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Of PowerPoint and Pointlessness - 0 views

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To critics, PowerPoint serves largely the same role in the classroom as pre-processed snack food does in the lunchroom: a conveniently packaged morsel that looks good but doesn't match the intellectual or corporeal nourishment of, say, a critical essay or a plate of steamed spinach.
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"PowerPointlessness"
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Amy M on 25 Jun 12

Is powerpoint a good classroom tool?

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Instructional Strategies for Online Courses - 1 views

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Instructional strategies from traditional to peer-based.

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Adult Learning Activities | California Distance Learning Project - 0 views

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From Low Tech to the Internet
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The California Distance Learning Project (CDLP) defines distance learning as follows. "Distance Learning (DL) is an instructional delivery system that connects learners with educational resources. DL provides educational access to learners not enrolled in educational institutions and can augment the learning opportunities of current students. The implementation of DL is a process that uses available resources and will evolve to incorporate emerging technologies."
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Amy M on 24 Jun 12

TYpes of distance learning; low tech to high tech

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Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Most gains on F2F teaching when online classes involved an engaging and peer components.

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201230 - SS152-VA - Developmental Psychology - 0 views

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No images? I wonder how to increase visual interest.

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Best Practices for Creating Online Courses | eLearning Brothers - 2 views

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Image placement
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Learners scan text and often look at images first
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Can learners understand your page by only looking at the image?
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Import the.png, jpg, gif into PowerPoint for best quality
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Amy M on 24 Jun 12

How to make your course look good

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17 ELEMENTS OF GOOD ONLINE COURSES - 1 views

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Material presented on the web should be compatible with the course type. If chalkboard work, slides, and other visuals would be important in a classroom version of the course, web materials should include a lot of graphic images.
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Amy M on 24 Jun 12

Material presented on the web should be compatible with the course type. If chalkboard work, slides, and other visuals would be important in a classroom version of the course, web materials should include a lot of graphic images.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Material presented on the web should be compatible with the course type. If chalkboard work, slides, and other visuals would be important in a classroom version of the course, web materials should include a lot of graphic images. </div>

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FRENCH 101 Observation Course - 0 views

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A traditional online class

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ETAP640amp2012: What Works?: LD Basics for the Online Classroom presented by Alexandra ... - 0 views

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I like the idea of revising as the course goes.

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Teach grade school students how to use PowerPoint 2007 - PowerPoint - Office.com - 0 views

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PowerPoint is a fun program to work with and, from my experience, the students are eager to learn about it. I encourage you to download the free presentation template that I created for my teaching engagement from Office Online (link is below) to use as a starting point.
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Teach grade school students how to use PowerPoint 2007.
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Amy M on 22 Jun 12

How to teach kids PowerPoint

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Technology and Its Impact in the Classroom - 0 views

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Technology in the classroom is important.

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The Links Between Testing and Teaching - 0 views

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Why We Test
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Figure 1.1. Educational Testing as an Inference-Making Process
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Using Tests to Determine How Long to Teach Something
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Figure 1.2. A Common Model for Determining Instrumental Impact
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Amy M on 22 Jun 12

Making links between teaching and testing. A variety of suggestions.

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Select or Design Assessments That Elicit Established Outcomes - 0 views

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Clearly state the purpose for the assessment, and do not expect the assessment to meet purposes for which it was not designed.
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Clearly define what it is you want to assess (the achievement target).
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Amy M on 22 Jun 12

Select or Design Assessments That Elicit Established Outcomes

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From Degrading to De-Grading - 0 views

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A controversial view on not using grades.

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Using Interdisciplinary Arts to Enhance Learning - 0 views

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Using the arts to enhance learning!

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Why Do We Give Grades? - Teachingcom - 0 views

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I agree that you cannot factor in nonacademic factors into a grade.
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I really think we need to look at grading and determine why we need the grade and what does the grade show.
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Amy M on 22 Jun 12

What can we grade?

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Fair Assessment Practices: Giving Students Equitable Opportunties to Demonstrate Learning - 0 views

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Guidelines for testing

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Grading Technology? Not again! | The Thinking Stick - 0 views

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Doing a presentation? We talk about PowerPoint. Doing a podcast? We learn about making a podcast. I teach the skills kids need in order to do the assignment. In the end its how they apply those skills to the subject matter that should be assessed. A good PowerPoint gets a better grade then a weak PowerPoint? The focus should not be on the PowerPoint but the information that it presents. Should we assess students on their presentation of information? Yes, but not on how they use a specific piece of software.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Doing a presentation? We talk about PowerPoint. Doing a podcast? We learn about making a podcast. I teach the skills kids need in order to do the assignment. In the end its how they apply those skills to the subject matter that should be assessed. A good PowerPoint gets a better grade then a weak PowerPoint? The focus should not be on the PowerPoint but the information that it presents. Should we assess students on their presentation of information? Yes, but not on how they use a specific piece of software.</div>

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Asynchronous and Synchronous e-Learning - 0 views

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Great graphs for how to pick which you want in your course

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Tools for Synchronous and Asynchronous Classroom Discussion - ProfHacker - The Chronicl... - 0 views

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Regardless of the tool or set of tools that you use, be sure your communication plan is clear to your students. Online communication does have rules, just like face-to-face communication. Set guidelines as well as expectations, and use only those tools that you’ve evaluated and which clearly enhance your teaching and student learning.
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Amy M on 21 Jun 12

Be clear which communication strategies you will use

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