UKEdChat TeachTweet InfoGraph Summary. Online TeachTweet Professional Development session hosted by ukedchat.com Created an infographic with links to videos
A spreadsheet of all the TEDTalks to date with the speaker's name, title of the talk, and a short summary. A quick & easy guide to finding interesting vids.
assumed they were more developed as writers than they actually were
initially corrected all errors
ttle emphasis to these errors in subsequent interactions
explored whether these were careless errors or whether the students had difficulty with particular aspects of writin
students assumed some responsibility for proofreading
cholarly writing in a thesis involves much more than a set of discrete writing tasks
heightened awareness of individual differences in students as writers
dependent writer
‘writer’s block’ that could be overcome by breaking writing down into subtasks
copious notes
detailed note‐taking limited her interaction
brief summary of the key points on my written response to her drafts
action plan
writing block initially posed a major ethical dilemma for me because the ethical guidelines of authorship restrict the writing that should be undertaken by a superviso
not writing per se that underpinned Denise’s writing block but a lack of knowledge about the content and organization of a particular writing task.
use of technology to produce tracked drafts/version control
resistant writer
acknowledged herself to be a poor write
writing supp
oral and written feedback
email guidance, sessions where writing was modeled and her writing scaffolded, and handouts on writing style.
specialist assistance
r lack of commitment to improving the quality of subsequent drafts
argumentative stance towards writing feedback
my colleague and I decided that we were no longer prepared to supervise Rita.
imited writing progress
, Rita had failed to adequately demonstrate her writing capability as a doctoral candidat
sporadic writer
repeatedly failed to meet negotiated deadlines
supervisor, it was difficult to maintain interest in and respond to Sherry’s work because of the time lag between each piece of writing
enlisted an experienced supervisor to act as my mentor
forewarned
Sherry’s approach to writing was likely to result in a lengthy completion time and she needed to accept the responsibility for managing her writing tasks.
emotional excitement of writing up a thesis and the ensuing motivation
lacked
This trail of documentation
importance of
highlighted student‐centred writing issues
dentified broader issues that also needed to be accommodated in supervision
confidence in writing does not necessarily equate with capability.
uture directions
upport students
ncouraging them to participate in activities designed to support scholarly writing,
A good way to summarize a story or create a story using photos. (ex. summary of the end of a unit, each child pick out one thing to say about what they learned, build off each other.
The American Enterprise Institute is one of the leading conservative think tanks. The AEI, and the conservative movement in general, have an interest in a more religious population, since religious voters are more likely to vote Republican and for conservative parties elsewhere in the world. Therefore, one needs to skeptical of research emanating from a think tank with a strong ideological bias; especially when that research serves the interests of the institution.
Across the world, "population change is reversing secularism and shifting the center of gravity of entire societies in a conservative religious direction." The same will be true here in the United States, where religious families have more children than non-religious ones.
It's easy to underestimate the role that population change can have in social change, Kaufmann says, but it can have a huge role, especially when differences in values drive differences in fertility
the fringe of ultra-Orthodox pupils in Israel's Jewish primary schools in 1960 has ballooned: they now comprise a third of the Jewish first grade class. They are gaining power: in Jerusalem, Haredim rioted in late December, demanding the right to segregate women on buses, and have already elected the city's first Haredi mayor.
the ultra-Orthodox may form a majority of observant American and British Jews by 2050
In the United States, Republicans have a similar values-driven fertility advantage -- an advantage, Kaufmann argues, which will outweigh the Democratic advantage of increased immigration, in part because many immigrants are conservative on social issues and maximalist in their family planning.
"In Seattle, there are nearly 45 percent more dogs than children. In Salt Lake City, there are nearly 19 percent more kids than dogs.”
Summary of article from the American Enterprise Institute journal, "The American", that claims that future of the U.S. is more religious than secular due to the large family size of religious fundamentalists.
"This movie has been put together as a summary of what I see as my role as a teacher. It includes some of the highlights of teaching over the last 12 months. It will be shared with participants at the ICTEV conference in Melbourne on May 26th where I will be honoured with the ICTEV Teacher/Educator of the Year Award 2012"
Includes state profiles from 33 states - includes a 20 page summary, tables, separate profiles for each state and full report; uses the following metrics: total degrees and certificates, graduation rates for certificate/assoc/bacc, time to degree, credits to degree, remediation enrollment, remediation graduation, transfers
List of Top 100 Tools for Learning from Centre Fore Learning & Performance Technologies; decent summary of technology in education trends, shared by Sue Van Den Acre, via Magi Koch