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I right-clicked on the picture I wanted. A pulldown screen comes down and selected "save picture as...".

Oh, thanks Ann. How simple it is!

"Professor Daniel Willingham describes research showing that learning styles are a myth." Interested in your thoughts on this...

I agree that you don't have to adjust your learning style for each student; because if I just speak for myself, I learn from all three. I read, listen and set out to do a task. If I have a question I go to the source or instructor for clarification. If that is not available, I look for other sources of information that might help.

I've seen this video before -- this summer when we were discussing learning theories. What makes it more interesting this go round is what I read in the Wiggins textbook about understanding...can they apply what they understand. Willingham clearly states we need to foucs on meaning rather than the audio/viisual learning style. Also, he makes the point about the use of a good analogy to help the student 'understand'...ties in with the metaphor activity.

Jenkins is an important player in this online learning stuff. This piece brings up some important considerations. We will be talking about assessment next week, but I wanted to toss this to you now, to get your gears spinning.

I cannot understand why he is so worried about open book testing of indivduals; rather than thinking about how to set up a test that would allow all contributors to weigh in and answer. What is the point of the process of collabrative learning then? Or am I just naive?

One response to this article was the practical - give the questions before the exam and the students can do whatever they want prior to the test, but when the test is actually given, make it closed book. This emphasizes information retnetion more than information retreival, which seems to be his concern. That being said - whether a test or not - his points are interesting and requires a great deal of thinking through. Allowing collaboration, for example as Joy profers, during a short course time brings up the issue of bandwidth and accessibility, so a teacher needs to spend time on logistics.

Nice! I'm teaching a wiki workshop at Skagit Valley College today. May I share this?

There will be! My post on my blog listed above has an article about how to do this. You might want to click on it and read the blog.

Great job, Joy! I enJOYed the videos and loved the layout of your wiki. Your eSkills really are apparent!

This was in today's LA Times, indicating how a person's disability benefits were promptly stopped after the insurer saw posts on Facebook. The unintended consquences of information further our discussions regarding privacy.

Or possibly this page: http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adults/cyber-bullying.aspx

The concept of personal privacy and what to post or not post is such a difficult one for parents and students now. We archive for two years now to comply with the laws and to be able to meet possible public records requests. It is hard for adults to keep in mind sometimes that even an e-mail can be forwarded on to anyone in the world. A different planet from even 10 years ago.

That looks great! Much better than mine!

I'll introduce you to it. Here's the tutorial stuff I use for our MEDIT students if you want to get started. http://bcvista.wikispaces.com/connections If you create an account and follow me (@injenuity) I'll introduce you to people.

Nope. It's just content on a wiki. Read it and view the screencasts to learn more about Twitter. I'm about to hit the road to go to Skagit. I hope everyone can stop doing interesting things for a few hours or I'll never catch up! :)

"The current and future health of America's 21st Century Economy depends directly on how broadly and deeply Americans reach a new level of literacy--'21st Century Literacy'--that includes strong academic skills, thinking, reasoning, teamwork skills, and proficiency in using technology.", says the 21st Century Workforce Commission National Alliance of Business

Another great read and thanks, Ann. Something this article doesn't address is the growing concern about the "digital divide." Not all segments of our society has equal access to the internet. I recently heard a lecture at NSCC addressing this problem. Many outlining districts in urban areas(and rural areas) do not have the infrastructure to receive Wi-Fi. Students is poor neighborhoods (many who don't have computers at home) must go to their local public library to get internet access. Yes, our public school system needs to incorporate more technology "know-how" into their curriculum and instruction, but equally as important, our society needs to take a closer look at what segments of society are presently at a big disadvantage in terms of equal access to technology, both in and out of school. As technology redefines what it means to be "literate," then we also must address equity and accessibility to resources.

Helen, I like your astute comments and observations. The poor in this country may have access to computers in the library and at school, but many of them are homeless and living in cars. Anywhere from 2000-5000 people are homeless in King County and 80% of these people are women with children and suffering from DV incidents. If we go further, I have a friend working in Chimbote, Peru. Most of the people living in the barrios do not even have running water, much less the ability to buy or use computers. I suspect worldwide, you would see extremely large percentages of children without food much less computer access or skills.

I have added my page on Wikispace. I have a video I want my learners to view. I have asked them to research the topic and present their blogs, videos and etc.,in Diigo. I have asked them to discuss this Module's question on the need or not for a Silver College similiar to the one in Japan for aging Japanese people. Japan is one step ahead of the U.S. in trying to deal with the many issues and needs of their aging population. Grading or assessment will be determined by the quality of the participation and discussion in Diigo. The Module discussion would be set up to continue for one week and is 25% of that Module's grade. The idea is not to grade the students but to encourage them to research the topic and bring to the discussion some ideas as to whether this is a useful idea or not if applied to the Senior population in America. I will be writing a blog regarding this lesson as well. I have not finished it yet.

Joy, I really like the way you set up the assignment related to the short film on how Japan is gaining huge benefits by engaging its senior population. When you think about it, this enlightened Japanese view to making good used of aging citizens isn't controversial at all. Farming retired folks out to finish their lives out in disconnected retirement homes seems so backward, and poorly planned. We should be gathering together all of that life experience through good design, and putting it to good use!

I hear you Bruce!

Hi guys. This is not and I repeat not a video you want to watch in total. I was trying to fix my sound and needed a video to put on the site, so I could ask you if it was better than the sound on my final presentation. So if you can find the time to give a listen...I would truly appreciate it1

I agree. The sound sounds fine. Good meeting you in person tonight.

I say ditto to that one Ann...Luckily Mary Ann, Bruce and You and I will be in the next class! WooHoo!

I'm currently searching for an LMS solution for our project, and this is one I am exploring. You can check it out for free on this page.

Mary Ann and I are running close to each other...I just saw the mods in Balckboard listed in Canvas. There were a few missing and I was wondering how many mods it will hold Jennifer? Also, I did see a discussion area but I don't know if you uploaded it to canvas or if it belongs to canvas.

I think I hid some of the stuff in the site I set up, since I don't know how the program folks will feel about it being public. If you set up your own account, you can get a better idea of all the features.

thought someone might be interested in assessment

Thanks for posting this, Jennifer! I found some good questions within the text--questions I will continue to think about as I work my way through the elearning assessment course we just began. Hope all is well in your world!

If you haven't tried Evernote, I highly recommend it. This is a decent post about uses in education.

Jennifer, I've been using the online Microsoft Office OneNote to save web pages, images, text snippets, etc. What are some advantages to using Evernote, in your experience?

I like that I can sync evernote across multiple machines and my phone. My 10 year old daughter even uses it to capture things she wants to save.

Thanks again for the comments, Jen and Mary Ann. Never satisfied with my mistakes, I keep going back and trying to clear them up.

This video is approximately 29 minutes long. It is worth the time veiwing it.

I really enjoyed watching this, and it confirms some lessons I've learned while teaching over the past decade. Much this has to do the importance of building a confident, engaged relationship with students, and respecting what they bring to the table. I was also impressed by the lead interviewer in this program, who asked good questions and lined up some well chosen guests.

"It's often said that services like Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter - you name it - are not the product, you are. Each and every bit of information you share and action you take is used to create a profile of user behavior, which is used then to either advertise directly to you or to people on a whole. But how can we ride the fine line? How can we have great, world-changing services at a price (read: free) everyone can afford without completely selling out the end user?"

I think it's going to have to be redefined. But I also think we're in the process of defining new commodities. We need to decide what we value.

I think this issue of privacy and use of personal information by online service companies is a very big deal. I'm also beginning to make use of some of these cloud-based applications (especially from Google) as part of my standard approach to teaching hybrid classes. Up until this past year, I've relied on the tried and true Vista/Blackboard to manage student projects and interactions, but I've found it to be sort of a dinosaur compared to the speed and ease of use of other Web2.0 apps. But if I'm working outside of Vista/Blackboard, I need to be especially careful of privacy policies and procedures of the companies behind these online apps. In the 'Sharing and Privacy' article, Mike Melanson makes some interesting points. He says: "...the companies themselves - the Googles and Facebooks and Twitters of the world - realize that correctly handling these issues of privacy are center to their continued success." and... ""All things equal, the company that's going to want to win in the next couple years will have the best privacy model." When I was doing my own investigation into this issue last winter, I asked myself, "What are the most conservative and and security conscious organizations using for social networking tools?" So I went up to the US Army website to find out. Certainly they have a heightened need to be careful what companies they choose for their social networking tools. I posted the results of this online research on my Web2.0 Chronicle blog. The results aren't surprising... Google, Facebook, Twiter, Wordpress, Flickr... among others. I see no need to rush into this area, and am willing to wait until the dust settles and user results come back from dependable sources. Jennifer's recommendation of Diigo is a good example of this. For myself, I've already left a significant "digital footprint" over the past 15 years - which is now out

Just click and play. If you want to know what kinds of skills your students need and will be using in just 5 years from now, it may be important to follow futurists and developing technology...for instance, holograms and touchable holograms which will certainly benefit medical students. I had the experience of a robotic operation using the De Vinci robot. Only a handful of doctors were able to operate this way. Mine was a prof at UW, a respected researcher with Fred Hutch and a practicing surgeon with Swedish. Swedish was, at the time, the only hospital with that capability. He sat at a computer...several feet away and operated by looking at the computer.

P.S. It was major sugery and I was sent home the next day. I was back to work in less that two weekends and one work week!

A blog summarizing updates to my course framework on how the course would be assessed.

Good questions. As I commented in the self-check, the modules sometimes merge for me. Maybe re-iterate the title? I liked the question asking more specifically about non-assigned material. It'd be a good way to get feedback as a teacher on what I might want to add later.

I thought it might be fun to write a story about our family reunion. Jen sent info on Storybird and I had to give it a try. Well, I loved it!