When I orignally wrote this post, I had a lot of good and relevant things to say on the unfairness of NCLB to children today, and how the assessment methods and lack of widespread adoption of national standards in each of the content areas was not solving the problem.
However, in an unexpected turn of events, a computer glitch ate that wonderfully impassioned post, and so I’m siiting here empty, with a link to this great post on why education reform isn’t doing its job and cannot find within me the same passion to build a better post around this link.
Found via Stephen Downes
Posted by Rebecca as Responsibility at 9:41 AM EST
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Here is an interesting article on current trends in the role intranets should play in a company. It cover everything from the user interface deign to knowledge management to ownership and responsibility for maintaining the intranet.
It’s not the first article I’ve seen outlining these roles. It was just the one that spoke best to me.
Orignially posted at cybergrrl.blogspot.com on September 17, 2004
Posted by Rebecca as Uncategorized at 6:41 PM EST
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I moved these blogs a few months ago when I decided to break them into three separate blogs. I really didn’t give much thought to the changing URLs because I didn’t really think anyone read them.
I’m not sure that I think anyone reads them now, but I am planning to move these blogs one more time. I don’t know when, but it’s going to happen. This time is a bit more concerning because I know of two blogs that link to CareerNiche, and have seen many fora and seminar sites that link to various posts. When I move these blogs next time, there are going to be a lot of broken links.
This does actually concern me. I’m afraid of losing the tiny readership the stats tell me I have, and of losing these connections.
While I’ve been sitting here pondering on the ramifications of moving the blogs again, I happened across this article on the necessity of being permanent online. To say this article resonated with the thoughts going through my mind as I’m reworking my web sites, trying to include the blogs, would be an understatement.
The best argument I’ve been able to give myself as a comfort is that people found me and followed me to the new URLs. If I make it a habit not to let my web presence resemble my offline presence, then it follows that people should follow me to wherever I move the blogs next. There may be a gap in readership for a bit, but it should shake out.
One of the questions I was asked during my orals in grad school concerned the continued preservation of data. This may be a part of the more in-depth answer to that question.
Posted by Rebecca as Information Architecture at 8:58 PM EST
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I’ve decided to add a new category to this blog to gather links and thoughts on information architecture.
To kick things off, I have this post from ManyWorlds on some of the upcoming big trends in designing information systems.
Posted by Rebecca as Information Architecture at 10:27 PM EST
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The more I read about e-learning and the development of e-learning modules, the more I think that this rather strong belief that general education has no bearing on e-learning is bunk.
I found this great PDF that just seemed to further reinforce my feelings. It appears to be something of a work-in-progress, but the amount of information it presents is just great!
Posted by Rebecca as e-learning at 7:15 PM EST
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I’m currently exploring the rather interesting world of e-portfolios. I remember back in my student teaching days when we had the students develop personal portfolios. We had a crate with hanging folders in it and the students filed their selected pieces in there with a strip of paper typed to the back that asked the student to identify the assignment, and then identify why they chose that piece for their protfolio. The students picked some very good pieces, but their reasons were often related to the grade they got on it rather than any internal motivation. While it showed they did well on the project and mastered the skills being measured, it did nothing to show one student’s triumph over his own apathy or another student’s growth in her sentence construction or a third’s growth in their ability to present.
Jeremy Hiebert has this excellent post on the struggle to make a portfolio a balance between reflecting on one’s mistakes and learning and presenting shining examples of their work.
We seem to have this mindset that every mistake is a failure and we should hide them under a rug or in our closets. When we do this, however, we really sell ourselves short. While someone can see what our end result was, they have no idea what went into it. For example, when I want to present one of my teaching guides, I have two options. I can just show the guide, which shows that I can put one together competently. However, it says nothing about the hours of research and planning that went into it. It says nothing about the fact that I started with one planned layout, and then switched to another as my own knowledge grew during the course of the project.
These e-portfolios are a great idea because I think it is possible to not only show the finished product, but also associated notes and thoughts on the process of producing the product. I think an e-portfolio can be designed to show not only skills and competencies, but also passion.
Posted by Rebecca as e-learning at 7:55 AM EST
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