We will use email to communicate ideas and continue discussions begun in class. You can send email to our system here which will then distribute your message to the whole class each member of which can then respond. This is done with Yahoo Groups. Browsers are used to read our course materials. Html editors are used to create new web material.
Many classes offer opportunities for class discussion by small groups of students.
The advantage that we will have is that none of the information generated by the groups will be lost. Another advantage is that the instructor can monitor all groups, not just the one he is standing near. I discovered this technique in our research last year in another similar class. We will begin by discussing, in groups, various parameters regarding elementary education. I will also be reading the responses and replying to them.