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How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write - WSJ.com - 0 views

  • new forms, such as blogs and Wikipedia.
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      Both blogs and wikis are more than just new "tools." In my opinion, they have created even new genres of communication.
  • Every word in that library will be searchable. It is hard to overstate the impact that this kind of shift will have on scholarship.
  • Every word in that library will be searchable. It is hard to overstate the impact that this kind of shift will have on scholarship.
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  • two key developments: the breakthrough success of Amazon's Kindle e-book reader
  • The magic of that moment in Austin ("I'm in the mood for a novel -- oh, here's a novel right here in my hands!") also tells me that e-book readers are going to sell a lot of books, precisely because there's an impulse-buy quality to the devices that's quite unlike anything the publishing business has ever experienced before.
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Incorporating Words Into Images | nashworld - 0 views

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    Most would agree that "A picture is worth a thousand words." Perhaps strangely, allow me to make the case that sometimes there is also value in distilling those thousand words into a scant few. This little post is a bit of practical sharing meant to point to two things: a cute little iOS application, and a few quick examples of its practical use. Oh, and really, I wouldn't be doing it here if it wasn't worth at least a handful of words as well.
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Another Thousand "Whoa" Moments | nashworld - 2 views

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    whoa moment |wō| exclamation Informal in usage. Used to indicate a scope of reactions to a learning experience ranging from basic cognitive connection and mild surprise to profound respect and awe. Often uttered momentarily due to a lack of ability to define an experience at the time. Whoa moments often spur deeper future connections and learning along the original topic.
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Lessons Learned in the Gym | nashworld - 1 views

  • Success in something breeds a willingness to try other things.
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    "It teaches the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid. To be proud and unbowed in defeat yet humble and gentle in victory. And to master ourselves before we attempt to master others. And to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep. And to give the predominance of courage over timidity." ~General Douglas MacArthur, on the virtues of competitive athletics.
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    I know you'll find this to be delightful.
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How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition - 1 views

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    How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
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Reading the Reader | Academic Commons - 6 views

  • The heart of Critical Inquiry is annotation. Students annotate anything they feel is important, confusing, surprising, or inconsistent; anything that connects to previous texts, classes or experiences, or anything that generates a strong positive or negative response. Students annotate with pen or sticky notes. Using their annotations, students generate questions. These form the basis for class discussion and assignments. This process is particularly productive with “inconsiderate texts”--texts that are difficult for reasons such as poor organization, difficult vocabulary, or unfamiliar cultural assumptions, i.e., the type of texts often encountered in their studies.
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      For me, this paragraph alone provides enough impetus to push for an embrace of smart annotation across curricula...
  • Reading is the active construction of meaning.
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      Constructivism in a nutshell...
  • I decided to bring the Critical Inquiry techniques to computer-mediated learning by using Microsoft Word’s comment feature, an easy and powerful tool for annotating texts.
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    Reading is the active construction of meaning. Because there is no inherent meaning in the words or marks themselves, meaning can only arise at the nexus of what the reader brings to the text, the text, and the situation within which the text is placed.
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Test thread... What are you thinking? - 10 views

started by Sean Nash on 15 Mar 11 no follow-up yet
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    Use this thread to test out the discussion thread capabilities of Diigo. Tap away:
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