Some delicious blogging for IBL

What I did Used 2 freely available packages to encourage students to record and share their work outside of class enable me to make the seminars relevant to the work that the students had done and their interests Sites http://del.icio.us/paganschristiansheretics Add websites to a list of favourites on your own webpage and ‘tag’ them with keywords Can include articles on sites such as jstor or behind password protected sites http:// paganschristiansheretics.wordpress.com /

Used 2 freely available packages to

encourage students to record and share their work outside of class

enable me to make the seminars relevant to the work that the students had done and their interests

Sites

http://del.icio.us/paganschristiansheretics

Add websites to a list of favourites on your own webpage and ‘tag’ them with keywords

Can include articles on sites such as jstor or behind password protected sites

http:// paganschristiansheretics.wordpress.com /

Context – the course 2 seminar groups on 1 st year History core module 1 hour per week Oral presentations and contributions assessed

2 seminar groups on 1 st year History core module

1 hour per week

Oral presentations and contributions assessed

What happened I set up a del.icio.us site for the students and I to use Each week, for homework the students were asked to select 3 websites to be added to the list They were to provide a short description of the site that they had chosen and tag the site with a number of descriptive keywords I did the same

I set up a del.icio.us site for the students and I to use

Each week, for homework the students were asked to select 3 websites to be added to the list

They were to provide a short description of the site that they had chosen and tag the site with a number of descriptive keywords

I did the same

What happened - 2 I also created a course blog, to which I asked the students to post a weekly question arising from their preparatory readings = inquiry? I read the blog and del.icio.us site each week and used then as a basis for preparing the coming seminar Experimentation occurred

I also created a course blog, to which I asked the students to post a weekly question arising from their preparatory readings = inquiry?

I read the blog and del.icio.us site each week and used then as a basis for preparing the coming seminar

Experimentation occurred

Reflections - good It’s easy Most of the students have engaged with it Some students have engaged with it very consistently Allowed me to make seminars relevant to the work that the students had done – e.g. sources we look at/ questions we address Really interesting to be able to chart what the students are doing/ what they think of the websites The students seem to like it

It’s easy

Most of the students have engaged with it

Some students have engaged with it very consistently

Allowed me to make seminars relevant to the work that the students had done – e.g. sources we look at/ questions we address

Really interesting to be able to chart what the students are doing/ what they think of the websites

The students seem to like it

Reflections - bad Some students haven’t engaged with it Some students have engaged with it in passing Tension between direction/ modifying student use of the internet Is this inquiry? Repetitive? Will they do it without chasing?

Some students haven’t engaged with it

Some students have engaged with it in passing

Tension between direction/ modifying student use of the internet

Is this inquiry?

Repetitive?

Will they do it without chasing?