I did 4 semesters in the school of Education, handed a project and was supervised. I can teach at K12. What I refuse to do is to sit an entrance exam and follow the four years of graduate school (two of which I have already covered and the other two I was exempted from) just to enroll for the Masters or do a PhD. This is what I call bureaucracy and refuse to comply with.
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Dekita Kitchen - Recognition of skills and experience
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: September 30th, 2008, 3:29pm GMT by bdieu
Dekita Kitchen - How will you engage in the course?
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How will you engage in the course?
Posted: September 30th, 2008, 3:11pm GMT by bdieu
Hi Elizabeth,
I have not opened a specific blog either - just post it to Beespace with a CCK08 tag (oops...forgot the cck08_elt so it can be harvested here in the Orchard) and following some of the discussions in the forum when I have time. I thought the kitchen could be an informal discussion place as well - but more focused on language learning, what it takes and whether all these theories apply and how.
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How will you engage in the course?
Posted: September 28th, 2008, 10:51pm GMT by Elizabeth H-S
Bee--
I decided I didn't want to open a new blog specifically for the CCK08--I've got too many blogs, et al. floating abou already. I have been trying to read all the forum posts, but am feeling like it is just too much--too little content--so am following just a few. I hope here we can actually converse about what connectivism is and if it is a genuine theory of education. Or maybe that isn't the purpose of the kitchen?
--Elizabeth
Dekita Kitchen - Recognition of skills and experience
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: September 28th, 2008, 10:45pm GMT by Elizabeth H-S
Violeta and Bee--
This seems to be a very tough kind of problem. In California, I would not be allowed to teach in K-12, although I taught the teacher training courses in university because I do not have a teaching credential. The Schools of Education have spent years making sure only they have control of who teaches. As a result, it takes 3 semesters beyond the Bachelor's degree (4 years of college) to obtain a Credential. Thus, many potentially good teachers don't want to jump through the hoops, and they go into other fields of work instead.
I could submit a petition to the Dept of Education, with accompanying documentation, and (after paying a fee, of course) hope that it would be accepted, but I would still probably be required to submit to several courses of supervised teaching. Funny, isn't it!
Somewhere there must be a serious politician who would undertake to pass legislation to change these situations, but let's face it, there isn't enough "pork" in the barrel to make education a worthwhile enterprise for most. And the teachers unions are really against any changes that would make their Credential less valuable.
The only quick solution I can see is online education. There are a number of accredited schools that can accelerate the process--this includes Bachelor's degrees, higher degrees, and even teaching Credentials. Usually, they are quite costly. But if the American economy dissolves (as it looks like right now!), maybe the dollar will have so little value that these online degrees would become cheap for you.
I don't know whether to hope or despair
--Elizabeth
Dekita Kitchen - Getting to know each other
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 28th, 2008, 10:31pm GMT by Elizabeth H-S
Hi everyone--
I am happy to find a somewhat cozier, safer list to contribute to. I have written several books about using technology with students (my homepage) and was expecting to learn more about connectivism, but it is a hard project following the forums at the course Moodle--so many people, so little time, and so much randomness. I look forward to following the threads here.
My collection of resources on using video online: evovideo. Links to recent papers on technology. My blog: Virtual=Real. My email: ehansonsmi @ yahoo.com
Cheers-- Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 24th, 2008, 12:46am GMT by bdieu
Hello Natasa and welcome to our kitchen.Take a seat, a cup of coffee and tell us a little why you love Web 2.0, how it helps you and your students in the English language and what you expect and are getting from the connectivism course :-)
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 11:32pm GMT by lunas994
Hello everyone.
My name is Nataša Boži? Groji? and I come from Belgrade, Serbia. I teach English in a language school. My students are mostly adults. I am relatively new to Web 2.0, but I love it. I blog at [lunas994.blogspot.com] .
Natasa
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 11th, 2008, 12:36pm GMT by bdieu
Hi Vance,
Welcome and hope to read about your impressions on the Connectivism course. Time is definitely an important issue and many people gripe about it. Not surprising - "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils" (Berlioz).
