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Enoch Hale

The Dark Side of Music - Pacific Standard - 3 views

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    Interesting. My first thought: if music can throw off one's moral compass, what does that mean for listening to music while driving.
Tom Woodward

Learning to Teach: Why Twitter? - 6 views

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    h/t Stan
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    This was a nice post. I can see why this is an important platform you are requesting us to use. I just need a tweet tutorial for the uninitiated. :) Much more play time I suppose. Play. Play. Play.
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    Laura Goglia wrote up a pretty decent intro twitter document but play if always my preferred path. https://www.academia.edu/11977668/A_Little_Bird_Told_Me_Maximizing_Your_Learning_On_Twitter
sanamuah

How To Make the Most of a Video Introduction for an Online Course -- Campus Technology - 4 views

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    focuses on Moodle but has some interesting points on the general effect of course introduction videos on online student engagement/participation "Studies point to an introductory course video from the instructor welcoming students as being able to cause shifts in course evaluations and discussion postings. For that reason, instructors should consider creating short videos greeting the students"
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    Does anyone have experience using a platform such as Moodle which is mentioned in this article? I'm assuming there's a cost, but would be interested in the benefits (and downfalls of it).
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    Jody, I've used Moodle as a student. It's free and open source. You'd just need a place to host it. Not sure if AltLab does that--but they should! I liked it, but didn't do a ton with it. This might be useful: http://elearning.guru/which-learning-management-system-comparing-blackboard-canvas-moodle-part-1-course-content/
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    AH! Thank you, this is tremendous!
sanamuah

Ingenious Dry-Erase Glass 'Lightboard' for Video Lectures Allows Presenter to Face Came... - 4 views

  • To create more engaging video lectures, Northwestern University engineering professor Michael Peshkin created Lightboard, an ingenious transparent dry-erase board that allows him to face the camera while drawing notes and diagrams in front of him. The board consists of a double pane of glass that is lit from within by LEDs. Peshkin uses fluorescent dry-erase markers which are highly visible on the lit glass. If you’re wondering how his writing is not backwards, it’s because he films his lectures through a mirror. Peshkin has posted instructions on how to make your own Lightboard.
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      Yes, definitely agree with Tom that flipping in post is the way to go.
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    I'm tempted to make one of those. Also seems like you could skip the mirror and flip w software pretty easily.
sanamuah

A Videogame That Teaches You to Write Poetry, Even if It Intimidates You | WIRED - 2 views

  • Elegy lets players write prose and poetry as they explore distant planets and dead civilizations. The player faces 27 challenges in three worlds, each riffing on a specific British Romance-era poem: “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” by John Keats, and “Darkness” by Lord Byron. The different challenges find the player in various roles: an emperor rallying his troops before a doomed battle, for example, or a schoolgirl evacuating a city being bombed. Players travel through beautifully designed backgrounds, while on-screen text narrates the story. But much of the text is left blank—that’s when players tap their inner Wordsworths, finishing the tale with their own imaginations.
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    I very much wish to try this.
Enoch Hale

Unconference Annotated Bibliography.docx - Google Docs - 3 views

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    If you flip that to a gdoc, I'll throw some more stuff in there.
Tom Woodward

If You Own a Pitchfork, You Will Grab It When You See This Chart | Mother Jones - 0 views

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    This is one of the most depressing charts you will see in the foreseeable future http://t.co/BlHNmufut0 http://t.co/utvG1squcQ
Tom Woodward

Become a vigilante superhero in this interactive tale about wealth inequality / Offworld - 1 views

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    ". In Cape, an interactive fiction story created by Bruno Dias for the ongoing Interactive Fiction Competition, you become one of those shadowy figures trying right wrongs in a crime-ridden city. But since wealth inequality lies at the heart of all the problems you encounter, well... let's just say that it's an uphill battle. "
Jody Symula

Classroom Freedom Versus Control | Vitae - 3 views

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    "How do I balance my desire to integrate student-centered learning practices with my almost pathological need to have every last bit of the course planned out and thought through? Most of my pedagogy research has suggested that we as faculty should be looking for ways to give students a real sense of ownership in the classroom. One of our goals should be to create an atmosphere that leaves space for students take an active role in their own learning. How, then, do we design a course before even meeting our students? Isn't there a danger in showing up to the first day of class with a syllabus that shows the whole course planned out? By doing so, aren't we clearly communicating to the students that the instructor is in charge, that if you know what's good for you, you'll follow these rules?"
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