Tools Interiorized, Blog of Proximal Development

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Konrad Glogowski: Tools Interiorized, Blog of Proximal Development December 7, 2005

This is pretty interesting - what happens when students used to blogging suddenly lose their environment. It turns out, they miss it. "My students didn't really miss writing itself. Had that been the case, they wouldn't have complained about writing in notebooks. What they missed was situated writing, a cognitive activity situated within a specific space that fosters cognitive engagement". More...