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Holly Dilatush

Is a Social Crash Coming - 5 views

www.chrisbrogan.com/social-crash

chrisbrogan SLNs socialchange communication

shared by Holly Dilatush on 12 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Holly Dilatush on 12 Aug 10
     
    interesting post!
mbarek Akaddar

3 Ways Google Applications can enhance teaching : Interesting Things - 9 views

www.bradshawenterprises.com/...lications-can-enhance-teaching

google web2.0 tools technology

shared by mbarek Akaddar on 28 Oct 10 - Cached
  • mbarek Akaddar on 28 Oct 10
     
    3 Ways Google Applications can enhance teaching
Paul Beaufait

Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On - 0 views

halfanhour.blogspot.com/...-learning-ten-years-on_16.html

learning future connectivism education technology Downes trends online

shared by Paul Beaufait on 22 Nov 08 - Cached
  • While we want to provide personalized attention, especially to submitted work, testing and grading, learning is still heavily dependent on the teacher. But because the teacher in turn is responsible for assembling, and often presenting, the materials to be learned, customization and personalization have not been practical. So we have adopted a model where small groups of people form a cohort, thus allowing the teacher to present the same material to more than one person at a time, while offering individualized interaction and assessment.
  • Though networks have always existed, modern communications technologies highlight their existence and given them a new robustness. Networks are distinct from groups in that they preserve individual autonomy and promote diversity of belief, purpose and methodology. In a network, however, people do not act as disassociated individuals, but rather, cooperate in a series of exchanges that can produce, not merely individual goods, but also social goods.
  • In the case of informal learning, however, the structure is much looser. People pursue their own objectives in their own way, while at the same time initiating and sustaining an ongoing dialogue with others pursuing similar objectives. Learning and discussion is not structured, but rather, is determined by the needs and interests of the participants.
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  • it is not clear that an outcomes driven system is what students require; many valuable skills and aptitudes – art appreciation, for example – are not identifiable as an outcome. This becomes evident when we consider how learning is to be measured. In traditional learning, success is achieved not merely by passing the test but in some way being recognized as having achieved expertise. A test-only system is a coarse system of measurement for a complex achievement.
  • The products of our conversations are as concrete as test scores and grades. (Ryan, 2007) But, as the result of a complex and interactive process, they are much more complex, allowing not only for the measurement of learning, but also for the recognition of learning. As it becomes easier to simply see what a student can accomplish, the idea of a coarse-grained proxy, such as grades, will fade to the background.
  • Most educators, and most educational institutions, have not yet embraced the idea of flow and syndication in learning. They will – reluctantly – because it provides the learner with the means to manage and control his or her learning. They can keep unwanted content to a minimum (and this includes unwanted content from an institution). And they can manage many more sources – or content streams – using feed reader technology.RSS and related specifications will be one of the primary ways Personal Learning Environments connect with remote systems. To use a PLE will be essentially to immerse oneself in the flow of communications that constitutes a community of practice in some discipline or domain on the internet.
  • In the end, what will be evaluated is a complex portfolio of a student’s online activities. (Syverson & Slatin, 2006)
  • place independence means that real learning will occur in real environments, with the contributions of the students not being some artifice designed strictly for practice, but an actual contribution to the business or enterprise in question.
  • As it becomes more and more possible to teach oneself online, and even to demonstrate one’s achievement through productive membership in a community of practice, there will be greater demand for a formalized system of recognition, a way for people to demonstrate their competence in an area without having to go through a formal program of study in the area.
  • the major shift in instructional technology will be from systems centered on the educational institution to systems centered on the individual learner.
  • rather than the employment of a single system to accomplish all educational tasks, both instructors and learners will use a variety of different tools in combination with each other.
  • Automation allows us to more easily create and present content, to more easily form groups and collaborate, to more easily give tests and take surveys. This frees instructors to perform tasks that have been traditionally more difficult and time consuming – to relate to students on a personal basis, to offer coaching and moral support, to learn about and analyze a student’s inclinations and understandings.
  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Nov 08
     
    Thanks for all of your inspiration!
  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Nov 08
     
    "an epic, must-read article" according to Brian Lamb (A social layer for DSpace? 2008.11.19 http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/brian/archives/049355.php)
Holly Dilatush

Politico.com: Photos - 0 views

www.politico.com/...slideshow.html

politico esl news esol teaching

shared by Holly Dilatush on 08 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Holly Dilatush on 08 Nov 08
     
    interesting, useful for classes?
Paul Beaufait

Welcome to <i>Discover Languages . . . Discover the World</i>! - 0 views

discoverlanguages.org/...index.cfm

languages cultures educators

shared by Paul Beaufait on 22 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Dec 08
     
    Interesting footnote re: public awareness raising and logo trademarking
  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Dec 08
     
