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Sean Nash

TweetBeam Twitter Wall - Visualize Live Tweets - 0 views

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    A slightly more aesthetic version of a Twitter wall to follow a hashtag. These are rarely more than a "proof of concept" for me, as following tags in Tweetdeck is far more of a workable solution. However, this would certainly be pretty on a projector in the middle of a keynote session perhaps...
Sean Nash

Six Ways To Motivate Students To Learn | MindShift - 0 views

  • Start with the question, not the answer.
    • Sean Nash
       
      Questions... the initial key to student inquiry.
  • Some learning tasks, like memorizing the multiplication table or a list of names or facts, are simply not interesting in themselves.
    • Sean Nash
       
      True. This is why gamification of such tasks is beneficial whenever possible.
  • Connect abstract learning to concrete situations.
    • Sean Nash
       
      I think this is important. However, this is also an element teachers have difficulty with. I wish this one was fleshed out more. This is a worthy topic of study.
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  • Make it social. Put together a learning group, or have students find learning partners with whom they can share their moments of discovery and points of confusion. Divide the learning task into parts, and take turns being teacher and pupil. The simple act of explaining what they’re learning out loud will help them understand and remember it better.
    • Sean Nash
       
      YES. Learning is interaction. And when this interaction is done with wise adults shepherding the way...  good things happen.
  • Go deep. Almost any subject is interesting once you get inside it. Assign the task of becoming the world’s expert on one small aspect of the material they have to learn—then extend their new expertise outward by exploring how the piece they know so well connects to all the other pieces they need to know about.
    • Sean Nash
       
      Collaboration for "collaboration's sake" doesn't usually go far... and does a lot for poo-pooing the importance of collaborative modes of learning. These are a solid handful of strategies to begin work with.
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