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Two 'stuck' posts, a borrowed post with an added rant, and a few questions. | David Tru... - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 24 May 08 - Cached
  • All these tools are technological with only the potential to be pedagogical… but they aren’t designed with pedagogy in mind.
  • Am I the only one who feels like a 30 hour day would still be too short? Are there others out there who wonder what kind of commitment it will take for a teacher to be technologically savvy enough to meaningfully engage students with all these new tools? Are we focusing too much on the tools and not enough on pedagogy? Will educational structures change fast enough to provide our students with a relevant education? … and for that matter… What would an ideal education look like today?
  • In my comment above I mentioned ‘pedagogical merit’ and to be honest, I have been on a bit of a focus in that direction recently. What I really mean by that is finding the right tools and structures for the right job in order to meaningfully enhance learning and engage learners.
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  • ‘Context‘ is where you start. ‘Scaffolding‘ is the structure(s) we build in order to increase the effectiveness of the technology use. ‘Pedagogy’ is the artful things we do to enhance learning regardless of technology use.
  • Dave Truss on 24 May 08
     
    'Context' is where you start. 'Scaffolding' is the structure(s) we build in order to increase the effectiveness of the technology use. 'Pedagogy' is the artful things we do to enhance learning regardless of technology use.
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Can You Use Aids To Help Conversations? | Mobile Technology in TAFE - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 27 May 08 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 27 May 08
     
    What is aidRSS AidRSS monitors a blog feed by creating PostRank™ for the posts based on the amount of conversation generated (combination of number of comments, del.icio.us links, tweets, Diggs and Google trackbacks).
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For the Roses: My Latest Position on Classroom Blogging | Beyond School - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 15 May 08 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 15 May 08
     
    I need to read the comments before I can describe this!
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Educational Benefits Of Social Networking Sites Uncovered - 0 views

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shared by Ric Murry on 22 Jun 08 - Cached
    • Ric Murry
      Ric Murry on 27 Jun 08
       
      If true, we have to quit listening to digital divide comments...if true. Or perhaps "the haves" do not have the skills we attribute to this group.
  • The same study found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically proficient as their counterparts, going against what results from previous studies have suggested.
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Collaboration and Community Constituents: An investigation into the key elements that b... - 0 views

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shared by Reggie Ryan on 06 Apr 08 - Cached
  • They see the broad difference between the two as being the amount of self-determination or self-direction; with cooperative learning being very much teacher-controlled and collaborative learning being learner-controlled.
  • However, experientially I believe that what distinguishes collaboration from cooperation comes down to exactly what is shared. When cooperating, it is only physical resources (objects, time, money) or intellectual resources (knowledge, expertise) that are shared. Whereas when collaborating, in addition to these shared physical and intellectual resources, are shared goals, responsibilities, values, beliefs and attitudes. Some of these intellectual resources (both cognitive and affective) may become shared through the practice of cooperation but with collaboration they are factored in from the start. From this collaborative sharing comes synergy which adds value by producing something new and unique.
  • There is another important area that needs to be addressed with collaborative learning software which is related to communication; namely knowledge construction. It has been noted by researches that threaded discourse, of the type found in Lotus Notes and the majority Web-based conferencing software, actually works against convergent thinking processes over time (Hiltz, 1986; Harassim, 1990; Eastmond, 1994). It is found that this can have "a negative effect both on the learner's efforts to synthesize ideas, and on collaborative processes which become increasingly fragmented as discussion threads and individual interests diverge." (Hewitt, 1997).
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    • Reggie Ryan
      Reggie Ryan on 06 Apr 08
       
      Commenting on threaded discussions and their inability to foster creative thinking. This leads to using wikis instead.
  • Reggie Ryan on 06 Apr 08
     
    Collaboration versus Cooperation in networked environment.
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Fair use and transformativeness: It may shake your world - NeverEndingSearch - Blog on ... - 0 views

