learning how to write concisely, to express one key detail succinctly and eloquently, is an incredibly useful skill, and more in tune with most students’ daily chatter, as well as the world’s conversation.
YouTube - Promo for Room A108, second season - 57 views
Research Seminars at University of Worcester Island in Second Life - 16 views
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Research Seminars at University of Worcester Island Forthcoming sessions in 2011. February 24th Resistance - who has it, why it occurs and what can we do about it (Gann McGann - Mark Childs) March Thursday 31st - Supporting distributed team working in 3D virtual worlds - how a 3D virtual world facilitates socialisation and team working among students working on a team project at a distance. (Shailey Garfield - Shailey Minocha from the Department of Computing at the Open University)
Homework! | - 42 views
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Part of what seems a never ending debate on this subject. Anybody else got good links on the topic?
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Thanks Steve. The second link in particular was worthwhile.
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Oh, good.
Teaching to the Text Message - NYTimes.com - 50 views
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A lot can be said with a little — the mundane and the extraordinary. Philosophers like Confucius (“Learning without thought is labor lost. Thought without learning is perilous.”) and Nietzsche were kings of the aphorism.
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I’m not suggesting that colleges eliminate long writing projects from English courses, but maybe we should save them for the second semester. Rewarding concision first will encourage students to be economical and innovative with language.
Rupert Murdoch - Education: The Last Frontier - 50 views
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We must begin by exciting the imaginations of our young people.
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my second point: more personalized learnin
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Finally, with digital we can bring the world’s greatest thinkers to every student, anywhere in the world, at a very low cost.
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Get the Most out of Online Quizzes « classroom2point0 - 156 views
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Unfortunately, life is not multiple choice; it’s a story problem. If we want to prepare our students for the demands of college and the real world, we cannot afford to whittle away their knowledge to a, b, c, d, or e: all of the above. At the same time, our time as teachers is at a premium and very few of us can afford to spend hours grading essay tests.
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Fortunately, the powers that be are aligning in the classroom teacher’s favor, and there are two great tools you can use to reduce your grading time.
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So what does QuizStar have that other sites don’t? My favorite feature of QuizStar by far is the “choose all that apply” option. You can create a
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Microsoft Word - BlockingSchedules.rtf - CAREI BlockingSchedules.pdf - 25 views
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Research examining student achievement in block-scheduled schools compared to traditional schools showed mixed and inconclusive results
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Most research about block scheduling and classroom instruction, as with research on school climate, used student, teacher, and parent questionnaires and surveys.
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Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students (Fun English Study) - 81 views
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This web site is for people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator and other computer assisted language learning activities. Even though the primary focus is for ESL, native English speakers may also find some interesting things on this site. This site is non-commercial and has no advertising. TESL/TEFL teachers may want to recommend this site to their students.
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