What makes good writing? Are there universal features of good writing that apply to all forms and fields of discourse? Is good writing in one field “bad” writing in another? Is good writing in the eye of the beholder and entirely subjective?
Good writing presupposes domain of written language. This does not come suddenly, but through […]
Training is an outdated word in pedagogy because it recalls assembling lines and a factory model of education, as well as what we do with animals. However, we can question if the recent wave of developing skills and competencies in education isn’t part of the same semantic field.
Professional development is the expression that replaced […]
Some thoughts on Digital Exclusion in Brazil - read it on Google Docs.
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Review by Joao Mattar (in progress).
Chapter 3: Writing Clearly and Concisely
As English is not my native language, reading this chapter is at the same time a challenge for improving my writing in a foreign language and an exercise of […]
Educational Technology is the research and practice field of the use of technological tools in education. It involves exploring the pedagogical potential of these tools and integrating them into education.
It IS about technology in the same sense that it IS about education, it is where technology and education meet, where different choices of tools […]
If we consider that blackboard, chalk, pencil and paper are technologies, my first memory of an educational technology was at pre-school, when I was 5, or even before, at home.
Taking into consideration a different concept of technology, I remember when in the 80s I started using word processors and spreadsheets to produce my university papers […]
Começo hoje mais um curso na Boise State University: Introduction to Educational Technology, desta vez com a professora Barbara Schroeder, que tem Mike Fuller como Teaching Assistant. Como sempre, registrarei todo o percurso por aqui. Já criei inclusive uma categoria no blog, Edtech501, para facilitar o acesso a tudo o que eu escrever sobre o […]