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shared by cory plough on 01 Apr 08 - Cached
  • I learned on Friday night that the critical test for fairness in terms of educational use of media is transformative use. When a user of copyrighted materials adds value to, or repurposes materials for a use different from that for which it was originally intended, it will likely be considered transformative use; it will also likely be considered fair use. Fair use embraces the modifying of existing media content, placing it in new context. 
  • Here's what I think I learned on Friday about fair use:
  • According to Jaszi, Copyright law is friendlier to good teaching than many teachers now realize. Fair use is like a muscle that needs to be exercised.  People can't exercise it in a climate of fear and uncertainty.
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  • Permission is not necessary to satisfy fair use.
  • Fair use is a doctrine within copyright law that allows use of copyrighted material for educational purposes without permission from the the owners or creators. It is designed to balance rights of users with the rights of owners by encouraging widespread and flexible use of cultural products for the purposes of education and the advancement of knowledge.
  • My new understanding: I learned on Friday night that the critical test for fairness in terms of educational use of media is transformative use. When a user of copyrighted materials adds value to, or repurposes materials for a use different from that for which it was originally intended, it will likely be considered transformative use; it will also likely be considered fair use. Fair use embraces the modifying of existing media content, placing it in new context.  Examples of transformativeness might include: using campaign video in a lesson exploring media strategies or rhetoric, using music videos to explore such themes as urban violence, using commercial advertisements to explore messages relating to body image or the various different ways beer makers sell beer, remixing a popular song to create a new artistic expression.
  • Long ago, I learned that educational use of media had to pass four tests to be appropriate and fair according to U.S. Code Title 17 107: the purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is commercial or nonprofit the nature of the use the amount of the use the effect of the use on the potential market for the copyrighted work.
  • --A Conversation about Media Literacy, Copyright and Fair Use--stirred up more cognitive disonance than I've experienced in years
  • the discussion was one of several to be held around the country designed to clear up widespread confusion and to: develop a shared understanding of how copyright and fair use applies to the creative media work that our students create and our own use of copyrighted materials as educators, practitioners, advocates and curriculum developers.
  • national code of practice
  • Jaszi points to Bill Graham Archives vs.Dorling Kindersley (2006) as a clear example of how courts liberally interpret fair use even with a commercial publisher.
  • The publisher added value in its use of the posters. And such use was transformative.
  • Here's what I think I learned on Friday about fair use: The Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines describe minimum rules for fair use, but were never intended as specific rules or designed to exhaust the universe of educational practice.  They were meant as a dynamic, rather than static doctrine, supposed to expand with time, technology, changes in practice.  Arbitrary rules regarding proportion or time periods of use (for instance, 30-second or 45-day rules) have no legal status.  The fact that permission has been sought but not granted is irrelevant.  Permission is not necessary to satisfy fair use. Fair use is fair use without regard to program or platform. What is fair, because it is transformative, is fair regardless of place of use. If a student has repurposed and added value to copyrighted material, she should be able to use it beyond the classroom (on YouTube, for instance) as well as within it.  Not every student use of media is fair, but many uses are. One use not likely to be fair, is the use of a music soundtrack merely as an aesthetic addition to a student video project. Students need to somehow recreate to add value.  Is the music used simply a nice aesthetic addition or does the new use give the piece different meaning? Are students adding value, engaging the music, reflecting, somehow commenting on.the music? Not everything that is rationalized as educationally beneficial is necessarily fair use.  For instance, photocopying a text book because it is not affordable is still not fair use.
  • Copyright law is friendlier to good teaching than many teachers now realize. Fair use is like a muscle that needs to be exercised.  People can't exercise it in a climate of fear and uncertainty
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Exploratree - Exploratree by FutureLab - 0 views

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shared by Kelly Faulkner on 02 Oct 08 - Cached
  • yc c on 01 Dec 09
     
    With Exploratree you can: * Use our ready-made thinking guides * Make a new thinking guide from scratch * Use it to set class projects * Print them out (they can go as big as A0) * Change and customise thinking guides, you can add or change text, shapes, images etc. * As a teacher, you can set up the sequence that you want the thinking guide to be revealed in, so that you can stage the thinking activity * You can fill in a thinking guide and complete your project on the website * You can present your project * You can send your thinking guide to a whole group of people * You can submit a thinking guide for comments, so it can't be edited but just reviewed * Work in groups on the same thinking guide
  • Kelly Faulkner on 07 Mar 10
     
    thinking maps/graphic organisers. 

