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Paul Beaufait

10 Reasons Why I Want My Students to Blog - Getting Smart by Susan Lucille Davis - DigL... - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 15 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • For my money (which usually means free), blogging provides the best venue for teaching student writing.
  • This emphasis on process encourages reflection and re-thinking, doubling back on earlier posts and feedback to watch how the process of learning unfolds.
  • Transparency requires being comfortable in your own skin; it requires being who you say you are; it requires a healthy openness and an equally healthy sense of privacy armed with a modicum of skepticism.
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  • Being truly Internet savvy in today’s world means learning how to be honest about who you are, professional in your dealings with others, and willing to learn openly from mistakes as well as from successes.
  • Paul Beaufait on 15 Nov 12
     
    Davis (2012.10.22) supports her assertion, "For my money (which usually means free), blogging provides the best venue for teaching student writing" ( ¶1).
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10 Reasons Why I Want My Students to Blog - Getting Smart by Susan Lucille Davis - DigL... - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 11 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 11 Mar 14
     
    "First of all, blogging is writing, 21st-century style, plain and simple. Blogging constitutes a massive genre.  It comes in many forms, addresses myriad topics, and can certainly range in quality. For my money (which usually means free), blogging provides the best venue for teaching student writing. As bloggers, young people develop crucial skills with language, tone their critical thinking muscles, and come to understand their relationship to the world" (¶1, 2014.03.11).
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100 Reasons to Mind Map | Mind Map Inspiration - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 15 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 15 Sep 09
     
    100 examples of how you can use mindmapping whether completely new to mind maps or a seasoned pro.
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3 Reasons Why Students Should Be Using Dropbox - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 23 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 23 Feb 11
     
    "The best part about Dropbox as a collaborative tool, is that two people can edit the same file simultaneously. In that situation, Dropbox saves two distinct copies of the same files, each with a person's edits to ensure that both edits are preserved" (3. Be Smarter About Collaborating On Projects, ¶3, 2011.02.23).
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Blog U.: Search: How Libraries Do it Wrong - Library Babel Fish - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 05 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • The ultimate purpose is to prepare students to develop a habit of finding evidence and reasoning from it, which involves being thoughtful about both the search process and sources encountered as our graduates go forth to think for themselves.
  • It turns out the databases we use are more likely to include content from mega-corporations that from societies or universities, and the content of over 40% of the new journals was available in only a very few libraries, so even if a database identified a citation, it wouldn’t be accessible to most library users. Many open access journals would be available – just not discoverable through library tools.
  • we need to make sure that we aren’t turning libraries into walled gardens of overpriced material only available to the few, that when we introduce undergraduates to search, we recognize that searching is not a matter of tool use but is a creative and critical part of the research process and so teach it in the context of learning language, finding connections, and looking for patterns
  • Paul Beaufait on 05 Aug 11
     
    Highlights weaknesses in collections and uses of library resources
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What is Listening Skill? - EnglishCentral: The Official Blog - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 28 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • What is Listening Skill?
  • Paul Beaufait on 28 Nov 14
     
    "Developing strong listening skills in a second language can be difficult for students. In fact, teaching listening skills is a challenge for teachers, too. One reason for this is that the actual process of listening, or what we mean by "listening skill" is not very well understood. "
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Stellar Presentations - a book excerpt and guest post by Shel Israel | SlideShare Blog - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 14 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • There are many ways to structure your presentation, but the two most common approaches center either on PowerPoint or storytelling. I heavily favor storytelling.
  • There are many ways to structure your presentation, but the two most common approaches center either on PowerPoint or storytelling. I heavily favor storytelling.
  • PowerPoint can be tedious. Some presenters pack slides with data, graphs and text, which are often hard to read. Some speakers actually turn their backsides toward the audience, to read aloud from their slides. I don’t advise it.
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  • Despite its flaws and frequent abuses, PowerPoint can add significant value to a talk when it is not misused.
  • One of my dirty little secrets is that without it, I am likely to lose my place while speaking.
  • But there’s another reason to include it. PowerPoint can be a great supplement to your talk. I use it to illustrate the stories I tell in the same way photos enhance the articles and blogs I publish.
  • I’m a minimalist on text. If I use bullet points, there are usually only one-to-five words per bullet and the font is large enough to read from the back of the room. When I click to a new slide, I pause and let people view it for a moment.
  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Apr 12
     
    This excerpt (Israel, 2012, Ch. 5) mentions abuses and tedium of slide presentations, as well as advantages of, and strategies for supplementing talks with slide shows.
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Building Communities--Strategies for Collaborative Learning - 2002 - ASTD - 0 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 14 Sep 09 - Cached
  • E-learning communities are groups of people connected solely via technology. All interactions begin and occur over the Internet, through conference calls, via videoconferencing, and so forth. These communities promote virtual collaboration that's focused on addressing a specific topic, and they are supported by one or more online learning and media tools.
  • Blended learning communities integrate online learning and face-to-face meetings. Two core assumptions of this type of community are 1) deep personal relationships between learners create richer collaborative learning experiences and 2) relationships between learners can be strengthened through structured group interactions that employ technology before and/or after a face-to-face learning event.
  • For example, a leadership development program might include an ice-breaker community to provide prework and introduce participants, a face-to-face experiential workshop to help clarify and define individual development objectives, and a follow-up community that focuses on coaching and mentoring to overcome challenges as participants achieve their objectives.
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  • Whether creating a community for e-learning or one that supports a blended learning approach, community builders must consider a variety of factors related to people, group processes, and technology--if they're to design and orchestrate online environments that inspire collaborative learning.
  • As the term community has become an ambiguous buzzword, the concept has become synonymous with online discussion boards and chat rooms. When put into a learning context, however, community can be a vehicle for connecting people to other people’s stories and experiences, as well as mentoring, all of which result in accelerated learning and the sharing of tacit knowledge within an organization.
  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Sep 09
     
    Suggests communities support collaboration
  • Paul Beaufait on 12 Jan 10
     
    Identifies "Types of learning communities" and suggests how to create them.
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Toolkits - 4 views

If you're a Mac user, getting a Diigo toolbar for Firefox, or the nearly as functional Diigolet for Safari, makes it relatively easy to highlight passages and bookmark sites as you browse. If you...

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Privacy and security issues: advice for students and teachers - 0 views

"As an aside, … [on a recent bookmark, Joe remarks that he has] "banned Grouply from kuma-i and the PALE list because it requires full access to a participants['] Yahoo account[s]" (Buh-bye Ning......

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