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Invitation Please feel free to edit the conversation with answers and solutions. Simply click Edit at the top right of the page and enter teacher as the password. You can insert text, in much the same way that you would with a word processor. However it is a very primitive word processor. You will see, at the bottom of the page, techniques for formatting your messages. |
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Here is the transcript of your backchannel conversation for . This is a wiki page. As such, you can edit this page and insert text into the transcript, contining the conversation, as I have done. To edit, click the EDIT link at the top of the page. The password is teacher. You can indent your comments by inserting --> at the beginning text. Many HTML codes can also be inserted. Other formatting features can also be found at the bottom of the edit page.
Hmmm, it looks like Howard Rheingold infected our backchannel with his use of the term "colearners." Guess I should be honored. He is a famous technologist and writer -- and only a little strange (unless you remember the '60s) ;-) <br><br>I forgot to mention that Knitterchat captures tweets that include "colearners." - dfw 
18 Apr 2012 - 15:57:12
You know, I don't think that I have ever used this during a presentation that I didn't learn something from the backchannel. - dfw
As I said during the presentation, KnitterChat is a personal experiment and I am constantly hacking it, trying new features. I recommend the following free tools for your consideration:
- dfw
I am not sure that I agree. As I said in the keynote, we don't need to find ways to integrate technology. What classrooms need is the effective integration of networked, digital and abundant information. It seems that with cell phones, we are trying to find ways to make due with them. If a cell phone screen was the ideal size for instructional delivery, then our textbooks would have been that small all along. We need to find the ideal tool for your students, not make due with what they have. - dfw
18 Apr 2012 - 15:56:54 I am currently converting my latest book to digital with iBook Author, and the more I use it, this more impressed that I am. But we need to get past instructional delivery, and find ways for students to be more actively involved in their own learning. We need to stop teaching children how to be taught. - dfw
There has been a lot of research, especially with regards to reading in hypertext environments. But I suspect that much of the issue is generational. - dfw
And the industry has only been around since 2007. Where did those people learn those skills. Not in high school. They were people who life school with a passion for learning. Are all of our children graduating with that passion. - dfw
Yes! But I would suggest that your students become part of that formula. You need to invite some students to be part of your committees, and not the "A" students. Pick kids who are obviously bright, but not good students. We need to reach those kids. - dfw
He's not really caught on in the education community. But he continues to be a great contributor to the conversation. He has a blog at http://goo.gl/HU1Hb and he's a great follow on Twitter http://goo.gl/UTmdU - dfw
Actually, I think there is. With my children, they much preferred to be out with their friends. What happened was that when they came home, they didn't have to leave their friends behind. They friends were almost like roommates.<br><br>
Great conversation. Thanks! - dfw |
Ann
Great to introduce new ways to use technology
22 Apr 2012 - 12:02:13
Mary Ann
Nice tool for collab during presentation
22 Apr 2012 - 12:03:16
Laura Rich
Where can we learn library conference tools.?
22 Apr 2012 - 12:18:33