Blogging in the 21st-Century Classroom

So...You Wanna Use Blogs In The Classroom Blogging is an important part of who I am as a professional. I can use this space to share resources with you, reflect on my own practice and try to figure out how to be a better educator. It is my public reflection on technology, leadership and learning. Think about when you were in school. You write an essay. Blogging changes that for kids. More and more teachers and classrooms are embracing blogging in the classroom. There are lots of platforms to use. Five Steps To Starting A Classroom Blog-Ms. Two Critical Tips For Blogging Projects-From my good friend Bill, this post offers some more great advice on blogging in the classroom and how to make it successful. Collection Of Blogging Resources-When I think of classroom blogging I think of Silvia Tolisano. Tips For Blogging With Students-Sue Waters (from Edublogs) also has written a lot about blogging with kids. Student Blogging Guidelines-Some teachers will want some guidance in place when they undertake blogs with kids.

Demystifying the MOOC When massive open online courses first grabbed the spotlight in 2011, many saw in them promise of a revolutionary force that would disrupt traditional higher education by expanding access and reducing costs. The hope was that MOOCs — classes from elite universities, most of them free, in some cases enrolling hundreds of thousands of students each — would make it possible for anyone to acquire an education, from a villager in Turkey to a college dropout in the United States. Following the “hype cycle” model for new technology products developed by the Gartner research group, MOOCs have fallen from their “peak of inflated expectations” in 2012 to the “trough of disillusionment.” There are several reasons for the disillusionment. Eight of every 10 students enrolled in University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania MOOCs in 2012-13 already had a degree of some kind. Photo A second problem is that when MOOCs replace traditional courses, an extremely high number of students fail.

21st century skills | room 290 - J. K. Rowling One of my new (school) year resolutions is to try to tap into the power of visual art. A single picture or image, if well-chosen, can often times communicate an idea more succinctly than words. Kleon could have written hundreds of words to describe the gap between where we are now and dreams we strive for. My interest in Kleon’s work led me to other visual artists, including the work of Dan Roam, whose “show and tell” premise is simple, but powerful: Anyone who has watched a TED Talk knows that this is the basic formula for many, if not most, of them. As an English teacher, I think I’ve got a handle on numbers 1 and 2. The thing is, I used to love to draw when I was younger. But visual notetaking has tremendous potential. Here, and below are two excerpts from a great infographic, “Why We Crave Infographics” – very meta! We also remember information much better when we engage our visual and kinesthetic senses into our processing. My first feeble attempts at sketchnotes.

Simple Teaching Tip New beginnings → Shiny shoes, Crisp new uniforms, Bulging backpacks, Brand new lunch boxes, Untouched exercise books Yes its back to school time here in Australia, week one is already over and the […] The International Conference on Creativity and Academic Excellence → I along with two Year 6 students Charlotte and Michelle, presented this week during the first day of The International Conference on Creativity and Academic Excellence which is being held […] Perseverence and Persistence → I have had this post in a half written form for some time now ever since in fact I read this quote. When trusting your teacher is wrong → My class have one lesson a week as a timetabled computer lesson.

Bologna: Liebe Uni, dieses Studium hätte ich in 30 Tagen geschafft Am Ende kommt ihr das Studium wie ein Deal vor: Zeit gegen Abschluss. Drei Jahre, für Referate, Folien und Warten auf den Professor. Eine Abrechnung Speichern Drucken Twitter Facebook Google + Liebe Uni, ich habe Dich mir anders vorgestellt, jahrelang hatte ich von dir geträumt. Anzeige In die Seminare wäre ich gar nicht gegangen, aus den Vorlesungen hätte ich nur die Folien mit den Klausurfragen gelesen, meine Hausarbeiten an einem Tag geschrieben, Sprechstunden hätte ich mir gleich gespart und am Ende in einer Woche die Bachelorarbeit getippt. Mein Studium der Asienwissenschaften bestand hauptsächlich aus Seminaren. Ich hatte mir vorgestellt, wie wir an der Universität wilde Debatten führen. Und um Seminare zu bestehen, braucht es keine Meinung. Noch schlimmer ist die Geringschätzung der Studenten.

Would a Course Syllabus Be Better as an Infographic? At the college where I teach, professors have the unique opportunity every May to develop a course outside of their typical curriculum. Teachers get to explore their interests in new courses as diverse as “The Chemistry of Cooking” and “Writing a Film Short.” Students are offered a wide variety of four-week courses that provide a break from their typical coursework. This past May, I opted to teach a course entitled, “Infographics in the popular media.” Students had a good time experimenting with the development of their own infographics, utilizing common design and communication techniques and playing around visual metaphors and rhetorical devices. As I developed the course, it occurred to me that if the subject matter was going to be on infographics, the syllabus probably ought to be an infographic as well. My typical syllabus for a college course, if I include the course schedule, list of assignments, and other policy information can run upwards of 15 pages. Related Articles

