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Teacher-Centered vs. Student-Centered Pedagogy - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher E... - 1 views

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  • Hedy Lowenheim on 15 Jun 13
     
    "Last week, I had my first peer-to-peer teacher observation as a new assistant professor. After teaching at the college level for 10 years, I felt my teaching and pedagogy were sound, so I wasn't too concerned about being observed by a colleague. In a debriefing after the observed session, my colleague noted that the class seemed to be "teacher-centered." This was not offered as a critique, but simply as a statement. The statement, however, surprised me. I had always seen myself as a "student-centered" type of teacher. Since I teach composition, which is typically a student-centered discipline, I was confused. I wondered if we'd been in the same classroom and witnessed the same interactions or if we were using the same definitions of those often-used terms."
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Defining Critical Thinking - 0 views

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  • Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.
  • Critical thinking can be seen as having two components: 1) a set of information and belief generating and processing skills, and 2) the habit, based on intellectual commitment, of using those skills to guide behavior. It is thus to be contrasted with: 1) the mere acquisition and retention of information alone, because it involves a particular way in which information is sought and treated; 2) the mere possession of a set of skills, because it involves the continual use of them; and 3) the mere use of those skills ("as an exercise") without acceptance of their results.
  • Critical thinking of any kind is never universal in any individual; everyone is subject to episodes of undisciplined or irrational thought. Its quality is therefore typically a matter of degree and dependent on, among other things, the quality and depth of experience in a given domain of thinking or with respect to a particular class of questions. No one is a critical thinker through-and-through, but only to such-and-such a degree, with such-and-such insights and blind spots, subject to such-and-such tendencies towards self-delusion. For this reason, the development of critical thinking skills and dispositions is a life-long endeavor.
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  • Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way.  People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, empathically.   They are keenly aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked.  They strive to diminish the power of their egocentric and sociocentric tendencies.  They use the intellectual tools that critical thinking offers – concepts and principles that enable them to analyze, assess, and improve thinking.  They work diligently to develop the intellectual virtues of intellectual integrity, intellectual humility, intellectual civility, intellectual empathy, intellectual sense of justice and confidence in reason.  They realize that no matter how skilled they are as thinkers, they can always improve their reasoning abilities and they will at times fall prey to mistakes in reasoning, human irrationality, prejudices, biases, distortions, uncritically accepted social rules and taboos, self-interest, and vested interest.  They strive to improve the world in whatever ways they can and contribute to a more rational, civilized society.   At the same time, they recognize the complexities often inherent in doing so.  They avoid thinking simplistically about complicated issues and strive to appropriately consider the rights and needs of relevant others.  They recognize the complexities in developing as thinkers, and commit themselves to life-long practice toward self-improvement.  They embody the Socratic principle:  The unexamined life is not worth living, because they realize that many unexamined lives together result in an uncritical, unjust, dangerous world. ~ Linda Elder, September, 2007
  • Catherine Strattner on 29 Jun 12
     
    Different ways to conceptualize a definition for critical thinking.
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Much of Rural America Still Struggles With Broadband Access - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Amy M on 28 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • In rural America, only 60 percent of households use broadband Internet service, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Commerce. That is 10 percent less than urban households. Over all, 28 percent of Americans do not use the Internet at all.
  • It took her three days to try to arrange a meeting with the governor 150 miles away in Montgomery because such inquiries cannot be made over the phone and she had to drive 45 minutes to her daughter’s house to use e-mail.
  • Amy M on 28 Jun 12
     
    rural areas still cannot get fast  internet access
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Teacher Presence: Using Introductory Videos in Online and Hybrid Courses by Paula Jones... - 1 views

www.learningsolutionsmag.com/...s-in-online-and-hybrid-courses presence learning teaching blended
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  • Irene Watts-Politza on 01 Jun 12
     
    This e-magazine article provides researched-based information on the importance and components of teaching presence in the on-line learning environment. Blog format with related topics.
  • Gary Bedenharn on 13 Jul 12
     
    Article on online learning courses and the use of technology.
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Free Photos - Free Images - Royalty Free Photos - Free Stock Photos - FreeDigitalPhotos... - 1 views

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  • Maria Guadron on 03 Jul 12
     
