Posted in Creating Community, Teaching and Learning, robotics on February 28, 2007 | No Comments »
This class makes me feel like a kid… I find myself getting all excited to start. The energy starts to flow, the excitement builds. It becomes something almost outside my control. It starts when I come up the stairs and see my students gathering, early for class, ready to get going. Early for class? [...]
Posted in Creating Community, Teaching and Learning on February 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Online Cl@ssroom, February 2007
Debby Kilburn, a computer science professor at Cero Coso Community College, has two compelling reasons for using instant messaging (IM) in her online courses. First, it’s an integral part of the content—she teaches an online version of introduction to computer information systems, and “learning about computers involves learning about instant messaging.” Second, [...]
Posted in Creating Community, Teaching and Learning on February 11, 2007 | No Comments »
***WHAT IS SECOND LIFE?***
If you are not familiar with SecondLife (SL), I encourage you to visit their educators page at http://secondlife.com/businesseducation/education.php. I participate in a very active educators list (https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators) filled with teachers from all over the world who are looking at SL as a platform to deliver online education, extend traditional education, and create [...]