    The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) highlights an extensive public awareness raising campaign vis-à-vis "the importance of learning languages and understanding cultures" (banner, ¶1), but may confound "all Americans" with a national populace (U.S.).
susana canelo

EFL in Second Life: A guest lesson in EFL in Second Life - 0 views

eflinsl.blogspot.com/...son-in-efl-in-second-life.html

secondlife teaching webheads

shared by susana canelo on 11 Aug 08 - Cached
  • susana canelo on 11 Aug 08
     
    Dennis comments about hus experience teaching in SL with Nergiz (Daffodil) Kern
  • susana canelo on 11 Aug 08
     
    Very interesting. We should try SL. Dennis and Nergiz are doing a great job there
Carla Arena

100 Useful Web Tools for Writers | College Degrees - 0 views

www.collegedegrees.com/...0-useful-web-tools-for-writers

howto ideas learningwithcomputers list reference resources tools writers writing

shared by Carla Arena on 14 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Carla Arena on 14 Jul 08
     
    Excellent resource. I'm sure you'll find something interesting.
Illya Arnet

Lunch over IP: ESE (Evil Search Engine) movies: a scenario - 0 views

www.lunchoverip.com/...ese_movies_a_sc.html

internet reading story

shared by Illya Arnet on 21 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Illya Arnet on 21 Jun 08
     
    The second story was published in a Swiss magazine. I find it more interesting than the first as it opens up to all sorts of questions about what happens with all the data we put on the net. It makes one think, though I wouldn't stop just because of the negative possibilites. I have nothing to hide and the profit I (we) gain is greater in my opinion
Joao Alves

How do you envision using the Webslides f... | Diigo - 0 views

message.diigo.com/...webslides-feature-diigo-164812

webslides

shared by Joao Alves on 07 Jul 08 - Cached
  • let´s imagine I wanted to my students to explore some listening sites, like I have done before, the webslides would have been much more interesting than the list of links I provided them.
    • Joao Alves
      Joao Alves on 07 Jul 08
       
      Webslides are a cool feature of Diigo. Thinking if there is another handy use we could use with the students.
  • http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog//2008/06/using-delicious.html
    • Joao Alves
      Joao Alves on 07 Jul 08
       
      This link is not working. Maybe it's a momentary problem.
    • Joao Alves
      Joao Alves on 07 Jul 08
       
      It was a momentary problem. Now I can open the page.
  • As we had started testing Diigo, I decided to start my portfolio here just by deciding on a unique tag, digifolio_carlaarena. Then, I created a list called "digifolio" and started adding the pages that represented my work, projects, thoughts, ideas, collections.
    • Joao Alves
      Joao Alves on 07 Jul 08
       
      What a brilliant idea. Since Portuguese teaching are going to be subjected to a very detailed evaluation process that includes a personal portfolio, this might be a good idea.
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  • http://slides.diigo.com/list/carlaarena/digifolio
    • Joao Alves
      Joao Alves on 07 Jul 08
       
      Looks great. What a an astonishing learning path. Congratulations!
Nelba Quintana

hit counter, free web tracker and tracking tools, professional with 20k lines log file ... - 0 views

www.histats.com/?sl=1

hitcounter

shared by Nelba Quintana on 16 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Nelba Quintana on 16 Jul 08
     
    Contador de Visitas-hit counter, free web tracker and tracking tools, professional with 20k lines log file for free!!
  • Nelba Quintana on 16 Jul 08
     
    Interesting hit counter
Holly Dilatush

Don Norman's jnd.org / In Defense of Cheating - 0 views

www.jnd.org/...in_defense_of_c.html

lwcers cheating professionaldevelopment

shared by Holly Dilatush on 08 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Holly Dilatush on 08 Nov 08
     
    interesting, useful for classes?
Carla Arena

About Throughout the Ages - 0 views

www.archives.nysed.gov/...about.shtml

archives education images learning literacy multiliteracies nystatearchives resources teacher_project teaching visualliteracy

shared by Carla Arena on 19 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Carla Arena on 19 Jun 08
     
    A wonderful site for visual literacy. It gives teachers lots of practical tips on how to use visual literacy in the classroom and the photos archives with historical background and questions are great. Though it is meant for American schools, lost of interesting resources and ideas.
Carla Arena

Yolango - 0 views

www.yolango.com

efl english esl languagelearning quiz teacher_project teachertraining videos

shared by Carla Arena on 28 May 08 - Cached
  • Carla Arena on 28 May 08
     
    It seems very interesting for classroom use.
Carla Arena

Web 1.0 x Web 2.0 - 0 views

www.uic.edu/...1972

article ict reference research resources web1.0 web2.0

shared by Carla Arena on 09 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Carla Arena on 09 Jul 08
     
    Interesting article. Worth reading it. In fact, First Monday is an excellent online publication site.
Paul Beaufait

