EduTechnorama

Most of my posts on this site have been journalistic in nature, and that’s the intent during this time in my education and work. However I do want to explore the new and exciting technologies that educational software development has to offer. That’s why I’m posting as part of the contribution to the Flex community.

I’m also about to finish up my final paper for my EDT591 class, and I need some typing to get in the writer’s mood.

As part of my experience being away from MCC for the semester, I was somewhat worried that I would have too much time on my hands. Quite the contrary; it has been just the right amount of time and every day there was something new to learn. (more…)

Okay, thanks to his blog post, a classmate got me interested in TeacherTube. I found a video that covers topics for EDT 591 from this past week (virtual worlds), and Smartboards for K-12 (two weeks ago):

My initial reactions: it is mostly an advertisement for the product in use. With that in mind, let’s just say that it is worth the investment for the sake of investigation. To me it appears that this activity is innovative and a good use of the technology. It seems ahead of its time before anyone has done a formal study on it.What could be done with this in order to prove its effectiveness in learning material other than learning to use the tool itself?