Knowledge Innovation

In order to learn, we go to many
spots to seek info and build connections with co-learners, like elgg,
moodle,twitter hash tag, flikr group and so on. I used to join google
groups to learn how to use Python( a programing language). These are
all learning spots. We build our PLE by visiting these spots and shape
our learning networks.

The following links can be a kind of Navigation:
Course: http://ple.elg.ca/course/moodle/course/view.php?id=3
Forum: http://ple.elg.ca/course/moodle/mod/forum/index.php?id=3
RSS: http://connect.downes.ca/thedaily.xml
Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/plenk2010/
and we can give presentation or ask question in Elluminate
.

Soon many other spots will appear, I belive.

Important skills to use learning spots:

* Ask a question and then find related info and figures, try to form a meaningful dialogue and build connections.
* Join the discussion that have your eyes.
* Start from familar spots and then go to unfamilar spots.

category: Uncategorized     tags: PLE

NARST’s 2010 Annual International Conference was held in March at Philadelphia, PA. On this meeting, there are many papers on PCK. The following are 5 of the 27 meeting papers with PCK as its keyword. This five are that I like best.

1  S9.11.2 Exploring Process of Constructing Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in Science Teaching
Kongju Mun, Ewha Womans University, munkongju@ewhain.net
Sung-Won Kim, Ewha Womans University

2  S9.13.2 Understanding and Assessing Primary Science Student Teachers′ Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Pernilla Nilsson, Halmstad University, Pernilla.Nilsson@hh.se
John Loughran, Monash University

3  S7.9.1 Depicting a Comprehensive Picture of Science Teacher’s PCK: A Theoretical Model
Saiqa Azam, University of Calgary, AB, Canada, sazam@ucalgary.ca
HsingChi von Bergmann, University of Calgary, Canada

4  S9.13.4 Assessment and Evaluation of Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Jan H. van Driel, ICLON-Leiden University, driel@iclon.leidenuniv.nl
James G. MaKinster, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

5  S9.13.3 Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Inquiry: An Instrument to Assess It and Its Application to High School In-ServiceScience Teachers
Andoni Garritz, Universidad Nacional Aut’noma de Mexico, andoni@unam.mx
Diana V. Labastida-Pina, Universidad Nacional Aut’noma de Mexico
Silvia Espinosa-Bueno, Universidad Nacional Aut’noma de MexicoKira Padilla, Universidad Nacional Aut’noma de Mexico

If you want to read more, the following is the the abstracts pdf  file link:

http://www.narst.org/annualconference/NARST2010_abstracts.pdf

or you can visit NARST web site:  http://www.narst.org

category: meeting, pck     tags: NARST

xp系统
用记事本打开本地文件：
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

在local host下面一行添加：

203.208.33.100 lh1.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh2.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh3.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh4.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh5.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh6.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh7.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh8.ggpht.com
74.125.91.103 www.google.com
74.125.91.83 mail.google.com
74.125.91.18 www.gmail.com

#Search
64.233.189.147 www.google.com
64.233.189.104 www.google.com
64.233.189.99 www.google.com
64.233.189.147 www.l.google.com

#Mail(POP3/SMTP)
209.85.147.109 pop.gmail.com
209.85.147.109 smtp.gmail.com

#WebMail
64.233.189.18 mail.google.com
64.233.189.19 mail.google.com
64.233.189.83 mail.google.com
64.233.189.18 www.gmail.com
64.233.189.19 www.gmail.com
64.233.189.83 www.gmail.com
64.233.189.19 googlemail.l.google.com

#Docs
64.233.189.101 writely-china.l.google.com
64.233.189.101 writely.l.google.com
64.233.189.102 docs.google.com
64.233.189.101 docs.google.com
64.233.189.100 docs.google.com

#Map
64.233.189.104 map.google.com
64.233.189.99 map.google.com
64.233.189.147 map.google.com
64.233.189.104 maps.google.com
64.233.189.99 maps.google.com
64.233.189.147 maps.google.com
64.233.189.99 maps.gstatic.com
203.208.39.93 khm.google.com
203.208.39.91 mt0.google.com
203.208.39.93 mt1.google.com
203.208.39.91 mt2.google.com
203.208.39.91 mt.l.google.com
64.233.189.99 maps.l.google.com

