Karyn Romeis's blog
Recommended reading: SocialTech
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 01/19/2009 - 04:24
Josie Fraser is a hard person to encapsulate in a single sentence. She is passionate about learning, about technology, about social media... the list goes on. She combines all these passions in her blog: SocialTech. She is to be found in a great many social media/networking spaces, experimenting with all manner of emerging technologies.
Tags: Blogging, edublog awards, Josie Fraser, Kathy Sierra
Recommended reading: Downes on types of meaning
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 01/12/2009 - 03:59
I know I recommended Stephen Downes's OLDaily blog just a couple of weeks back as part of my series on noteworthy blogs, but I don't want to restrict myself to a single course of action to the extent that I can't spontaneously respond to gems like this recent post on his Half an hour blog.
Recommended reading: Cool Cat Teacher blog
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 01/05/2009 - 07:26
To continue sharing pointers to the blogs I read on a regular basis, I thought for this week, I would cast the spotlight on Vicki Davis's award-winning Cool Cat Teacher blog.
Recommended reading: a few blogs
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 12/29/2008 - 05:58
It occurs to me that my growing list of book reviews don't give a true reflection of my own reading. In fact, I catch up with several blogs every day as a matter of course, engaging in the conversation by offering comments and responding to the comments of others. So, over the next while, I will provide pointers to some of the learning-related blogs that I read on a regular basis.
Recommended reading: Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 12/22/2008 - 05:58
The strapline for this book is "A complete guide to successful learning using Moodle 1.9"
I would prefer to see it referred to as a guide to teaching using Moodle 1.9, because the book is decidedly aimed at teachers.
It is a very accessible book. Logically laid out, with lots of screen dumps, and chunks of reusable code.
From the outset, Rice touches on valid point, when he says that Moodle's help files, while explaining 'how', do not explain "when and why to use each feature". He sets out to address that and, on the whole, my view is that he succeeds.
Recommended reading: Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 12/08/2008 - 04:31
A bit of a mouthful of a title, I know, but you'll be pleased to discover - after the relatively expensive books I have reviewed lately - that this one is free. Strictly speaking, it's a research paper, not a book.
Let me start by making a few disclosures:
Recommended reading: The World is Flat
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 12/01/2008 - 05:11
I confess that I have major issue with the premise of this book, hailing as I do from a third world country where the average small business enjoys less bandwidth than the average American teenager, where a large percentage of the population does not have access to the internet at all (in fact a large percentage of the population has neither electricity nor indoor plumbing), and of those th
Recommended reading: Doing your research project
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 11/24/2008 - 05:54
There are a lot of books out there aimed at helping students with research projects, but this one by Judith Bell (published by Open University Press) is - currently - my favourite. It is astonishingly readable. As evidence of this fact, mine has beach sand caught in it! I genuinely did read it on a beach in Spain.
Recommended reading: A Whole New Mind
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 11/17/2008 - 04:54
This book by Dan Pink is having a strong impact in the edublogosphere. Let me say right up front that I have a significant problem with part of the premise for the book, which is addressed in the strapline/subtitle "Why right-brainers will rule the future".
Recommended reading: Teaching as a subversive activity
by Karyn Romeis | Mon, 11/10/2008 - 07:28
This book, by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner is the first in this series of reviews that specifically addresses the matter of teaching and learning. If you have no desire to rock your education boat, do not read this book. If, however, you are (or plan to become) a teacher/learner who will make a difference and equip learners (including yourself) for life-after-assessment, I strongly recommend you get your hands on a copy... then fasten your seatbelt!
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