http://elgg.educationbridges.net/paulallison/weblog/509.html
http://paulrallison.livejournal.com/1829.html
I asked students to make two lists, one a list of questions about "self," the other a list of questions about the "world." Then they were to come up with a tag or keyword for each of these 20 questions. These keywords were then spell-checked before they were added to each of the student's profiles in an elgg. They were to put their keywords in the "Interests" box. If anybody matches their interests, this causes that word to become hyperlinked to that other user. Finally students started to write a post answering one of their questions.
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I was fascinated by the students' willingness to be videotapped, although not all were. I'm wondering what preparation students received before entering the computer lab. Was there a discussion about self and world questions before hand?
It looks as if everyone is engaged. Some students have more questions but that would be the same even if this were a paper and pencil exercise which it is. I'm curious about the tagging aspect of this activity and how students came up with their tags. This to me is more directly connected to the technology although you can do, with greater difficulty, a similar categorization without the computer.
This is an interesting documentation of a particular type of writing with technology. I'm anxious to see where it leads.
Hi Paul
Thanks for the glimpse inside your classroom. The use of video offers up different possibilities, that's for sure.
Can I ask, how are you embeddeding the video? I don't see the icon for it here but I may be missing something.
Thanks (for all the help you toss my way)
Kevin Hodgson