    "Royalty free photos for corporate and personal use Our free photos and illustrations are ideal for corporate, personal and educational use. Every image is free, with an option to buy larger images at reasonable prices."
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Fostering Communities of Learning in Two Portuguese Pre-School Classrooms Applying the ... - 0 views

www.springerlink.com.libproxy.albany.edu/...fulltext.html teacher presence student satisfaction community pedagogy classrooms communities
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  • Joan McCabe on 13 Jul 12
     
    "This study provides evidence on how young children can start to direct their learning plans and take responsibility in responding to their problems through active participation in planning and assessment, and it therefore contributes to our understanding of how ECE classrooms can operate as Communities of Learning. In any Communities of Learning, there is always a dual focus: To empower children as learners, using the concept of learning as change in participation, but also to keep a close and critical eye on what the nature of the change is and its relationship with valuable learning. Edwards (2005) calls it "learning as a resourceful action" and argues that it "allows us to examine the processes of learning as well as the outcomes and to consider how they are pedagogically supported" (p. 58). Her argument for research that highlights the cognitive potential of sociocultural approaches to learning can contribute to the research about Learning Cultures in kindergarten (Hodkinson et al. 2008).
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Benefits of Digital Storytelling - 0 views

happykidsfestival.com/...nefits-of-digital-storytelling digital storytelling benefits Module 4 assignment
shared by Lisa Martin on 17 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Digital storytelling enhances not only the students literacy development but also their social-emotional development.
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 17 Jul 12
       
      The more I saw about digital storytelling, the more I realized it's potential for building self esteem. There is no "wrong" answer here. Everyone can be successful.
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 17 Jul 12
       
      As I looked at countless resources for self esteem building activities, I realized that I was lacking a truly collaborative activity in my course. I thought that digital story telling would be a fun, stress-free way for the girls to work together and connect with each other.
  • is that with digital storytelling students may use a real and authentic voice. This is of course very empowering in terms of motivation.
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 17 Jul 12
       
      I love the idea of the girls being able to use their "voice" as soon as possible in my course. I want to use this activity in the first module as another "icebreaking" activity on top of my voicethread.
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  • but their ability to tell their own story, students with learning difficulties tend to do well with digital storytelling projects.
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 17 Jul 12
       
      I also like that digital storytelling allows for girls of all ability levels to participate. I could really make it a fun activity with the emphasis on the story itself, not their writing abilities.
  • another benefit of digital storytelling, is that students, when given the choice, most often will choose to talk about something they are passionate about; thus creating engagement for the creator of the digital story
    • Lisa Martin
      Lisa Martin on 17 Jul 12
       
      I love that this activity will give students freedom and choice to add anything they want. We all know that giving students choice leads to them being for satisfied :-)
  • Lisa Martin on 17 Jul 12
     
    As I looked at countless resources for self esteem building activities, I realized that I was lacking a truly collaborative activity in my course. I thought that digital story telling would be a fun, stress-free way for the girls to work together and connect with each other.
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Outline of American Geography - America.gov - 0 views

www.america.gov/...ine-of-american-geography.html Module 4 Assignment
shared by Lauren D on 22 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Themes and Regions The Physical Environment Foundations of Human Activity Megalopolis The Manufacturing Core The Bypassed East Appalachia and the Ozarks The Deep South The Southern Coastlands The Agricultural Core: The Deep North The Great Plains and Prairies The Empty Interior Southwest Border Area California The North Pacific Coast The Northlands Hawaii
  • Lauren D on 22 Jul 12
     
    This site is great! A lot of good information I can use when teaching about US geography and regional misconceptions.
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Research Study: Self-regulated learning in massive open online courses « Lear... - 0 views

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shared by Amy M on 19 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • How do participants plan, implement and reflect upon their learning goals within Change MOOC?What strategies do they use to self-regulate their learning?What tools do they use to self-regulate their learning? How do participants draw upon collective knowledge – people and other environmental resources – when planning, implementing and reflecting upon their learning goals within Change MOOC? What are the environmental factors, in particular those related to the coherence of the information space and structure of the MOOC, that constrain or enable SRL? What are the similarities and differences in the use of SRL strategies between learners who have diverse self-regulatory profiles? For example, do learners who score higher on self-regulatory skill measures use significantly different goal planning, implementation and reflection strategies than participants who score lower on the SRL measures?
  • Amy M on 19 Jul 12
     
    research on self-regulated learning and MOOCs
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sharing what i know » Blog Archive » Tools I use to enhance my instruction-to... - 0 views

