Steve,
I would like to add an interesting observation regarding adding rich text
editing to WE. I have no idea why, but my students and I are finding it more
engaging to add codes than to have them already there such as we had on
Wikispaces or Moodle last year. For some reason, having full control
Hi Randy,
Yes I am interested. This is a novel initiative and I think would work well.
Undurthy
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Randy Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I've just had an experience that is leading me to believe that WE can reach
out to educators previously not on
Hi Nellie,
Yes, that is intriguing - do you think there is any correlation here between
age and demographics. I gather high school students are generally younger
than you and I. Also, what is the demographic composition of your students ~
I recall in Israel there was lots of in-migration from
Hi Steve,
I hear you -
The approach that I'm working on, is somewhat independent of technology -
and focuses more on addressing, or bypassing the deep seated fear that
educators (or people have) - when they perceive they should know how to
use the computer; they should know how to collaborate -
Randy,
Although technology is supposed to facilitate the learning process and
everything else in our lives, most of us are limited by our comfort zones. I
think our sense of safety or lack of it pretty much dictates the flow of
learning.
Warm wishes,
Nellie Deutsch
Doctoral Student
Educational
Hi Nellie
Using a WYSIWYG editor was distracting and confusing for my students
as well. Just working with text and the easy visible linking was very
successful. Any problems encountered were easily resolved. The final
product is consistent and attractive, and looked like the work done by
Hi everyone,
In a socially connected world it is more beneficial to have the right
questions than the right answers to the wrong questions.
I've been working on a WikiEducator 3.0 draft node. Please read through
the summary provided on this page to familiarise yourself with our
current context:
