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Don't Give Up on the Lecture - Abigail Walthausen - The Atlantic - 1 views

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Education 2.0

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This is not so much a counter-response to the Flipped Classroom model, but instead a reminder that using what works from both models--Flipped or Traditional-- should be the teacher's goal.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is not so much a counter-response to the Flipped Classroom model, but instead a reminder that using what works from both models--Flipped or Traditional-- should be the teacher's goal. </div>

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What Learning Cursive Does for Your Brain | Psychology Today - 1 views

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Thomas Clancy on 01 Sep 13

We all know this, right? Competence in cursive is another fundamental skill that we may be overlooking for struggling college students. How can one take notes without cursive and a notebook? No, I don't think that an iPad or laptop work as well, even if the student's keyboarding can keep up.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We all know this, right? Competence in cursive is another fundamental skill that we may be overlooking for struggling college students. How can one take notes without cursive and a notebook? No, I don't think that an iPad or laptop work as well, even if the student's keyboarding can keep up. </div>

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Hype Cycle Research Methodology | Gartner Inc. - 0 views

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technology methodology elearning

shared by Thomas Clancy on 09 Jul 13 - Cached

Thomas Clancy on 09 Jul 13

This chart could apply to MOOCs or to any innovation that we bring to our teachers and that they bring to their classrooms.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This chart could apply to MOOCs or to any innovation that we bring to our teachers and that they bring to their classrooms.</div>

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Open Online Courses: Higher Education of the Future? - The Network: Cisco's Technology ... - 1 views

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online courses higher education technology network connectivism

shared by Thomas Clancy on 05 Oct 12 - No Cached

Thomas Clancy on 05 Oct 12

Sounds like MOOCs have a bright future and are here to stay!!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Sounds like MOOCs have a bright future and are here to stay!!</div>

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What Good Writing Indicates, and Doesn't - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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"Students and teachers need the terminology of grammar so they can discuss sentences easily, so they can talk about the parts that don't fit together and the parts that should be moved around. And it is such discussions about sentences, along with lots of reading and writing, that help students write correctly and well - and maybe land a job." -- Let's consider putting this quote up in a prominent spot in our writing labs!!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Students and teachers need the terminology of grammar so they can discuss sentences easily, so they can talk about the parts that don't fit together and the parts that should be moved around. And it is such discussions about sentences, along with lots of reading and writing, that help students write correctly and well - and maybe land a job." -- Let's consider putting this quote up in a prominent spot in our writing labs!!</div>

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It's Not Just Grammar; It's Clear Thinking - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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Let the discussion ensue!!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Let the discussion ensue!!</div>

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Math learning software and other technology are hurting education. - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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*New teaching methods* Education 2.0 critical thinking

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Thomas Clancy on 26 Jun 12

Now I KNOW this article is about MATH and not writing, but please skim/read it over and apply what is being said here to what we know about the teaching of English -- grammar and writing -- and how we have our favored "old" way of learning and teaching and how that often contrasts with new and "improved" methods that we see.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Now I KNOW this article is about MATH and not writing, but please skim/read it over and apply what is being said here to what we know about the teaching of English -- grammar and writing -- and how we have our favored "old" way of learning and teaching and how that often contrasts with new and "improved" methods that we see. </div>

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Educanto Marches On - Paul Greenberg - [page] - 1 views

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back-to-basics Education 2.0

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It's a firm rule in educanto: The vaguer the idea, the wordier its description.
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the educantists' inflated language is a sure sign of their insecurity, which they try to mask by ever more convoluted language. Pretension remains the first symptom of a profession unsure of itself.
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American society's in this postmodern, robotic, deconstructed age. We confuse data with information, information with knowledge and knowledge with wisdom.
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if a quality can't be quantified -- like intuition, say, or poetry or faith or insight -- it doesn't exist. At least not to the well-trained mind. With each such "reform" in basic education, the basics grow dimmer. We seem bent on learning more and more about less and less till we finally succeed in knowing everything about nothing.
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Thomas Clancy on 26 Jun 12

I'm not familiar with this term "Educanto," but the article hits a concept that is close to us--assessment. If "grades" don't reflect a grasp of "basics," then what is it that we want to measure?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm not familiar with this term "Educanto," but the article hits a concept that is close to us--assessment. If "grades" don't reflect a grasp of "basics," then what is it that we want to measure?</div>

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What Can We Learn From Diagramming Sentences? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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diagramming writing critical thinking

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Thomas Clancy on 20 Jun 12

A return to heaven . . . or to hell??