#Scholar
64.233.189.99 scholar.google.com
64.233.189.104 scholar.google.com
64.233.189.147 scholar.google.com
64.233.189.104 scholar.l.google.com

#Group
64.233.189.102 groups.google.com
64.233.189.100 groups.google.com
64.233.189.101 groups.google.com
64.233.189.101 groups.l.google.com

#Misc
64.233.189.101 id.google.com
64.233.189.102 id.google.com
64.233.189.100 id.google.com
64.233.189.100 id.l.google.com

74.125.91.99 www.picasa.com
74.125.91.103 picasa.google.com
203.208.39.104 picasaweb.google.com
64.233.169.84 toolbarqueries.google.com
74.125.91.100 sites.google.com
74.125.91.103 www.gstatic.com

203.208.37.104 www.youtube.com
203.208.37.160 gdata.youtube.com
203.208.37.99 youtube.com
203.208.37.104 upload.youtube.com
203.208.37.160 insight.youtube.com
203.208.37.99 help.youtube.com
203.208.33.160 s.ytimg.com
203.208.37.99 pms.youtube.com
203.208.37.104 i.ytimg.com
203.208.37.160 m.youtube.com
203.208.37.104 ytimg.com
203.208.37.99 i1.ytimg.com
203.208.37.160 i2.ytimg.com
203.208.37.104 i3.ytimg.com
203.208.37.99 i4.ytimg.com
203.208.37.160 c.youtube.com

这样可以暂时用https协议上doc和sites,不过以后会怎样，也不不可知，所以建议把google上重要的东西备份到本地电脑。

category: Uncategorized     tags: docs, google, hosts, sites

Rencently, I am preparing and making lesson plans for my TPCＫcourse. TPCK stands for “Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge”. Inorder to teach a science concept well, the teacher need to know many kind of knowledge, such as students’ prior concept, subject matter knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, how to assess, how to orgnize the content, how to use ICT to promot students’ learning.  So teaching is not a easy thing, and with the fast development of  science and technology, it becomes more and more a challenge.

Now, China is promoting the 8th Curriculum Reform in basic education. Middle school biology teachers will meet more challenge than before, so they expecially neen more help and suport on their professional development. In such a background, I start the TPCK curriculum. It is a online curriculum and totally free. It’s based on two network leaning community, Biology Teaching House(Bioteahouse,生物教学茶吧：http://sites.google.com/site/bioteahouse) and it’s neighborhood community Social Learn Lab(SLL, 教育大发现：http://sociallearnlab.org). SLL has many members who are interested or experts on educational technology. So we can get technical suport from SLL. Most members fo Bioteahouse are  biology teachers, and some of them are biology education researchers, some are college students who are planning to be biology teachers in the future.

The Curriculum materials will all be online and open to have access. The activities will be orgnized both online and offline. Some middle schools will attend this course, so I am planning to organize unconferrences in these school which allow everyone to come and share and contribute. Hope everyting will go well.

category: pck, TPCK    

If your pc os is xp, then open the following file and add the codes to the end, then you can 翻墙。
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Code 1 let your google come back
It’s from Betty’s blog:http://myfairland.net/edit-hosts-to-access-google/
—————begin————————

#Search
64.233.189.147  www.google.com
64.233.189.104  www.google.com
64.233.189.99   www.google.com
64.233.189.147  www.l.google.com

#Mail(POP3/SMTP)
209.85.147.109  pop.gmail.com
209.85.147.109  smtp.gmail.com

#WebMail
64.233.189.18   mail.google.com
64.233.189.19   mail.google.com
64.233.189.83   mail.google.com
64.233.189.18   www.gmail.com
64.233.189.19   www.gmail.com
64.233.189.83   www.gmail.com
64.233.189.19   googlemail.l.google.com

#Docs
64.233.189.101  writely-china.l.google.com
64.233.189.101  writely.l.google.com
64.233.189.102  docs.google.com
64.233.189.101  docs.google.com
64.233.189.100  docs.google.com

