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Adrienne Michetti

Digital Web Magazine - The Principles of Design - 11 views

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shared by Adrienne Michetti on 01 Feb 10 - Cached
  • concepts that can that make any project stronger without interfering in the more technical considerations later on
  • one of many disciplines within the larger field of design
  • a discipline within the field of art
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  • the basic tenets of design into two categories: principles and elements
  • the principles of design are the overarching truths of the profession
  • the elements of design are the components of design themselves, the objects to be arranged.
  • principles
  • Balance Rhythm Proportion Dominance Unity
  • Balance is an equilibrium
  • visual weight within a composition
  • Symmetrical balance
  • When symmetry occurs with similar, but not identical, forms it is called approximate symmetry
  • Symmetrical balance is also known as formal balance.
  • ntral axis.
  • Asymmetrical balance
  • tend to have a greater sense of visual tension. Asymmetrical balance is also known as informal balance.
  • Rhythm is the repetition or alternation of elements
  • Regular
  • Flowing
  • Progressive
  • three stages of dominance
  • Proportion is the comparison of dimensions or distribution of forms.
  • Dominance relates to varying degrees of emphasis in design
  • visual weight
  • relationship in scale between one element and another,
  • Dominant
  • Sub-dominant
  • Subordinate
  • unity describes the relationship between the individual parts and the whole of a composition
  • Gestalt theories of visual perception and psychology, specifically those dealing with how the human brain organizes visual information into categories, or groups
  • Closure is the idea that the brain tends to fill in missing information when it perceives an object is missing some of its pieces.
  • Continuance is the idea that once you begin looking in one direction, you will continue to do so until something more significant catches your attention
  • Items of similar size, shape and color tend to be grouped together by the brain, and a semantic relationship between the items is formed.
  • In addition, items in close proximity to or aligned with one another tend to be grouped in a similar way.
  • Contrast addresses the notion of dynamic tensionÔthe degree of conflict that exists within a given design between the visual elements in the composition.
  • The objects in the environment represent the positive space, and the environment itself is the negative space.
  • The rule of thirds is a compositional tool that makes use of the notion that the most interesting compositions are those in which the primary element is off center.
  • The visual center of any page is just slightly above and to the right of the actual (mathematical) center.
  • sometimes referred to as museum height.
  • The principles of design are the guiding truths of our profession, the basic concepts of balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance and unity. Successful use of these core ideas insures a solid foundation upon which any design can thrive.
  • Adrienne Michetti on 01 Feb 10
     
    These principles of design can be applied to almost anything, I believe.
David Wetzel

The Math and Science of Junk Mail Project: A Problem Based Learning Activity for Enviro... - 8 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 19 Mar 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 19 Mar 10
     
    An investigation into the cost of junk mail on society and the environment caused by the junk mail delivered to homes on a daily basis over a given period of time.
yc c

Xerte - Open Source E-Learning Developer Tools - 5 views

www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte

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shared by yc c on 21 Mar 10 - Cached
  • yc c on 21 Mar 10
     
    Xerte is a fully-featured e-learning development environment for creating rich interactivity. Xerte is aimed at developers of interactive content who will create sophisticated content with some scripting, and Xerte can be used to extend the capabilities of Xerte Online Toolkits with new tools for content authors.
Ed Webb

Seen Not Heard- Boing Boing - 3 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 11 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Cameras don't make you feel more secure; they make you feel twitchy and paranoid. Some people say that the only people who don't like school cameras are the people that have something to hide. But having the cameras is a constant reminder that the school does not trust you and that the school is worried your fellow classmates might go on some sort of killing rampage.
  • Some people say youngsters are more disrespectful than ever before. But if you were in an environment where you were constantly being treated as a criminal, would you still be respectful? In high school, one of my favorite English teachers never had trouble with her students. The students in her class were the most well behaved in the school--even if they were horrible in other teachers' classes. We were well-mannered, addressed her as "Ma'am," and stood when she entered the room. Other teachers were astonished that she could manage her students so well, especially since many of them were troublemakers. She accomplished this not though harsh discipline, but by treating us with respect and being genuinely hurt if we did not return it.
  • The Library and a few good teachers are what kept me from dropping out.
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  • Schools today are not training students to be good citizens: they are training students to be obedient.
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 11 Mar 10
       
