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Beth Bensen-Barber

Seven Principles of Good Teaching Practice - 0 views

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education good principles teaching practices

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    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 12 Oct 11
       
      Seems like good practices to engage students and hold their attention per Brain Rules chapter 4.
Jamie LaCava-Owen

Seven Principles of Good Teaching Practice - 0 views

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    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      We see here that the use of technology is vital to teacher student bond.
  • and for the bright and well motivated. Expecting students to perform well becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. WebCT Tip: Provide students examples of "A"-quality work. Release statistics along with grades, so that students can see how they are performing as compared to the rest of the class (stats can give the mean grade and/or the frequencies). Use the "Selective Release" feature to release course info only as students achieve a certain level of success on a test.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      I find that teacher modeling is one of the most important parts of teaching English.  As a 6th grade teacher, you have to teach students how to think about things so that they will be more effective and critical thinkers in the future.
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  • WebCT Tip: Stick to a template for course page design *but* vary the types of excercises and assignments.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This is very important, as we have learned through our articles.  Technology allows our students to look at things in different ways and learn in a way that is best for them.  
  • WebCT Tip: Use the Discussion Board, Mail, Chat & Whiteboard to interact with your students.
Dionne Wesley

Web 2.0 - 7 views

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Eyeplorer Web 2.0

shared by Dionne Wesley on 30 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Example image of eyePlorer eyePlorer map for 'Web 2.0': Collaboration English language Information sharing Interoperability User-centered design World Wide Web Blog Folksonomy Mashup (web application hybrid) Social network service Video hosting service Web application Web service Wiki Content (media and publishing) O'Reilly Media Tim O'Reilly End-user (computer science) Software developer Tim Berners-Lee Linus' Law You (Time Person of the Year) Time (magazine) Web 1.0 Web operating system Participatory culture Radical trust Metadata Scalability Client-server List of network protocols Server computer Web syndication Plug-in (computing) Software extension Web browser Computer data storage SLATES RSS Adobe Flash Ajax (programming) Dojo Toolkit JavaScript JQuery MooTools Yahoo! UI Library JSON XML Document Object Model HTML
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      This visual represenation of Web 2.0 technologies offers much to discuss and think about.
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      The defininition linked from Wikipedia is also helpful.
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      the wheel itself has me thinking about how we compose in different genres and modes in the twenty-first century and how we can encourage our students to move in this direction as well.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 30 Sep 11
       
      I really like this visual. With the emphasis on social networks, I am slightly surprised that the "social" portion of the wheel is not larger.
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      I agree, but there is so much going on in the wheel, it's easy to get lost. I had a hard time selecting a good definition. Others focused more on the social aspect.The wheel is a good way to veer off in many directions.
    • Dionne Wesley
      Dionne Wesley on 30 Sep 11
       
      I like this visual. It really breaks down the categories of Web 2.0
    • sarah spangler
      sarah spangler on 01 Oct 11
       
      What's useful about this wheel is that it breaks down the concept of Web 2.0 into so many smaller components that make up the whole. On a personal note, I am sometimes overwhelmed with stimuli of this sort.
    • Laura Paganucci
      Laura Paganucci on 03 Oct 11
       
      The use of different sized font is interesting to me.  It appears to signify importance and assist the reader in choosing the order in which to read definitions.  However, this is entirely subjective.
    • aleeshsireese
      aleeshsireese on 05 Oct 11
       
      I am not a fan of visual represenation because I am an audio learner. However, this interactive visual is interesting. It really makes one consider the application of Web 2.0 features. It also makes me realize they are infinite applications of Web 2.0 and may explain why people stick to the social ones. I find it interesting that a category for education is missing.
Jamie LaCava-Owen

Classroom Management - 0 views

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  • 3. Establishing Rules. Establish a set of classroom rules to guide the behavior of students at once. Discuss the rationale of these rules with the students to ensure they understand and see the need for each rule. Keep the list of rules short. The rules most often involve paying attention, respect for others, excessive noise, securing materials and completion of homework assignments.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      As we learned in Brain Rules, it is also important to repeat the rules many times, especially for younger students.  
  • 5. Learning Names. Devise a seating arrangement whereby students' names are quickly learned. Calling a student by his or her name early in the year gives the student an increased sense of well being. It also gives a teacher greater control of situations. "JOHN, stop talking and finish your work" is more effective than "Let us stop talking and finish our work".
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    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This technique helps us as teachers remember students names.  It deals with brain rule 6, where we need to remember to repeat the same behaviors so that we are able to engrain names in our memories.  
  • 4. Overplaning Lessons. "Overplan" the lessons for the first week or two. It is important for the teacher to impress on the students from the outset that he or she is organized and confident of their ability to get through the syllabus.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      Overplanning is necessary for brain rule 4, attention.  If students are left to their own devices, they quickly lose attention and will start doing what they want to do.  It important to over plan so that students remain engaged throughout the class period.
    • Jamie LaCava-Owen
      Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
       
