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Big Conversations For Schools - 1 views

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  • J.Randolph Radney on 11 Feb 10
     
    Will Richardson is asking for us to identify our top 10 choices of questions that need to be addressed in education as technological changes affect our society. Please help.
J.Randolph Radney

Next Time, Fail Better - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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  • Humanities students are not used to failure. They want to get it right the first time. When they are new to the game, they want to get good grades on what are essentially first drafts. Once they learn how much work it is to write and edit a really good essay, their goals shift—from getting A's on papers written the night before to getting A's and making the difficult process look effortless.
  • I had a colleague who had a poster in his dining room with Samuel Beckett's "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." We may tell ourselves that, but we don't tell our students. Maybe we should post it in our classrooms, not our dining rooms.
J.Randolph Radney

"Look, Ma, No Boundaries!" Relationships in New Literacies Learning and Teaching | BCTELA - 1 views

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  • As I think about the ways in which new literacies environments offer possibilities for young people to make relationships, some clear implications for teaching arise. Adults sometimes feel inadequate in newer literacy environments and uncertain about the value of such environments; some continue to deny that there is much new or much of value. But one undeniable value is that these are the environments in which our young people are learning about literacy, and, to some degree, learning about relationships. Our place in this environment is vital-as teachers, parents, researchers, and literate citizens-and our experience gives us a role in helping young people navigate this terrain. So the first point about relationships in new literacies teaching is that we must enter into relationships as participants.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 19 Oct 09
     
    This article is a recent discussion of the need to use social media in teaching English language arts in BC.
J.Randolph Radney

Brainware - 10 Things You May Not Know About Listening - 0 views

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  • The most important fact about listening is that we hear with our ears, but we listen with our minds.
  • Listening experts believe that people in our culture are taught NOT to listen
  • Active listening is fundamentally about questioning.
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  • As much as 50% of a given message is typically misunderstood without engaging in active listening.
  • Listening needs to be obvious as well as active.  The verbally or nonverbally reticent create difficulties for a speaker.  Lack of obvious responsiveness can intimidate a speaker.  Remember the truism:  the listener controls the speaker.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 14 Nov 09
     
    What questions make you a better listener?
Emmy-Lou Sill

THE BORGIAS - Crime Library on truTV.com - 0 views

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  • THE BORGIAS
  • The years of the greatest influence of the Borgias (1435 - 1520) correspond to one of the most important periods in European history. It is the age of the Renaissance, the beginning of the Age of Exploration, and the age of some of the great rulers, artists, and writers who have influenced our Modern Age.
  • The Borgia Era begins about the time of Joan of Arc (1430)
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  • It is the era of the great Medici family of Florence,
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 18 Jan 10
     
    Borgia and Medisi Families that helped shape this modern world as it is today!
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 18 Jan 10
     
    Here is more infomation on Borgia and Medisi Family, yet I have not found a BLOG on either Borgia and Medisi. shame, oh i may just create my own BLOG! what do you guys think? :)
Emmy-Lou Sill

Rise Above Confrence - 0 views

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  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 15 Mar 10
     
    I have been to this confrence! it was a sad expereince hearing from individuals telling how and what happened the catholic schools they were taken too. You understand why first nations are they way they are today. There are no guildance to how to get out of that hole of their past when all they need is God to heal them and themselves to accept what happened to them many years ago. It helped change the way i see the world, being first nation myself i saw their pain and hardships. it made me care for other discriminated nations by "assimilation"
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 15 Mar 10
     
    And i plan on going again to learn more!! to see the brave first nations coming to this, and facing their inner demons. it give me courage to see the next day. Also God is a good God, he does not take away he gives life. but our **own** choices leads to destruction. We are all given a free will to choose our path. :D thought i would let you guys know!!! His love is greater than what we can comprehend. he forgives. Seek the kingdom first then all* else is added to your life :) my fave verse is John 1 3:16
Chris Ash

Disneyland Resort | Welcome To The Magic! - 0 views

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  • Have our Characters call your characters! Get a complimentary phone call from Mickey, Minnie or Goofy when you book a Disneyland® Resort vacation online.
  • Chris Ash on 15 Apr 10
     
    Have our Characters call your characters! Get a complimentary phone call from Mickey, Minnie or Goofy when you book a Disneyland® Resort vacation online.
J.Randolph Radney