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  • Maria Guadron on 04 Aug 12
     
    "Tools I use to enhance my instruction-to engage online learners"
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Defining Noncommercial - CC Wiki - 0 views

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shared by Amy M on 05 Jun 12 - Cached
  • The empirical findings suggest that creators and users approach the question of noncommercial use similarly and that overall, online U.S. creators and users are more alike than different in their understanding of noncommercial use. Both creators and users generally consider uses that earn users money or involve on
  • ne advertising to be commercial, while uses by organizations, by individuals, or for charitable purposes are less commercial but not decidedly noncommercial.
  • Amy M on 05 Jun 12
     
    Research defining what Non-Commercial means.
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Topics | Media Education Lab - 0 views

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  • case study videos, Schoolhouse-Rock style music videos, as well as our readings, activities and lesson plans
  • Amy M on 05 Jun 12
     
    Information on Fair Use
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Fair Use in Classrooms - 0 views

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  • Amy M on 05 Jun 12
     
    Explains what teachers can and cannot use in classrooms.
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One Step at a Time- Lauren D. - My journey through ETAP 640 - 1 views

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  • dig deeper.
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12
       
      Lauren: you are almost there!!! what did you learn? how did you learn it? how do you know you learned it? what was it about the questions that made you dig deeper. what points were bought up about student-centered learning, meaningful discussions and writing intensity and enriched course materials? what did you learn about your classmates? make your thinking and learning visibile to me here. REFLECT!! add links to support your assertions and make your content more engaging. Think about the reader. think about your voice. engage me! did you see my reply to your comment on someones blog about ADDIE ? try to find it. (ask rob what i think about ADDIE : )
    • diane hamilton
      diane hamilton on 08 Jul 12
       
      Sounds you have been very thoughtful in your approach to setting up your course.
  • Using YouTube, we learn that people all over the world can connect and share ideas, but it has become way more of a teaching tool. People are using this to reflect on themselves and the world around them. One student mentioned how they saw this as an inner thought process: how others would perceive them and how the conversation became inner-mediated. With the activities that we have in the course, the discussions, and blogs we learn to become self-sufficient learners. Not only through the reflective process, but in the activities geared towards the process of learning and why it is important to learn and help each other learn.
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  • I believe if I didn’t have this opportunity to reflect, it would have been a thought but I would not have acted on it. At first I thought blogging and journaling was just busy work and I wasn’t too excited to do them, but I have found great benefit from thinking about how I learn, why I learn and how I can use this to improve my contributions as an educator and student and that deflated feeling is going away with every week that passes and it is renewing my faith in education and where it is headed.
  • The course was developed in a way that the harder you work and the more you participate the better the experience and the more you will get out of it. I can guarantee that all of us were nervous and scared the first time we entered this course. The first day we knew that it was going to be a challenging, but we have made it to the end with a lot of rewarding experiences and a lot of lessons learned along the way.
  • Being a students and feeling like my work is getting noticed and valued is a tremendous boost in wanting to participate in the course and in my course design.
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Reflections - 0 views

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  • refreshing my understanding of multiple intelligences and learning styles.
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12
       
      what did you learn? how did you learn it? how do you know you learned it? what helped you? reflect!
  • do I need to again as I referred to them in my post?)
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12
       
      YES : ) this is a blog. it is public. anyone in the world can read it. enhance your post with links to engage your readers!
  • I am unsure about what my goals are for this blog, and a little unsure about the purpose of blogging here when I noticed we have a blog option on the same moodle site we post our discussions on. Would it be easier to have everything in one place?
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12
       
      i seem to recall writing a comment to respond to this. Have you seen this: http://etap640.edublogs.org/2012/03/11/why-do-i-have-to-blog/ Can you check to see if you need to moderate and approve any comments? You should set the blog to auto approve comments, or be sure to approve them asap.
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  • The only point this article I thought wasn’t accurate was the point that online learning is an intimate community. I think the opposite. I have not continued my friendship with anyone really from my previous classes, where I might have with traditional classes.
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12
       