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A return to heaven . . . or to hell??</div>

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studentoffortune.com: Why study? Just steal the course! - Keka - Open Salon - 0 views

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Thomas Clancy on 17 Jun 12

This blog might be too long for use in classes, but I would seriously consider shortening it and distributing at least part of it to students. Maybe we will make some version of it available in our labs and on our Web site. Thanks for reading and commenting!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This blog might be too long for use in classes, but I would seriously consider shortening it and distributing at least part of it to students. Maybe we will make some version of it available in our labs and on our Web site. Thanks for reading and commenting!</div>

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New study on advantages for black graduates of black colleges | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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Thomas Clancy on 29 May 12

This article does not touch on writing "per se," but we here at Albany State in Georgia are an HBCU school, so I wanted to share this mildly optimistic news with our faculty.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article does not touch on writing "per se," but we here at Albany State in Georgia are an HBCU school, so I wanted to share this mildly optimistic news with our faculty.</div>

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Half of Fla. high school students fail FCAT test - Florida Wires - MiamiHerald.com - 0 views

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Thomas Clancy on 19 May 12

A look across the not-too-distant border from us here in Albany, GA. One has to ask what the country-wide figures might be. And how soon will these 14-15-yr.-olds be in college, and what literate skills will they develop before then, or not at all?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A look across the not-too-distant border from us here in Albany, GA. One has to ask what the country-wide figures might be. And how soon will these 14-15-yr.-olds be in college, and what literate skills will they develop before then, or not at all? </div>

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Metawriting by Deanna Mascle - 2 views

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Thomas Clancy on 12 May 12

A very interesting and useful blog writer whom I found through Dave Cormier (Connectivism advocate). I would like to explore "contract grading" as a concept to share with our QEP faculty at Albany State.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A very interesting and useful blog writer whom I found through Dave Cormier (Connectivism advocate). I would like to explore "contract grading" as a concept to share with our QEP faculty at Albany State.</div>

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Next Time, Fail Better - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 2 views

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Maybe "failure" is too strong a term. Maybe "almost there," "nearly there," "just about there" and other mid-way steps should be incorporated in the Humanities.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Maybe "failure" is too strong a term. Maybe "almost there," "nearly there," "just about there" and other mid-way steps should be incorporated in the Humanities.</div>

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The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever | Wired Science ... - 2 views

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MOOCs, Large Courses Open to All, Topple Campus Walls - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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MOOC connectivism rhizome

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Massive Open Online Course -- still intend to do something of this nature for the final year of our QEP program 2012-2013.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Massive Open Online Course -- still intend to do something of this nature for the final year of our QEP program 2012-2013.</div>

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Education Meets 'World Of Warcraft' - Forbes - 3 views

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Gamification

shared by Thomas Clancy on 28 Jan 12 - No Cached

Thomas Clancy on 28 Jan 12

The "gamification of education" is very hot at all levels of education. It reminds me of what Keith and I were trying to do by bringing a concept of "play theory" to our QEP model, in our case, through repeated small yet successful writing experiences for the students. Through the repetition of pleasurable experiences, what I call "regenerative value," the students "level up" in their written communication abilities.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The "gamification of education" is very hot at all levels of education. It reminds me of what Keith and I were trying to do by bringing a concept of "play theory" to our QEP model, in our case, through repeated small yet successful writing experiences for the students. Through the repetition of pleasurable experiences, what I call "regenerative value," the students "level up" in their written communication abilities.</div>

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The de Bono Group - Six Thinking Hats - 0 views

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thinking creativity group

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creative critical thinking

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