Comments for Anne Fox

Comment on Is social media too western? by Foxdenuk

Foxdenuk — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:03:53 +0000

Thanks Nicky, I hope that I covered most types. After I created the classification I realised that I mostly fit into the sharing knowledge category, so typical teacher then!

Comment on Is social media too western? by Nicky Hockly

Nicky Hockly — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:19:45 +0000

Great post, Anne, with lots of food for thought. I really liked your 9 types of status update as well

Nicky

Comment on Is social media too western? by Foxdenuk

Foxdenuk — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:10:08 +0000

Thanks very much for your comments. I think there may be a lot of truth in what you say. This means that simply translating the interface is not enough.

Comment on Is social media too western? by Luis Ordóñez

Luis Ordóñez — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:21:47 +0000

Thanks! I think digital technologies are an answer to english-speaking-world problems, and therefor solve their problems. For the rest of us there must be a huge technology transfer that, if not well managed, may end up bringing a whole array of new problems.
Although in spanish, I address the point in http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/524120-curso-abierto-impacto-social-de-internet-clase-i where i refer to the studies by the World Values Survey.
Unfortunately, more studies on these subjects are not allways wellcome, I recently was denied support on the basis of “I am not providing any data other that what I have described for
the entire research group. I do not have the means (not the
inclination) to divide users into national, ethnic or religious
subgroups. In my view, research which begins with a division along
these lines will always produce a difference based along these lines.”
Thanks again
Luis Ordóñez, from Caracas, Venezuela

Comment on The History Game Part 2 by Foxdenuk

Foxdenuk — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:37:17 +0000

Thanks Carla! The one thing which worries me about this is data charges. So if you are thinking of doing a similar activity with your students then I’m guessing that Brazil is another country I can add to the list of places where at least some data is bundled into phone subscriptions?

Comment on The History Game Part 2 by carla arena

carla arena — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:24:27 +0000

Dear Anne,

This is a fantastic activity in which students really use the power of mobiles for learning. I felt as if I were there with you and the students. I’ll see if I can try next semester, for I plan to have a group of teens. Thanks for the wonderful post.

Comment on The History Game Part 2 by Foxdenuk

Foxdenuk — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:18:04 +0000

Thanks Nicky. It would be great to hear about how other people can use SCVNGR or similar tools in their class.

Comment on The History Game Part 2 by Nicky Hockly

Nicky Hockly — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:08:37 +0000

Thank you for this wonderful project idea Anne, and for outlining the stages and considerations so clearly. This is exactly the kind of activity that unlocks the potential of mobile devices for learning, in my opinion. Thank you so much for sharing it!

Nicky

Comment on Effective Project Management by Chris Gift

Chris Gift — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:59:15 +0000

Thanks for this interesting post concerning managing the workload across online and in-person meetings. And it is true that online meetings can frequently occur because of habit rather than need. But we’ve found that one means of mitigating some of these issues is to improve the quality of the online meetings. We’ve created such a tool, at http://www.lucidmeetings.com. It provides a structure of online meetings with agenda authoring tools, and then allows for collaborative note taking and presentations to support and capture the discussions. It’s a unique solution.

Comment on MobiMooc – First thoughts by Foxdenuk

Foxdenuk — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:19:04 +0000

Actually I’m not complaining, just observing. I agree with you that I would rather have links filtered by interested humans than by Google’s algorithm!