trailing off,
Teaching Beyond Tropes: Quicksand, Ellipses - 0 views
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my thoughts have been...
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Quicksand, Ellipses
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The Introspection of a Pedagogue: Gamification: Good or bad? I say good! - 0 views
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In my social studies classes I am a fan of games that go beyond the simple answer a question get a point and instead cause students to debate within and without their table group, think critically, and make a decision. Games are not some aberration that teaches students to think life is a game, but instead is creating an environment that allows for difficult concepts to be acted out in a safe environment.
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even if the game doesn’t come out great the teacher tried to be creative instead of hiding behind what “works".
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I also think that at times to much has been pushed onto the “best practices” and has slowed creative thought. The best practices have a place and they work very well when used properly, but when do we stop saying what teachers are doing is wrong because they don’t look like the person next door? Are we all supposed to be clones teaching in the same way all the time? I think not. But I suppose that is a different topic to tackle on different post.
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"We are not just handing out badges, but implementing creative ways to engage students to help them try on concepts for size. We are not sugarcoating anything and in some ways are able to engage the students in debates that they could not have without the simulation. In short, we are building the future senators, doctors, lawyers, etc of the world that learned skills from the game and will apply them to their adult life. "
Is It Time to Give Up on Computers in Schools? - Hybrid Pedagogy - 0 views
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The sorts of hardware and software that were purchased had to meet those needs — the needs and the desire of the administration, not the needs and the desires of innovative educators, and certainly not the needs and desires of students.
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we must stare critically at the belief systems that are embedded in these tools.
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The mainframe never went away. And now, virtualized, we call it “the cloud.” Computers and mainframes and networks are a point of control. Computers are a tool of surveillance. Databases and data are how we are disciplined and punished. Quite to the contrary of Seymour’s hopes that computers will liberate learners, this will be how all of us will increasingly be monitored and managed.
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touches of sense...: In a tangle. - 0 views
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"We might cool down the conversation with explicit norms, clarifying our objectives and assumptions,offer facilitation and other support in an attempt to achieve real dialogue. Over time the constraints could be loosened."
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emotional blackmail and silencing tactic?
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"Who is in? Who is out?" and when and where and who decides?
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I am always an outsider, by termperament and by design. Iconoclast is the word I use to describe myself. I actually get a bit sick when I feel I am on the IN. I love the OUT. And I don't need a fucking box cutter to get out. Something goofy, hilarious, and irritating about the video. A classic out-y as far as I can tell. Not so much a prophet as someone who says, "Fuck you. Now what are you going to do about it." I live in a part of Kentucky where that attitude has been raised to an art form. It's called cutting off your nose to spite your face. I am a practitioner.
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