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 9th, 2008, 3:52am GMT by vances
Hi everyone,
It's about time I found my way to the kitchen. It seems we all know each other here already but in case others turn up I'm Vance, a Webhead living in Abu Dhabi. I blog at [adVancEducation.blogspot.com] though I haven't had much time lately. Time is a big problem isn't it. There's so much going on. It will be interesting to see how people deal with the significant demands of the Connectivism course and all the other events taking place. If you have a bit of spare time, drop by [webheads10years.wikispaces.com] and see if you can help us celebrate ten years of time spent interacting, some of us, others less. Others here have another ten years to look forward to. Just putting time in perspective. There's never time to do everything, the important thing is to take the time to do something. ^Vance^
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 8th, 2008, 4:52pm GMT by bdieu
Welcome Maryanne.
Better late than never:-) No stress. This is a place away from the "madding crowd", where we can get together and exchange ideas about what strikes us as important informally or get some help in organizing our readings and tools. It is not meant to subtitute or compete with the main course but open a parallel space to weave in situations and issues from the specific ELT and learning foreign language context.
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 8th, 2008, 1:07am GMT by anciana
Hi everyone,
It looks as if I'm a little late starting. I'll try to catch up. I am a retired teacher of ESL in grades 6-12 in Buffalo, New York. Before I retired I started teaching f2f courses at the State University of New York at Buffalo after receiving my Ph.D in Second Language Education from that institutuion. During that time I also took the courses leading to the TESOL certificate for online teaching and I discovered the webheads. What a sharing group of individuals!
Now I teach online courses about using the Internet for educational purposes from my home in Maryland through the University at Buffalo. One of the mods in the course is about connectivism so I would like to become more familiar myself with all that this concept involves.
Maryanne
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 4:29pm GMT by bdieu
Hey..lovely...I had not been here for some time and it's filling up. So good to see you!
Carla, Randi, Nelba, Hala, Sasa - welcome and take a seat. Share with us how and why you envisage to follow the Connectivism course, which has brought so many people online. Although most of us know each other, when you have a little time fill in your profile for others who don't and feel free to open new topics in the discussions category for issues you would like to tackle.
I know Hala has some :-)
Dekita Kitchen - Recognition of skills and experience
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 3:48pm GMT by bdieu
How are you going about your portfolio, Vio? Have you managed to collect what you needed?
Which brings me to the question. Are any of you here collecting and archiving your artifacts in some sort of professional portfolio? What kind of social/cognitive/professional presence do you have online?
Would your institution accept an online portfolios or professional narrative or are we still in the era of the printed CV and personal reference/indication?
Dekita Kitchen - Getting to know each other
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 5th, 2008, 12:35pm GMT by sasa
Hi, I'm Saša Sirk from Nova Gorica, Slovenia. I have been teaching EFL at a small local college (to 1st year informatics, mechatronics and countryside management students) for about 5 years. I like exploring online possibilities, it helps me be a better teacher and learner. And person. I'm happy to be here with you. Warmly, Saša http://sasasi.wordpress.com/ -
Getting to know each other
Posted: September 4th, 2008, 11:12pm GMT by HalaFawzi
Hello Bee and all,
Thanks Bee for creating this space. I love to see what will come up from the interesting threads and discussions about connectivism in/and ELT.
Here we go again:
My name is Hala Fawzi, an English language teacher at a private university in Khartoum, Sudan, since 1994. I am involved in blended learning, online learning and the use of Web 2.0 tools in teaching, learning and for teacher professional development. I am interested in exploring how can ELT field benefit from the notion of connectivism. Can we say that we have now a C-learning ( connectivism learning), with e-learning, m-learning?
Looking forward to learning from/with you all
Hala [englishonlinects.blogspot.com]
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 2:17am GMT by nelba
Hello everyone,
My name is Nelba Quintana. I am a teacher of English Literature and Language from the National University of La Plata, Argentina.I have always been interested in Computing, and in 2001 I was introduced to Webheads by Dafne Gonzalez.
I moderate an e-group (English Virtual Community), design blogs ([adults5.motime.com] , [jovenes4ma.motime.com]) and develop web content for schools and institutes.
I have worked on Writing Matrix Project with Prof. Vance Stevens, Rita Z, Sasha and Doris Molero.
In August 2008, I attended WorldCALL Congress as one of the 11 awardees.
I'd love to share this experience of learning together.
All the best, Nelba
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Getting to know each other
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 9:40am GMT by randi
Hi everyone,
I'm Randi Harlev from sunny Israel. I rival Bee - I also have about 35 years of experience in diverse aspects of the EFL/ELT world, and was 55 in May:) By the way, I hope you had a wonderful birthday, Bee!