Raps and Book Raps Home Page Current & planned raps Join a reading adventure! A rap supporting reading and literacy, this offers a range of exciting reading ideas, activities for K-10, resources and ebooks to dip into, and a space for you to share your reading adventures. This rap and gallery remain available throughout 2013. Term 1, 2013 All about me, all about you is a 5 week rap, commencing on Monday February 25, supporting autobiographical writing in Stage 3 and 4 English. Raft, river, rainbow fiction blog is a 5 week rap, commencing on Monday February 25, supporting narrative writing in Stage 3 and 4 English. Term 2, 2013 Band of heroes fantasy quest is a 5 week rap, commencing in Term 2, Week 3, on Monday May 13, supporting narrative writing in Stages 3 to 5 English. Term 3, 2013 Hats, boxes, magic, moon is a 5 week rap, commencing in Term 3, Week 3, on Monday July 29, supporting narrative writing in Stages 3 and 4 English. Term 4, 2013 Book Week 2012: Use the activities in Join a reading adventure! Term 4, 2012

Warum der Erste Weltkrieg begann ▼ Bitte nach unten scrollen. 1 - Die Ursachen „Damit ist jeder Kriegsgrund entfallen“, notierte Kaiser Wilhelm II. am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkrieges an den Rand einer diplomatischen Note Serbiens. ► Optimiert für Desktop und Tablet: Alle interaktiven Elemente in dieser Story sind mit einem schwarzen Dreieck gekennzeichnet. „Über wenig wurde und wird in der Geschichtswissenschaft so intensiv geforscht und gestritten“, sagt Dr. „Über wenig wurde und wird in der Geschichtswissenschaft so intensiv geforscht und gestritten Daran ändere sich auch durch die aktuellen Publikationen von Christopher Clark und Herfried Münkler wenig, deren öffentliche Resonanz Kruse eher geschichtspolitisch als wissenschaftlich begründet sieht. „Angesichts der Schwäche des Osmanischen Reiches war im Laufe des 19. und frühen 20. Nach dem Attentat von Sarajevo am 28. Doch es kam anders. Eine weitere Begründung: „soziale, kulturelle und politische Krisen in vielen europäischen Gesellschaften“. ► Storify zum 1. Am 31.

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Classroominating Hieroglyphs of the Future: Jacques Rancière and the Aesthetics of Equality ­We're not a surplus, we're a plus. The slogan appeared at the demonstrations of the French jobless movement in the mid-90s in journals, on banners, and on tracts printed by the political art group, Ne pas plier. It knitted the critical force and the subjective claims of the movement into a single phrase. To be "a surplus" (laid off, redundant) was to be reduced to silence in a society that subtracted the jobless from the public accounts, that made them into a kind of residue—invisible, inconceivable except as a statistic under a negative sign. A way to grasp the aesthetic language of the French social movements in the 1990s—and of the transnational movements now emerging—is through the work of Jacques Rancière and his writings on the politics of equality. The political is an opposite process, and it is rare. Rancière's description was in sync with its time. Metaphors are the hieroglyphs of an unknown language, the demand for an unheard-of community.

10 ways to create a learning culture I first posted this at the start of 2011… A new school year is about to begin in Australia. It’ll be the first time in nearly 30 years that I don’t have a class to teach and it’s not an easy adjustment! For as long as I can remember, I have started the year by planning the first day for my new classes. Reflecting on all those new beginnings, I realise how much teaching and learning have changed… and how much I have changed. What needs to happen on ‘Day 1′ ? I used to think… Explain your expectations.Establish rules.Know everyone’s names.Arrange seats to minimalise talking.Organise books.Talk about homework.Tell them what they’ll be learning.Make sure they listen.Get students working right away.Show a firm hand. Now I think… 10 ways to create a learning culture… Two years later, I still like that list. … and a more relevant title! Like this: Like Loading...

meine LiebLinks (KW 31) | konzeptblog Heute stelle ich nur einen Link vor, hinter dem sich aber eine ganze Serie interessanter Beiträge verbirgt: Learning with ‘e’s My thoughts about learning technology and all things digital – das ist die Website von Steve Wheeler, der als Associate Professor of learning technology am Plymouth Institute of Education der Plymouth University arbeitet. Steve verdeutlicht (mal wieder), dass auch in Bildungstechnologie und Mediendidaktik der übliche Verweis auf Behaviorismus, Kognitivismus und Kosntruktivismus (bei manchen heute auch noch Konnektivismus) der Vielfalt menschlichen Lernens nicht gerecht wird. Wer also Lernumgebungen konzipiert und gestaltet, sollte eher die von Steve vorgeführte Vielfalt im Hinterkopf haben.

An Inquiry into Distraction Sometimes the most spontaneous ideas turn out well. The elementary tech coach and I were meeting the other day about technical stuff, but I couldn’t get something off my mind, and so our conversation turned to focus and the distractibility of computers. Our students are privileged. It’s amazing what they can do on their laptops. My colleague and I then and there decided we’d get into a discussion with the students. What is concentration We started the conversation with students with: “What is concentration?” Next, we created a concentration scale: How focused are you? How well do you focus? After they put their dot, we asked them: “What made you put your dot where you did?’ It’s easier to focus when I’m excited about the subjectI focus more when I’m playing soccerWhen I’m at home by myself, I’m focusedIt’s easier when I’m not talking to friendsI get unfocused when I’m online Bing. We had now been having a conversation about concentration for one hour. Typing using our utmost focus