How to make the most of this forum - 72 views

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East Stroudsburg U. Suspends Professor for Facebook Posts - Wired Campus - The Chronicl... - 7 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 26 Feb 10 - Cached
  • On Monday the professor posted this update: "Had a good day today, didn't want to kill even one student.:-) Now Friday was a different story ..." In another comment, on January 21, she wrote: "Does anyone know where I can find a very discrete hitman, it's been that kind of day."
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 26 Feb 10
       
      I'm as concerned or more so that Prof Gadsden apparently doesn't know the difference between 'discrete' and 'discreet'
  • a way of venting to family members and friends, who she mistakenly believed were the only ones who could view the postings.
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New Attitudes, New Expectations « Ed Tech Journeys - 2 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 08 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 08 Mar 10
     
    For me, Sonya has the 'can do' attitude that is so necessary for educational change to take hold. She combines this 'can do' attitude with a strong sense of how important it is for students to 'own' the learning, 'own' the tools, and 'own' the rules.
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Whats the dumbest thing a teacher has ever said to you? : AskReddit - 20 views

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shared by yc c on 27 Feb 10 - Cached
  • yc c on 27 Feb 10
     
    If there's a need of bad teacher examples, here are some.
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» Diigo and Active Reading Robin Talkowski's Blog: Reading & Technology - 12 views

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shared by Wade Ren on 10 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Diigo provides a great way to model and practice reading informational text and to engage students in collaborative virtual discussions.  Many know Delicious and Diigo as social bookmarking sites.  Diigo is so much more!  Find a website that you want your students to read.  Then use Diigo to model the active reading process and make notations right on the web site by using the Diigo tools of Sticky Notes and Highlighting.  Paste a sticky note at the beginning of the text to remind students to ask themselves, “What do you already know about this topic?”  Also, add a sticky note reminding students to note their purpose for reading.  Diigo’s highlighting tools include four different colors.  Use the various colors and model how to find the main ideas and highlight only the essential words in yellow.  Supporting details, key vocabulary words,  and confusing parts can each be highlighted with different colors.  Consistency in highlighting color will provide another cue for students about text structure.  Diigo serves as  an excellent tool for modeling the pre-reading process, for pointing out text features and structure, and to practice active reading by making connections and asking questions.  Once students are ready for independent practice, Diigo can be taken to another level.  Educator accounts allow teachers to create classes.  Each student  in the class can annotate  and highlight the assigned web site article independently.  Connections, questions, and comments  are then shared with the teacher and the class.  “Sticky note”  or “Read and Say Something” conversations can then be conducted through Diigo. 
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CCHS Library Learning Commons: 2010 - 15 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 09 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 09 Jan 10
     
    Be curious, be bold, find out what the smartest school librarians and educational tech visionaries from around the world are doing and saying, and see how it can be implemented to the benefit of your students and faculty. Embrace the unknown, and be prepared to jettison the familiar if it fails to move learning and student achievement forward.
  • Robin Cicchetti on 10 Jan 10
     
    Thanks for posting, Dave!
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Innovators or Early Adaptors or just plain Late Majority? « Greg's eduweb blog - 9 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 04 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 04 Jan 10
     
    'Why are our early term colleagues, seemingly not as quick to take up technology? Why are they not the Early Adapters?' This I believe is the crux of the issue and I would say that there are probably no easy answers for this.
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My third-class life | Michael Morpurgo | Comment is free | The Guardian - 4 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 26 Jan 10 - Cached
  • It is quite true that in countries with highly successful school systems such as Finland teachers do have to be much better qualified than they are here, and that they have higher status, more respect. But this is also because children have a higher status there, more respect. It is also quite true that the class of a degree may be a useful means as part of the selection process, but only as part of the process.It is aptitude, the ability to enthuse, to communicate, to motivate, that is far more important than whether a ­candidate has a first- or third-class degree. And with this ability must come a love of the subject he or she is teaching. It's the one thing that reaches children, touches their hearts, awakens their intellect, when they see that a teacher really means it.
  • "We look forward to having you here. But there is one thing: as a teacher, you will have to curb your enthusiasm and exuberance."
  • Ed Webb on 26 Jan 10
     