I work mostly in materials development, both online and print courses. For nearly six years I was the director of pedagogy for The Q Group, a company that developed computer-based and print materials for EFL. About a year and a half ago, I began working as a consultant to publishers, and I also give professional development courses. I'm working with a large international publisher at the moment who is developing an online course for beginner adults, and having a great time. We are a global team spanning three continents, making the work interesting culturally as well.
I've taught English at all levels, trained both in-service and pre-service teachers here in Israel and abroad, and am always looking for new uses of technology that enhance learning as well as teaching.
I'm really looking forward to learning more about connectivism, and sharing ideas of how it applies to our world!
Regards to all,
Randi
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Getting to know each other
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 9:21pm GMT by carlaarena
Hi, everybody.
It's a pleasure to be here with friends and new acquaintances connected in the same purpose of taking a step ahead in our learning and helping shape 21st century education.
I'm Carla Arena, a curious EFL educator, Brazilian, but temporarily living in the US. I work online for the Binational Center, a language institute, I work for in Brasilia. Right now, I'm devising and soon will start moderating an online session for educators in Brazil. I'm passionate about the connections and learning possibilities we have online. I'm part of the Electronic Village Online Coordinating Team, a group of educators who are part of TESOL. Our main objective is to offer free training for educators all over the globe on topics of their interest. In fact, I've been co-moderating for the past two years the Blogging4Educators online session.
I blog at [explorations.bloxi.jp]
Bee, thanks for organizing our gathering here!
Beijos,
Carla
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Getting to know each other
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 11:49am GMT by bdieu
Welcome Minhaaj and make yourself at home by filling in your profile and giving us the address of your blog so we can follow your posts on the Connectivism course.
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Getting to know each other
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 9:22pm GMT by minhaaj ur rehman
Hi i am minhaaj ur rehman from Pakistan. I have done MBA in Human REsource Management and Bachelors in English Literature. I teach business subjects and ESL. I got to know about this through Barbara Dieu a friend from FOC online. I am looking forward to productive discussion
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Getting to know each other
Posted: August 8th, 2008, 1:51pm GMT by bdieu
Welcome Gutemberg and José Antonio.
I know Jose Antonio is a big fan of Connectivism and has been closely following all George Siemens' posts and articles. What about you, Gutemberg? What has made you join the Connectivism course?
I'd love to read how you will go about it and why in this thread.
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Getting to know each other
Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 8:21am GMT by joseaokc
Hello Everyone,
My name is José Antônio da Silva. I am an EFL teacher in Brazil. I am happy to see so many familiar names in this forum. I am currently living in Brasilia. I work for a binational school here in Brasilia. I have been teaching for almost 20 years and technology nowadays represents a great part of my teaching and learning. I have been connected to Connectivism for the last two and a half years.
I am just starting a new semester and lookig forward to having my students use technology for learning.
All the best
Jose Antonio
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Getting to know each other
Posted: August 1st, 2008, 11:12pm GMT by Renard
Hello guys,
My name's Gutemberg Raposo and I'm a college student at UFT in Porto Nacional and English teacher at CNA here in PAlmas-TO. Oh boy! I'm really glad to be writting these lines right now.
Well, I'm in the beginning of my carrer as an English teacher comparing to you even because I'm so young, but I love technology and I also love teaching just like learning and I have to say I have so much courage to be here right now writing to you, because we have so many Teachers here, but I never saw any of them talking about this online world. I mean they know how to use a computer and stuff, but projects, conferences, lectures, online? Forget it! I just know one thing. As I have never had opportunity I'm giving the opportunity to me and that's the way things work to me.
So, last semester I started working with blogs. Now I have some of them. As I'm into a researching project I decided to put it on online ( www.krahoproject.blogspot.com) and last semester we introduced some people to the internet and developed some online skills with the monitorship in the subject of pragmatics, so as a monitor I taught the students how subscribe since e-mail accounts til blogs and we finished with google reader, because I tought of doing something collaborative, then they had to create theid blogs and comment the topics posted by each mate on their blogs. P.S. Topics which were discussed in class by the professor. Well, it's here (www.monitoria2008.blogspot.com) . As last semester I worked with writing and reading on blogs, I plan to use skype for online conversations in class. What do you think about that?Regards,
Gutemberg
Dekita Kitchen - Recognition of skills and experience
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: July 31st, 2008, 1:51pm GMT by vcautin
Uff,
Well here in Chile you also need a "Licenciatura" to apply for a Master's or PhD.