#Map
64.233.189.104  map.google.com
64.233.189.99   map.google.com
64.233.189.147  map.google.com
64.233.189.104  maps.google.com
64.233.189.99   maps.google.com
64.233.189.147  maps.google.com
64.233.189.99   maps.gstatic.com
203.208.39.93   khm.google.com
203.208.39.91   mt0.google.com
203.208.39.93   mt1.google.com
203.208.39.91   mt2.google.com
203.208.39.91   mt.l.google.com
64.233.189.99   maps.l.google.com

#Scholar
64.233.189.99   scholar.google.com
64.233.189.104  scholar.google.com
64.233.189.147  scholar.google.com
64.233.189.104  scholar.l.google.com

#Group
64.233.189.102  groups.google.com
64.233.189.100  groups.google.com
64.233.189.101  groups.google.com
64.233.189.101  groups.l.google.com

#Misc
64.233.189.101  id.google.com
64.233.189.102  id.google.com
64.233.189.100  id.google.com
64.233.189.100  id.l.google.com

—————end————

Code 2 let you have access to YouTube Twitter and Facebook

It’s from:http://bjnahan.net/post/1053.htm

——————begin——————

203.208.39.104 www.youtube.com
203.208.33.100 gdata.youtube.com
203.208.39.99 upload.youtube.com
203.208.39.99 insight.youtube.com
203.208.39.160 help.youtube.com
203.208.39.104 youtube.com

128.121.146.228 twitter.com
128.121.146.228 www.twitter.com
128.121.146.101 assets0.twitter.com
128.121.146.101 assets1.twitter.com
128.121.146.101 static.twitter.com
128.121.146.229 assets2.twitter.com
128.121.146.229 assets3.twitter.com
65.74.185.41 twitter.zendesk.com
65.74.185.41 help.twitter.com

124.40.42.105 www.facebook.com
69.63.180.173 login.facebook.com
69.192.34.110 s-static.ak.facebook.com
69.63.176.69 secure-profile.facebook.com
69.63.176.59 secure-media-sf2p.facebook.com
69.63.178.13 ssl.facebook.com
96.6.122.57 profile.ak.facebook.com
64.211.21.152 b.static.ak.facebook.com

————-end————

Code 3 let your picasa come back

It’s from:http://hi.baidu.com/mkr_mkr/blog/item/98d8504e60e4a000b2de0536.html

—————————-

203.208.33.100 lh1.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh2.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh3.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh4.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh5.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh6.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh7.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh8.ggpht.com

74.125.91.103 www.google.com
74.125.91.83 mail.google.com
74.125.91.18 www.gmail.com
74.125.91.99 www.picasa.com
74.125.91.103 picasa.google.com
64.233.169.84 toolbarqueries.google.com
74.125.91.100 sites.google.com
74.125.91.102 docs.google.com
74.125.91.103 www.gstatic.com
——————end———————-

Code 4 let you have access to bloger and youtube
It’s from my old PC
—————begin——————–
203.208.33.100 lh1.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh2.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh3.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh4.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh5.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh6.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh7.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 lh8.ggpht.com
203.208.33.100 www.blogspot.com
203.208.33.100 www.blogblog.com
203.208.33.100 img1.blogblog.com
203.208.33.100 img2.blogblog.com
203.208.33.100 1.bp.blogspot.com
203.208.33.100 2.bp.blogspot.com
203.208.33.100 3.bp.blogspot.com
203.208.33.100 4.bp.blogspot.com
203.208.33.100 5.bp.blogspot.com
203.208.33.100 www.youtube.com
203.208.33.100 gdata.youtube.com
168.143.162.100 twitter.com
—————end——————

category: Uncategorized    

Sometime I feel hard to express myself in English, so I write in Chinese and keep down my thoughts first.
我在尝试开发一个导航的firefox插件，其实也可能是我对界面要求过去偏激了，不过一个能够进化的网络导航器插件，确实让人期待。
这个插件是为生物教学茶吧的老师们开发一个firefox的扩展插件，为老师使用网络提供导航作用：

Technorati 标签: firefox, add-on, extention, bookmark

category: Blogs in Chinese    

Changing your belief and behavior and  then we change and improve our system.

If the system didn’t change, I will not change my teaching.

As to our life and our living enviroment, are we active or passitive?

