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"It seems only fitting to explore the role of questions in education by asking questions about the process of doing so. I propose that we start with the customary way of framing this topic and then proceed to questions that are deeper and potentially more subversive of traditional schooling. 1. WHICH QUESTIONS? To begin, let's consider what we might ask our students. The least interesting questions are those with straightforward factual answers. That's why a number of writers have encouraged the use of questions described variously as "true" (Wolf, 1987), "essential" (Simon, 2002), "generative" (Perkins, 1992; Perrone, 1998), "guiding" (Traver, 1998), or "fertile" (Harpaz & Lefstein, 2000). What the best of these share is that they're open-ended. Sometimes, in fact, no definitive right answer can be found at all. And even when there is one - or at least when there is reason to prefer some responses to others - the answer isn't obvious and can't be summarized in a sentence. Why is it so hard to find a cure for cancer? Do numbers ever end? Why do people lie? Why did we invade Vietnam? Grappling with meaty questions like these (which were among those generated by a class in Plainview, NY) is a real project . . . literally. A question-based approach to teaching tends to shade into learning that is problem- (Delisle, 1997) and project-based (Kilpatrick, 1918; Blumenfeld et al., 1991; Wolk, 1998). Intellectual proficiency is strengthened as students figure out how to do justice to a rich question. As they investigate and come to understand important ideas more fully, new questions arise along with better ways of asking them, and the learning spirals upwards. Guiding students through this process is not a technique that can be stapled onto our existing pedagogy, nor is it something that teachers can be trained to master during an in-service day. What's required is a continual focus on creating a classroom that is about thinking rather

1) the ways they currently implement Twitter in their teaching and learning, 2) ideas for future development of Twitter-based assignments and pedagogical practices, and 3) issues concerning the integration of Twitter and other digital media into both traditional and non-traditional pedagogies. Collaborators should feel free to add material to these pages, to comment on existing material, and to share links to relevant external readings and resources. It may be helpful to tag your contributions with your Twitter handle. Collaborators are asked to please respect this space as a forum for open and respectful dialogue and networking. Let's fill up the pages below with great ideas!  Share the ways you currently implement Twitter in your teaching and learning: Students in my course New Information Technologies do an "Internet Censorship" project, focused on a specific country. I ask them to follow a journalist who tweets on that country as part of their research to understand the state of Internet freedom in the country they select. -- Lora Since shortly after Twitter was launched, I've experimented with various iterations of "The Twitter Essay," an assignment that has students considering the nature of the "essay" as a medium and how they might do that work within the space of 140 characters. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) In my fully online classes, I've started using Twitter to replace the discussion forum as the central location for student interaction. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) Show Tweets that have gotten people arrested and prompt discussion on whether it is fair that anyone be arrested for any Tweet in the US, who is likely to be arrested for their Tweets, what kinds of Tweets are likely to prompt arrest, etc. Students in my First Year Seminar course "The Irish Imagination: Yeats to Bono" developed a platform for digital annotation of Irish literature. Embedded in their platform was a twitter feed of relevant individuals/groups, makin

"A webinar can take many forms, such as a meeting, presentation, or workshop. The main difference between running a webinar and simply posting a video is the interactive component the former offers. Attendees typically view webinars in real time, and there is often the option for them to participate by asking and/or answering questions. This type of seminar offers an excellent opportunity to add a personal touch to your platform and engage your customers. For example, Neil Patel uses webinars frequently to reach out to visitors of his traffic growing website. Step #1: Create a Google Account Step #2: Create a New Event in YouTube Live Step #3: Customize Your Webinar Step #4: Embed Your Webinar in Your WordPress Website Step #5: Invite Attendees Step #6: Broadcast Your Webinar"

"As an educator who is addicted to Twitter I have always read about students getting introduced to Twitter and wondered how it would work. After reading and reading I have finally decided to give it a go. Here is my introduction to Twitter in my classroom. Last Tuesday, the day started like any other. Roll call, discussion, introduction to an activity and a bit of a laugh with my Year 7 and 8 Technology class. We had been discussing the importance of being an active online user and being a positive digital citizen (the students are preparing some presentations for Year 2-3 children later in the term). The conversation moved into learning environments and we discussed the small and "un-student friendly" (their words) environment that they were currently sitting in. "Take the teachable moment and run with it" my inner, energetic teacher yelled from my shoulder. So there we were talking about the "Ultimate Learning Environment", when one of my students asked me "Why is social media so big?". Good question I thought, why is it 'so big'. So we unpacked that question and broke it down. We talked about Social Media and what it was and how it worked, they gave me excellent examples and we tied it back into our discussion about digital citizenship. From this point, as a class, we decided we would use social media to help us with our learning. The students had no idea how it could work. I suggested twitter and how I use it. We pulled up my profile and saw how it worked (discussion only). The decision was then made -> Let's ask the twitterverse to help us!! On rolled Monday 5th May and in our first class (I see this group twice a week) we decided that tomorrow would be the day, we would ask twitter for their advice on "What makes a GREAT learningenvironment?". The students already have some fantastic ideas and a plan of where they want to see their environment heading but they needed some depth to their plan and some other opinions outside of

"... In addition to serving as a great explanatory example of the potential danger of AI, I have realized that paperclip maximizer is also a perfect allegory for capitalism. Where the artificial intelligence sought to maximize paperclips, the capital maximizer seeks to maximize capital. ... While this story of the capital maximizer might strike some as the anti-capitalist rantings of socialist idealism, it is not meant as such. Capitalism is the most powerful machine that humans have ever created. It can realize the benefits of technological progress and leverage them to improving the human condition better than any other economic system yet devised. The problem is in viewing the growth of capital as an ends and not a means. If we do not demand that our systems maximize the well-being of humans and the environment which sustains us, then all is lost."

