I just got an invitation to the CCK11 event on facebook, via the group on connectivism and connective knowledge: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is an open online course that over 12 weeks explores the concepts of connectivism and connective knowledge and explore their application as a framework for theories of…
Author: Bob Reuter
OpenLibrary: I’m starting to contribute…
The OpenLibrary project aims at creating a web-page for each and every book (paper-based and digital books) that has been published by any member of humanity. http://openlibrary.org/ I’ve started to contribute my modest share of time by referencing the books I’ve been editing for the last few years, containing my…
Rethinking schooling and educating in a digital age – Book Recommandation
I’m very happy about a recent book that I discovered thanks to my wife: Remo H. Largo’s (2010) “Lernen geht anders. Bildung und Erziehung vom Kind her denken”; actually because it starts with some 20 introductory pages where Largo convincingly shows how society has dramatically changed during the last 20-30…
Banque Raiffeisen: Why this name?
Have you ever wondered where the name “Raiffeisen” comes from? Well, I never intended to look it up… but today, when searching for something else related to the Banque Raiffeisen, I suddenly found out why the bank is called that way, in Luxembourg, Austria, Germany, Switzerland to name only a…
Anonymity is not Privacy nor vice-versa
I’ve just read an online article about what Google CEO Schmidt thinks about the future of the Internet, especially that he thinks that anonymity on the web will and should be something of the past… I thought that some people would fall into the trap of confusing anonymity and privacy,…
Reviewing the “Wort for iPad” App
I’ve just written my first App Review on the iTunes Store Luxembourg. —– “innovative Fingernavigation” sieht anders aus… Es war zu erwarten, dass die “grösste” Luxemburger Tageszeitung “mit der Zeit gehen” würde und als App für das iPad kommen musste! Das Resultat ist aber mehr als enttäuschend! Von innovativer Fingernavigation,…
Bike Trip August 2010
Day 1 – Monday, 23 August 2010 Track 1: Dudelange – Bettembourg (6,7 km) Train: Bettembourg – Luxembourg Track 2 : Luxembourg – Diekirch (36 km) Sleeping at: Camping « Op der Sauer » – Chalet pour 6 personnes Address: Route de Gilsdorf L-9234 Diekirch URL: http://www.campsauer.lu Day 2 – Tuesday, 24 August…
Dawkins on “social-constructionism vs. science”
I just have to quote this passage below, because I’ve been trying so many times to refer to it, when discussing socio-constructivism vs. neo-positivism, but had been unable to find it… So, this time, I will know where to find it… on my blog 🙂 Social-constructionist ‘intellectuals,’ and perhaps even…
Doug Woods on “Good Teachers Don’t Need Technology”
Doug Woods (ICT in Schools) has blogged about why he thinks that it’s inappropriate the say that “good teachers don’t need technology” and he goes into some details here: http://doug-woods.blogspot.com/2010/06/good-teachers-dont-need-technology.html I’ve tried to post a comment on his blog, but so far it didn’t appear there, so I’d like to use…
Technology-Enhanced Literacy Instruction
I’ve just finished exploring the “technology-enhanced literacy instruction” literature and creating a prezi presentation file about it, that I will share will our educational sciences bachelor students (4th year: “Younger”). I’m heavily relying on the TPACK Model (Mishra & Koehler, 2006) to structure this presentation. I have also introduced the…