Why would teachers use Diigo? | Diigo - 0 views

message.diigo.com/...would-teachers-use-diigo-29443

bookmarking diigo education social teaching tools

shared by Paul Beaufait on 30 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 30 Jul 08
     
    134 posts in Diigo facilitated/sponsored discussion (2008.07.30), several with interesting links
  • Paul Beaufait on 30 Jul 08
     
    suite of conversations among educators and technology providers
Carla Arena

Getting students interested in languages: is it that hard? - 0 views

www.boxoftricks.net/?p=162

boxoftricks education languages learning learningwithcomputers list podcasts resources suggestions teaching tools web2.0

shared by Carla Arena on 05 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Carla Arena on 05 Aug 08
     
    Very simple and effective ways to add value to the language classroom.
Holly Dilatush

Interactive Johari Window - Mapping Personality Visibility - 0 views

kevan.org/johari

johari personalityTests learningstyle professionaldevelopment

shared by Holly Dilatush on 07 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Holly Dilatush on 07 Nov 08
     
    interesting! I used something like this about 12 years ago in a workshop that was influential in springboarding a change in my career; have you used johari?
Paul Beaufait

Marginalia Web Annotation | geof - 0 views

www.geof.net/annotation

annotation marginalia moodle javascript geof web opensource webdesign

shared by Paul Beaufait on 16 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Marginalia is an open source Javascript web annotation system that allows users of web applications to highlight text and write margin notes. The Moodle version adds annotation to Moodle discussion forums
  • Paul Beaufait on 16 Dec 08
     
    Moodle users may be interested in adding this to their sites.
  • Paul Beaufait on 16 Dec 08
     
    Marginalia is an open source Javascript web annotation system that allows users of web applications to highlight text and write margin notes. The Moodle version adds annotation to Moodle discussion forums...
Maryanne Burgos

Introduction to Creative Thinking - 0 views

www.virtualsalt.com/crebook1.htm

shared by Maryanne Burgos on 27 Apr 10 - Cached
    • Maryanne Burgos
      Maryanne Burgos on 27 Apr 10
       
      This is the viewpoint of the authors of Disrupting Class who believe that "innovation does not take root through a direct attach on the existing system.  Instead it must go around and underneath the system.  This is how disruption drives affordability, accessibility, capability and responsiveness." (p. 225)
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  • Changing Direction
  • the goal is to solve the problem, not to implement a particular solution.
  • Motivation--a willingness to expend the effort--is more important than laboratory apparatus. And remember that you can always do something. Even if you cannot totally eradicate the problem from the face of the earth, you can always do something to make the situation better.
  • Mistakes aren't fun, but they sure are educational.
  • Positive Attitudes for Creativity
  • Curiosity. Creative people want to know things--all kinds of things-- just to know them. Knowledge does not require a reason. The question, "Why do you want to know that?" seems strange to the creative person, who is likely to respond, "Because I don't know the answer." Knowledge is enjoyable and often useful in strange and unexpected ways
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  • Challenge. Curious people like to identify and challenge the assumptions behind ideas, proposals, problems, beliefs, and statements. Many assumptions, of course, turn out to be quite necessary and solid, but many others have been assumed unnecessarily, and in breaking out of those assumptions often comes a new idea, a new path, a new solution.
  • Constructive discontent. This is not a whining, griping kind of discontent, but the ability to see a need for improvement and to propose a method of making that improvement. Constructive discontent is a positive, enthusiastic discontent, reflecting the thought, "Hey, I know a way to make that better."
  • 4. A belief that most problems can be solved.
  • 5. The ability to suspend judgment and criticism.
  • Remember then that (1) an idea may begin to look good only after it becomes a bit more familiar or is seen in a slightly different context or clothing or circumstance
  • 6. Seeing the good in the bad. Creative thinkers, when faced with poor solutions, don't cast them away. Instead, they ask, "What's good about it?" because there may be something useful even in the worst ideas. And however little that good may be, it might be turned to good effect or made greater.
  • 7. Problems lead to improvements.
  • 8. A problem can also be a solution
  • 9. Problems are interesting and emotionally acceptable.
  • Miscellaneous Good Attitudes
  • 1. Perseverance.
  • 2. A flexible imagination
  • 3. A belief that mistakes are welcome. Modern society has for some reason conceived the idea that the only unforgivable thing is to fail or make a mistake. Actually failure is an opportunity; mistakes show that something is being done. So creative people have come to realize and accept emotionally that making mistakes is no negative biggie. One chief executive of a big American corporation warns all his newly hired managers, "Make sure you make a reasonable number of mistakes." Mistakes are educational and can lead to success--because they mean you are doing something.
  • Robert Harris Version Date: July 1, 1998
    • Maryanne Burgos
      Maryanne Burgos on 27 Apr 10
       
      Biographical info on Robert A. Harris http://www.virtualsalt.com/lit/bioblurb.htm
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