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Attendance and a personal fact we wouldn’t guess about you
Check the Twitter feed. Start contributing. Here's how....
Check the Twitter feed. Start contributing. Here's how....
Course outline, assignment questions and deadlines!!!
- Have you got your course ‘textbook’ yet???
MetaTeachNition - define this with 2 other people
Shift Happens - are you ready?
Blogs vs wikis vs websites vs ??? - what should you choose???
- Blogs - generally one user and a linear (by last entry) format
- Wikis - single or multiple users, many pages, random access possible
- Web sites - more control but can be more work. Can arrange pages in any order
From the RWL - groups of 3 or 4
- is Google making us stupid
- what makes a good teacher?
- “This mirrors the way our diet has improved and varied. Today's media can provide readers with more flavours, more choice and more nutrition.”
- Opinions? Where’s the research?
How I approach tech for teachers
- Admin tasks
- Communication with parents and students
- CAL
- Creativity and expression of learning
- Assessment
RWL (Read/Watch/Listen) for Jan 14 - 17
The Brain - “Will fast facts do to our brains, what fast food has done to our bodies?” R. Redekopp
Technology and the brain - connectedness (Turkle), distractedness (ADHD?), shallow-tasking (Carr) and unbelievable resources.
Start with this short NY Times article: The Science of Concentration
Then choose one more from among the following and bring your notes to class:
Gary Small - iBrain - text (Look Inside) or video choices or audio
Multitasking or Paying Attention: Winnifred Gallagher - the book Rapt, or video (around the 30 minute mark to find the multitasking stuff) audio
Your Brain on Technology - audio
Next lab
Video and Audio tools and formats (and places to upload your products)
Your own web space or:
Audio - SoundCloud, Podbean, Podomatic, iPadio, Mixcloud
Video - Vimeo, TeacherTube, YouTube,
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