      This also helps students remember what is taught to them, if they are paying attention!!
  • Jamie LaCava-Owen on 12 Oct 11
     
    This website focuses on the very essential teching practice of classroom management.  This is specifically geared towards elementary- high school classrooms, where structure is necessary all of the time.  i chose this because it relates to Brain Rules 5 and 6.  Repetition is EXTREMELY important for elementary, middle, and high school students when it comes to teacher expectations and policies.  This gives good advice to teachers to help them manage their classrooms.  
Betsy Long

How do I use Repetition? - 0 views

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repetition brainrules chapter6

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      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      Most of the events that predict whether something learned will also be remembered occur in the first few seconds of learning. The more elaborately we encode a memory during its initial moments, the stronger it will be.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      (Chapter 5)
  • Learners who used a repetition tactic remembered 50% more content after one week (7 days) than did those learners who did not recite.
  • This is a practice activity. Use it with students who are familiar with the lesson content. Students recall facts, labels, lists, rules, or procedures by stating the correct question that corresponds to the answer provided by the narrator while participating in a game to make the lesson more interesting. This activity should be used after the students are familiar with the lesson content.
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    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      Brain Rule #4: People don't pay attention to boring things! If you want your class to remember to repeat, and repeat to remember, play a game with them! Do something to hold their attention.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      Brain Rule #4: People don't pay attention to boring things! If you want your class to remember to repeat, and repeat to remember, play a game with them! Do something to hold their attention.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      This goes along with the idea of CH 6-- We must remember to repeat! The fact that we know repetition is a good learning tool is useless if we don't actually remember to do it. Having a repetition tactic helps out with that goal.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
       
      This goes along with the idea of CH 6-- We must remember to repeat! The fact that we know repetition is a good learning tool is useless if we don't actually remember to do it. Having a repetition tactic helps out with that goal.
  • Repetition involves repeating the information to be recalled. Repetition can be done verbally, in writing, or mentally. It has been documented that the most effective method of Repetition is verbal repetition because it involves both auditory and vocal senses.
  • Betsy Long on 12 Oct 11
     
    Ch 5 of Brain Rules says you must repeat to remember. This site promotes that, even giving examples of class activities that involve repetition
Shelley Rodrigo

Widgets for Web 2.0: What is Web 2.0 - 5 views

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  • Web 2.0 is all about the following and more... 1. User Centric and User Oriented2. Web Services, Web API's3. Widgets, Gadgets, Mashup's4. Blogs, Feeds, Wiki's, Tagging, Podcasting 5. Social profile 6. Social bookmarking 7. Client rich technologies like CSS, HTML, DOM, XML, AJAX, JSON, XHTML, REST, SOAP
    • Shelley Rodrigo
      Shelley Rodrigo on 29 Sep 11
       
      I really like that the first item is focused on the user writer.
    • Betsy Long
      Betsy Long on 29 Sep 11
       
      From what I've read, that's a big part of the concept of Web 2.0-- user centeredness, and letting users get the most out of the Internet in the easiest way possible. There is so much available, but it's no good if the general public can't benefit from it.
    • Beth Bensen-Barber
      Beth Bensen-Barber on 30 Sep 11
       
      The simplicity of the definition you highlighted in green seems to be show up in many articles/definitions. I like that we can break down the definition into pieces and then expand the pieces to a more meaningful idea of what Web 2.0 means. I think this ability to expand on simplified ideas is what attracted me to the wheel in one of the definitions I posted.
    • sarah spangler
      sarah spangler on 01 Oct 11
       
      I like lists and use them frequently to order my life and my writing, so a list-type definition of this nature helps simplify the Web 2.0 concept.
    • Catrina Mitchum
      Catrina Mitchum on 29 Sep 11
       
      Image -specifically the words in orange- make me think of the teaching world because they all highlight issues in the field of rhet/comp right now.
    • Shelley Rodrigo
      Shelley Rodrigo on 29 Sep 11
       
