CyberCamp 08

Another good day at CyberCamp.  This was a valuable day in that we discussed the first three chapters of the Boss & Krauss book, Reinventing Project-Based Learning.  A few things come to mind: that there is a lot of learning going on at CyberCamp, there is a lot of learning to do, and maybe even more [...]

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For me, the best part of the day was the collaboration piece.  Many people have commented about their excitement to work with and share ideas with the CyberCampers.  We are also receiving helpful comments from people watching our progress.
 
One thing I’m looking for is a way to easily produce mathematical notation in a blog post [...]

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 From the NYTimes.com
Are Blogs Bad for Us?
Blogging heads on connective writing, the dangers and prevelance of information cocooning and blogs v. newspapers.
These guys must have been in the advanced version of cybercamp.   But it makes me rethink what I want to accomplish this week.   An online media literacy unit for students now seems appropriate.  [...]

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On my way out of the building today at lunch, I stopped by the DMS (web access on the intranet) to pick up a book for Visual Quickstart Guide: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, by Tom Negrino and Dori Smith. It’s nice to remember that we have this resource (DMS) close at hand, and they have [...]

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WOW!  I have a lot of work to do.  Kent has been a good sounding board for my ideas, and he has given me some good insight.  Curiously it turns out that once again we need to plan with the end in mind.  Of course this is what I do, but it’s been a while [...]

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Day 2 at CyberCamp, I am learning how much I DON’T know!
What I DO know:
Forget what I know
Open up to new types of software that are free!
The book is a great starting place for discussion…
My challenge today (and tonite!) is to “join a well-designed project that is already underway” (p.38)
Have attempted searched for other schools [...]

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Today I most enjoyed our book discussion both within our book groups and with the class as a whole.  I really like the motto of “Teach less, learn more” from the Ministery of Education in Singapore.   I also appreciated the idea of looking after yourself and each other from the disucssion of Professional Learning Communities.
I [...]

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So I did more work today.  I completed two tutorials on my new gadgetry, I transferred files between my citrix environs and my new laptop, and I made a tickertape on my prctice flipchart.  There is still like a million things I still don’t know about in Activstudio.  It makes me coo coo crazy to [...]

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After some reflection, O.K. with some definite help from Bud, I have decided to use the virtual campus for my project-based class called Research and Academic Skills.  At first I thought I’d use a Wiki, and I could have, but the Virtual Campus offers more privacy and since I want students to discuss their writing, [...]

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After day 2 of camp, I am feeling a bit lost in the woods. I have been trying to follow two paths, the morning and the afternoon paths, but instead seem to be running between the two. I know I just need to focus on one path at a time, but find myself getting distracted [...]

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