Singular 'They': a Footnote - Lingua Franca - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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  • As English teachers, one of our responsibilities is to ensure that students master the conventions of standard edited English, so that they will not be judged in negative ways based on their formal writing. Whether it is fair or not, others (including other teachers and future employers) may judge a construction like singular they as “wrong”—as evidence that a writer is not well trained and “does not know better.”
  • I tell students that they are welcome to use singular they  in writing for my class, but they should footnote it the first time they use it and in the footnote explain their rationale for using singular they.
  • A fundamental goal of writing instruction, including instruction in grammar and style, is to encourage students to be highly aware of the decisions they are making as writers, from the level of the word, phrase, and sentence to the terrain of the paragraph and essay as a whole.
J.Randolph Radney

TeachPaperless: What to Do When Students Abuse Social Technology - 0 views

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  • The parents need to understand that social technology is not going away. And they need to understand that it is in their own best interest that their kids understand both how to use it and how to be responsible digital citizens.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 20 Sep 09
     
    Sometimes people worry that social media increases our ability to bully one another. In this website, the author seems to advocate responsible use and the teaching of proper social accountability as a remedy for this possibility, rather than an attempt to keep students away from online blogging and similar things.
J.Randolph Radney

TeachPaperless: Fountain of Youth: Reflections on Teaching Uses of Social Tech to Young... - 1 views

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  • Because we need our teachers to understand that it's not about 'using tech', but rather is about fully engaging in the reality of the 21st century. And we need them to understand that -- if anything -- social tech is a fountain of youth when it comes to learning and ideas.
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      J.Randolph Radney on 02 Oct 09
       
      The claim implied here is that the new Web 2.0 technology like social media, social bookmarking, blogs, and the like are not going to go away. Rather, they are going to become the paradigm for social interaction at a distance. How may the development of such technology and its use in classes encourage greater interest among students in what is taught? How can such technology make it easier for students to complete coursework?
J.Randolph Radney

TeachPaperless: The Difference Between Knowing and Understanding in the Immediately Con... - 0 views

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  • Knowledge of content is only half the battle.
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      J.Randolph Radney on 28 Sep 09
       
      What surpasses knowledge?
  • we are going to need to instill critical analytical skills into our students' educations
  • We have to teach kids to understand the critical basis of 'link decision'
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      J.Randolph Radney on 28 Sep 09
       
      How is 'link decision' related to understanding and to critical analysis?
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Teaching in Social and Technological Networks « Connectivism - 0 views

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  • Technological networks have transformed prominent businesses sectors: music, television, financial, manufacturing. Social networks, driven by technological networks, have similarly transformed communication, news, and personal interactions. Education sits at the social/technological nexus of change – primed for dramatic transformative change. In recent posts, I’ve argued for needed systemic innovation. I’d like focus more specifically on how teaching is impacted by social and technological networks.
  • social and technological networks subvert the classroom-based role of the teacher. Networks thin classroom walls. Experts are no longer “out there” or “over there”. Skype brings anyone, from anywhere, into a classroom. Students are not confined to interacting with only the ideas of a researcher or theorist. Instead, a student can interact directly with researchers through Twitter, blogs, Facebook, and listservs. The largely unitary voice of the traditional teacher is fragmented by the limitless conversation opportunities available in networks. When learners have control of the tools of conversation, they also control the conversations in which they choose to engage.
  • Course content is similarly fragmented. The textbook is now augmented with YouTube videos, online articles, simulations, Second Life builds, virtual museums, Diigo content trails, StumpleUpon reflections, and so on.
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  • Thoughts, ideas, or messages that the teacher amplifies will generally have a greater probability of being seen by course participants.
  • The following are roles teacher play in networked learning environments: 1. Amplifying 2. Curating 3. Wayfinding and socially-driven sensemaking 4. Aggregating 5. Filtering 6. Modelling 7. Persistent presence
  • Views of teaching, of learner roles, of literacies, of expertise, of control, and of pedagogy are knotted together. Untying one requires untying the entire model.
  • The curator, in a learning context, arranges key elements of a subject in such a manner that learners will “bump into” them throughout the course. Instead of explicitly stating “you must know this”, the curator includes critical course concepts in her dialogue with learners, her comments on blog posts, her in-class discussions, and in her personal reflections.
  • I found my way through personal trial and error. Today’s social web is no different – we find our way through active exploration. Designers can aid the wayfinding process through consistency of design and functionality across various tools, but ultimately, it is the responsibility of the individual to click/fail/recoup and continue.
  • Fortunately, the experience of wayfinding is now augmented by social systems.
  • Sensemaking in complex environments is a social process.
  • Perhaps we need to spend more time in information abundant environments before we turn to aggregation as a means of making sense of the landscape.
  • magine a course where the fragmented conversations and content are analyzed (monitored) through a similar service. Instead of creating a structure of the course in advance of the students starting (the current model), course structure emerges through numerous fragmented interactions. “Intelligence” is applied after the content and interactions start, not before.
  • Aggregation should do the same – reveal the content and conversation structure of the course as it unfolds, rather than defining it in advance.
  • Filtering resources is an important educator role, but as noted already, effective filtering can be done through a combination of wayfinding, social sensemaking, and aggregation. But expertise still matters. Educators often have years or decades of experience in a field. As such, they are familiar with many of the concepts, pitfalls, confusions, and distractions that learners are likely to encounter.
  • To teach is to model and to demonstrate. To learn is to practice and to reflect.”
  • Apprenticeship learning models are among the most effective in attending to the full breadth of learning.
  • Without an online identity, you can’t connect with others – to know and be known. I don’t think I’m overstating the importance of have a presence in order to participate in networks. To teach well in networks – to weave a narrative of coherence with learners – requires a point of presence. As a course progresses, the teacher provides summary comments, synthesizes discussions, provides critical perspectives, and directs learners to resources they may not have encountered before.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 22 Feb 10
     