"Our new blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content. Low-tech Magazine was born in 2007 and has seen minimal changes ever since. Because a website redesign was long overdue - and because we try to practice what we preach - we decided to build a low-tech, self-hosted, and solar-powered version of Low-tech Magazine. The new blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content. Why a Low-tech Website? We were told that the Internet would "dematerialise" society and decrease energy use. Contrary to this projection, it has become a large and rapidly growing consumer of energy itself. In order to offset the negative consequences associated with high energy consumption, renewable energy has been proposed as a means to lower emissions from powering data centers. For example, Greenpeace's yearly ClickClean report ranks major Internet companies based on their use of renewable power sources."

"This book is a collection of homework problems for use in an introductory physics course. It is a work in progress, currently complete through mechanics and electromagnetism. There is a complete set of ancillary materials, including solutions and an online answer checker. If you're an instructor, you can use these problems as a plug-in replacement for the ones in a commercial textbook, thus insulating yourself from common hassles associated with using the problems from a commercial text. For example, you can change books without having to redo all your problem sets, or you can tell your students that they can use any edition of a particular text."

"This book YOUNG & CREATIVE - Digital Technologies Empowering Children in Everyday Life aims to catch different examples where children and youth have been active and creative by their own initiative, driven by intrinsic motivation, personal interests and peer relations. We want to show the opportunities of digital technologies for creative processes of children and young people. The access to digital technology and its growing convergence has allowed young people to experiment active roles as cultural producers. Participation becomes a keyword when "consumers take media into their own hands". Digital technologies offer the potential of different forms of participatory media culture, and finally creative practices. YOUNG and CREATIVE is a mix of research articles, interviews and case studies. The target audience of this book is students, professionals and researchers working in the field of education, communication, children and youth studies, new literacy studies and media and information literacy."

"Facepixelizer is a specialized image editor for anonymizing images. Use Facepixelizer to quickly hide information in images that you don't want to become public. For example, you can blur out text and pixelate faces that appear in your images. Even though Facepixelizer runs in the browser, your images are secure because they never leave your browser and are never sent over the network. All the processing happens in your browser."

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"Si quieres hacer una actividad relacionada con este artículo con tus alumnos te remito a la entrada titulada 10 Excusas que como docente has oído alguna vez de tus alumnos. ¡Te va a encantar! Una recomendación. Si quieres saber más sobre cómo gestionar conflictos en el aula, te recomiendo encarecidamente la lectura del libro de Joan Vaello titulado Cómo dar clase a los que no quieren. Joan Vaello propone actividades muy parecidas a las de esta entrada que tienen como máxima la eficacia basada en la determinación, la sencillez y la cooperación. Porque leer nos hace mejores… ¿Eres docente? ¡Ya somos más de 20.000 suscriptores! Correo electrónico PrintFriendly and PDFImprimir Related Posts Problemática compartida. ¿Cómo se soluciona un problema? Problemática compartida. ¿Cómo se soluciona un problema? El bazar de las emociones. Propuesta de actividad El bazar de las emociones. Propuesta de actividad Cómo enseñar a tus alumnos los tipos de acoso escolar. Propuesta de actividad Cómo enseñar a tus alumnos los tipos de acoso escolar. Propuesta de actividad 12 Pautas para elaborar un examen de refuerzo. Ejemplo 12 Pautas para elaborar un examen de refuerzo. Ejemplo The Empathy Toy, el juguete para fomentar la empatía entre tus alumnos The Empathy Toy, el juguete para fomentar la empatía entre tus alumnos Un truco para enseñar a tus alumnos a responder preguntas Un truco para enseñar a tus alumnos a responder preguntas Tweet 0 Share 958 Pin Archivada en: Resolución de conflictos, Educación emocional Etiquetada con: problemas, soluciones Comentarios Esteban De Las Heras García dice 12/11/2014 at 10:36 pm Se nota la mano de Joan Vaello. Los es que forman parte de una conducta reactiva, mientras que los podría forman parte de una conducta proactiva. Siempre aportando cosas interesantes. ¡Podrías seguir! :) Un saludo Santiago. Responder Santiago dic

