I activated my Gmail account earlier today, after having wrangled myself an invite, and have been impressed so far. I like the interface and the way that email conversations are grouped. The labels are a good feature, similar to the way I would put email in folders with other programs/sites, and the search capability looks [...]

I’ve been watching students in two of my classes engaged in a fascinating process over the past few days, and I can best describe the process as antwork. They have been working on a project on Agricultural Practices in Saskatchewan in small groups of 2 or 3. Individually, they have been developing interview questions, [...]

Mathemagenic: learning and KM insights – 10 June 2004::Wow – a great summary of some thoughts on the social collaborative nature of websites. Lilia hits the nail on the head when she says “…weblogs are more than bunch of linked egocentric websites.” They create a [...]

I’m not sure if the start of this blog is confirmation or denial of Alan Levine’s observation that edu-blogs seem to have a lifespan of about one year. It does represent, to me, that my interests have changed sufficiently that I need to recreate myself. Previously I blogged at Technica (hosted at Continue Reading →