      I wonder what you will think about this at the end of this course : )
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 12 Jun 12
       
      what is with the lack of word wrap? please fix. : )
  • August 4, 2012,
  • Well one thing I have learned is that to get students thinking you need an interesting prompt like this.
  • 12th?
    • alexandra m. pickett
      alexandra m. pickett on 05 Aug 12
       
      the course ends the 17th NOT the 12th... : ) i have you for 2 more weeks : )
  • To really have learned something I think it means it will stay with you, you will use it. It will be in your thoughts after the class has concluded.
  •  Coming into this class I thought I was a technology native. I thought I knew a lot about the internet, its uses for the classroom and ways I could utilize it. This class has pushed my limits showing me there is endless posiblities and things I will do even in my face to face class. For example, I was introduced to vociethread. This I will use to connect my classroom to another and make an authentic population for my students to present to. I would even use it to show student work at an open house.
  • The end of this class allows me one more thing, bring it on baby #3 I am finally ready to meet you and I only have a couple weeks until fall classes start so umm come tomorrow!?
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Storify · Create social stories - 0 views

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  • Erin Fontaine on 15 Jun 12
     
    Use to have students create stories, not sure yet how or if it will be a good tool yet. Just thought it was interesting
  • Erin Fontaine on 15 Jun 12
     
    Use to have students create stories, not sure yet how or if it will be a good tool yet. Just thought it was interesting
  • Erin Fontaine on 15 Jun 12
     
    Use to have students create stories, not sure yet how or if it will be a good tool yet. Just thought it was interesting
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Ebook Trends: Info Pros Perspectives - 1 views

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  • What we’re using now to facilitate the delivery of electronic content is broken. The current methods are very ex
  • e’re broke: How many of you have indoor basketball courts in your library? Overdrive does. 300% is as bad as it’s gonna get: It’s going to get worse before it gets better. It has to be so bad that the public starts to roar. If gas prices went up 300% there would be riots in the street The publishers are forcing us to prevent you from owning these. Sarah has talked to the publishers – they actually don’t care.
  • Amy M on 08 Jun 12
     
    using ebooks in a librarian, current trends in finding information
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ECRP. Vol 5 No 2. The Role of Child Development and Social Interaction in the Selection... - 0 views

ecrp.uiuc.edu/johnson.html development literacy Rogoff acquisition
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  • A closer look might provide insight into how this experience will assist in Rachel's development: Positive emotions are created from the established lap reading routine that generates an intimate closeness and feeling of security. Interactive social dialogues between Rachel and her mother build on prior knowledge and provide immediate feedback as they discuss each animal as the story progresses. The language they use to label, compare, explain, and classify creates a supportive context for structuring the processes of thinking and concept formation. Each of the domains of development—linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional—is affected during Rachel's experience, and all play an important role in her development
  • As Rachel began to internalize the actions and language of her mother, she began to use these tools to guide and monitor her own processing behavior until she is now able to take over much of the responsibility for reading the book (Dorn, French, & Jones, 1998)
  • A framework for understanding the interrelated nature of the cognitive, social, emotional, linguistic, and literacy development of children; social interaction; and literature selection in grades K-4 is provided in the appendix. The purpose of the framework is to provide a general guide for teachers, parents, and other caregivers in the appropriate selection of books that takes into consideration the importance of child development.
  • diane hamilton on 08 Jun 12
     
    this article contains a useful reference table for developing interest in literacy and applies to development of literacy dispositions and life-long learning
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EBSCOhost: The Relationship between Flexible and Self-Regulated Learning in Open and D... - 0 views

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  • Danielle Melia on 18 Jun 12
     
    Flexibility in learning provides a student room for volitional control and an array of strategies and encourages persistence in the face of difficulties. Autonomy in and control over one's learning process can be seen as a condition for self-regulated learning. There are a number of categories and dimensions for flexible learning; following professional publications, time, location, lesson content, pedagogy method, learning style, organization, and course requirements are all elements to consider. Using these categories and the dimensions of flexible learning, we developed and validated a questionnaire for an open and distance learning setting. This article reports on the results from a study investigating the relationship between flexible learning and self-regulated learning strategies. The results show the positive effects of flexible learning and its three factors, time management, teacher contact, and content, on self-regulated learning strategies (cognitive, metacognitive, and resource-based). Groups that have high flexibility in learning indicate that they use more learning strategies than groups with low flexibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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