papers on education

[Lisa Westbrook]

Marielle,

I read your article.  I like the emphasis on learning content  
distribution.  I'm worried that many teachers are so used to 'buying'  
content, or simply deploying what has been bought for their district,  
that they may need a few examples of how this could benefit them.

For instance, how to integrate the experience they gain from year to  
year and how to capture insights for future classes.  (I guess they  
would call that knowledge management in the business world).

I have seen so many teachers work so hard on classroom management,  
that creating something new seems totally foreign (and often  
unappreciated or not welcomed by the system they are in)  ....and  
even to ask them to read something or look up websites can be  
overwhelming.  It has to fit what they are already doing, extend  
their knowledge and help them manage the huge task of nurturing  
increasingly diverse learners.

Several teachers I've talked to are heavily scheduled for  
professional development workshops and conferences this summer.  But  
how do they organize all that new information?  Would love to hear  
from more teachers about what their stresses are and then maybe we  
could brainstorm how Runtime might help.

Thanks for all your work on the wiki!

Warmest regards,

Lisa Westbrook



On Jun 17, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Marielle Lange wrote:

Dear all,

I have started to write papers/manifesto to argue for thick web  
applications for learning content distribution (thick appl. means  
that you have access to the interface widgets that you usually find  
in desktop applications) and to argue for the adoption of revolution.

http://revolution.lexicall.org/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=In+defense+of 
+web-aware+desktop+applications

First one:
http://revolution.lexicall.org/wiki/tiki-index.php? 
page=revolution4Education

This is a very early draft, heavily based on software reviews, users  
comments or runtime release notes. Comments, improvements, and  
suggestions are welcome. You can comment on the page itself, or on  
this list.

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Marielle Lange (PhD),  Psycholinguistics, Lecturer in Psychology and  
Informatics
University of Edinburgh, UK

Homepage:  http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mlange/
Lexicall project: http://lexicall.org
Revolution-education project: http://revolution.lexicall.org

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