Believe it or not I am also going to sit the national entrance exam for college, again, just to see of I can improve my first score. I cannot apply to a number of scholarships because my score (12 years ago, when I had just graduated from highschool, and not form a regular highschool, but a vocational one (I am a secretary), where only 4 out of 39 of my classmates got the minimun score to even apply for college) was too low.
After that, I entered the English teaching program here in Iquique, Chile, and graduated top of my class, but the score in my test is still holding me back.
I totally agree with you, Bee, about recognizing experience and skills, not only credentials. I think that this is even more important in this topic we're discussing, connectivism. Doesn't it advocate life-long learning? Managing personal learning , etc? How can we be motivated through working in our oun learning if institutions, and jobs, only ask for credentials?
Uff, a lot to talk about! And I agree with you 100% I am here waiting to see how that openness will transform our educational systems. I have faith that the change will come.
Let me add another ingredient to my complaints :) Iquique is a beautiful coastal city, really nice to relax, but it's really far from the capital and the major cities. There are no Master programs related to what I want to study, not even to go and observe. That's why the only way I can continue learning is through a scholarship and I have to move. :(
Dekita Kitchen - Getting to know each other
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:18pm GMT by bdieu
This thread was started by Violeta Cautin, who mentioned GRE and her learning projects in the getting to know each other forum.
I have been thinking of doing some kind of formal course again but I would not be officially accepted at the university here in Brazil because I would need to sit the entrance exam again, which I find ridiculous. I sat it in 1970 for Social and Political Sciences (at that time my interest was Anthropology - still is) but as I did not finish the course, I am required to do it again.
Now what is paradoxical is that I was allowed to do the 2 last years of graduate studies in English Language and Literature (as I could speak/understand/write the language better than some of my professors, I was exempted of the first two years which are, in Brazil, basically learning the language). Although I graduated with honours (ten out of ten in linguistics) and I am allowed to teach at secondary school, I cannot postulate for a masters or a PhD (well, I could eventually, as a listener, but would not receive accreditation or have my papers commented). Instead of sitting some kind of GRE, I would need to sit the entrance exam and do the 4 college years, a rule I refuse to comply with - even though it has already caused me unpleasant situations.
This kind of system, the bureaucracy which blocks participation (nobody is responsible for it - nobody can do anything about it, nobody can solve this), and the multiple barriers to learning and access to knowledge are the main reasons I am observing with much interest the wave of change brought by ICTs towards openness, deobstructing the pipes and making the energy, exchanges and communication flow. The connectivism course will be an interesting experiment and experience in architectures of participation and how people organize themselves to make this happen.
Dekita Kitchen - Recognition of skills and experience
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Recognition of skills and experience
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:18pm GMT by bdieu
This thread was started by Violeta Cautin, who mentioned GRE and her learning projects in the getting to know each other forum.
I have been thinking of doing some kind of formal course again but I would not be officially accepted at the university here in Brazil because I would need to sit the entrance exam again, which I find ridiculous. I sat it in 1970 for Social and Political Sciences (at that time my interest was Anthropology - still is) but as I did not finish the course, I am required to do it again.
Now what is paradoxical is that I was allowed to do the 2 last years of graduate studies in English Language and Literature (as I could speak/understand/write the language better than some of my professors, I was exempted of the first two years which are, in Brazil, basically learning the language). Although I graduated with honours (ten out of ten in linguistics) and I am allowed to teach at secondary school, I cannot postulate for a masters or a PhD (well, I could eventually, as a listener, but would not receive accreditation or have my papers commented). Instead of sitting some kind of GRE, I would need to sit the entrance exam and do the 4 college years, a rule I refuse to comply with - even though it has already caused me unpleasant situations.
This kind of system, the bureaucracy which blocks participation (nobody is responsible for it - nobody can do anything about it, nobody can solve this), and the multiple barriers to learning and access to knowledge are the main reasons I am observing with much interest the wave of change brought by ICTs towards openness, deobstructing the pipes and making the energy, exchanges and communication flow. The connectivism course will be an interesting experiment and experience in architectures of participation and how people organize themselves to make this happen.
Dekita Kitchen - Getting to know each other
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Linking to specific posts
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 3:06pm GMT by bdieu
Is it possible to link to single posts or extract the feeds of single members in the forum?
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 30th, 2008, 2:48pm GMT by bdieu
Hello Violeta,
Nice to have you here!
