As I said in my initial refelction I intend to publish the 'exercises' from the hands-on training book. This is my week 3 work essentially chapters 6 and 7 in the book:
Week 3: Flash examples - Symbols and Tweening
I made some alterations as I was doing them, any differences you spot will not get a prize though.
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Sunday, October 31, 2004
3.01 Blogging & Wikis - Summary
I decided to summarise the articles into this post and copy the urls as an aid to future work. I think the examples given in the reading materials are quite exciting and show to what levels the use of blogs as aid to learning and community building can develop.
It is interesting to note the existence of sites such as using weblogs in education. However most of the examples seem to be american leaving me to wonder what is curently happening in this country.
A. Blogging and RSS.
1. News and events as exampled by Lewis Elementary School. This site shows how complex a blog based site can become. It was developed using movable type which might be something we could look at.
2. Archiving and publishing of material.
3. Collaborative ventures as evidenced by The secret life of Bees . This also shows how a blog can be used to communicated with the parents. The site ...book club shows possible a way of communicating that removes the need for email. This may have major benefits for univeristies with a high number of international students.
4. Knowledge management in the form of reflective journals as in the Pam pritchard example. I like the idea of digital portfolios or just digital filing cabinets and wonder whether there are big gains to be made here for providing such tools to all students. The use of a blog as a repository of resources when undertaking an essay seems extremely valid.
The possibilities for collaboration seem endless although I think care must be taken not to endanger the issues of accesibility, privacy and security.
B. Emerging Technologies
The second article is interesting in that it talks about the difference between first-generation tools e.g. WebCT, etc. and second-generation tools into which it places blogs and wikis. It has links to some interesting sites which tend to re-iterate the ways in which Blogs can be used e.g.Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes which differentiates the uses for Tutor, learner and class.
I think some of the examples here show how blogs can become generic and how they can lose focus for all but the interested, a factor that must be remembered when using them to drive community based ideas. So for example the site Journalism 1 at HCRHS was engaging the sites jim burber on Call and instapundit had interesting layouts but content wise did not hold my attention.
There sems to be quite a lot of material on RSS but while I understand the idea as an agregator I have yet to see how it fits in with the total concept.
Software
Blog software seems to be quite numerous. Other than blogger.com there is also Movabletype
It is interesting to note the existence of sites such as using weblogs in education. However most of the examples seem to be american leaving me to wonder what is curently happening in this country.
A. Blogging and RSS.
1. News and events as exampled by Lewis Elementary School. This site shows how complex a blog based site can become. It was developed using movable type which might be something we could look at.
2. Archiving and publishing of material.
3. Collaborative ventures as evidenced by The secret life of Bees . This also shows how a blog can be used to communicated with the parents. The site ...book club shows possible a way of communicating that removes the need for email. This may have major benefits for univeristies with a high number of international students.
4. Knowledge management in the form of reflective journals as in the Pam pritchard example. I like the idea of digital portfolios or just digital filing cabinets and wonder whether there are big gains to be made here for providing such tools to all students. The use of a blog as a repository of resources when undertaking an essay seems extremely valid.
The possibilities for collaboration seem endless although I think care must be taken not to endanger the issues of accesibility, privacy and security.
B. Emerging Technologies
The second article is interesting in that it talks about the difference between first-generation tools e.g. WebCT, etc. and second-generation tools into which it places blogs and wikis. It has links to some interesting sites which tend to re-iterate the ways in which Blogs can be used e.g.Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes which differentiates the uses for Tutor, learner and class.
I think some of the examples here show how blogs can become generic and how they can lose focus for all but the interested, a factor that must be remembered when using them to drive community based ideas. So for example the site Journalism 1 at HCRHS was engaging the sites jim burber on Call and instapundit had interesting layouts but content wise did not hold my attention.
There sems to be quite a lot of material on RSS but while I understand the idea as an agregator I have yet to see how it fits in with the total concept.
Software
Blog software seems to be quite numerous. Other than blogger.com there is also Movabletype
All About RSS
In researching the numerous articles and webpages on Blogs etc. I found this reference on RSS quite useful :All About RSS || Fagan Finder
I'd be interested to find whether we could create and RSS education feed for the University of Portsmouth and use it as a method for keeping users informed about the conference.
It might make a nice alternative to all-staff emails, broadcast messages, and news and events. If someone could advise I could explore whether we could slot it onto the staff portal.
I'd be interested to find whether we could create and RSS education feed for the University of Portsmouth and use it as a method for keeping users informed about the conference.
It might make a nice alternative to all-staff emails, broadcast messages, and news and events. If someone could advise I could explore whether we could slot it onto the staff portal.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
2.02 Reflection on Week 2
I've inserted my reflections on week 2 in my reflections page. There seems to be a missed week in the activities as it states in week 2 'reflect on week 1' then in week 3 'reflect on this week'.
Finding it quite difficult to write up th eweek activities despite keeping notes.
Finding it quite difficult to write up th eweek activities despite keeping notes.
Monday, October 25, 2004
2.02 - Reflection on week 1
On reflection I have decided to set up a second BLOG page to be used prely for my weekly reflective journal. The location of this is at:
KMETP Reflections
This will allow me to keep this blogger for more general material associated with the course and my work. I will post an entry here each week to state that the weekly reflection has been made.
KMETP Reflections
This will allow me to keep this blogger for more general material associated with the course and my work. I will post an entry here each week to state that the weekly reflection has been made.
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Week 1 - Using a Blog
Within the WebCT discussion thread I asked the question on how we might use the blog as a reflective journal. I saw two possibilities:
- A single post with comments added each week (I know see this as unmanageable).
- A post for each week's reflection archiving on a regular basis.
I'd welcome other participant's comments on how they intend to use the Blog.
- A single post with comments added each week (I know see this as unmanageable).
- A post for each week's reflection archiving on a regular basis.
I'd welcome other participant's comments on how they intend to use the Blog.
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