    Here are some additional concepts that are a part of my approach to teaching.
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NASA - Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days - 0 views

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  • lucas brettell on 04 Mar 10
     
    the earthquake shortened our days..yay! by how much? one millionth of a second.....well whats the big deal
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 10 Mar 10
     
    lol very funny
J.Randolph Radney

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  • One of my favorite things that Sheryl says when she talks about the challenges that schools face right now is that this generation of kids in our schools is the first not to have a choice about technology. Most of us grew up in a time when technology was an add on, and for many of us, we still see it as a choice, especially in education. (Just the other day I was at a meeting of about 25 school leaders and teachers to discuss how social learning tools can be infused into an inquiry based curriculum and only one person was using technology to take notes…me.) I look at my own kids and I know that technology will be a huge part of their learning lives because a) they want it to be and b) they’ll be expected to be savvy users of the devices of their day to communicate, create and collaborate (among other things.) They’re not going to be able to “opt out.”
  • J.Randolph Radney on 02 Feb 10
     
    What do you think? Will you be able to make a living at a regular job during your career without the technological skills involved in computer and mobile media operation?
Diana Boffa

CollegeWriting.info: "Writing a Thesis" Sample Papers - 0 views

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  • Diana Boffa on 28 Jan 10
     
    there are a few example essays on this site to help with our writing for next week.
J.Randolph Radney

Monitor: The net generation, unplugged | The Economist - 0 views

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  • THEY are variously known as the Net Generation, Millennials, Generation Y or Digital Natives. But whatever you call this group of young people—roughly, those born between 1980 and 2000—there is a widespread consensus among educators, marketers and policymakers that digital technologies have given rise to a new generation of students, consumers, and citizens who see the world in a different way. Growing up with the internet, it is argued, has transformed their approach to education, work and politics.
  • But does it really make sense to generalise about a whole generation in this way? Not everyone thinks it does. “This is essentially a wrong-headed argument that assumes that our kids have some special path to the witchcraft of ‘digital awareness’ and that they understand something that we, teachers, don’t—and we have to catch up with them,” says Siva Vaidhyanathan, who teaches media studies at University of Virginia.
  • Any teenager can choose to join a Facebook group supporting the opposition in Iran or the liberation of Tibet, but such engagement is likely to be shallow. A recent study by the Pew Research Center, an American think-tank, found that internet users aged 18-24 were the least likely of all age groups to e-mail a public official or make an online political donation. But when it came to using the web to share political news or join political causes on social networks, they were far ahead of everyone else. Rather than genuinely being more politically engaged, they may simply wish to broadcast their activism to their peers. As with the idea that digital natives learn and work in new ways, there may be less going on here than meets the eye.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 08 Mar 10
     
    While it is impossible to classify an entire generation of people regarding characteristics and accurately apply features to an entire population, this article makes some interesting observations with regard to discrepancies between experience and expertise in using the Web. What could you write about such a topic? What does it mean to be a "digital native"?
Emmy-Lou Sill

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  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 31 Mar 10
     
    Olympic Video made for the fans!!!!! its soo goood! i almost cried! we made and broke records here on our home soil ;p i thought this group on facebook is awsome! i follow it!! and comment on it regalarly <3 enjoy!!!
J.Randolph Radney

TeachPaperless: Paperless High School Newspapers! - 0 views

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  • Our kids here at school have just gone to an online edition. And immediately, the buzz around here has been about the RSS feed, subscriptions beyond the immediate school community, and the future of editorial and opinion blogs.
  • And in an age when the pro newspapers are still trying to figure out what's going on, it's great to see kids who already get it.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 09 Oct 09
     
    Does anyone want to champion the idea of a TRU student paper online?
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