Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics, degrading their abilities through over-consumption.
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YouTube Founders Buy Delicious From Yahoo - NYTimes.com - 1 views
Why Wikis Still Matter | Edutopia - 0 views
What makes great teaching? - expert views | Teacher Network | The Guardian - 0 views
Twitter Users Can Now Shoot, Edit and Post 30-Second Videos - Digits - WSJ - 0 views
Videos Find Their Place In and Out of the Classroom - 0 views
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Among today's students, videos as an educational tool are as expected as textbooks. A new study has found that 68 percent of students watch videos in class, and 79 percent watch them on their own time, outside of class, to assist in their learning.
Why Aren't More Schools Using Free, Open Tools? - 0 views
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One school in Pennsylvania is using open-source tools wherever possible to keep students close to the code behind the machines they use. This stance is opposite to the very restrictive policies of many schools, but could allow students more freedom to explore what makes devices work.
Hit the Mark with Digital Media Exit Cards - 0 views
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Fun formative assessment ideas... - A six-second Vine video to capture the most critical six seconds of class - A 16-second video to post to MixBit, YouTube's new video sharing tool - A tweet that boils down the essence of the class to 140 characters - A photo illustrating the key learning moment that can then be posted on a class Instagram account - A question posted to a class Edmodo account inviting a continuation of the learning outside of class The key 21st century skill in all of these approaches is synthesis, the ability to cut to the essence of an idea or concept and communicate in an effective, succinct, compelling manner.
Five-Minute Film Festival: 8 Interactive Video Tools for Engaging Learners - 0 views
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Need Video? There are apps for that. (and mostly free or low-cost!)
Could We Be Doing Better with Our Assignments? | Faculty Focus - 1 views
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An open exchange of ideas among faculty of creative approaches for assessing learning other than traditional research paper.
Why a leading professor of new media just banned technology use in class - The Washingt... - 0 views
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I’ve stopped thinking of students as people who simply make choices about whether to pay attention, and started thinking of them as people trying to pay attention but having to compete with various influences, the largest of which is their own propensity towards involuntary and emotional reaction.
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Professors are at least as bad at estimating how interesting we are as the students are at estimating their ability to focus.
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