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Martin Leicht

What happened to America's teens when coronavirus disrupted high school? - 10 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...teens-poll-academics

shared by Martin Leicht on 15 Nov 21 - No Cached
  • biggest challenge of the pandemic was not that I was depressed but just, every day became the same thing. It kind of became, like, boring and saddening because this isn’t what I’m used to.
    • Martin Leicht
      Martin Leicht on 15 Nov 21
       
      You can't do the same thing online that you did in class. It doesn't translate.
  • Covid gave them the chance to see that, hey, our kids actually learn better when they have a little bit of a break.
Martin Burrett

Being bored by @sheep2763 - 7 views

ukedchat.com/...being-bored

shared by Martin Burrett on 15 Mar 19 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 15 Mar 19
     
    "I am of an age where if, as a child, you said you were bored the answer was likely to be, "Only boring people are bored," and be left to find something to do. There was always something to do, go outside and throw a tennis ball against a wall, go out on your bike, do some colouring, play with the Lego, do a jigsaw OR if you really got bored do your homework or tidy your bedroom! Nowadays it seems that the majority of children do not often seem to say that they are bored. They don't often have to find their own entertainment, use their imagination or even have several hours at a time that are not pre-filled with activities. Parents (normally) want to do their best for their children. Charlie wants to do football - that's 5:30 on Wednesday, Sammie wants to do ballet - that's 4:00 on Thursday, extra maths, Judo, trampolining, swimming, cubs… the list goes on, frequently only limited by the time to fit the activities for 2/3/4 children into a week."
Martin Burrett

Giving Feedback Shouldn't be Boring - And it doesn't have to be by @Hubert_AI - 34 views

ukedchat.com/...giving-feedback-boring

feedback assessment

shared by Martin Burrett on 26 May 18 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 26 May 18
     
    "Anyone who's actively been trying to collect feedback on something knows what a struggle it is. You put down the work, figure out questions, deciding appropriate scales, thinking through how to phrase the questions, rephrase them 3 times more, and then, finally, input everything into your favourite survey tool and press send."
ddavisfife

ASCD Express 11.06 - Use Mobile Tech to Challenge and Engage Students - 34 views

www.ascd.org/...1106-tucker.aspx

BYOD

shared by ddavisfife on 17 Dec 15 - No Cached
    • ddavisfife
      ddavisfife on 17 Dec 15
       
      iMovie (dynamic videos) another option WeVideo
  • students were challenged to think deeply
  • I gave the students complete autonomy on how to execute the task, which also increased their excitement about the assignment.
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  • Devices should drive engagement, pique curiosity, and encourage creativity.
  • If teachers design the activity well, students will be too absorbed in what they're doing to be off task.
  • one device to explore
  • another device, they posted
  • They posted their inferences to a shared Padlet wall so they could see one another's posts in real time.
  • they had 20 minutes to complete the activity, which was enough time for them to accomplish the task without getting bored or wandering off task.
  • Students have more opportunities to learn from one another, and they begin to value their peers as resources in the classroom.
  • It's hard for me to imagine that devices are a distraction if students are challenged and engaged.
  • This collaboration makes it hard for a student to be off task because the group relies on each member to contribute to the final product.
  • shared Google Document
  • dynamic videos
    • ddavisfife
      ddavisfife on 17 Dec 15
       