I have no formal course in tech or computing either and have learnt all I know today basically by surfing the web, experimenting and tinkering both on my own and with friends and tutors, to whom I am immensely grateful for their dedication, availability and most of all - patience.
I'm almost 55 - a Leo... birthday next Sunday :-) and although I have been involved in ELT for some 35 years now (I know, I do sound like a dinossaur) I had not heard of GRE, which would be an interesting solution for me - but like for you, Math would be a challenge. Recognition of prior learning and accreditation of relevant life experience and skills is a must- but should not become an industry. I am going to move this thread to a specific forum so we can continue there.
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 29th, 2008, 2:20am GMT by vcautin
Hi All
Violeta Cautin from Chile here. I'm and EFL teacher since 2001.
I'm 29 years old. I'm a single mother and a socialist.
My projects this year are all related to applying for scholarships to enter grad school so I'm really busy trying to learn math for the GRE :( I do not have any formal course in technology or computing but I been learning from all of you. I wish I had more time to accomplish more tasks during the day, but I decided that this year I was going to concentrate on my couses and preparing for the tests.
This course seems promising :) I'm looking forward to it!
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 28th, 2008, 6:44pm GMT by bdieu
Welcome, Doris and Janet. Interesting to learn about the projects you are into and thanks for the links. Make yourselves comfortable by exploring this environment, throwing your two cents in the other discussions or opening new ones :-)
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:14am GMT by lucychili
Hi Doris
Yes we need more amazing Bees in the world =)
Bolivar is an interesting person to learn about.
It is interesting to find out about people who have made much change
because our world feels like it needs a lot of change at the moment.
Is there much information in English about his teacher Don Simon Rodriguez?Cheers
Janet
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 1:02am GMT by lucychili
Hullo team
My name is Janet Hawtin. I often use the name lucychili online.
I am a designer working on web and print materials for education in Australia.
I am interested in the ways that society is changing regarding collaboration and sharing ideas.
I have a blog at http://eduspaces.net/janeth/weblog/There have been some interesting perspectives about changes in education including from
Gardner Campbell captures some key points which are causing contention.
http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/?p=618Michael Wesch's world Sim is inspiring
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:34pm GMT by doris3m
Hi, there! My name's Doris molero and I am an EFL professor at Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacin in Venezuela. I teach at undergraduate level to students from different schools. I hold a master degree on educational informatics and I'm in my third semester at doctorate level. My research interest is on multiliteracies and web 2.0 tools as change agents in the EFL Class at the university. I have been on Line since 2003. At that time I have the luck to find the webheads and join them in their adventures all around the virtual world. Now, I am a blogger and my students are blogging, too. Our class blog is Doris3m EFL Center, there you can see some of my work and as well as my students' work, too. I also have a blog in Spanish for my doctorate classes.. Blogeando en Ciencias de La Educacion. Last year I met Nelly Deutch, a great friend who invited us to her Ning social network... International Collaboration where we have participated and have created a group ... URBE is here.... Last but not least, we are also participatig in the Writingmatrix project with Vance Stevens, Nelba Quintana, Rita and Sasha. This project is about blogging, tagging and aggregating.
Well, I hope I can learn and share a lot to keep on shining!
A hug from Maracaibo to you all and to my good friend Bee! We need more bees in the world...
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Finding people
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 1:49pm GMT by bdieu
How do I know who is participating in this forum? Is there a page (besides the polite conversation introductions) with a list and links to their profiles? Could we have a tab on the main page for this?
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Introducing yourself and tagging your posts
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 1:39pm GMT by bdieu
Please fill in the personal information on your account page. You may also add a photo /icon and values (urls/IDs of your blogs/messenger/twitter/flickr and other social media accounts - see example ) so that when other participants click on your profile they can also see where else they can reach you. Introductions go in the polite conversation forum and give us an idea of your teaching/learning context and interests. Forward your technical questions and suggestions to improve this forum to the service desk.
All our discussions have an atom feed so you can bookmark them in the feed reader of your choice. Our child tag for the Course will be cck08_elt, so use both CCK08 (main course) and cck08_elt (side dishes) in your blog posts, delicious, etc. The Dekita Orchard will aggregate participants' blogs and Connectivism course feeds.
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Tagging, filtering and piping
Posted: July 24th, 2008, 1:23pm GMT by bdieu
I'd like to know how to pipe out the discussion in the various sections of this forum so that a media wiki page (or other) can receive what is being said here.
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How will you engage in the course?
