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Virtual Lore » Blog Archive » Social learning doesn’t work.
Oh no! Controversy reigns! I will either get a lot of ‘knee-jerk’ reactions to that blog title with people telling me how wrong/uninformed/stoopid and/or ignorant I am. Or people will reflect on what I am about to say and give sugesstions on how we can meet these challenges. If you bear with me to the end of this post you might see where I’m coming from.
tags: social learning, motivation, time management, research skills, Virtual Lore
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Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches
The elements cover many of the activities and objectives but they do not address the new objectives presented by the emergence and integration of Information and Communication Technologies into the classroom and the lives of our students.
tags: BloomsTaxonomy, blooms, digitally, bloomrevised, bloom, taxonomy, blooms_taxonomy, technology
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Everything I Need to Know About Twitter I Learned in J School
news journalism works best when it’s simple and direct, at least in the story’s lead sentences. And simplicity (and other tenets of good journalism — like brevity, and clarity, and immediacy) are now cornerstones of how many businesses, brands and individuals communicate on Twitter. Here’s how some of the mantras from my undergrad days now inform the best tweets.
tags: twitter, journalism, good tweets
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25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole
25 ways to teach with Twitter
tags: twitter, teaching
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This is probably one of my favorite journal comments from this past week:
Another area that I can comment on is that based on your style of teaching (constructivist?), in this course I feel as though I am learning how to go back and “play, learn, and discover” with technology as opposed to “work and fix” technology as required in my job. I am not certain why I may not have done this in the past (have always been a “tech-geek” at heart); but I am finding some novelty in some of our projects when applied outside of the everyday context of my job and this class. Granted I did not feel too comfortable with the outcome of my podcast, but the experience in using the technology generated some ideas for me on to use this technology in other ways such as sending audio letters to friends and families (and of course in the office environment).
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“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”
~ Lao Tzu
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I love days like today. Two hundred and forty 5th graders came to the college to find out what it is all about. Despite all the crap going on at work on many other levels, when I get an opportunity to work with the kids, I almost start to levitate. There was only one small problem. I woke up this morning with almost NO voice! I got the idea to create a slide presentation and have someone narrate for me if needed. In a few minutes before taking the kids I was able to block out an outline and organize some thoughts. On the way to school I came up with a few more ideas and started right in when I got to my office. I only had until about 10, with also having to deal with an unpleasant phone conference from 8:45-9:45. Fortunately I was able to finish up the presentation while I was on the conference. I <3 Google Image search! I gave the slides a final look, made a backup copy on the flash drive, managed to catch two of the tour groups in the library and cram, um, I mean, invite them into my office for a quick chat, and then off to the east wing to set up. Shyanne was there to help cart stuff over and Jordan willingly volunteered when I caught him coming into the library.
After some technical problems (like NO media cart, then finding one, then not being able to login, then running to get the techs, then no internet, then getting connected, then FINALLY getting set up about 1 minute before the first group came in) the fun began. The first group got the abbreviated version of the presentation because they came in late. Michelle was great in getting their attention (she can be LOUD lol) and in introducing me. I welcomed each group, got a volunteer to run the slide presentation, and jumped right in. As always, these things become an almost out of body experience and I get into the flow of talking to kids about interesting things. The adults in the room melt into the background as I focus on the kids. They came up with lots of good answers. For example, in our discussion of how robots respond to their environment, I bump into a desk (OUCH!) and ask what senses should have told me to stop. One kid shouted out “COMMON SENSE” lol. Awesome answer! I managed to hit all the points while kids built interesting creations with the legos at their desks and we even had time to have a couple of kids run robots at the end. Lots and lots of fun, with much appreciation expressed by the accompaning teachers.
When it was all over, I was wiped out. My voice was thrashed. I had to close my eyes for a few minutes and doze off at my desk. But… I’d do it all over again… and I will… on Thursday when another 225 students (including Rachel’s class) show up to see what this college thing is all about. This is why I am a teacher. I spark imaginations. I light fires of interest. I show kids that learning CAN be fun!
Below is the slide presentation I showed the kids and a few of my favorite pictures.
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I like this comment from a student journal I read today:
“I’m still learning my way through class. Just keep teaching, and I’ll keep learning.”
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