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Changing Education Paradigms - 0 views

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failure school collaboration

shared by Rebecca Twiss on 01 Oct 11 - No Cached

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Rebecca Twiss on 01 Oct 11

This is an RSA animation of a lecture given by Sir Ken Robinson, a proponent of creativity and innovation in education (see http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/who for more information about him). This is an interesting and often humorous look at some general trends in modern public education. Though there is nothing that directly relates to teaching writing, there is much here that may contribute to the topic of failure, and to the importance of learning in social contexts. Robinson concludes that collaboration is the stuff of growth, it is our natural learning environment.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is an RSA animation of a lecture given by Sir Ken Robinson, a proponent of creativity and innovation in education (see <a href="http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/who" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/who</a> for more information about him). This is an interesting and often humorous look at some general trends in modern public education. Though there is nothing that directly relates to teaching writing, there is much here that may contribute to the topic of failure, and to the importance of learning in social contexts. Robinson concludes that collaboration is the stuff of growth, it is our natural learning environment.</div>

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A Community College Professor Reflects on First-Year Composition - 4 views

problems; solutions; first-year; writing; community college

started by Nathan Sandoval on 03 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Junot Diaz Talks About What Made Him Become a Writer - Oprah.com - 3 views

www.oprah.com/...1

shared by Mike Pielaet-Strayer on 12 Mar 12 - No Cached

Mike Pielaet-Strayer on 12 Mar 12

I found this article to be interesting, and overall useful when thinking about the writing process as a whole. Junot Diaz is the pulitzer prize winning author of "The Brief, Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao," and, "Drown." He is one of my favorite writers, and I believe that reading about his routine, how he became a writer, and his thoughts on the craft can only be helpful.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found this article to be interesting, and overall useful when thinking about the writing process as a whole. Junot Diaz is the pulitzer prize winning author of "The Brief, Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao," and, "Drown." He is one of my favorite writers, and I believe that reading about his routine, how he became a writer, and his thoughts on the craft can only be helpful.</div>

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Khou Xiong on 21 Mar 12

sound interesting...i think i'll check it out.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">sound interesting...i think i'll check it out.</div>

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The Brain on Music - 3 views

The Brain on Music Dr. Ellen Webber This article presents finding in a neurological study showing the effects different musical genres can have on our brains. The question I was thinking abou...

students writing teaching motivation music

started by nsfarzo on 27 Feb 12 no follow-up yet

intrapersonal influence - 1 views

http://www.eric.ed.gov.mantis.csuchico.edu/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=EJ935568

started by Bill Xiong on 12 Mar 12 1 follow-up, last by Bill Xiong on 12 Mar 12

Learning Strategies and Performance in a Technology Integrated Classroom - 1 views

learn to write? or learn other things?

technology research

started by Ashley Sawyer on 05 Mar 12 1 follow-up, last by Chris Fosen on 12 Mar 12

Play and Writing - 3 views

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/aa.1973.75.1.02a00050/pdf This is an anthropology article examining the role that play has in learning among primates, puppies and humans. I am specific...

started by crittndn on 10 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

What Johnny Can't Write: A University View of Freshman Writing Ability - 2 views

The article "What Johnny Can't Write: A University View of Freshman Writing Ability" written by Thomas Newkirk, Thomas Cameron and Cynthia Selfe, focuses on the lack of writing skills and reading c...

first year highschool students composition

started by Nathan Sandoval on 11 Oct 11 no follow-up yet

Dartmouth Writing Program and Demystifying Academic Writing - 2 views

Cameron, Jenny, Karen Nairn, and Jane Higgins. "Demystifying Academic Writing: Reflections on Emotions, Know-How And Academic Identity." Journal of Geography In Higher Education 33.2 (2009): 269-28...

started by Amanda Haydon on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Support Blogging! - Educational Blogging - 2 views

supportblogging.com/Educational+Blogging

literacy classroom media Structures students writing blogging enthusiasim

shared by Patty Hunsicker on 23 Oct 11 - No Cached

Patty Hunsicker on 23 Oct 11

This website is a tool for people wanting to incorporate blogging into their classroom. The site offers that writing should be a collaborative process, which is exactly what blogging offers. In response to critics, "Blogging is about reading and writing. Literacy is about reading and writing. Blogging is about literacy"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This website is a tool for people wanting to incorporate blogging into their classroom. The site offers that writing should be a collaborative process, which is exactly what blogging offers. In response to critics, "Blogging is about reading and writing. Literacy is about reading and writing. Blogging is about literacy"</div>