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 8:19pm GMT by bdieu
More than 1000 participants have already enrolled in the Connectivism course, the aim of which is:
1. address the questions about value points in education and the role of learners and faculty in large scale open courses
2. model alternatives to existing course design and delivery models. These alternatives are defined by openness, innovation, active participation, connectedness, and learner autonomy.
3. expound connectivism as a learning theory and provide a forum for critical thought, debate, and consideration of future steps in research and implementation.Although it has not yet been officially launched, participants have already started making connections, coordinating efforts and suggesting how to foster interaction with others on ways to improve delivery. How?
- by volunteering translation services. The course site is being translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese;
- by using tools to coordinate and organize local f2f meetups in other languages;
- by opening parallel google lists and interacting in communities of practice to reach their specific groups or areas of interest;
- by opening spaces (like this one) to discuss connectivism and ideas that emerge from the course from the perspective of their own field of practice, cultural and organizational contexts;
- by suggesting tags to narrow and filter the content.
What tools will you be using to organize yourself and how will they serve you? Why have you enrolled and how are you planning to go about the course? Besides the kitchen talk here, are you already participating or planning to do so in other events linked to the course (local meetups in your native language, translation, etc)?
Dekita Kitchen - How will you engage in the course?
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How will you engage in the course?
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 8:19pm GMT by bdieu
More than 1000 participants have already enrolled in the Connectivism course, the aim of which is:
1. address the questions about value points in education and the role of learners and faculty in large scale open courses
2. model alternatives to existing course design and delivery models. These alternatives are defined by openness, innovation, active participation, connectedness, and learner autonomy.
3. expound connectivism as a learning theory and provide a forum for critical thought, debate, and consideration of future steps in research and implementation.Although it has not yet been officially launched, participants have already started making connections, coordinating efforts and suggesting how to foster interaction with others on ways to improve delivery. How?
- by volunteering translation services. The course site is being translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese;
- by using tools to coordinate and organize local f2f meetups in other languages;
- by opening parallel google lists and interacting in communities of practice to reach their specific groups or areas of interest;
- by opening spaces (like this one) to discuss connectivism and ideas that emerge from the course from the perspective of their own field of practice, cultural and organizational contexts;
- by suggesting tags to narrow and filter the content.
What tools will you be using to organize yourself and how will they serve you? Why have you enrolled and how are you planning to go about the course? Besides the kitchen talk here, are you already participating or planning to do so in other events linked to the course (local meetups in your native language, translation, etc)?
Dekita Kitchen - Getting to know each other
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 6:09pm GMT by bdieu
I'm Barbara Dieu or Bee as people call me online. I am presently on a sabbatical from the Franco-Brazilian secondary school, where since 1983 I have been teaching English to middle/high school teens preparing for the French baccalauréat. Before that I worked at the Cultura Inglesa, a language institute in São Paulo, as an advanced level assistant coordinator, teacher and oral examiner for FCE and CPE (Cambridge Certificate and Proficiency Exams).
I have been online since 1997, involved in collaborative projects with my classes and more recently, organizing professional development workshops/courses for teachers using open and social media tools and platforms. I am a member of a number of national and international communities of practice, coordinate the EduTech SIG for BrazTesol and co-run Dekita.org, whose aim is to showcase, highlight, discuss and promote open and participatory uses of the Web in ELT.
I'd like to welcome you to one such moment in the Dekita kitchen and hope you will enjoy preparing and sharing the meal :-)
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Getting to know each other
Posted: July 22nd, 2008, 6:09pm GMT by bdieu
I'm Barbara Dieu or Bee as people call me online. I am presently on a sabbatical from the Franco-Brazilian secondary school, where since 1983 I have been teaching English to middle/high school teens preparing for the French baccalauréat. Before that I worked at the Cultura Inglesa, a language institute in São Paulo, as an advanced level assistant coordinator, teacher and oral examiner for FCE and CPE (Cambridge Certificate and Proficiency Exams).
I have been online since 1997, involved in collaborative projects with my classes and more recently, organizing professional development workshops/courses for teachers using open and social media tools and platforms. I am a member of a number of national and international communities of practice, coordinate the EduTech SIG for BrazTesol and co-run Dekita.org, whose aim is to showcase, highlight, discuss and promote open and participatory uses of the Web in ELT.
I'd like to welcome you to one such moment in the Dekita kitchen and hope you will enjoy preparing and sharing the meal :-)