Whew – trying to jump back on the work horse after being away for three week is not easy – especially when, as with any large family, there were many ups and downs during the family visit.
On the work front – I am working on figuring out how to use these portable Nova devices we have to integrate into the environmental science / transmedia course as well as learning Moodle to use as the learning management system (LMS) for the course delivery/content. My dream is using something more like an iPad (anyone know of any grants I just want one classroom set, nothing tooooo big ;) I will not have a print textbook, rather a set of digital materials as well as the approach that students will be finding much of the information and bringing it to the class rather than I am just spoon feeding them.
This is, IMO, a very important piece of some "transmedia-like" systems. The content comes from multiple places, and is generated as much by the user as the guide/puppetmaster/teacher/creator, etc. Students can learn how to research and locate content, how to determine if it is valid, how to visualize and communicate this content and how to give and receive feedback to aid in editing.
Lofty goals, now if I can just make it work.
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