      Schools have always attempted to teach this. And they have always ended up teaching how not to get caught.
  • I even read about a girl who ran a library of banned books out of her locker.
  • the football team got a bigger budget than the Library
  • @SchoolSecurityBlog, the issue is that in schools your constitutional rights are completely ignored. Random bag searches are not conducted with probable cause or a search warrant. If students spend the first part of their life in an environment where their rights are ignored, then they will not insist on them later in life. Someone might make the argument that since students are minors that they don't have rights. It is a weak argument. For one thing, I reached the age of majority while still in public school, and they still ignored my rights.
  • most of these so called "reasonable risk reduction measures" are not reasonable nor do they reduce risk. Cameras are entirely ineffective in preventing crime or violence. My school had a camera watching the vending machines, but a student still robbed them and was not even caught (he took the simple measure of obscuring his face). I acknowledge that there have been many court ruling that make what schools do legal. However, even with the "in loco parentis" policy in place, even my parents would not have a legal right to search my stuff without my permission when I turned 18 (which is how old I was my senior year). Yet the school could search my bag if they wanted to. Or my friends car (I am pretty sure he was also 18 when that happened, he was only a few months younger than I). That means that once a kid turns 18, the school system technically had more control over the kid than his parents do. Another problem that I have with in loco parentis is that the school really is not a students parent. A parent presumably has the child's best interests at heart, if they didn't it could be grounds for the state to take the child away from the parent. Unfortunately, school faculty members do not always have the student's best interests at heart. They should and often do, but many times some faculty members just like messing with people. It is an unfortunate fact, and one that I am sure many people would like to ignore, but the fact of the matter is that bullies are not confined to the student body. Also parents go to extraordinary measures for their children. They pay to keep them clothed and fed and cared for. They devote endless hours taking care of them. Therefore it makes sense that they should be granted extraordinary legal measures to take care of their children. To grant these same legal measures to an arbitrary school faculty member is really in insult to the hard and loving work of parents everywhere.
  • The schools of decades past seemed to get by without universal surveillance. Why is it all of the sudden essential today? Could many of these security measures be over reactions stemming from mass publicized incidents of school violence?
Vicki Davis

Google Apps Marketplace - 7 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 10 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 10 Mar 10
     
    New site that lets you add all kinds of apps to your Google domain. I'm reviewing Socialwok - a highly recommended collaborative environment to "socialize" your Google docs work.
David Wetzel

7 Tips for Developing Online Learning Skills: Distance Learning Requires Different Abil... - 17 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 30 Mar 10
     
    "Developing online learning skills is essential for adult learners to support their completion of education goals. Although these students can easily locate an online course or degree program that's both convenient and accessible, they may face significant challenges in developing the skills necessary for success in an online learning environment."
Ted Sakshaug

Eskeletons - 12 views

www.eskeletons.org/index.html

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 01 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 01 Apr 10
     
    eSkeletons provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. The purpose of this site is to enable you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates and to gather information about them from our osteology database.
Anne Bubnic

Digital content replaces textbooks in pilot program - 10 views

www.techlearning.com/...28434

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shared by Anne Bubnic on 08 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 08 Apr 10
     
    When Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) administrators recently turned their attention to social studies education, they concluded that a better means of engaging and holding students' interest was needed. Textbooks alone weren't enough to keep today's digital generation, raised in a dynamic visual environment, focused on learning. Thanks to the administrators' commitment to improvement, IPS educators and students are now accessing streaming video, images and other digital media in the classroom.
anonymous

Horizon Report 2010 K-12 Edition - 8 views

www.nmc.org/...2010-Horizon-Report-K12.pdf

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shared by anonymous on 14 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 14 Apr 10
     
    The Horizon Report series is the most visible outcome of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project, an ongoing research effort established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within education around the globe. This volume, the 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition, examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative expression within the environment of pre-college education.
David Wetzel

