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Todd Anderson

Final Project Showcase Video - 7 views

started by Todd Anderson on 10 Dec 10 no follow-up yet
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    Todd,
    You did a nice job on your project.

    Cheers!
    -Dennis L
Dennis Lecker

My Final 597 Project - 9 views

started by Dennis Lecker on 10 Dec 10 no follow-up yet
Dennis Lecker

Outstanding Forum - 4 views

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    This forum is part of a larger site the contains a wealth of forums and literature pertaining to connectivism and other learning theories. It is fun to see Stephen Downes interact with others in a forum setting. I'm hoping to also locate Siemens.
Dennis Lecker

Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching - Teachers.Net Gazette - 3 views

shared by Dennis Lecker on 05 Oct 10 - Cached
  • The I Can’t Funeral started with every student thinking of one thing they either did not feel successful in last year, or that often made them think, “I can’t do that.”  They each wrote their “I Can’t” on an index card.  Then, while playing very sad music, they placed the card in a “funeral box” and said their farewells to their “I Can’ts.”  They buried the “I Can’t” funeral box in Amanda’s car trunk.
  • ude: Give each student a job. Practice procedures. Learn to be a good listener. Have signals to take care of the small stuff. Create a mailbox. Smile and laugh. Be energetic. Say Thank You/Give certificates. Hold an “I Can’t Funeral.” Come up with a class motto or quote. Tell them why they are learning.
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  • Amanda used a PowerPoint presentation to introduce her classroom procedures.  After each slide, the class stopped and practiced each new procedure.  Her repeated practice paid off as the procedures quickly become routines for the students.  Without any prompting, the students knew what to do and followed procedures in a responsible manner. 
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    Here is another link to the ideas of Harry Wong.
Dennis Lecker

Classroom Management - 1 views

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    When I was teaching in the D.C. area, Harry Wong's ideas got me through. Universities really don't teach teachers how to manage an unruly classroom. Studying the ideas of Wong allowed me to exit survival mode and enter teaching mode.
Dennis Lecker

connectivism - 2 views

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    Although I like to listen to Siemens lecture on Youtube, I still enjoy reading his work and find it easier to cut and paste his written words rather than attempt to transcribe his oratory.
Dennis Lecker

Waiting for Superman - 7 views

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started by Dennis Lecker on 02 Oct 10 no follow-up yet
Dennis Lecker

A nice way to enlarge a PLN - 1 views

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    This presentation does nothing more employ multi-media to list 18 names of individuals who are associated with the field of education in various manners.It is short and to the point. What is special, however, is that these 18 names are active members of blogs, wikis and a host of connections. Out of the 18 , I Googled 3 and was quickly transported to several presentations, links and information regarding Google Wave and the importance of using "Backchannels" in the classroom. When I was an undergraduate, I had a professor whose name was Robert Peck. He often commented that "like minds ought to form networks so as to be able communicate easily and often…but how do we make this happen?" Were he alive to see the connectedness of the Ed Tech community he would smile.
Dennis Lecker

The Educator's PLN - 2 views

shared by Dennis Lecker on 06 Sep 10 - Cached
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    I found this web site through a simple Google search and three hours later came up for air and realized that I was in my apartment in St. Marys, PA. The site contains video, discussion, chat, events, and so on. Specifically, I was impressed with a speech (http://edupln.ning.com/video/valedictorian-speaks-out) made by a Valedictorian of a high school, a speech in which the young girl asserts that she is only equally as intelligent as her peers but much better at following orders. And as a result of this, she is leaving her high school without hobbies and interests and is, therefore, actually at a disadvantage with regard to competing in life with the "B" and "C" students who spent the same years pursuing their own interests and expertise. I highly recommend this site and am happy to include it within my PLN.
Dennis Lecker

Virtual Englightenment - 2 views

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    This excellent article examined the manner in which students of the 18th century enlightenment constructed a virtual reconstruction of various discussion venues in 18th century London. Having completed such a project allowed the students to gain insight into the manner in which social networking has been with us for quite some time and has been responsible for revolutionary associations. The authors suggest that the current climate of social networks may stimulate a similar dynamism in that the previous coffee shops, chocolate shops, pubs and taverns where great ideas were exchanged are now being replaced by chatrooms, Wikis and social websites, such as Facebook or Twitter.
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