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How Nonprofit Organizations Can Use Social Media to Power Social Networks for Change: movement building: A place to share learning about nonprofits and social media, ROI, culture change, strategy, and more

One of several resource mentioned in Pedagogy Matters Campaign: Strategies and Resources for Action to serve as inspiration to formulate and communicate a message to deepen public understanding of developmental education.

Eric Berlow on Ted (Talks in Less than 6 Minutes series). Posted November, 2010. Ecologist doesn't feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems. He knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution. Illustrating the tips and tricks for breaking down big issues, he distills an overwhelming infographic on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan to a few elementary points.

A comprehensive evaluation of Achieving the Dream, a nationwide program designed to boost the academic success of community college students, reveals that overall trends in student outcomes at the first 26 institutions to join the project remained relatively unchanged after five years, even though the colleges adopted a wide range of strategies to improve them.

An online exhibition of presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2008, presented by the Museum of the Moving Image.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

A documentary produced by Centillion Productions Ltd. in association with CBC-TV (Canadian Broadcasting), first broadcast Feb 2010. From this page, you can download the full documentary (45 minutes) or the 30 second trailer.

Part of an assignment in a course described in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread. Students were allowed to select a documentary of interest, and the documentary selected was Google World.

Part of Phil Taylor's Web Site, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK. This is an excerpt from his book, The Fine Art of Propaganda: A Study of Father Coughlin's Speeches by The Institute for Propaganda Analysis, and published in 1939.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

By Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, as posted by the African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

By Stanley Milgram, as it appeared in Harper's Magazine. Abridged and adapted from Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram, 1974.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

By Jonah Lehrer, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. This bookmark points to the Worldcat record, which will direct you to alternate editions, as well as the closest library with a copy of this book.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread. Instructor also mentions that this is "a great piece of writing."

Dan Meyer video lecture on TED.com, posted May 2010.

Posted to the thread Instructional Strategies: Contextualization, when looking at the issue of teaching word problems as part of math class.

From the Academic Support Center of Cuesta College. Strategies for student success. For similar, see tag success.

Liz shared this in Instructional Strategies:Reflection/Meta-cognition

5 pages from a 48 page study skills booklet.

Liz shared this resource, among others, in Instructional Strategies: Reflection/Meta-cognition

Located at Patrick Henry Community College, the Center emphasizes active learning and cooperative learning.

In Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement

By Atul Gawande. Published by Metropolitan, 2007. This book, written by a doctor, looks at how doctors try to match their best intentions with best performance.

This book was mentioned as one that a GSCC instructor uses in her class; thread is Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement.

By Roger T. and David W. Johnson, published in In Context: A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture. Originally published in in Transforming Education (IC#18)\nWinter 1988, Page 34. The article discusses the social and cooperative aspects of learning.

Mentioned in Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement.

By Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.

This is included in the Pedagogy Matters! Book, category: Assessment. Also mentioned in Introduction to Formative Assessment

Two assessment techniques from this book mentioned in Instructional Strategies:Reflection/Meta-cognition: The Minute Paper" and "Muddiest Point." "They help teachers determine whether students are picking up on important ideas. Teachers get snapshots of where students are struggling so that teachers can adjust instruction--for example, spending more time reviewing a key concept. These strategies also benefit students. Students have to attend to what they have just learned, maybe synthesize concepts from various lectures, and articulate what they know and do not know. Students generally do not take time to think about their thinking, or to try to express their struggles. Therefore, they are unlikely to get to a stage where they can formulate solutions for problems they are having."

McGraw-Hill eInstruction. A student response system using wireless connectivity, giving instructors and students immediate feedback.

Shared by L.S. in Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement. From L.S. "You use a CPS version of powerpoint to create questions (I used the multiple choice questions) to put in a powerpoint. Each student gets a clicker that they use to answer the question. The program gives a summary of the responses."

On YouTube. "A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University. Posted October 12, 2007

Posted by N.H. in Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement.

This site offers various writing-related resources from grades 7-12, through college and for professional writers. Resources range from rules of various citation formats to proper cover letters and resumes.

Shared in Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement