Via Mario tout de go
Un article de Stephen Downes me donne des arguments concrets et pertinents pour promouvoir l’utilisation des carnets dans un contexte d’apprentissage. Voici quelques extraits du texte en question.
First, teachers use blogs to replace the standard class Web page. Instructors post class times and rules, assignment notifications, suggested readings, and exercises. Aside from the ordering of material by date, students would find nothing unusual in this use of the blog. The instructor, however, finds that the use of blogging software makes this previously odious chore much simpler.
Third, blogs are used to organize in-class discussions. […] Mireille Guay, an instructor at St-Joseph, notes: “The conversation possible on the weblog is also an amazing tool to develop our community of learners. The students get to know each other better by visiting and reading blogs from other students. They discover, in a non-threatening way, their similarities and differences. The student who usually talks very loud in the classroom and the student who is very timid have the same writing space to voice their opinion. It puts students in a situation of equity.”
À mon avis, c’est la fonctionnalité qui confère aux carnets toute leur puissance : il s’agit de véritables outils de collaboration, de conversation et de rétroaction.
Les carnets de ma classe devraient être fonctionnels très bientôt et j’inviterai tout ceux qui s’intéressent à la veille à y jeter un coup d’œil.