TeachingComp

tool for creating collaborative portfolios

One of my favorite conferences is in SF this year, March 1-3. I'll most likely attend Friday and Saturday. You might consider going for one or two days to get a feel for current trends in digital learning and literacy. From the site: "The Digital Media and Learning Conference is an annual event supported by the MacArthur Foundation and organized by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub located at the UC Humanities Research Institute, University of California, Irvine."

Registration closes Feb 3, $50 for students

good tool for putting up lots of information quickly in pieces like sticky notes ie: teaching wall!

Haven't read all of these articles, but the few I skimmed looked like really good resources for potential readings for students. Specifically geared at the "new" writing students

I used several of these readings in my syllabus. They are really neat!

From the site: "The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning examines the effect of digital media tools on how people learn, network, communicate, and play, and how growing up with these tools may affect peoples sense of self, how they express themselves, and their ability to learn, exercise judgment, and think systematically."

Really awesome student project for an art class, but it seems like a great visual of another form of composition :)

focused on rethinking education. Features researchers such as James Gee, Mimi Ito, Henry Jenkins, John Seely Brown, Katie Salen

Very cool classroom design modeled on apple stores and coffee shops

The Langdon 300 chairs as a "futuristic" simulation on youtube. Chico State is so progressive. :p

From the article: "The idea of an "open source curriculum" has until now seemed entirely at odds with the political standardization and prescription of the curriculum. Are there any signs that curriculum will catch up with the decentered open source potential of digital media, and what are the political implications?"

This post is full of links based around the ideas of learning gamification. You'll see some familiar names as well. :)

Okay, so I went to post this, and then saw that Karissa beat me to it... ;-)

This video is a teacher's description of exactly the kind of class we are talking about.

I'm getting really excited about this notion of the looking-glass self. I think it can play in really nicely with all those meme pictures going around with different views of how a person perceives his/her actions being viewed by different persons/groups (woah)

Not really relevant to teaching comp, but pretty relevant to this crazy modern life I think

Manifesto about transforming education. 

Never bad to reflect...

awesome "gaming" learning, in the "real world" and the kid is too cute! :)

Relates well to the article on math participation by Solomon

A look at Finland's education system, and what makes it work. All thought-provoking stuff, though I think it can't be forgotten that our population is much larger than theirs.

How do you transform factory era school systems so that they better serve the needs of an information age society? Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents give it a go.