    Great children's author Michael Morpurgo on what makes a great teacher
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ELT notes: Some things I am certain of (for now, this is beta, OK?) - 17 views

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shared by Claudia Ceraso on 28 Mar 10 - Cached
  • teaching is worth discussing. Anything else can be found for free on the Internet.
  • Good technology use in the classroom is transparent and intertwined.
  • Motivation is a drug. It is a short-term target.
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  • Better make people "addicted" to learning, to the process, to the autonomy of it. There are intrinsic reasons why this is pleasurable, meaningful and long lasting per se.
  • 7) Mind the use of the word "enhance" when linked to learning. Mind the gap. Old things are just old things.
    • Dave Truss
      Dave Truss on 28 Mar 10
       
      Note my comment: "This is such a good point! We do not advance from the early airplanes by sticking to using double winged biplanes or 'enhancing' the propeller engine. If a blog is used to 'enhance' the sharing of homework then the point of a blog is missed."
  • 9) Standards are for things that fit a pattern. When educators claim that creativity is a "21st century" essential skill, we need to accept the limitations of striving for standards. Assessment and standards are cousins.
  • Doubt, question and never, ever just assume.
    • Dave Truss
      Dave Truss on 28 Mar 10
       
      This should be a poster to put in classrooms:-)
    • Gabriela Sellart
      Gabriela Sellart on 30 Mar 10
       
      Communicating results is becoming more and more frequent.(#4) Doubting out loud doesn't seem to grant you an "expert" degree, which I notice is the aim of many educators who are blogging. Particularly those who write in Spanish.
    • Claudia Ceraso
      Claudia Ceraso on 31 Mar 10
       
      The poster in the classroom... Interesting. I would change the phrase to "Remember your teacher also expects to learn lots from you". Few teachers are comfortable doubting in front of their students. Perhaps, with reason ;-)
  • Dave Truss on 28 Mar 10
     
    So many quotable quotes in this post! Wonderful 'deep' thinking.
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News: Who Really Failed? - Inside Higher Ed - 10 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 15 Apr 10 - Cached
  • "I believe in these students. They are capable,"
  • "We are listening to the students who make excuses, and this is unfair to the other students," she said. "I think it's unfair to the students" to send a message that the way to deal with a difficult learning situation is "to complain" rather than to study harder.
  • the university's learning management system allowed superiors to review the grades on her first test in the course
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  • scores on the second test were notably better than on the first one, suggesting that students were responding to the need to do more work
  • while her dean authorized her removal from teaching the course, she said, he never once sat in on her course
  • she may include "too many facts" on her tests
  • the incident "raises serious questions about violations of pedagogical freedoms."
  • many other comments about the course standards were positive, with several students specifically praising Homberger's advice that they form study groups. One student wrote: “My biggest AHA‐reaction in this course is that I need to study for this course every night to make a good grade. I must also attend class, take good notes, and have study sessions with others. Usually a little studying can get me by but not with this class which is why it is my AHA‐reaction."
  • Ed Webb on 15 Apr 10
     
    This is a travesty
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Students Weigh In On Characteristics of Effective Teachers : Educational Technology Guy - 18 views

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shared by Andrew Barras on 30 Apr 10 - Cached
  • 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.
  • they like it when a teacher posts the homework ahead of time so that they can start it early if need be.
  • 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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  • the best teachers are enthusiastic and excited about what they teach, make it fun and interesting, use projects in class, and make their classroom a safe place to be.
  • Projects were listed as something they all loved.
  • they learned more through projects than just listening to a teacher talk or doing homework.
  • most students saw Facebook as a social thing, not necessarily for education. They did like when teachers use web sites and email though and want teachers to be accessible via email for help.
  • Andrew Barras on 30 Apr 10
     
    What student think make good teachers
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Think Thank Thunk » How I Teach Calculus: A Comedy (Natural Exponent) - 12 views

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  • Michael Walker on 15 May 10
     
    Recommended Math teacher's blog
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