The government is our son. We raise him to grow up to help not just to give orders. We will love and guide our son, and also punish him for doing wrong. If he is planning to murder and have not regrets, we will stop him and replace it with a better son.

category: Uncategorized    

I haven’t thought out the name of the curriculum. But I do believe that begining teachers need a curriculum which specially designed for them.  The goal of this curriculum, may be not one but many, is to promote teachers’ professional development. They can learn how to design a lesson, how to use science inquiry as a teaching strategy, how to reflect on thier teaching practices, how to write a article to publish, how to find or found a community for suport. I want make this kind of curriculum open to any one who want to learn. If the learners can pass some examination then they can be learning leaders in our community(BioTeaHouse).

Well, before action, It is just an idea which is not new. So the point is to try and make it ture!

category: future plan, my thoughts     tags: biology teacher, bioteahouse, curriculum

In order to apply for one of these scholarships, please write a blog post (referring back to this one) describing:

1. What you would “bring” to the conference? What can you contribute, be it a willingness to volunteer to moderate a session, some special expertise or project, an already accepted proposal…
2. What you see as the most critical issue facing you in  your efforts around Open Education, and how you think the conference can help you address it?

The above paragraphs are from Open Education Conference :http://openedconference.org/archives/324

I got this news from a friend Stian Haklev who received the award last year. He said this conference helped him a lot on his study, I make up mind to have a try–apply for one of these scholarships.  I don’t know what can I contribute, but I do want to know what’s other countiies open education like in practice, What I can learn from their explorations and experiences, which can help China, a country who have 1/6 population of the would.

If I can make some contribution, I think I would make an introduaction of Teacher Education System and some related Policy in China and my recently pracitse on biology teacher learning community.  Open Education can mean a lot to China, because China’s 700 million population are presents, and most of the present families can not afford tuition fees for their children. University and the Chinese government now is pursuing a policy of free teacher training, students who participate in this program don’t have to pay their tuition, they can also received living aid from the government, but after graduation, they must return to their home town and work as a teacher for 10 years. Is this policy a good way out? Is Open Education more suitable for China? If so, teacher education of course should be firstly considered and put into practise in my opinion, but how. I have recently done some practical work,  the idea is very simple and the technology platform is very low-cost , I created a googlegroup, named BioTeaHouse , it is primarily designed  for secondary school biology teacher and educational researchers to communicate and learn together. With the development of the community, I feel more and more the importance of curriculum development, and BioTeaHouse is more and more like a big school, everyone can participate in the discussing, learning, sharing, everyone is as a student and at the same time as a teacher. How can we let this community develope into a public free teacher education school, which will let more people have access to teacher training and make them becoming outstanding teachers or learning leaders in the network. It may effectively promote and popularize the education of all children, no matter he or she is poor or not. Any practice and efforts in this direction,  I think,  is worthful and significant.

At present, I am a PhD candidate in teaching and learning in College of Life Science in Beijing Normal University. And I am aslo an active member of the very innovative social network for open education and Web 2.0 education called SocialLearnLab.  Xiuli Zhang and her friends are the founders and orgnizers of this social network.

category: future plan     tags: application, bioteahouse, Open Education Conference, teacher education

PCK is a kind of teacher knowledge and beliefs which enable teachers to help students to learn a particular topic-related knowledge easily. Lots of reasearcher have do lots of studies of PCK. Here I collect some web links which may be useful for students and researchers who are now studying PCK.

1. PCK Groups
Google Group For PCK：https://groups.google.com/group/sciedu
Diigo Group For PCK：http://groups.diigo.com/groups/pck-club
Twitter Group For PCK：you can follow @pckclub on twitter, and send direct message to @pckclub to disscuss PCK.

2. PCK Researchers
There is a name list who studied PCK and published papers on PCK. check this Name list of reseachers who published papers on PCK

3. PCK Study Teams
van Driel, J H
Loughran, J
US Researchers

4. PCK Wiki
TPCK:
http://www.tpck.org/
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

PCK: PCK

Lee Shulman

5. PCK web links list
chunlei’s pesonal favorate links about PCK

what else about PCK? (you can tell me)

category: pck     tags: Links, pck, pointers, TPCK