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When thinking about social change movements, networks teach us that it all comes down to the human connection. Via David Hain
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How to facilitate such discussions is confusing to many teachers, and online discussion threads and chatrooms may be seen as a poor substitute for the “real” thing, an evil necessity of the online class. However, although there are some barriers such as its more decontextualized nature, in comparison to face-to-face discussion, there are advantages that are unique to the online discussion that can be built on by the instructor while the drawbacks are minimized.
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Carol Askin's curator insight,
July 18, 2015 4:55 PM
In this blog post, the article discusses why online discussions are important. Connivence and increased student participation are two advantages the author lists. Concise, core information.
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from Educational Technology in Higher Education
June 4, 2015 1:59 AM
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In what is apparently a vogue of Republican state legislators exercising misplaced vendettas against college professors, Iowa Sen. Mark Chelgren recently made headlines when he introduced Senate File 64, “an Act relating to the teaching effectiveness and employment of professors” at Iowa public institutions. Each year, the bill stipulates, any...
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May 31, 2015 1:54 AM
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![15 Rules of Netiquette for Online Discussion Boards [INFOGRAPHIC] - Online Education Blog of Touro College | ED 262 KCKCC Su '26 | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/HG90Nll1xIIkTewhegBvQjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
“Netiquette” refers to rules of etiquette that apply to online communication.
Follow these 15 rules of netiquette to make sure you sound respectful, polite, and knowledgeable when you post to your class’s online discussion boards.
Spells out rules for netiquette. Good way to start out with students who are used to posting on social networks and ranting. In the comments, the college stated that teachers can reprint this for their classrooms as long as they give credit to Touro College.
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from Effective Education
May 28, 2015 9:51 AM
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The following blog post is another in the Alliance’s “Core of the Matter” blog series focusing on the...
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from Supports for Leadership
May 22, 2015 12:22 PM
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When you empower people, you’re influencing not only them, but also all the people they will influence in turn through their leadership. That is empowering.
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from Leading Schools
May 22, 2015 12:11 PM
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A study from the London School of Economics found that banning smartphones in classrooms can assist in learning. Are kids plugging in too early?
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from All things communication
May 21, 2015 1:59 AM
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"News sources can't just give us the facts. They must tell us what those facts mean."
Here's a refreshing look at the future of news that highlights the importance of going deeper into creating value for readers by providing more focus, relevance, context and opinion.
These are the characters that properly define what we now refer to as "curation" when it comes to content and news.
The following passages, extracted from the book, The News: A User's Manual, are by Alain de Botton, and have been excerpted from a lengthy article on The Week entitled "The Future of News".
"News organizations are coy about admitting that what they present us with each day are minuscule extracts of narratives whose true shape and logic can generally only emerge from a perspective of months or even years — and that it would hence often be wiser to hear the story in chapters rather than snatched sentences.
They [news organizations] are institutionally committed to implying that it is inevitably better to have a shaky and partial grasp of a subject this minute than to wait for a more secure and comprehensive understanding somewhere down the line.
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We need news organizations to help our curiosity by signaling how their stories fit into the larger themes on which a sincere capacity for interest depends.
To grow interested in any piece of information, we need somewhere to "put" it, which means some way of connecting it to an issue we already know how to care about.
A section of the human brain might be pictured as a library in which information is shelved under certain fundamental categories. Most of what we hear about day to day easily signals where in the stacks it should go and gets immediately and unconsciously filed.
... the stranger or the smaller stories become, the harder the shelving process grows. What we colloquially call "feeling bored" is just the mind, acting out of a self-preserving reflex, ejecting information it has despaired of knowing where to place.
...We might need help in transporting such orphaned pieces of information to the stacks that would most appropriately reveal their logic.
...it is news organizations to take on some of this librarian's work. It is for them to give us a sense of the larger headings under which minor incidents belong."
The call for understanding how much greater value can be provided by curating news and information in depth, rather than by following the shallow, buzzy and viral path beaten by HuffPo, Buzzfeed and the rest of the gang, is clear.
But beyond context and depth, real value can only be added if we accept the fact that going beyond the classic "objective fact reporting", by adding opinion and bias in a transparent fashion, can actually provide greater value in many ways, as Alain de Botton clearly explains:
"Unfortunately for our levels of engagement, there is a prejudice at large within many news organizations that the most prestigious aspect of journalism is the dispassionate and neutral presentation of "facts."
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The problem with facts is that there is nowadays no shortage of sound examples. The issue is not that we need more of them, but that we don't know what to do with the ones we have...
...But what do these things actually mean? How are they related to the central questions of political life? What can they help us to understand?
...The opposite of facts is bias. In serious journalistic quarters, bias has a very bad name. It is synonymous with malevolent agendas, lies, and authoritarian attempts to deny audiences the freedom to make up their own minds.
Yet we should perhaps be more generous toward bias.
In its pure form, a bias simply indicates a method of evaluating events that is guided by a coherent underlying thesis about human functioning and flourishing.
It is a pair of lenses that slide over reality and aim to bring it more clearly into focus.
Bias strives to explain what events mean and introduces a scale of values by which to judge ideas and events. It seems excessive to try to escape from bias per se; the task is rather to find ways to alight on its more reliable and fruitful examples.
There are countless worthy lenses to slide between ourselves and the world."
Overall, these ideas offer a truly refreshing look at the future of news and at the relevance that context and opinion could play in transforming this medium from a vehicle of mass distraction to one of focused learning and understanding for those interested.
