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Voices in the Feminine - Female Voices Around the Web
Video conferencing offers an illusory sense of unilateral control over conversations
If you are engaged with online learning and are confused by the terminology, you are not alone.
More universities are joining their efforts to meet the needs and financial demands of an increased content development in these onlin
What special considerations do practitioners need in order to host equitable, hospitable, synchronous hybrid video conversations, where some participants are together in a room while others join remotely? Presented are intentionally equitable hospitality practices of onsite and virtual facilitators (buddies) that have emerged from experiences in Virtually Connecting, a grassroots movement that holds conversations at education conferences that include remote participants who cannot attend due to financial, social, logistical, health, or other reasons.
Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a rapid shift to online learning at all Australian universities. This presents unique opportunities for both [...]
Sometimes, the most valuable thing we can offer our students is genuine care for them, their well-being, their happiness. Not just their grades. Not just their learning. But their whole selves. This article is inspired by a discussion with a friend who suggested that medical ethics should not be about
Learning experience design uses human-centered strategies and tools, like the empathy map to develop empathy for a target audience. Download and learn how to use one here.
“One cannot ask for a life, or two lives. One can only warrant the hope of an increasing potency in each man’s heart.”
“For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Remember?”
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“‘Tis good — the looking back on Grief.”
“The high value put upon every minute of time, the idea of hurry-hurry as the most important objective of living, is unquestionably the most dangerous enemy of joy.”
On the weight of the world and the weight of the sky.
“If I said that my love for you was like the spaces between the notes of a wren’s song, would you understand?”
“What exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious.”
“We are all navigating an external world — but only through the prism of our own minds, our own subjective experience… The majesty of the universe is only ever conjured up in the mind.”…
This the first of a three-part series. You can read part two here. Amidst 2020’s pandemic, a great shift is taking place. [...]
I have volunteered to be a guest speaker in classes this Fall. It's really the least I can do to help teachers and students through another tough term. I spoke briefly tonight in Anna Smith'
Inclusive teaching describes a range of teaching approaches that consider the many different needs, backgrounds, and ways of learning of all students. Knowin
It’s a great joy to me that, during these ‘challenging times’, many educators are exploring learning design ideas. And appreciating that providing successful, enjoyable, engaging pathway
“The world where the owl is endlessly hungry and endlessly on the hunt is the world in which I live too. There is only one world.”
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"1. Get to know the resources that are offered through your district. Sometimes a program is only around for a year before the next great thing comes along, but at least give those that are being paid for in your district a try. If you get to know the basics of each of these, it makes the next become a little more intuitive. Go to the trainings that are offered and try it out with your students a few times before deciding whether or not it is a valuable resource.
2. Don’t use email for students to turn in work. There are a lot of other options that you can use like wiki pages, student management systems, drop box sites, and many more. The less you clutter your email box, the more organized you’ll feel.
3. Learn from the kids. A lot of students are pretty good with the computers already and they are generally more than willing to show you some good educational sites that they might have used in the past. Don’t be afraid to let them be the teachers some times. Also, ask them what cool, creative things they can do with computers. You’ll be surprised at what some of them can do.
4. Beg, borrow, and steal ideas from other teachers. One of the best parts of being a teacher is the shared knowledge. The internet and your building are full of great ideas that other teachers have tried and they usually don’t mind you trying it out for yourself. If someone is talking about some great site they use or some neat project their kids did on the computer, take the idea and play with it in your room too.
5. Don’t tell students you hate technology or that you are no good at it. As hard as it might be for you and as overwhelming as it feels sometimes, it is important that our students know that it is a necessary part of the curriculum and that just about every job out there will require technology skills. Ask for help when you need it, but try to keep using it and stay positive about your experiences.
6. Choose one technology idea to work on for a given amount of time. If you concentrate on learning one new resource at a time until you feel pretty comfortable with it, you will probably be more inclined to try something new later on.