For some of my classes I’ve been using a mix of Google Sites or Wikispaces and Google+ Communities. I discussed the use of Wikispaces earlier and decisions that I make in terms of keeping them public or private for courses. As I stated in earlier posts here, I do not use Blackboard for my learning…
This past week I had the opportunity to sit in on a guest panel for the talk by Chris Lehman on the role of inquiry and technology in teaching and learning. Chris Lehman is the founding Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA. The talk started with Chris sharing many of the ideas…
This past week I attended an “active shooter training” entitled “Surviving a Campus Shooter” presented by the UNH Campus Police. There were (I believe) three meetings of this presentation. I was pleased to see the presentation was packed by faculty and staff from all over the UNH family. I chose to attend this presentation because…
This past trimester I continued to use Wikispaces and Google Sites as the primary online classroom learning space for my classes here in the Education Department. I wanted to take a second to explain how I’ve set up the two, and the rationale for each decision. This thought process is important as we ask educators…
Here with the New Literacies Collaborative, we frequently use the term new literacies and at many talks, presentations and conferences new literacies is added into a title or abstract…but what does New Literacies actually mean? For a class on new literacies that I teach here at the University of Connecticut I start the course by…