Comments on: Pageflakes Pagecasts http://techticker.net/2008/07/29/pageflakes-pagecasts/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/07/29/pageflakes-pagecasts/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Mike Bogle Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:22:39 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=281#comment-581 Hi Illya, I know what you mean regarding choice of tools. With each tool offering it's own strengths and weaknesses, not to mention appealing to different preferences and I would imagine learning styles as well - it's quite a challenge to pick just one. In some ways deferring to the student to decide is an empowering decision, but it also seems to fly in the face of what is expected of "traditional" education, where there is uniformity and fairly regimented curriculum. Opening up the learning possibilities and framework to the student is a brave new world and I think it takes a great deal of getting used to. I think much of what we're seeing in new media - and especially educational use of it - represents a new paradigm in which, to a degree, a new perspective on pedagogy is warranted. There are more questions than answers here it would seem, but I hope that many of them will be addressed during the course of this course :) Cheers, Mike Hi Illya,

I know what you mean regarding choice of tools. With each tool offering it’s own strengths and weaknesses, not to mention appealing to different preferences and I would imagine learning styles as well – it’s quite a challenge to pick just one.

In some ways deferring to the student to decide is an empowering decision, but it also seems to fly in the face of what is expected of “traditional” education, where there is uniformity and fairly regimented curriculum. Opening up the learning possibilities and framework to the student is a brave new world and I think it takes a great deal of getting used to.

I think much of what we’re seeing in new media – and especially educational use of it – represents a new paradigm in which, to a degree, a new perspective on pedagogy is warranted. There are more questions than answers here it would seem, but I hope that many of them will be addressed during the course of this course :)

Cheers,

Mike

]]> By: illya arnet-clark http://techticker.net/2008/07/29/pageflakes-pagecasts/comment-page-1/#comment-580 illya arnet-clark Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:07:08 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=281#comment-580 Hi Mike Thanks for your comment on my blog. I decided to answer here on your blog. I too am really enjoying the course, especially now that conversation has started up. There is so much to learn, and it seems that many are eager to share! I'm really glad you set pageflakes up and am now motivated to finally do more than gaze at the ones other people open. In fact, it was what inspired me to open up a diigo FOC group. Funny how you sometimes circle around certain tools before actually applying them. This should be a lesson :-) Hi Mike
Thanks for your comment on my blog. I decided to answer here on your blog. I too am really enjoying the course, especially now that conversation has started up. There is so much to learn, and it seems that many are eager to share!

I’m really glad you set pageflakes up and am now motivated to finally do more than gaze at the ones other people open. In fact, it was what inspired me to open up a diigo FOC group.

Funny how you sometimes circle around certain tools before actually applying them. This should be a lesson :-)

]]> By: Mike Bogle http://techticker.net/2008/07/29/pageflakes-pagecasts/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Mike Bogle Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:12:37 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=281#comment-572 I don't use it nearly as much as I probably should. Though realistically I haven't been involved in a group blogging exercise up until now. It does seem like it could be a potentially valuable tool, but ultimately I'll defer to the group consensus on that. Definitely something to put in the mental file cabinet for future reference though I think. Cheers, Mike I don’t use it nearly as much as I probably should. Though realistically I haven’t been involved in a group blogging exercise up until now. It does seem like it could be a potentially valuable tool, but ultimately I’ll defer to the group consensus on that. Definitely something to put in the mental file cabinet for future reference though I think.

Cheers,

Mike

]]> By: unique_stephen http://techticker.net/2008/07/29/pageflakes-pagecasts/comment-page-1/#comment-564 unique_stephen Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:24:13 +0000 http://techticker.net/?p=281#comment-564 Thanks Mike. I had no idea this existed. Thanks Mike. I had no idea this existed.

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