Jason Yeoman :: Blog

 I am not a teacher but work with them everyday.  I'm always excited when they embrace technology and use it in the classroom.

 One teacher is already planning to use MP3 players for her students this year by using her new microphone headsest to record stories for her students to listen to.

 I'm currently testing out Mediawiki which is the basis for Wikipedia as a documentation site for our IT department.  It doesn't have much but I've shared it with a couple of co-workers who liked the idea.  I also showed our IT Educational Consultant who is looking for a web based system to hold educational data or reference files for all teachers.  

 Mediawiki or any other wiki would make it easy to add pages as needed, edit or update the pages by anyone and the ability to search for any key words.  The idea of editing pages by any teachers allows for easy collaboration with other teachers and up-to-date materials.

I would like to see more open source software and web based projects such as Moodle used by teachers and students.  There are some great ideas and solutions that are available that can enhance student learning.  (I like my job but I want to expand my skills and try new things).