Tag Archives: blogs
e-Portfolios and habits of work – which do you think viewers prefer?
Earlier in this blog and I believe somewhere on the portfolio.psu.edu website we asked the questions, “Can a blog be an e-portfolio?” or “Can you just call a website an e-portfolio?” If you had to draw a line between these… Continue reading
Protected Blogging now available…
For those Penn State faculty, students and staff that have been waiting for a tool that would allow them to keep a protected online journal, your wait is over.(Notice I used the word protected and not private – understand that… Continue reading
Use tags to organize and share evidence of learning outcomes?
One of the things about Web 2.0 content is that it gets us to begin thinking about content in more creative and less static ways. Just because something is published to a web page does not mean that it has… Continue reading
NCEPR Energy + Identification of Local Needs = Opportunities for Action
Over the years Penn State’s involvement in the coalition has provided us with opportunities for moving thinking into action. Do we use our discussion and notes about integrative learning? Here is an example of where we are now:”Integrative learners do… Continue reading
Web expression and learning: Is it about Publishing or Participation?
Now that I have had a chance to play around in the Moveable Type environment for a while I am beginning to get glimpses of how this tool has the potential to change what we have been able to support… Continue reading
5 GB – This is fantastic!
ITS announced that as of October 1, 2008 all Penn State faculty, students and staff can increase their PASS storage allocation from 500 MB to 5 GB for free. Go to https://www.work.psu.edu, authenticate, then click on “Add More Space (Quota… Continue reading
MT 4.2 – Is this what everyone has been looking for?
Moveable Type 4.2 is going to be deployed by ITS beginning this Fall 2008 semester. There are many new features that this version will allow for but the most important shift is the addition of a new template. Right now… Continue reading
TLT Faculty Fellow looks at Blogs as Portfolios
This summer Dr. Carla Zemba-Saul is working as TLT Faculty Fellow to explore the PSU blogging platform as a vehicle for student e-portfolios. Of particular interest:how can blogs be used to engage students in professional discourse communities? and,how do we… Continue reading
Can a Blog be an e-Portfolio?
Interesting question. My immediate response is why not? e-Portfolios have many purposes, and purpose is what really drives what goes into an e-portfolio. Reflective narrative and/or captions are powerful pieces to add to an e-portfolio. These raise the reader’s… Continue reading
An online notebook for Penn State!
I am really looking forward to the new version of Movable Type to become available here at Penn State. Not only will this provide a blogging capability but will also allow for the creation of static web pages associated with… Continue reading