"1. Es que no estaba. A estas alturas el hecho de que un alumno no pueda asistir a una sesión lectiva no puede ser una excusa para eludir sus responsabilidades el día que regresa al aula. Existen suficientes mecanismos para que bien a través de sus compañeros, bien a través de diversas plataformas como Moodle, sepa perfectamente lo que se le exigirá. Para ello te recomiendo que en las primeras sesiones de curso dejes muy claro en la programación el procedimiento a seguir en los días de ausencia de un alumno. Para saber más sobre el aula virtual Moodle pulsa en el siguiente enlace. 2. Es que se me olvidó el libro en el centro. Si un alumno se le olvida el libro en su centro escolar tiene la posibilidad de ir a recogerlo. En caso de no poder es tan fácil como pedir a un compañero que le mande la información o pueda conseguirla a través de un correo electrónico o a través también de plataformas como Moodle. 3. Es que no lo dijiste. Su palabra contra la tuya. Problema. Para evitarlo es muy importante que todo aquello que mandas a tus alumnos quede por escrito en la pizarra, en el tablón de los deberes del aula, en la agenda. 4. Es que la impresora no tenía tinta. Creo que no se puede exigir a ningún alumno entregar un trabajo a ordenador. Si no eres de esta opinión, el alumno debe optar por opciones como pedirle a un compañero que se lo imprima, enviártelo por correo electrónico, ir a una copistería de su localidad, etc. Debes prevenir estos incidentes y dejar la solución por escrito. Algo parecido podrá pasarte con la conexión a internet. 5. Es que a mí me dijeron que… Se trata de una frase completamente tóxica en la que el alumno se escuda en los demás para no asumir su responsabilidad. Hay que ser inflexibles con este tipo de argumento y prevenirlo desde la primera sesión lectiva. 6. Es que no lo entendí. ¿Y ahora me lo dices cuando falta un minuto para que empiece la prueba? Para prevenir esta ex

"1. Liderazgo autoritario. Posee visión de futuro. Motiva constantemente a sus alumnos. Hace que sus alumnos perciban que lo que hacen es importante para ti y para ellos. Da tareas individuales, pero siempre pensando que dichas ideas tienen un valor global. El alumno sabe en todo momento cuál es su objetivo y cuál es su recompensa. El objetivo marcado es claro, pero a la vez tiene una cierta flexibilidad. Permite la innovación. Permite la experimentación. Acepta los riesgos. NO FUNCIONA CUANDO: Docente y alumnos tienen unos conocimientos iguales o muy parecidos, ya que estos lo conciben como un docente presuntuoso o poco informado. Se abusa del despotismo y la intransigencia. 2. Liderazgo coach. Ayuda a los alumnos a tomar conciencia de sus puntos fuertes y sus puntos débiles. Es capaz de definir cuáles son las aspiraciones personales, académicas y profesionales de sus alumnos. Ofrece una gran cantidad de instrucciones porque pauta las tareas. Ofrece mucho feedback a sus alumnos. Delega tareas con frecuencia, incluso las que se consideran complejas. Defiende el error como una forma más de aprendizaje. Defiende el valor del diálogo como herramienta para aumentar la responsabilidad entre sus alumnos. Verbaliza el compromiso ante sus alumnos. NO FUNCIONA CUANDO: Los alumnos manifiestan muy pocas ganas de aprender. Los alumnos manifiestan una falta considerable de motivación. 3. Liderazgo conciliador. Valora a sus alumnos y sus emociones por encima de las tareas y los objetivos de las mismas. Busca en todo momento un buen clima de trabajo. Concede mucha importancia a la lealtad. Defiende cierto grado de autonomía en el aprendizaje. Practica el refuerzo positivo incondicional, es decir, trabaja para aumentar el autoconcepto y la autoestima de sus alumnos verbalizando sus logros y aciertos. Promueve la armonía dentro del grupo, así como la mo

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"Definición: Las rúbricas son guías de puntuación usadas en la evaluación del desempeño de los estudiantes que describen las características específicas de un producto, proyecto o tarea en varios niveles de rendimiento, con el fin de clarificar lo que se espera del trabajo del alumno, de valorar su ejecución y de facilitar la proporción de feedback (retroalimentación) (Andrade, 2005; Mertler, 2001) a través de Fernandez, A Revista de Docencia Universitaria Vol.8 (n.1)2010Tipos de Rúbricas:Rúbrica global u holísitca:Rúbrica analítica: Ventajas de su uso para el alumnado:Ventajas de uso para el profesorado:¿Qué inconvenientes tienen las rúbricas?PASOS PARA SU ELABORACIÓN"

"El podcasting consiste en la distribución de archivos de audio a través de internet. El usuario puede escucharlos, descargarlos o suscribirse a un sistema de redifusión (RSS) que le informará cada vez que un nuevo archivo de audio sea añadido."

"Las rúbricas son un instrumento o un medio que puede y debe ir ajustándose con la práctica hasta encontrar el valor justo de las metas de la evaluación a las cuales se espera llegar o se quiere que los estudiantes lleguen. Asimismo, la especificación del nivel de desarrollo alcanzado pueden expresarse en forma de escala o en forma numérica de la que se tiene que hacer una sumatoria final y asignar de esta manera una nota."