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J.Randolph Radney

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

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    "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."
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    Do these statements apply to you?
J.Randolph Radney

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

  • 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.
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    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.
Danika Bush

Interesting Discussion Questions - 1 views

  • 7. If the people who know you best were asked, would they say you tend to be mostly predictable or unpredictable? Why? Which of these traits do you most value in a friend? Do you tend to follow a set routine or do you often do the same things differently?
  • 9. For $10,000 would you be willing to stand up spontaneously and sing The Star Spangled Banner at the top of your lungs in the middle of a church service?
  • 11. If you were to move to a poor, primitive country, what three things would you most miss from your current life?
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  • 12. What is the biggest lie you’ve ever told? Why? What were the consequences, if any?
  • 14. What is one of the books (other than the Bible) that has had the greatest influence on your life? Why?
  • 34. Do you think people would be surprised about your thought life? How often would you be embarrassed if others knew exactly what was on your mind? Do you think your thought life is better or worse than most of the people in your circle of friends? Why?
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    I like writing essays on the highlighted topics just for practice. For me, writing these interesting essays is somewhat fun.
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    very great find! love it wish i had found it! thanks for telling me diana! <3
J.Randolph Radney

Teaching in Social and Technological Networks « Connectivism - 0 views

  • 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.
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    Here are some additional concepts that are a part of my approach to teaching.
J.Randolph Radney

Developing Policies for Late Assignments - ProfHacker.com - 5 views

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    I would like to discuss this with students. What do you think about the late policy discussed in this blog entry?
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    i like it <3 but i dont like the no comments but i do understand why you donnt like telling us what to write ya, i like it, i also commented on moodle or was it pblearningcoach
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    While that might be an interesting point of debate, Tara, I notice that you are talking about children, whereas the discussion was intended to relate to adults, such as yourself. Do you really want me to treat my students as if they were children?? I also would like to challenge your statement that all policies are good. Do you mean by this that there is no such thing as an unfair policy? Please write more about this.
J.Randolph Radney

Blogger in Middle-earth: One Voice? A post for bloggers - 1 views

  • What sort of voice do you use when you write a blog post? Do you have an informal or personal tone to your writing? Or do you prefer the more formal structured approaches?
  • Bryson is a journalist. Yet even for me, twice a Science graduate, his ‘voice’ immediately captures my interest in the Science he writes about. He speaks as if he is talking with me, not talking directly at me.
  • Is there a single genre that is appropriate to writing blog posts?Or should the genre be selected according to the topic of the post? Could genre be chosen to address a particular target group within the readership of the blog?
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    This is a resource to help you think about how formal students want their public blog to be.
J.Randolph Radney

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

  • 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.
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    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

City Brights: Howard Rheingold : Crap Detection 101 - 0 views

  • "Who is the author?" is the root question. If you don't find one, turn your skepticism meter to the top of the dial. And use easywhois.com to find out who owns the site if there is no author listed. If the author provides a way to ask questions, communicate, or add comments, turn up the credibility meter and dial back the skepticism. When you identify an author, search on the author's name in order to evaluate what others think of the author - and don't turn off your critical stance when you assess reputation. Who are these other people whose opinions you are trusting? Is the site a .gov or .edu? If so, turn up the credibility a notch. If it helps, envision actual meters and dials in your mind's eye - or a thermometer or speedometer. Take the website's design into account - professional design should not be seen as a certain indicator of accurate content, but visibly amateurish design is sometimes an indicator that the "Institute of Such-and-Such" might be an obsessive loner.
  • More good questions to use as credibility probes: Does the author provide sources for factual claims, and what happens when you search on the names of the authors of those sources? Have others linked to this page, and if so, who are they (use the search term "link: http://..." and Google shows you every link to a specified page). See if the source has been bookmarked on a social bookmarking service like Delicious or Diigo; although it shouldn't be treated as a completely trustworthy measurement, the number of people who bookmark a source can furnish clues to its credibility. All the mechanics of doing this kind of checking take only a few seconds of clicking, copying and pasting, searching, and judging for yourself. Again, the part that requires the most work is learning to do your own judging.
  • I use martinlutherking.org as an example with my students today - it's not owned by admirers of the late civil rights leader, but you wouldn't know that at first glance. Another, less sinister but equally sobering teaching story: "The parody site Gatt.org once duped the Center for International Legal Studies into believing it was the Web site of the World Trade Organization.
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  • on the cutting edge of community-based filtering tools, Intel labs' Dispute Finder Firefox Extension "highlights disputed claims on web pages you browse and shows you evidence for alternative points of view."
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    This site has some very helpful tips for research evaluation.
Emmy Sill

