Project update
October 4, 2008My final project has not gone as smoothly as I imagined it would. There seemed to be some problems for people becoming members, and activity has been minimal. I refer of course to VoxBoxRsamd , have a look by all means, as I have tweaked the settings to allow anyone to view and become a member, which is potentially hazardous, but I can deal with that if it arises. The main problem seems to be of my own making, in that I am not really sure what I want the students to do, and whether I can or should spend any time in class on encouraging them to do something. But I have a comment now for the first time, so maybe the trickle will begin. After next session I will give out a brookfield (praise him) style c.e.q. and request that they answer online. Maybe then we will have some of the activity I anticipated. I will also have to do a paper baseline as only 2 students have responded to that via email. Perhaps the project will show that students are happy to use Web 2.O for social purposes but less keen for educational purposes. Or maybe the interface of google groups is off-putting. Either way I have some work to do!
