Some of us who spend more time concentrating on ed-tech literature than I probably already know about this, but I was just knocked out by accidentally discovering Xplana.com, an online resource “exploring how we can learn and teach with technology.” Now, I’ll admit that what attracted my attention was some vigorous denunciation of BlackBoard, but Xplana.com held my attention by backing up its criticism with strong arguments.
Moreover, when I finished chortling with sympathy, I found an array of very helpful articles on topics pertinent to me as a teacher at Seabury and as a home educator. It’s compendious and rich, and I recommend it highly.
Just trying this thing out. Above is the link on one Scripturalist's digital journey from print to cyberspace that I just emailed to everyone. George Kalantzis's email was returned to me as undeliverable. Anyone else having a problem with it? I think George just realized how inundated he would be in requests for information concerning the April conference and exited stage (w)ri(gh)t(e)!
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I’ve entered links to last year’s assigned and recommended reading, and herewith am linking to the page that our gathering generated last year. (Remember that, since it’s a blog, the posts appear chronologically from the bottom upward).
By way of summary, here are the goals we reached as the outcome of last year’s conference:
Welcome, all, to the weblog that can perpetuate some of our conversations from this year’s Teaching and Technology Conference. I’m gradually adding everyone as an author, so that you can add you own entries to this log. I’ll email everyone with details. In the meantime, we’ll dress up the site a little and add some of the materials that our groups generated during the conference.