Students Weigh In On Characteristics of Effective Teachers : Educational Technology Guy - 18 views
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The first comment made by a student was that students don't like, and will become unmotivated to do work, when a teacher doesn't have a plan, is unprepared, and "wings it" each day for lessons.
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they like it when a teacher posts the homework ahead of time so that they can start it early if need be.
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they absolutely hate when teachers don't get work or tests graded and back to the students in a timely fashion.
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i-SAFE Inc. - 4 views
Gemin-i.org :: Welcome - 0 views
Edutopia News | September 21, 2011 - 0 views
Office of the Cyber General: Safety Alert - 7 views
http://www.iroc2.org/video/office-of-the-cyber-general-1
Peter Thiel: We're in a Bubble and It's Not the Internet. It's Higher Education. - 4 views
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Like the housing bubble, the education bubble is about security and insurance against the future. Both whisper a seductive promise into the ears of worried Americans: Do this and you will be safe. The excesses of both were always excused by a core national belief that no matter what happens in the world, these were the best investments you could make. Housing prices would always go up, and you will always make more money if you are college educated.
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consumption masquerading as investment
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The implicit promise is that you work hard to get there, and then you are set for life. It can lead to an unhealthy sense of entitlement. “It’s what you’ve been told all your life, and it’s how schools rationalize a quarter of a million dollars in debt,”
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Seventy-One Stories About Being Trans in School - 0 views
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(a) some of the biggest challenges trans students face are infrastructural, both bricks-and-mortar structures (the housing of trans students; bathroom facilities), and digital architecture (course information software, transcripts, diplomas and email databases all routinely misidentify students);(b) an overwhelming majority of students and graduates described the experience of being misgendered and/or deadnamed by their professors as an extremely common experience.
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I do think there’s real value in hearing stories of what it feels like to be misgendered or deadnamed
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Anti-trans academics who claim that their rights are being infringed are heard far more frequently in the mainstream media than are the students who are apparently doing the infringing.
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