      What do the words in pink make you think?
    • Catrina Mitchum
      Catrina Mitchum on 29 Sep 11
       
      I suppose teaching and my own learning. It gets more into the nitty gritty of it al? It brings in the New Media aspect of rhet/comp?
  • Catrina Mitchum on 29 Sep 11
     
    Web 2.0 Definition Site #1
Amanda David

Can Web 2.0 stars get a second chance at success? - Tech News and Analysis - 0 views

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web2.0 article founders

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  • to create the core of a new, faster company built around social information.
  • In the space of just a few months, Rupert Murdoch had purchased Myspace, Skype was bought by eBay, and Yahoo had gone on a spending spree that resulted in a dizzying sequence of purchases: Delicious, Flickr, MyBlogLog and more.
  • YouTube’s Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
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  • Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield
  • Silicon Valley is populated with people who got lucky once and cashed out, usually thanks to the largesse of a free-spending major corporation like Google, Microsoft or (now) Facebook. Many simply disappear with their winnings and are never heard of again. Others return with new ideas and new companies. Why? Partly because that’s the only thing they know how to do — and partly because they want to prove that they weren’t just fortunate, they were good. And that’s the challenge facing this latest crop of success stories, too. How they fare remains to be seen.
    • Amanda David
      Amanda David on 30 Sep 11
       
      I liked this article because it talks about the founders of the Web 2.0 movement. What companies make up the Web 2.0 platform? This article details them all.
Amanda David

Teacher's Online Lesson Plan Builder | Eric Jensen's 10 Minute Lesson Plans | Lesson Pl... - 0 views

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brain rule 5

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    • Amanda David
      Amanda David on 12 Oct 11
       
      This is a good site to find 10-minute lesson plans. Brain Rules Ch.5 states that 10 minutes is the amount of time for a student's attention span.
  • Amanda David on 12 Oct 11
     
    10-minute lesson plans
Dionne Wesley

CollegeWriting.info--A Free, Full-Text Writing and Composition Textbook, Handbook, Edit... - 1 views

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Learning to Write for all areas

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      Dionne Wesley on 12 Oct 11
       
      This site is cool. A student can find out how most writing techniques are created and they have examples. The site is set up for the visual learner in templates. The templates allow the student to stay organized and it breaks down the process to product..
  • Section A. Starting To Write Section B. Arguing   Section C. Responding to Readings Section D. Online Help Grammar Handbook \                                             \                                          /                                           /           E.-G.-Speak-Read-Think _  Welcome!        Table of Contents        Grammar        Samples _  Sections H.-I. Revise Edit College Writing High School Writers     Teachers     Theory     Free Use     http://www.tc.umn.
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  •    Welcome to CollegeWriting.Info!  This Web book is an online, full-length college, AP, and basic writing textbook and professional resource--the most complete and practical writing textbook on the free Web.                     Are you a student?  CollegeWriting.Info is easy to read and highly practical, with more information than other free college writing textbooks on the Web.  It is a community with many houses, each with different rooms: CollegeWriting.Info has dozens of chapters on academic, professional, literary, and creative writing, all containing a variety of helpful descriptions and examples.  Most chapters offer multiple focuses for both beginning and advanced writers, and for classroom, personal, or professional use.  Navigation is simple, with both visual and textual links to other pages and sites, to sample papers, and to related readings.  Why is this book good?  Here is a 4:45-min. video showing you why having a highly practical (and free) guide to real writing is important in our world: "A Vision of Students Today": www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o.                            Are you an instructor?  CollegeWriting.Info is a genre- and community-oriented textbook with an emphasis on learning-centered, writing-intensive instruction useful in most beginning and some advanced undergraduate college courses in composition, writing across the curriculum, literature, speech, and writing in other disciplines.  A section for basic writers is included, too.  CollegeWriting.Info also can help you and your students easily explore other online writing resources, with links to some of the Web's finest sites containing usage and mechanics, argumentative and other nonfiction essays, and full-text literary classics.  In addition, CollegeWriting.Info provides instructor-oriented essays on--and links to--theory and pedagogy, listings of academic writing organizations and resources, and many other helpful professional links.  For more about the author and the development of this Web textbook, see "About the Authors."  For more about the theory behind this textbook, see "Teaching Strategic Experience."                 
  • Dionne Wesley on 12 Oct 11
     
    A composition site for college students
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