      dynamic videos ~ WeVideo
elsjekool

Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg - 35 views

www.bloomberg.com/...2015-paul-ford-what-is-code

shared by elsjekool on 14 Jun 15 - No Cached
  • There are keynote speakers—often the people who created the technology at hand or crafted a given language. There are the regular speakers, often paid not at all or in airfare, who present some idea or technique or approach. Then there are the panels, where a group of people are lined up in a row and forced into some semblance of interaction while the audience checks its e-mail.
  • Fewer than a fifth of undergraduate degrees in computer science awarded in 2012 went to women, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology
  • The average programmer is moderately diligent, capable of basic mathematics, has a working knowledge of one or more programming languages, and can communicate what he or she is doing to management and his or her peers
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  • The true measure of a language isn’t how it uses semicolons; it’s the standard library of each language. A language is software for making software. The standard library is a set of premade software that you can reuse and reapply.
  • A coder needs to be able to quickly examine and identify which giant, complex library is the one that’s the most recently and actively updated and the best match for his or her current needs. A coder needs to be a good listener.
  • Code isn’t just obscure commands in a file. It requires you to have a map in your head, to know where the good libraries, the best documentation, and the most helpful message boards are located. If you don’t know where those things are, you will spend all of your time searching, instead of building cool new things.
  • Some tools are better for certain jobs.
  • C is a simple language, simple like a shotgun that can blow off your foot. It allows you to manage every last part of a computer—the memory, files, a hard drive—which is great if you’re meticulous and dangerous if you’re sloppy
  • Object-oriented programming is, at its essence, a filing system for code.
  • Where C tried to make it easier to do computer things, Smalltalk tried to make it easier to do human things.
  • Style and usage matter; sometimes programmers recommend Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style—that’s right, the one about the English language. Its focus on efficient usage resonates with programmers. The idiom of a language is part of its communal identity.
  • Coding is a culture of blurters.
  • Programmers carve out a sliver of cognitive territory for themselves and go to conferences, and yet they know their position is vulnerable.
  • Programmers are often angry because they’re often scared.
  • Programming is a task that rewards intense focus and can be done with a small group or even in isolation.
  • For a truly gifted programmer, writing code is a side effect of thought
  • As a class, programmers are easily bored, love novelty, and are obsessed with various forms of productivity enhancement.
  • “Most programming languages are partly a way of expressing things in terms of other things and partly a basic set of given things.”
  • Of course, while we were trying to build a bookstore, we actually built the death of bookstores—that seems to happen a lot in the business. You set out to do something cool and end up destroying lots of things that came before.
  • Siri Anderson on 14 Jun 15
     
    A lengthy but worthy read for all non-programmers on code.
  • elsjekool on 15 Jun 15
     
    Explains code
Lisa C. Hurst

Inside the School Silicon Valley Thinks Will Save Education | WIRED - 9 views

www.wired.com/altschool

shared by Lisa C. Hurst on 05 May 15 - No Cached
  • Lisa C. Hurst on 05 May 15
     
    "AUTHOR: ISSIE LAPOWSKY. ISSIE LAPOWSKY DATE OF PUBLICATION: 05.04.15. 05.04.15 TIME OF PUBLICATION: 7:00 AM. 7:00 AM INSIDE THE SCHOOL SILICON VALLEY THINKS WILL SAVE EDUCATION Click to Open Overlay Gallery Students in the youngest class at the Fort Mason AltSchool help their teacher, Jennifer Aguilar, compile a list of what they know and what they want to know about butterflies. CHRISTIE HEMM KLOK/WIRED SO YOU'RE A parent, thinking about sending your 7-year-old to this rogue startup of a school you heard about from your friend's neighbor's sister. It's prospective parent information day, and you make the trek to San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. You walk up to the second floor of the school, file into a glass-walled conference room overlooking a classroom, and take a seat alongside dozens of other parents who, like you, feel that public schools-with their endless bubble-filled tests, 38-kid classrooms, and antiquated approach to learning-just aren't cutting it. At the same time, you're thinking: this school is kind of weird. On one side of the glass is a cheery little scene, with two teachers leading two different middle school lessons on opposite ends of the room. But on the other side is something altogether unusual: an airy and open office with vaulted ceilings, sunlight streaming onto low-slung couches, and rows of hoodie-wearing employees typing away on their computers while munching on free snacks from the kitchen. And while you can't quite be sure, you think that might be a robot on wheels roaming about. Then there's the guy who's standing at the front of the conference room, the school's founder. Dressed in the San Francisco standard issue t-shirt and jeans, he's unlike any school administrator you've ever met. But the more he talks about how this school uses technology to enhance and individualize education, the more you start to like what he has to say. And so, if you are truly fed up with the school stat
Wayne Holly

Crumbles - 90 views

www.crumbles.co

tools sentence

shared by Wayne Holly on 26 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • Wayne Holly on 26 Dec 14
     
