Saturday, April 26, 2008

Reflection--Teacher-librarian blogs and wikies can be useful for our schools by Au Wing Kai

Teacher-librarian blogs and wikies can be useful for our schools .The wiki gives students a chance to explore their reading. Students then contributed various ideas for the proceding wiki. They can use their blog to present their work and provide information that they find interesting. They can visit blogs of other. They can provide comments recommend resources. Students who use blogs are more committed to their assignments and group work.

Blog in educational benefits by Seto Pik Yan

1. use blogs for real-world writing experiences

2. prolong discussions outside the classroom or for question and answer

3. easily include discussions with authors or guest speakers

4. quickly give feedback to students, and students to each other (no stacks of paper)

5. track student writing development

6. encouraging students to help each other with their writing

7. create a classroom newsletter by using a multi-user blog for the different topics. I.E. classroom trips, sports, upcoming trips …

8. create a school website with sections that can be easily updated

9. students using peer networks to develop their own knowledge

10. update new information such as homework and assignments

PowerPoint slides to introduce yourself and your group members

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Building Academic Library 2.0

Reflection on Web 2.0 by Au Wing Kai

Discuss within your group and write your first reflection on Web 2.0, tell us about your experience in using Web 2.0 tool.

We make it to share information and use easily.
It has been on richer information sharing with the tools to learn more thing.
It could be given the choice of tools to share experience.

The first reflection on Web 2.0 tool by Seto Pik Yan

My first reflection on Web 2.0 tool is that it is a useful resources. It can serve as platform and help users to share imformation. It could be said that Web 2.0 will allow the mass population to communicate with each other and spread ideas. Information will flow freely, and people can express their ideas without fear of repression.

Reflection on web 2.0 by Poon Siu Chung

It is very convinient in sharing the knowledge and experience with others

User friendly