http://openedweb.com/blog Education and Technology Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:47:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/16/graphics-to-support-learning/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/16/graphics-to-support-learning/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:08:56 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=1743 This is one of a number of posts exploring multimedia learning. I have been reading research on this topic with an eye toward improving my presentations and other multimedia instructional material. Here are earlier posts in order of creation: Text and graphics in Multimedia Presentations Multimedia Researcher Mayer on Slideware Graphics in Instructional Presentations In [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/08/16/graphics-to-support-learning/feed/ 2 http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-math-instruction/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-math-instruction/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 15:25:20 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-and-sharing-math-instruction/ A few months ago, I decided to deliver math lessons to my fifth grade digitally. It was the last subject area that I brought into this form. I was reluctant because typesetting needed for math was confusing and frustrating. Beyond that, I was quite pleased with how I conducted math lessons, and my results have [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2010/05/22/digitizing-math-instruction/feed/ 0 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/12/creative-commons-licensing/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/12/creative-commons-licensing/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:15:32 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=781 You may have noticed the new symbols on my sidebar. That’s because I finally woke up and decided to start thinking about copyright issues for my blog and other content that I put on the Internet. I was moved by the NYSCATE conference to consider Creative Commons Licensing. Creative Commons licenses allows creators  to share [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/12/12/creative-commons-licensing/feed/ 9 http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/28/social-bookmarking-in-education/ http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/28/social-bookmarking-in-education/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:52:15 +0000 Steve http://openedweb.com/blog/?p=742 Social bookmarking tools allow users to store and share bookmarks on the Internet so that they are accessible from any computer connected to the net. There are a number of popular free commercial social bookmarking sites including del.icio.us, Furl, Digg, Stumbleupon, and others. Of course, my emphasis has been upon open source alternatives to these [...]]]> http://openedweb.com/blog/2008/11/28/social-bookmarking-in-education/feed/ 0