Ok, ok, I selfishly reviewed a site with a specific purpose in mind. Photonhead.comis a great resource if you're looking to buy a camera! This site condenses the essential facets of buying and operating...And since I’m considering buying a new camera I carefully viewed the Buying Guide and found it’s depth of information very helpful.
The design is as concise as the information presented with well-aligned and hierarchical embedded text links. Teaching, like web design, is very much about the delivery. The most satisfying part of our job is that we possess total control over the quality of our direct instruction. By taking some of the practical suggestions mentioned in the Williams and Tollett chapter, paired with the pedagogy of delivery mentioned in Garr Reynolds’ PresentationZen chapter, we have a means of meaningfully accessing the web and our classrooms in a way that promotes the active learning we strive for. Simple ideas ring with absolute clarity, they concisely convey the most precise points of any pedagogic ideal. To consider Reynolds’ conceptualizations like design, story, and empathy is to know what good teaching looks like. Of course Williams and Tollett, as well as Reynolds, focus their attention on fabulous web design and artistic framing, they approach their content areas with the seriousness and delicacy as a teacher might, or should, possess.
I know this blog, Reason #613, doesn’t fully represent my application of this understanding—I don’t have the time to devote to the minutia of web design! But approach is everything. The way we present our knowledge, ideas, and persona are conveyed in a multitude of ways. Digital literacies are real and need to be tapped by teachers and students alike.
The design is as concise as the information presented with well-aligned and hierarchical embedded text links. Teaching, like web design, is very much about the delivery. The most satisfying part of our job is that we possess total control over the quality of our direct instruction. By taking some of the practical suggestions mentioned in the Williams and Tollett chapter, paired with the pedagogy of delivery mentioned in Garr Reynolds’ PresentationZen chapter, we have a means of meaningfully accessing the web and our classrooms in a way that promotes the active learning we strive for. Simple ideas ring with absolute clarity, they concisely convey the most precise points of any pedagogic ideal. To consider Reynolds’ conceptualizations like design, story, and empathy is to know what good teaching looks like. Of course Williams and Tollett, as well as Reynolds, focus their attention on fabulous web design and artistic framing, they approach their content areas with the seriousness and delicacy as a teacher might, or should, possess.
I know this blog, Reason #613, doesn’t fully represent my application of this understanding—I don’t have the time to devote to the minutia of web design! But approach is everything. The way we present our knowledge, ideas, and persona are conveyed in a multitude of ways. Digital literacies are real and need to be tapped by teachers and students alike.
It's always good to have real purposes for a task. Applying our concepts to your genuine user experience of a website lets you contribute your own understanding of key elements
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