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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

The Strength of Weak Ties » On Common Ground - 0 views

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  • J.Randolph Radney on 20 Feb 10
     
    "I make choices that help me learn and do my best work. I am aware of the needs of others and do great things for them. I learn about myself and all that I can do by trying new things. I think of new ideas and share them with others. I think about people's feelings and help take care of others. I learn from my mistakes and build on the things that I do well. I work with others to learn and complete a task. I push myself to do my personal best and keep improving. I learn about and respect different people and include everyone. I care for and learn from nature. I take time by myself to think about what I have learned."
  • J.Randolph Radney on 20 Feb 10
     
    Do these statements apply to you?
J.Randolph Radney

Seth's Blog: Phoning it in - 2 views

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time life wisdom

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  • J.Randolph Radney on 20 Feb 10
     
    Do you have time to waste?
Trisha Johnny

Handouts: Exam Anxiety - 0 views

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  • Trisha Johnny on 10 Feb 10
     
    STRESSED? time to relax =)
Jak McKinnon

How to Effectively Manage Your Time - 0 views

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  • If you're struggling to find the ideal work-life balance, this page will teach you
Emmy-Lou Sill

Davos - World Economic Forum News - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • The World Economic Forum has for decades served as a Alpine playground where politicians, chief executives, academics, writers and celebrities socialize and exchange ideas. Established in 1971 as the European Management Forum, it has become better known simply as Davos, for the Swiss skiing resort where it is held each January.
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 14 Jan 10
     
    here is new york tiimes, i enjoy reading it. lots of infomation
J.Randolph Radney

How Privacy Vanishes Online, a Bit at a Time - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • J.Randolph Radney on 22 Mar 10
     
    As promised: Information on online identity privacy concerns.
  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 24 Mar 10
     
    I think this is correct in terms of privacy!!! anyone can add you as a friend on facebook....and people try and find out your password all the time...
  • lucas brettell on 30 Mar 10
     
    i know!!! i have to keep changing my password because i get an eerie feeling someone is trying to hack me
Emmy Sill

Parika Pages - 0 views

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  • We taught at Imbaimadai Primary School everyday. It's a one room school, divided into 4 sections by chalkboards, accommodating 70+ students from nursery to grade 8.
  • Emmy Sill on 15 Oct 09
     
    Emese's blog about parika and beyond, she is a friend i met down in mexico but her home is here in canada Vancouver! she is teaching a disipleship training program for the first time! me and her did a mission trip to the same place and we met! in mexico wen i was 15 years old. 
J.Randolph Radney

Why Writer's Block is Your Secret Weapon | Copyblogger - 0 views

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  • When you work it right, writer’s block is your secret weapon to becoming a better and more resilient writer. And when your ability to write is what pays the bills, that’s gold.
  • face the fear that any act of writing brings.
  • use writer’s block as a signal to stop and reflect on what you fear and why, because if you don’t acknowledge the fear, you’ll never be able to face it. All it takes to move through fear is facing it, feeling it. Saying to yourself, “Okay, this is scary. But it still needs to be done.”
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  • Take a blank sheet of paper and write down a one-line summary of what you think you’re supposed to be writing.
  • Write down all the ideas and opinions about that topic
  • put that page aside because that’s not the one that’s going to turn your block into a weapon. (In fact, it’s the one that will keep you stuck.)
  • Get another blank sheet of paper. Again, write down what you think you should be writing in the center of the page.
  • Dig deep into what you have to say, what you think, and what your opinion is, stripped away from all of those from the first sheet. Put it all out on the page, and take more pages if you need to. Remember, there is no one to judge you and your task is to write without any reference to the ideas or opinions from that first sheet, but write only from within you.
  • Each time you unblock yourself by writing despite your fears, it builds confidence. You realize, “Hey, I’ve got a lot to say! And I’ve got a unique position!”
  • You teach yourself that even though your job requires you to write to and for other people, you’re really doing it for yourself
  • To be a resilient and fierce writer, you need to write despite your fears. And you need signals, such as writer’s block, to help uncover your fears so you can face them.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 30 Oct 09
     
    For those of you who find the writing for this class too much to handle: Read this; read it several times; try to follow it's advice.
J.Randolph Radney

ProfHacker 101: Getting started with Zotero - ProfHacker.com - 0 views

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  • J.Randolph Radney on 14 Nov 09
     
    In research work, it is important to carefully keep track of the sources consulted. I was told about Zotero early on in the semester, but not in time to bring it into the curriculum this time. In future, I plan to have students use Zotero more, so students might want to take a look at what it offers, if they plan on taking more academic classes at TRU or another university.
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: Tales of a Third Grade Blogger (or, The Year Social Tech Broke) - 0 views

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  • Turns out their teachers (same ones I wrote this letter to) are crazy about the idea of their students blogging. And so, they've given my boys permission to do their weekly home/school connections via their blogs.
  • J.Randolph Radney on 17 Sep 09
     
    It's time to catch up to these Grade 3 students. :) radney
  • J.Randolph Radney on 20 Sep 09
     
    If Grade 3 students blog regularly, why can't we learn it?
J.Randolph Radney

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.
J.Randolph Radney

Reviews - 2 views

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First Nations writers

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  • No matter how much money and sense of security we have banked, I think inside each of us there is, at some time, a barefoot and hungry vagabond, seeking shelter from the cold; someone who feels misplaced, worn to the bone, despondent. I have had many dreams about being homeless myself, forced to share a bed or sleep in a room with strangers. In one dream, I found shelter at a friend’s house. I was sitting on the couch until I realized it was her husband’s favored spot for watching T.V. and moved away. Her husband looked me in the eye and said, “It could happen to anyone.”
  • J.Randolph Radney on 07 Jan 10
     
    This is a wonderful 2-page essay with a haunting conclusion that I have highlighted. Please read the essay and comment on the social topic the essay discusses. (You can comment on this link directly in Diigo.)
  • Diana Boffa on 13 Jan 10
     
    This essay is about the poverty in society, and the way people deal with it. I feel knowing how you can personally deal with this issue will help society.
J.Randolph Radney

Free Technology for Teachers: The Importance of Proper Mathematics - 0 views

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  • J.Randolph Radney on 06 Jan 10
     
    I know only a few of you are taking math this term, but I thought it would be good for all of you to see the value of good math understanding in the real world. This is a phone conversation between a customer who has been quoted a very low charge rate and then billed at 100 times the quoted rate. See if you can figure out the logic of the billing company. Do you believe that $0.002 = 0.002cents?
J.Randolph Radney

Web 2.0 For Rookies: Appearances Can Be Deceiving - Articles - Educational Te... - 0 views

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  • J.Randolph Radney on 06 Jan 10
     
    The value of Web 2.0 technology is not just an increase of information available; it is the opportunity to dialog with the original authors of material and to interact without time-space restrictions.
Emmy-Lou Sill

Education Planner - 0 views

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  • Emmy-Lou Sill on 22 Jan 10
     
    here is what the academic advisor uses :)
  • Danika Bush on 28 Jan 10
     
    This is what I used and it helped me like 50 million times better then the school counselors.. after the fact that it was too late to take any of the other courses.
J.Randolph Radney

Weblogg-ed » No Choice - 0 views

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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?
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? :)
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