"his site is for a three-session faculty development event supported by the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning at Gustavus Adolphus College. The purpose of these sessions is to explore old and new ways of finding information, both web and library-based, as well as to discuss classroom applications, the state of publishing, open access, copyright, and more."
This oped piece suggest that as educators," we are called upon to challenge the way students already think and guide them into new patterns or ways of thinking as required, in order for them to grasp central concepts and applications of learning. Collaborative technologies, while not central to the process, can help facilitate this core function of education."
VoiceThread
With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.