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Collaborative writing among L2 learners in academic web-based projects - 2 views

My first entry was "How Well Are ESL Teachers Being Prepared to Integrate Technology in Their Classrooms?" The second: "A Framework for Addressing Challenges to Classroom Technology Use". The thir...

students classroom literacy

started by Joseph Fithian on 10 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Ivey & Broaddus (2007): Lit. Engagement among Adolescent Latino Students - 2 views

http://www.jstor.org/stable/20068318 The authors of this article focus on the specific and unique needs of high school students who are recent arrivals to this country and thus, beginning readers ...

adolescents ELs

started by Rebecca Ramirez on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

What reward does your brain actually seek? - Boing Boing - 2 views

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brain reward research neurology dopamine motivation writing teaching video

shared by Kate Ory on 10 Oct 11 - No Cached

Kate Ory on 10 Oct 11

This is a technical discussion on dopamine, rewards, and time by neurologist Robert Sapolsky. His research has shown that the anticipation of reward is more pleasurable than the reward itself and this pleasure increases when the reward is not a guarantee, but a possibility. This kind of discussion may seem overly abstract and distant from the classroom, but understanding how motivation works, even on a neuro-chemical level, can help us to not only design our courses, but develop new approaches to generating enthusiasm and performance in the classroom. It is a good place to start when crafting (or re-designing) a teaching (and/or writing) philosophy. What are the rewards students associate with writing? What is our role in creating, maintaining, and providing access to those rewards? Do the rewards always have to be attainable? How do we frame these ideas for use in academic planning?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a technical discussion on dopamine, rewards, and time by neurologist Robert Sapolsky. His research has shown that the anticipation of reward is more pleasurable than the reward itself and this pleasure increases when the reward is not a guarantee, but a possibility. This kind of discussion may seem overly abstract and distant from the classroom, but understanding how motivation works, even on a neuro-chemical level, can help us to not only design our courses, but develop new approaches to generating enthusiasm and performance in the classroom. It is a good place to start when crafting (or re-designing) a teaching (and/or writing) philosophy. What are the rewards students associate with writing? What is our role in creating, maintaining, and providing access to those rewards? Do the rewards always have to be attainable? How do we frame these ideas for use in academic planning? </div>

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Creating Authentic Materials and Activities for the Adult Literacy Classroom - 2 views

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pdf task-based authentic materials handbook NCSALL adult literacy

shared by Kate Ory on 17 Oct 11 - No Cached

Kate Ory on 17 Oct 11

This is a handbook for understanding and developing authentic materials suitable for adults published by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), which ran out of money and funding sources about four years ago. I've already been sold on the value of authentic materials and tasks, but with this handbook, NCSALL takes that extra step I've been looking for, it gives me some guidelines to create tasks for my own potential classroom. The underlying theme of this text seems to be facilitating students' connections with their own literacy.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a handbook for understanding and developing authentic materials suitable for adults published by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), which ran out of money and funding sources about four years ago. I've already been sold on the value of authentic materials and tasks, but with this handbook, NCSALL takes that extra step I've been looking for, it gives me some guidelines to create tasks for my own potential classroom. The underlying theme of this text seems to be facilitating students' connections with their own literacy.</div>

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Four principles to help non-native speakers of English writer clearly By John R. Bower - 2 views

http://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=dbb2c493-8410-4cb8-9c5d-d690bff18311%40sessionmgr13&vid=2&hid=5 In Bower article, he stated that there are only four way to make non-native of...

started by Khou Xiong on 12 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Have Technology and Multitasking Rewired How Students Learn? - 2 views

This is the article Dr. Fosen sent to all of us. The article is by cognitive science, the science of the mind and how it works. Here it is applied to how the mind works in relation to learning an...

http:__www.aft.org_pdfs_americaneducator_summer2010_Willingham.pdf

started by Joseph Fithian on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Looking for quality in student writing, Six traits of individual voice - 2 views

http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm I chose this article because I was still feeling rather intrigued by the chapter in Concepts in Composition about voice and style, and was very curiou...

