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Always Learning: Business Writing Tips - Writing Effective E-Mail: Transmittal Organization
"A transmittal e-mail introduces a forwarded e-mail or an attachment that is too long or complex to send as an e-mail (¶1).
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Science Links Japan | Journal of Multimedia Aided Education Research
Journal of Multimedia Aided Education Research (2006)
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Hoekstra and Korthagen's "longitudinal mixed-method study ... findings suggest that professional learning will take place only if a teacher is supported in learning how to deal effectively with personal factors involved in the learning process" (abstract, ¶).
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Wissahickon School District's eToolBox - home
"an alphabetical index of Web 2.0 tools, from Blogs to Wikispaces, with evaluations and recommendations for each one." (Carole, Wikispaces Blog, Best Educational Wikis of 2010, 2011.01.17 [retreived 2011.01.28])
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Thanks to Yuly for pointing out this powerful toolkit allowing wildcard searches and including a reverse dictionary. OneLook contains "19,044,271 words in 1062 dictionaries indexed" (home page, bottom line, 2011.01.28). It sub-divides long lists of hits into categories: "General, Art, Business, Computing, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Religion, Science, Slang, Sports, Tech, [and] Phrases."
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BBC News - The top 100 sites on the internet
One of four tabs in the SuperPower: Visualizing the internet collection, including: The top 100, ..., Net growth, & How it works
Sunday, January 30, 2011
PABeaufaitBookmarks (weekly)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
PABeaufaitBookmarks (weekly)
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Introduces a second video in Tim Murphey's Japanese student voices series (RealVoice2), explains problems arising from rising tuition costs for students going overseas, and links to various related articles.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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Describes rubrics and their use for formative assessment, lists common features and numerous advantages, and links to K-2 and 3-5 age-group examples, as well as templates and online generators for rubric production.
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WebSlides - Turning bookmarks and feeds into interactive slideshows…
Overview, video intro., and examples
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About Skype in the classroom | Skype Education
"Skype in the classroom is a free online directory for teachers everywhere who want to use Skype to bring education to life" (retrieved 2011.01.13).
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HOW TO: Back Up Your Social Media Presence Before the Ball Drops
Explains and illustrates, among other data conservation strategies, how to export posts, pages, and comments from WordPress, and suggests a simple way to download photos, but not sets, tags, or titles from Flickr.
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This tutorial explains and illustrates what rubrics are, ways they can be used, and how to develop them.
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Claims to be "one of the most extensive teacher resources for rubrics on the Internet" (¶1, 2011.01.13); largely for K-12 educators
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Blogging Journeys (part 3 of 3) - Glenn's posterous
A must view and listen site for teachers interested in edublogging, esp. slides 13ff.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
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Do Your Part: Spread the “Go Green” Message - Everything TypePad
Explains how to add green badges to various types of blogs, including now defunct Vox blogs
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Uploading image files with text to Google Docs : Uploading and exporting - Google Docs Help
Explains automated optical character recognition as it applies to image files uploaded to Google Docs
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The Case for the Virtual Classroom
Cites meta-analysis suggesting that online learners marginally out-perform face-to-face learners (1. Online Education "Doesn't Have to Suck", ¶4), and that learners from blended learning environments out-perform the lot (6. The Virtual Classroom Can Make the Physical Classroom More Effective, ¶2).
- According to the U.S. Department of Education
- students who studied in online learning environments performed modestly better than peers who were receiving face-to-face instruction
- maintaining a low student-to-teacher ratio and paying for technology means that
- the cost to the university won’t be drastically reduced
- online learning can make classroom time more effective
- The modest difference in performance between online and physical classroom learners in the meta-analysis, for instance, was larger for those students who learned through a blend of online and physical classroom conditions.
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CCCC Statement on Second Language Writing and Writers
Although this entire document focuses on N. American higher education settings (Part One, ¶1), Part Two: Guidelines for Writing and Writing-Intensive Courses will interest and hopefully inform administrators, course designers, program planners, and teachers working in other regional and perhaps even global contexts as well. Part two covers: Class Size, Assignment Design, Assessment, Textual Borrowing, Teacher Preparation, and resource provisions. Part Four: Guidelines for Teacher Preparedness will interest those involved in teacher education, or pre- and in-service teacher development. Part Six comprises an extensive bibliography for further reading.
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Lists eight (8) suggestions to help you avoid sequential organizational faults when writing instructions or presenting other information "where sequence is important" (Sequential Order, ¶1). Of particular interest are front-loading (step 1-2) and using repetition instead of back or cross-references (step 8).
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Covers "bad news" organization; includes Guide for Refusing a Request and suggests ending on a positive note.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Skill sets, passion, and imagination – "liberalizing education"
There is considerable evidence that many employers want graduates with particular skills such as accounting, but the vast majority of employers want employees with a broad set of skills, and abilities, more emphasis on effective oral and written communication, critical thinking and reasoning in multiple settings, and the ability to be imaginative across cultural boundaries.At the same time, increasing numbers of students say they want to develop a “meaningful philosophy of life,” not just be “well-off financially.” They want to pursue with passion a path that leads to personal satisfaction and fulfillment as well as material comfort. In other words, they want a course of study that combines what employers want and what they want.
It seems to me, without yet having laid eyes on the actual story by Scott, that a short answer to the question, "Are we there yet?" might be for some students, sometimes, somewhat.(extended abstract, ¶¶ 10-11)
Scott, Robert A. (2010). The modern American university: a love story. On the Horizon 18(4), 294 - 307. doi:10.1108/10748121011082608
