http://distributedresearch.net/Linda/2007-06-26/practical-reinventing-of-project-based-learning/ Informal learning, Internet technology and Action research Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://distributedresearch.net/Linda/2007-06-26/practical-reinventing-of-project-based-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Lindah Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:09:40 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/Linda/2007-06-26/practical-reinventing-of-project-based-learning/#comment-425 Hi Tom - I take your point about the time element. It would be hard to sustain interest in a blog during such a long gap, if that was all that they were blogging about. I suppose it might work if the blog was more general and this project only one category within it. However people can get to hung up on the chronological nature of blogging and posts. We use the tools to suit our own purposes and don't have to be bound by conventions. The blog and or the wiki could be something that sits dormant (like the seeds) and springs into life only seasonally. That way a year on year record could be built up and if it had documented the initial analysis as well a total audit trail would exist for the project. Flickr being filtered - argh! It happens all over the world :-( I suppose you might get something like TeacherTube unblocked? Hi Tom - I take your point about the time element. It would be hard to sustain interest in a blog during such a long gap, if that was all that they were blogging about. I suppose it might work if the blog was more general and this project only one category within it. However people can get to hung up on the chronological nature of blogging and posts. We use the tools to suit our own purposes and don’t have to be bound by conventions. The blog and or the wiki could be something that sits dormant (like the seeds) and springs into life only seasonally. That way a year on year record could be built up and if it had documented the initial analysis as well a total audit trail would exist for the project.
Flickr being filtered - argh! It happens all over the world I suppose you might get something like TeacherTube unblocked?

]]> http://distributedresearch.net/Linda/2007-06-26/practical-reinventing-of-project-based-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-424 tom Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:03:16 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/Linda/2007-06-26/practical-reinventing-of-project-based-learning/#comment-424 Arrgh! I searched high and low for the photos and paper copies of the web of relationships we identified during the problem analysis, to add to the blog post -- to no avail. I agree with your comments on using digital tools, but...I taught some students how to create a project wiki, but the problem with the yanar doner is that there is a flurry of activity in October when we plant the seeds, and then nothing until the spring when the flowers come up. They bloom for a couple weeks, and then it's over! There was too much time with nothing happening to keep people interested in some kind of chronicle. Also, phones with cameras are not allowed at school, and flickr is filtered. Arrgh! I searched high and low for the photos and paper copies of the web of relationships we identified during the problem analysis, to add to the blog post — to no avail. I agree with your comments on using digital tools, but…I taught some students how to create a project wiki, but the problem with the yanar doner is that there is a flurry of activity in October when we plant the seeds, and then nothing until the spring when the flowers come up. They bloom for a couple weeks, and then it’s over! There was too much time with nothing happening to keep people interested in some kind of chronicle. Also, phones with cameras are not allowed at school, and flickr is filtered.

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