Must read. Rightful. Insightful. 9/10
Full article: http://theweek.com/article/index/256737/the-future-of-news
Reading time: 10':20"
El futuro de las Noticias no es sobre los Hechos, sino sobre contexto, relevancia y opinión.
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from Educational Technology News
May 20, 2015 12:55 PM
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"Two weeks ago I wrote about the overwhelming research evidence that community college students aren’t doing as well in online classes as they are in face-to-face traditional classes. Students are failing in higher numbers and getting lower grades. That remains true, but it isn’t the whole story."
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from Ana Cristina Pratas - E-Portfolio
May 20, 2015 3:49 AM
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This is the blog from a lifelong learner (Ana Cristina) who truly cares about education. Be prepared to be overwhelmed (in a good way) with tons of resources and posts! I found out about her on Twitter and have been enjoying her posts every day since. Spread the word!!
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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 16, 2015 10:26 AM
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Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. Her report is in following post, which appeared on the blog of Grant Wiggins, the co-author of “Understanding by Design” and the author of “Educative Assessment” and numerous articles on education. A high school teacher for 14 years, he is now the president of Authentic Education, in Hopewell, New Jersey, which provides professional development and other services to schools aimed at improving student learning. You can read more about him and his work at the AE site.
How relevant is this to our current task of writing a narrative? Put yourself in the shoes of your students, and write their 'story'. What do they do in your classes? How do they think in your classes? How much autonomy and challenge do they have? What options do we have to replace a focus on listening and note-taking?
Without writing a narrative that helps us understand every learner's experience, we often become so busy ourselves as teachers that we forget their lived experience in our classrooms
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July 5, 2015 4:07 PM
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For decades, Lady Liberty, mother of exiles, stood watch as millions of immigrants arrived in the U.S. in hope of a better life.
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from Learning & Technology News
July 3, 2015 12:46 PM
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Improving online student success can be overwhelming, but findings from a recent Eduventures study suggest that it is not as complicated as it seems.
An interesting read with a useful tick list of things to check for in your online offering.
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from Multiliteracies
June 16, 2015 11:16 AM
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For some reason I like this post. Maria Bossa talks about how KEY educators have impacted her teaching and ability to learn through interaction and collaboration, heuristics she can pass on to her students
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June 4, 2015 2:16 AM
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June 1, 2015 12:39 PM
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Greay food for thought thT relates to online classes that reach students outside the USA.
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May 29, 2015 5:10 PM
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Students gravitate toward online classes because of their flexibility and because they’re perceived to be less difficult.
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from Mentoring New Special Education Teachers
May 28, 2015 9:32 AM
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““Education is what people do to you and learning is what you do for yourself,” said Joi Ito in his TED2014 talk. “You’re not going to be on top of mountain all by yourself with a #2 pencil …”What we need to learn is how to learn.” Indeed, traditional education may not be for everyone, but learning is.===> Education is not a place or a deadline. It’s a practice, a habit, a part of your daily diet. <===
An excellent reminder to ourselves as adult learners: find your passion and go learn about it. The concept of "cross-pollination" of ideas is so VERY important for everyone.
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from Effective Technology Integration into Education
May 22, 2015 12:13 PM
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A study by the London School of Economics found pupils at phone-free schools performed better in GCSE exams, especially those in bottom 60% of KS2 tests
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May 21, 2015 2:26 AM
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Norway’s Minister of Culture announced this week that a national FM-radio switch off will commence in 2017, allowing the country to complete its transition over to digital radio. It’s the end of an era.
As Radio.no notes, Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) will provide Norwegian listeners more diverse radio channel content than ever before. Indeed, DAB already hosts 22 national channels in Norway, as opposed to FM radio’s five, and a TNS Gallup survey shows that 56% of Norwegian listeners use digital radio every day. While Norway is the first country in the world to set a date for an FM switch-off, other countries in Europe and Southeast Asia are also in the process of transitioning to DAB.
requency modulation, or FM, radio was patented in 1933 and has been recording and sharing the human story for nearly a century. But its days are clearly waning. According to a 2012 Pew Study, while over 90% of Americans still listen to AM/FM radio at least weekly, more people are choosing to forgo analog radio for Internet-only services each year. It seems like it’s only a matter of time before many countries follow Norway’s example, although I’m not so sure I’m ready to part with my 80’s-era Grundig. Thing still sounds like a dream.
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May 20, 2015 1:20 PM
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When Jean Muteba Rahier teaches his African Civilizations course, he already knows the common stereotypes he will have to break down throughout the semester.
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from Digital Delights - Digital Tribes
May 20, 2015 4:01 AM
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Here are 5 team building games to try out with your students that also develop critical thinking skills.
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May 20, 2015 3:08 AM
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Sixty of Mexico's native languages are at risk of being silenced forever—but many people are working to keep them alive, experts say.
The demise of a language is a truly tragic event. I am heartened to see that there are efforts being undertaken to preserve these historic languages. New technologies will hopefully aid us in this effort. I imagine that the United States probably faces similar issues when it comes to language loss. We should coordinate some sort of national policy in how to deal with the issue. The current state of political affairs will probably hamper the cause, but it is still worth a shot. I am in full support of all efforts that might preserve these classic languages.
This is one of the reasons that when immigrants come into this country its important they keep their native language going as well as learning to speak English. The sharing of culture, and language is indeed very important. Lots of people come to America and are told to speak English and eventually they lose their native language as well as culture. The English speaking only citizens of this country lose out on a good education about someone's native country. Its too bad. Just think music, language, food, values etc...there is a lot to learn.
