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2009 Halloween Class Video

via youtube.com I think that this teacher’s PERFORMANCE was great! And many of you may think that this was a great lesson… It was funny, well orchestrated, etc. However, I do think that it’s ultimately also an example of “bad teaching”… because it’s ENTERTAINMENT instead of LEARNING. Students will remember this “lesson”, but they will […]

2 November 2009 at 16:02 - Comments

LSF Lexique: Les termes de spécialité en Langue des Signes Française

via lsf.education.fr The “LSF Lexique” is an online video database with signs for specialty concepts (for instance terms in medical sciences) in the French Signs Language. The idea is to build up (and make available) a reference database for FSL signs to represent concepts for which there are no “official” signs, because these concepts come […]

2 November 2009 at 10:34 - Comments

International Journal of Education and Development using ICT

The International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT) is an e-journal that provides free and open access to all of its content. via ijedict.dec.uwi.edu I’ve recently discovered this international journal and I will bookmark it today for future reference. Posted via web from the material mind 0

2 November 2009 at 10:22 - Comments

RE: ICT As An Education Tool: Plotting A Positive Outcome | HYS Topic Of the Day

ICT is just a tool (just like whiteboards) that can be utilized for education. via brudirect.com I do agree with Ragexiii, that ICT are merely tools and that they can be used for education just like other older technologies (like whiteboards and books) have been used for teaching and learning purposes. However, I do think […]

2 November 2009 at 09:51 - Comments

RE: We Have to Stop Doing This to Teachers | Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech

I’ve been commenting on a blog post by Dean Shareski who is a Digital Learning Consultant with the Prairie South School Division in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada. I’d love to know what you think about my ideas and speculations… So please leave me a comment below… Hi Dean, I’m a lecturer in Educational Sciences at […]

21 October 2009 at 07:41 - Comments

RE: Designing for anticipation, Teaching for anticipation | Punya Mishra’s Web

So what does this mean for teaching? First, everything we do as educators needs a larger goal (the big picture as it were). Too often we get lost in the minutia of of the project and forget the broader, overarching frame. The structure of our lessons, our semester, our mini-activities needs to have a larger […]

20 October 2009 at 09:07 - Comments

RE: Ruben R. Puentedura’s Weblog: Technology, Change, and Process

The slides from my presentation at the 2009 ACTEM Conference are now online, and can be downloaded here. This is the original description for this session: As new technologies appear, how do users react, and why? We will merge Don Ihde’s work with TPCK/SAMR to answer this, and develop practical examples to address it. Additional […]

19 October 2009 at 06:58 - Comments

Christine Brockmeyer’s story about her personal (non) experiences with computers in education

I strongly recommend reading this blog post by Christine Brockmeyer on her personal (non) experiences with computers in education. Dat Erliefniss mam Computer am “Communication visuelle” Kuer wat d’Christine eis héi beschréift, weisst ganz schein, dass de fait de Computer als creation tool anzesetzen direkt, quasi automatesch och eng aaner sozial form vu léieren mat […]

16 October 2009 at 07:55 - Comments

RE: Behaviorism: Text 1-6 – Comparison | Emma de Lang’s Blog

Ech huen dei texter an der reihenfoleg gelies wei se um moodle stungen, an dat huet dofir gesuergt das ech beim läschten text e bessi verwonnert war. Dei eischt 5 texter gungen empfong iwwert dei verschieden aspekter vum behaviorismus. Dei eing gungen bessi mei iwwert den behaviorimus am algemengen an wei et sech entweckelt huet. […]

12 October 2009 at 22:35 - Comments

RE: Vergleich Texte 1-6 und persönliche Meinung | Elisa Bucarini’s blog

Die meisten Texter handelten darüber, wie es zum Behaviorismus gekommen ist, welcher die Gründer davon waren und wer was bewirkt hat. Auf der anderen Seite gingen verschiedene Texte mehr ins Detail, z.B. wie Behaviorismus eingeteilt ist, welche Unterkategorien es davon gibt. Dann gab es noch die Zusammenfassung des Buchs von Alfie Kohn, der ganz kritisch […]

12 October 2009 at 21:57 - Comments