I just heard about some newly-developed Wordpress plugins (Wordpress is another blog platform, like Blogger) - that are specifically for scholars.
For example:
ScholarPress’s inaugural plugins are Courseware and WPBook. Courseware (co-developed by New York Public Library’s Josh Greenberg), turns WordPress, normally a blogging platform, into a full-fledged course management system, including easy syllabus creation, assignments, bibliographies, and scheduling. (And yes, you can have a class blog too.) WPBook creates your very own Facebook application out of your WordPress blog, allowing it to be embedded in Facebook.
Want to bring your class right into Facebook, where your students spend most of their time online? Simply combine the two plugins and create a class Facebook app that your students can install. Brilliant.
You can read the full post and get links at http://www.dancohen.org/2007/11/15/scholarpress-wordpress-plugins-for-education/
2 comments:
Wow! This sounds fantastic. My students this semester have been a bit unhappy about blogging and using telesis (although I insist that one is for discussion and the other logistics and that either is a click away...)
I might try this.
I've wondered about that quandary this semester. Granted, as I've mentioned, I've only done limited technology implementation to start testing the waters, but I've had it on my mind a lot - particularly as I anticipate what I might do this spring. I'm excited to try this, too.
Are you going to be at iTeach? I registered last week and I can't wait!
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