Most of you should be working on digging through the archives to find resources that you might find valuable in your teaching and writing careers. But I wanted to alert you to what will be happening in the next few days.
First, I will be posting the Big Project assignment sheet this weekend. The basic version is that you will produce a document of some kind discussing the implications of using digital technologies in your workplace (whether that is your current job or an imagined future career). The document will be the equivalent to a 12-15 page paper and must have a thorough bibliography.
Second, I'd like to provide a brief frame for next week's readings. As you'll notice, there are no specific tools attached to next week. Most of these readings have to do with the implications of widely used (and promoted) technologies ranging from Course Management Systems like Blackboard to heavily marketed tools from Google and Apple. One of the articles also discusses the extent to which students (and others) have access to broadband Internet and how individuals use it (or not) on a daily basis.
What I'd like you to do with your blog post is to respond to some of these theoretical questions and to consider how extensively a technology-heavy curriculum or classroom should be used. You might also review the list of (mostly free) technology tools and discuss whether any of those might be of use in the classroom.
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