Elearning Replaces the Traditional Model of Teaching and Learning - 7 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 20 Apr 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 20 Apr 10
     
    Emerging Web 2.0 technologies are discussed in the perspective of how elearning is evolving into a future dominated by personal learning environments.
Vicki Davis

Project SIKULI - 6 views

groups.csail.mit.edu/sikuli

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shared by Vicki Davis on 26 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 26 Apr 10
     
    I don't really understand all about this project out of MIT but want to learn more about it. Thi s is what they say on their site: "ikuli is a visual technology to search and automate graphical user interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots). The first release of Sikuli contains Sikuli Script, a visual scripting API for Jython, and Sikuli IDE, an integrated development environment for writing visual scripts with screenshots easily. Sikuli Script automates anything you see on the screen without internal API's support. You can programmatically control a web page, a desktop application running on Windows/Linux/Mac OS X, or even an iphone application running in an emulator. "
Ted Sakshaug

Eskeletons - 13 views

www.eskeletons.org/about.html

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 07 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 07 Jan 11
     
    eSkeletons provides an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy. The purpose of this site is to enable you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates and to gather information about them from our osteology database
Judy Lambert

2010 Horizon Report: The K12 Edition - 5 views

wp.nmc.org/horizon-k12-2010

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shared by Judy Lambert on 06 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Judy Lambert on 06 Jan 11
     
    Describes key trends to watch for the next 5 years in educational technology in K-12 environments
Judy Lambert

2009 Horizon Report - 2 views

wp.nmc.org/horizon2009

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  • Judy Lambert on 06 Jan 11
     
    Describes key trends to watch for the next 5 years in educational technology in college environments
Judy Lambert

2009 Horizon Report: The K12 Edition - 2 views

wp.nmc.org/horizon-k12-2009

technology trends education K-12

shared by Judy Lambert on 06 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Judy Lambert on 06 Jan 11
     
    Describes key trends to watch for the next 5 years in educational technology in K-12 environments
Ted Sakshaug

How to Tell Time Without a Clock - wikiHow - 13 views

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 20 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 20 Dec 10
     
    For many people, knowing the correct time is vital to everyday life. If you're in an unfamiliar environment without any kind of clock, however, figuring out the time could be a matter of safety and survival. Without a clock or watch, finding the exact time may not be possible, but you can figure the approximate time using the sun, moon or stars.
Vicki Davis

Zendo | passionate learners - 3 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 23 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 23 Mar 11
     
    A notetaking site that turns notes into flashcards from Jason Urton. "I am currently working towards a masters in Computer Science at Brandeis University and have developed a site (http://zen.do) with a few friends that I think can help students in certain learning environments with personalized/optimized learning. Our goal is to offer a tool that allows students to take notes as they normally would while automatically building a study guide of related flashcards. When students review the cards, we use a memory decay model and a Google-style pagerank algorithm to optimize their review time. This allows students to spend their study time as effectively as possible."
Suzie Nestico

SITE 2011 - Is Online Education Cost-Effective? « Virtual School Meanderings - 5 views

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shared by Suzie Nestico on 10 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Suzie Nestico on 10 Mar 11
     
    Cost-Analysis and Effective Educational outcomes weighted in terms of online learning and blended schools environments.
Kathy Benson

Free Social Teaching and Learning Network focused solely on education - 20 views

www.sophia.org

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shared by Kathy Benson on 21 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Julie Shy on 06 Jun 12
     
    Sophia is a free social teaching and learning platform that offers academic content to anyone, anywhere, free of charge. The website, which has been described as a mashup of Facebook, Wikipedia, and YouTube that is focused solely on education, also lets educators supplement their instruction with tools to create a customized learning environment in a private or public setting. Sophia.org has enhanced its social teaching and learning platform to include more than 25,000 free tutorials on math, science, English, and more-all in an ad-free environment. What's more, the site has become a key destination for teachers who are looking to "flip" their classrooms, its makers say.
  • Kathy Benson on 04 Nov 12
     
    Mostly middle school and up, has a learning preferences survey, like Khan Academy
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