Classroom 2.0 “Putting the Pedagogy into the Tools”, with Anne Davis
Actually this session really surprised me – I was drawn to the title; hoping / expecting to learn what she had to say about the “pedagogy” of the web 2.0 tools – How to use these tools to facilitate learning. The session began with a brief video presentation (which I am glad was short); it was too contrived – using all of the correct buzz words with nothing behind them. So I reluctantly moved on to the link for the rest of her session and I’m glad I did:)
From there you went to Ann’s Wiki page, where she provided good basic information on over a dozen of the more popular/known web 2.0 tools. Each wiki entry included the software tool being evaluated; a link to the software site; the objective as to how the tool could be used to support education; a brief description of the tool; examples and links to related blogs entries; additional strategies and resources; and how to’s – really a lot of good, well organized and easily accessible information.
Anyway her wiki appears to be a really good resource for selecting and implementing some of the web 2.0 tools. As a result I have bookmarked her site, http://pedagogytools.pbwiki.com/, (I know I should have a delicious account) for future reference.
on October 30th, 2007 at 6:18 am
You noticed that Anne is a better writer than she is a presenter. She is, however, a very interesting person to talk to. She has been doing some great work with blogging in the elementary schools in the Atlanta area (Anne is a professor at Georgia State University) and is supposed to have a book coming out soon about blogging and writing in the elementary grades.
on November 4th, 2007 at 6:37 am
Good thing you fought through the original presentation and got to the meat. I believe the reason teachers do not pursue technology options is because they get bogged down in the details and never experience the hands on piece, that can be so rewarding.
Terry