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Dear webheads, webheads-to-be, and friends, yes, after these three weeks
together I can say that some of us have created bonds that allow me to
call them friends and I am sure that in the following week there will be
many more in that list :-)
We have finished an active week in which we have been visiting virtual
classrooms, exploring blogs, the discussion board (not visited by many
yet) and some have even stepped into web page creation, one of the
topics for week 4. Check out our page for this week: http://www.oocities.org/bawebhead/week4.html
During week 4, we will be discussing our online presence. And as Leah
rightly pointed out, we need to reflect on how our encounter with all
these Web tools we have been exploring have touched us, how they will
influence or not our teaching, how this whole experience has been. Have
you read some of the articles we have suggested? What has called your
attention? Do you have articles to suggest? Let us know.
I would like to share with you a journal entry I wrote 2 years ago when
I started creating my first Web pages. I had forgotten about that text
and reading Leah’s post it came to my mind and decided to share it
with you: http://www.oocities.org/dygonza/diary.html
Two years later, after having created tons of Web pages, I am still
learning, and as a result of this session, a group of us will start with
Dreamweaver. So, those of you who feel like creating a web page, do not
think too much, go for it!! You will find many helping hands reaching
through cyberspace to make the process successful for you.
This week we will continue with our round of live sessions. Barbara
Dieu, our dear and active Bee, will be talking about blogs at Tapped In,
on Monday, Feb 16 at 22:00 GMT (today).
And on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 16:00 GMT, Arnold Mühren, will be talking
about the use synchronous and asynchronous tools
in tutoring.
With these two presentations we are approaching the issue of how to use
the tools we have been learning about for our teaching online or in
hybrid contexts.
Enjoy this week, let us hear from you in any of the spaces we have
provided for you to express yourself (blog, discussion board, yahoo
group list, or our live events). Remember that we are also available at
YM many hours a day and less but also at MSN.
Also remember that we update our Web page and you can find there all the
information about coming and past events, participants, hints, glossary,
and much more. If you do not know where to start, look at our site index
at: http://www.oocities.org/bawebhead/siteindex.html
Have a great week,
Daf |