    Lifehacker: Sure, you can record a video or send email to say what's on your mind. That's boring. A new web site lets cartoon and movie characters speak on your behalf. The site takes clips from TV and movies and creates a short video with a different clip for each word. If they don't have a clip for the word you pick, Crumbles uses a computerized voice. It's a little silly, but pretty fun. . .
Sharin Tebo

Dear Administrators, Please Don't Forget About the Little Things | Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension - 2 views

pernillesripp.com/...forget-about-the-little-things

Tips Leadership School Leaders

shared by Sharin Tebo on 19 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • But before you get too far in your dreams, think small first, please.  Before you roll out all of the new initiatives, the changes that you know will make everything so much better for everyone, yourself included, make me a promise first; promise to take care of the little things as soon as possible.
  • An amazing school doesn’t just come from dreams.  It is built upon a foundation of trust, of accountability, of feeling respected.  And all three of those are built on getting the management side of your job done for those who need it.
  • So this year, please do dream big.  Please do work for change.  Get excited about the big things.  But don’t forget the little things, those boring to-do tasks that don’t seem pressing.
David Masuda

My Weekly Reflections: My Weekly Reflections: My Portfolio - 19 views

canvas.uw.edu/...My_Weekly_Reflections

shared by David Masuda on 07 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • I appreciated this perspective because I feel that one of my challenges in learning a topic is staying focused.  Focus doesn't just entail a conscious selection of important vs irrelevant information/ideas/experiences, but also the ability to persevere on a task when it becomes boring
    • David Masuda
      David Masuda on 07 Apr 14
       
      This is interesting. When learning is "fun", focus is easy. So when is learning NOT fun? I would say it is when you do it for an intrinsic motivator - a test, for example.
  • an important part of learning is sticking with a topic long enough to let it's nuances manifest.
  • my banjo
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  • Is it important to face "drudgery" in lifelong learning.
Amy Roediger

iDoceo for paperless recordkeeping for the iPad - 20 views

www.idoceo.net/en

apps ipad gradebook

shared by Amy Roediger on 08 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Amy Roediger on 23 Feb 14
     
    A grade book, planner, diary, schedule and resource manager all in one app. Its spreadsheet engine will calculate averages as you input your assessment data. You can insert and edit any kind of information for a class, student and semester visually, no more boring spreadsheets. Scroll, expand, filter, export, import and view your information at any time. No internet connection is required. iDoceo will work with any kind of grading system, you can even create your own. You will not miss you old paper grade book again.
David Langenmayr

Ed Tech and the classics! - 50 views

These are great ways for students to interact with what would normally be seen as boring curricula. check out USAToday's article Can a video game encourage kids to read the classics? http://www.usa...

edtech news tools resources iPad

started by David Langenmayr on 18 Jun 13 no follow-up yet
Roland Gesthuizen

your monkey called · You Are Boring - 89 views

yourmonkeycalled.com/...you-are-boring

motivation interview questioning listening blog socialnetwork socialmedia filtering productivity

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Ask questions; the person you’re speaking with will respect your inquisitiveness and become more interested in the exchange. “Asking questions makes people feel valued,”
  • The people who were interesting told good stories. They were also inquisitive: willing to work to expand their social and intellectual range. Most important, interesting people were also the best listeners. They knew when to ask questions.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Mar 13
     
    "You are boring. So, so boring. Don't take it too hard. We're all boring. At best, we're recovering bores. Each day offers a hundred ways for us to bore the crap out of the folks with whom we live, work, and drink. And on the internet, you're able to bore thousands of people at once"
Elizabeth Resnick

Better Teaching: Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It - 10 views

www.teachthought.com/...s-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

teaching Pedagogy

shared by Elizabeth Resnick on 05 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Changes in voice, appearance, marking key points in color, variation in font size, hats, movement, lessons outdoors, music, curious photos, unexpected objects (a radish on each desk when students enter the classroom) get the RAS attentive to admit the accompanying sensory input of lessons that relates to the curious sensory input!
  • Elizabeth Resnick on 05 Feb 13
     
    written by a neurologist and teacher
Victoria Zhang

The Problem of Student Engagement | Wright'sRoom - 9 views

shelleywright.wordpress.com/...-problem-of-student-engagement

engagement student

shared by Victoria Zhang on 12 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Victoria Zhang on 12 Jan 13
     