started by aberman on 05 Mar 12 no follow-up yet

Sociolinguistic Implications of Academic Writing. - 2 views

www.jstor.org/4168371

writing motivation identity

shared by Chris Fosen on 05 Mar 12 - No Cached

Chris Fosen on 05 Mar 12

Tong's post! This article is about the complication of academic writing. It identifies some of the difficulties in understanding an academic paper. Through anthropologist view they point out that academic writing are becoming more and more complex due to many reasons like the contents of the paper, the vocabularies including syntax and discourse. It mentions something that has to do with "technical and/or scientific writing" and the relation to countries that are working to "catch up". And how it would be a hard task in helping them to understand what's really being done. People were being hired to make the text more comprehensible to other readers. Academic writing is like making/ stating an idea in a complex ways by the uses of complex vocabularies. One important thing I found interesting and true for myself is the way student approach academic writing. Students only skim over articles to get a sense of what's being said rather than reading to "make use of the information." Then I thought could it be that students have to write on multiple articles and while in school we takes several classes that are not related to the same thing/topic and therefore our reading and writing are does not focus on the same genres or format.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tong's post! This article is about the complication of academic writing. It identifies some of the difficulties in understanding an academic paper. Through anthropologist view they point out that academic writing are becoming more and more complex due to many reasons like the contents of the paper, the vocabularies including syntax and discourse. It mentions something that has to do with "technical and/or scientific writing" and the relation to countries that are working to "catch up". And how it would be a hard task in helping them to understand what's really being done. People were being hired to make the text more comprehensible to other readers. Academic writing is like making/ stating an idea in a complex ways by the uses of complex vocabularies. One important thing I found interesting and true for myself is the way student approach academic writing. Students only skim over articles to get a sense of what's being said rather than reading to "make use of the information." Then I thought could it be that students have to write on multiple articles and while in school we takes several classes that are not related to the same thing/topic and therefore our reading and writing are does not focus on the same genres or format.</div>

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Pain and Pleasure in Short Essay Writing: Factors Predicting University Students' Writ... - 2 views

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writing students motivation teaching self-efficacy anxiety

shared by Mary Hansen on 17 Oct 11 - No Cached

Mary Hansen on 17 Oct 11

This article is about how students have low-confidence in their writing abilities and how that greatly hinders their ability to get through a paper. The author, Christy Martinez, explains how the students haven't been taught or prepared to write well or they don't believe they can write well and so don't try hard because the students don't see the point. Martinez argues that "through mentoring and tutoring, teachers can help students become more confident, engaged writers." The article talks about where writing anxiety comes from and notes a variety of the different types of anxiety that students experience. Martinez claims that high expectations on writing is one of the major sources of anxiety. She also talks about students' self-efficacy and how that plays a major role in their writing ability. Some students believe that they can not write and that they don't write well so they don't even try to turn in a good paper. Martinez then shows the results of a study that focused on predictors of writing anxiety and self-efficacy and attempted to find the relationship. The study took gender, GPAs, and actual interest in writing as a recreational activity into account. The article read more like a self-help column towards the end. The methods Martinez list for combating writing anxiety include "breathing exercises, meditation, and guided imagery." She then goes on to note ways teachers can help students to be less anxious about their writing and to encourage them to try harder.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article is about how students have low-confidence in their writing abilities and how that greatly hinders their ability to get through a paper. The author, Christy Martinez, explains how the students haven't been taught or prepared to write well or they don't believe they can write well and so don't try hard because the students don't see the point. Martinez argues that "through mentoring and tutoring, teachers can help students become more confident, engaged writers." The article talks about where writing anxiety comes from and notes a variety of the different types of anxiety that students experience. Martinez claims that high expectations on writing is one of the major sources of anxiety. She also talks about students' self-efficacy and how that plays a major role in their writing ability. Some students believe that they can not write and that they don't write well so they don't even try to turn in a good paper. Martinez then shows the results of a study that focused on predictors of writing anxiety and self-efficacy and attempted to find the relationship. The study took gender, GPAs, and actual interest in writing as a recreational activity into account. The article read more like a self-help column towards the end. The methods Martinez list for combating writing anxiety include "breathing exercises, meditation, and guided imagery." She then goes on to note ways teachers can help students to be less anxious about their writing and to encourage them to try harder.</div>

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Literacy in the Foreign Language Curriculum: A Supplementary Grammar Course for Interme... - 2 views

www.jstor.org/30198056

ESL

shared by amandabrahams on 12 Mar 12 - No Cached

amandabrahams on 12 Mar 12

This classroom in Japan supplemented their English course with an additional grammar course. I find this interesting because it's another way of looking at what we've been studying, understanding how ESL students and teachers and bridging the grammar gap, either with additional coursework, courses or teaching methods.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This classroom in Japan supplemented their English course with an additional grammar course. I find this interesting because it's another way of looking at what we've been studying, understanding how ESL students and teachers and bridging the grammar gap, either with additional coursework, courses or teaching methods.</div>

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