Parika Pages - 0 views

  • 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.
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    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

Weblogg-ed » No Choice - 0 views

  • 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.”
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    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?
J.Randolph Radney

Patch's Prescriptions | Gesundheit Institute - 1 views

  • Sometimes when Patch gives presentations, audience members ask what they can do to stay better informed and what actions they might take to contribute to their own well-being and the well-being of the world around them. Patch started offering a small flyer of ten suggestions of everyday actions, ideas, questions, magazines, and websites:
Emmy Sill

Read Free Manga Online at One Manga. Online manga scans reader. - 0 views

  • Welcome to One Manga, where manga scans are made delicious! Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Claymore, Hana Kimi, Vampire Knight... it's all here and more!
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      Here is a site, if you are curious about manga's, what I hope to do someday!!! >_< highly recommend Naruto s THAT poplar!
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    manga! free manga! u can sample before you buy manga which is $9.50 per manga some go for up tp $100 so its wise to check it out before you buy on ebay or order though open book down on oliver! by the way you can oder books and it takes usually 3-6 days to get here! <3
Jak McKinnon

Apple - iPhone - Learn how to use all the features of iPhone. - 0 views

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    Just something interesting I just started doing.
J.Randolph Radney

Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us | Video on TED.com - 2 views

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    What do you think? How do you think sound affects your ability to write? Have you tried different sorts of sound/music to write by?
Emmy Sill

My ART site <3 i love drawing its a part of my dream! - 0 views

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    I draw ANIME , Manga ect.! i love my games but i cant really play them or have a tv because i want TOO pass my Courses at TRU!!!! SO I AM taking a break from my gaming, and drawing though i do miss my art!! So i go here almost everyday!! <3 im currently trying to get up free commisions on D.A. ;p its taking forever
Deon Solomon

Picnik - Photo editing the easy way, online in your browser - 0 views

shared by Deon Solomon on 03 Dec 09 - Cached
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    Edit picture's; do some cool effect's to them.
J.Randolph Radney

TeachPaperless: Tales of a Third Grade Blogger (or, The Year Social Tech Broke) - 0 views

  • 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.
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    It's time to catch up to these Grade 3 students. :) radney
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    If Grade 3 students blog regularly, why can't we learn it?
J.Randolph Radney

Zotero | Home - 0 views

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    A friend has recommended the use of this add-on in Firefox in order to document URLs and other online research. I will install it on my systems, use it for a bit, and get back to the rest of you according to how successful I think it is. BTW, this is a tool that would only be needed for those doing research that needs to be documented in this (and other/later) courses (so probably only relevant to students in the 060 course, for now).
J.Randolph Radney

BBC - Today - The death of language? - 2 views

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    How do you feel about the likelihood that many minority languages are expected not to be spoken by 2100?
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    Actually, Tara, I think it would help to have more writers and producers of web content in minority languages online. What is important seems to be reinforcing the community ties of language use, giving people things to read, watch, and listen to in their heart language.
J.Randolph Radney

Not Actually The Ultimate Question - Television Tropes & Idioms - 1 views

  • Calvin: Why do you suppose we're here? Hobbes: Because we walked here. Calvin: No, I mean, here on Earth? Hobbes: Because Earth can support life. Calvin: No, I mean why are we anywhere? Why do we exist? Hobbes: Because we were born. Calvin: Forget it. Hobbes: I will, thank you.
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    This is an example to be discussed in class during week 7 of the course.
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