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I thought this was a fitting way to end since it is an example of constructionism as well as being a project I have had to do for one of my subjects. This article is quite a sweet story of how a classroom teacher used imovie to make his [...]

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Cyberbullying is something that has concerned me from the beginning with this subject and so I thought it was about time I actually read up on it. I knew from talking to other teachers that it is a very real and damaging problem. This article reinforced my concern but also gave me hope [...]

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I came across this article in my cyber travels and couldn’t quite move past it because it was so relevant to me. Reid Goldsborough who wrote this article points out the perils of having a personal computer. Although this article isn’t talking about education I still think it’s useful and worth considering. Goldsborough [...]

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I know practically nothing about gaming-educational or otherwise so Sunny’s post really intrigued me. I thought this is one of my last chances to find out so I decided I would also read Meris Stanbury’s article on educational gaming. Before I comment on the article though I did have a thought for the dilemma Sunny [...]

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At first when I looked at this article after reading Mel’s Blog I was disappointed. I had been expecting lots of innovative ideas for the use of mind maps. I love using mind maps so this was an exciting prospect for me. I opened the article and started reading. It wasn’t a bad [...]

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I rather enjoyed reading this article from McVee (Et al., 2008) not just because it was full of handy hints and encouraging stories but also because of how it was written. You could tell that it wasn’t written by a “computer geek” but that it was actually written by people who understand the pain and [...]

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I had a pretty interesting reaction to watching this video. It was sort of mix of conviction and annoyance. I viewed this on Una’s Blog and although I agree with her that it is our challenge and our job to develop with the technology, I felt offended by message it sent about other things that [...]

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I’m not sure if it’s some sort of penance for the difficulties I’ve found blogging but I keep seem to run into articles on the subject and they all tell me the same thing-blogging’s great!
This particular article Collaborative Literacy: Blogs and Internet Projects (Boling, et al., 2008) gives two examples of collaborative learning [...]

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This interesting look at what is required of students today in terms of literacy was interesting for me. After reading Claire’s post on this article I was sure that I would feel the same way she did- that digital learning is being promoted over and replacing traditional learning ( the three “R’s”) but to my [...]

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That was my reaction when I first came across this article entitled Radical Change and wikis: Teaching new literacies. So that you don’t have the same problem I thought I’d explain radical change in very basic terms right off. Radical Change is taking traditional text forms or subjects and you change the format, [...]

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