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Lecture: Philip Pullman, "The Isis Lecture" - 0 views

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    The Isis Lecture Pullman gave which focuses on his thoughts about education and literature. A remarkable speech.
James Miscavish

My Bookmarks - 54 views

Yeah, I'm adding all my ELA appropriate bookmarks, then going back through and fixing the titles. Should be quite helpful for all of us! Jim Burke wrote: > My plan is to revise all my bookmarks s...

Joanne Seale

Open Yale Lectures - 9 views

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    Interesting variety of lectures hosted by Yale professors. Lectures are free of charge.
anonymous

'Teach Naked' Effort Strips Computers From Classrooms - Technology - The Chronicle of H... - 0 views

shared by anonymous on 23 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Here's the kicker, though: The biggest resistance to Mr. Bowen's ideas has come from students, some of whom have groused about taking a more active role during those 50-minute class periods.
  • Introduce issues of debate within the discipline and get the students to weigh in based on the knowledge they have from those lecture podcasts, Mr. Bowen says.
  • "Strangely enough, the people who are most resistant to this model are the students, who are used to being spoon-fed material that is going to be quote unquote on the test," says Mr. Heffernan. "Students have been socialized to view the educational process as essentially passive. The only way we're going to stop that is by radically refiguring the classroom in precisely the way José wants to do it."
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  • "inverted classroom."
  • 'I paid for a college education and you're not going to lecture?'"
  • PowerPoint is not the problem. It is how PPt is used.
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      That's exactly the point. Of course we do need discussions in classrooms, but we also need to enable students to perform well in them, and here is where technology comes in: You can facilitate it in the learning process. - The headline of this article makes things far too easy...
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    I like how Bowen is questioning the use of tech for tech's sake. This further shows how it's not about the technology, but about the teaching.
anonymous

Lecture: Authors@Google - 0 views

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    Google brings in a remarkable range of speakers and authors to its workplace, all of which are broadcast through Authors@Google. These are like TED Talks but not all fall into those same categories.
Dana Huff

Emily Bronte Overview - 5 views

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    College syllabus for Wuthering Heights. Some good lecture and discussion material.
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