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This was my original story, but I have changed it. If you want to see what I did, go to the “Story” page.   I really liked PhotoPeach and I was going to use it to tell my story, but I decided on Voicethread. It has two advantages for my context. FIrstly it allows for […]

I spent the morning looking at web design and HTML authoring using the E-Learning Tool Kit. The activity is pretty long, but quite interesting; Luckily I had a little background knowledge of HTML, which made things a bit quicker as I worked through the tutorial on web page design. I had never heard of CSS […]

I am not a social software user, and though I have spent the best part of the morning reading up on the sites I mention below, I have no experience using them. Overall, my impresión is that, as has been mentioned in the forums, teachers must teach students how to use the Internet safely. I […]

I had used a Wiki once before in ETEC 540 when we worked as a group to analyze the differences between oral and text based cultures. I think in that course the experiment of collaborative writing was more successful than it has been so far in ETEC 565.  In ETEC 540, we brainstormed by throwing […]

Image retrieved from Flickr Commons, http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2808251447/ . No Known Copyright Restrictions Boris from Bulkley needs a virtual component to his course. He has a very specific and clear need, and that is good. He wants to design a self-directed module that allows students to develop an understanding of the periodic table and how this theoretical […]

In ETEC 565, communication is nearly completely through asynchronous forum discussions. This allows busy mature students and teachers in multiple time zones the flexibility to enter into the discourse whenever their schedules permit. My Moodle course focuses on a different type of student in a different context, therefore I am exploring other avenues for communication. […]

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