PABeaufaitBookmarks (weekly)

• SLWIS Newsletter - March 2011: Introducing argumentative writing though dialogue and Web 2.0

  "In this article, I first explore the pedagogical basis for dialogue writing and then explain the process for creating online dialogues" (¶1, retrieved 2011.03.30).

  tags: argumentation CALL dialogue writing education educational technology rubrics second language writing (SLW) technology writing

• EdTechBC (edtechbc) on Twitter

  "Supporting Educators Interested in Teaching with Technology" (Bio, retrieved 2011.03.30)

  tags: British Columbia edtech education educational technology technology Twitter

• Online Conferences: Professional ... - Google Books

  Anderson and Anderson (2010) characterize online continuing professional education (CPE) conferences as "structured, time[-]delineated" events involving "distributed population[s]" in synchronous or asynchronous use of "online communication and collaboration tools" (p. 15). They suggest that these characteristics may enhance "both the quantity and quality of interaction" in formal CPE sessions, thanks to possibilities for preliminary access to conference materials, world-wide participation, and asynchronous as well as real-time interpersonal engagements (p. 22), which in turn may promote constructivist and connectivist modes of learning within professional communities of practice (pp. 7-10).
  Anderson, Lynn; & Anderson, Terry. (2010). Online Conferences: Professional Development for a Networked Era. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

  tags: conferences connectivism constructivism education online professional

• Think Before you Click | capriciousmuse

  To commemorate Safer Internet Day, Sandy posts "a few Internet safety skills" she thinks "are important" (February 9, 2011).

  tags: children Internet messaging passwords parents privacy safety SNSs

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