    . So you can see why a boring environment having a more powerful thinning effect on the brain cortex than an exciting or enriched environment has on cortex thickening is a big deal.
dmassicg

180 Technology Tips - HOME PAGE - 6 views

www.180techtips.com/index.htm

technology tutorials howto reference techtips Free education ProfessionalDevelopment

shared by dmassicg on 01 Nov 12 - Cached
  • 180TechTips.com offers 15 hours of free computer training in 180 easy to follow 5 minute lessons.  This isn't a boring 15 hour lecture.  We aren't going to lock you in a computer lab for 2 days of ineffective staff development training that leaves you more confused than you were when you started.  This is the kind of relevant and uncomplicated computer training everyone needs.
nicholae1

Udacity | Free Online Courses. Advance your College Education & Career - 8 views

www.udacity.com

education learning programming udacity university science search

shared by nicholae1 on 24 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Doug Henry on 24 Jan 12
     
    Online learning from former Stanford profs - build a search engine, or a robotic car
  • Marc Patton on 09 Jul 12
     
    Udacity is a totally new kind of learning experience. You learn by solving challenging problems and pursuing udacious projects with world-renowned university instructors (not by watching long, boring lectures). At Udacity, we put you, the student, at the center of the universe.
Tracy Tuten

How Can We Make Assessments Meaningful? | Edutopia - 170 views

www.edutopia.org/...ningful-heather-wolpert-gawron

assessment rubric learning edutopia classroom teaching howto

shared by Tracy Tuten on 09 Aug 12 - Cached
  • Criteria for a Meaningful Classroom Assessment To address these requirements, I ask myself the following guided questions: Does the assessment involve project-based learning? Does it allow for student choice of topics? Is it inquiry based? Does it ask that students use some level of internet literacy to find their answers? Does it involve independent problem solving? Does it incorporate the 4Cs? Do the students need to communicate their knowledge via writing in some way? Does the final draft or project require other modalities in its presentation? (visual, oral, data, etc...)
  • So how can high-stakes assessments be meaningful to students? For one thing, high-stakes tests shouldn't be so high-stakes. It's inauthentic. They should and still can be a mere snapshot of ability. Additionally, those occasional assessments need to take a back seat to the real learning and achievement going on in every day assessments observed by the teacher. The key here, however, is to assess everyday. Not in boring, multiple-choice daily quizzes, but in informal, engaging assessments that take more than just a snapshot of a student's knowledge at one moment in time. But frankly, any assessment that sounds cool can still be made meaningless. It's how the students interact with the test that makes it meaningful. Remember the 4 Cs and ask this: does the assessment allow for: Creativity Are they students creating or just regurgitating? Are they being given credit for presenting something other than what was described? Collaboration Have they spent some time working with others to formulate their thoughts, brainstorm, or seek feedback from peers? Critical Thinking Are the students doing more work than the teacher in seeking out information and problem solving? Communication Does the assessment emphasize the need to communicate the content well? Is there writing involved as well as other modalities? If asked to teach the content to other students, what methods will the student use to communicate the information and help embed it more deeply?
  • Another way to ensure that an assessment is meaningful, of course, is to simply ask the students what they thought. Design a survey after each major unit or assessment. Or, better yet, if you want to encourage students to really focus on the requirements on a rubric, add a row that's only for them to fill out for you. That way, the rubric's feedback is more of a give-and-take, and you get feedback on the assessment's level of meaningfulness as soon as possible.
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  • Download the example (left) of a quick rubric I designed for a general writing assessment. I included a row that the participants could fill out that actually gave me quick feedback on how meaningful or helpful they believed the assessment was towards their own learning.
  • Tracy Tuten on 09 Aug 12
     
    Worthwhile article on designing meaningful assessments
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