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The Embedded Classroom

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April 04, 2007 09:09 PM PDT

The two wiki project that my students have started to work on have taught me that an open framework that allows for embedded materials is preferable to any all-in-one solution that tries to do too much at once. I also would like to apply this concept to my classroom in a concrete way. My students should be able to embed their knowledge and experience into the framework of the classroom. They should be allowed to use whatever service/method they can to prove that they have learned something. Show Notes and Links:

00:00:00: Introduction to The Embedded Classroom
The Podcast Blog
00:00:29: Wiki Project 1: Utopias/Dystopias
The Discovery Utopias
00:03:42: Wiki Project 2: -Isms
The Discovery -Isms
00:04:21: A Content Management System
TTT Episode
00:07:02: The Framework for Embedding
Example Embed
00:09:44: The Metaphor for Embedding
00:12:36: The Drawbacks of All-In-One CMS
00:14:27: Pulling Spaces Together
Grazr
00:16:32: Conlcusion
My Blog

Podcast Summary

My hope is that these educational podcasts add something to the cannon of classroom research and theory being done in K-12 situations across the country. These podcasts are made either in my car or in my 7th/8th grade classroom. They are mostly discussing the different elements of creating a 21st century learners (Web 2.0 technology, Authentic practice, Flat classrooms, etc.)