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"The purpose of the two case studies presented here is to describe specific social presence related instructional and support strategies used to foster an atmosphere of support and success for students enrolled in online courses and programs in a large rural university" (Introduction and Background, ¶4).
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Critical Metalearning: eFacilitator Job Description
"The purpose of this position is to facilitate high quality interaction in the e-learning environment which will enable students to apply their knowledge and to succeed in their chosen subjects through excellence in open and flexible learning delivery" (Purpose of the role, ¶1).
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"...[A]n informative resource page for preservice and inservice teachers who are interested in finding good WebQuests for early childhood, elementary & secondary students" (Home, ¶1, 2011.08.23).
Sunday, August 28, 2011
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
PABeaufaitBookmarks (weekly)
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Successful Strategies for English Language Learners
Angela Pascopella reported on U.S. school district and national measures "to address surging ELL enrollment—and dropout rate[s]" (deck).
- Between 1979 and 2008, the number of school-age children (ages 5-17) in the United States who spoke a language other than English at home increased from 3.8 to 10.9 million, or from 9 to 21 percent of the population in this age range, according to the latest figures from the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES).
- Perhaps one of the greatest examples of inequity lies in a joint investigation of the Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that revealed last October that Boston Public Schools had failed to properly identify and adequately serve thousands of ELLs since 2003 as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Guardian Weekly Global English debate | Guardian Weekly | guardian.co.uk
Cover piece with links to "audio highlights from the speaker's [sic] presentations and ... specially written articles that explore the themes and issues" (¶3):
+ Robert Phillipson: Principles and policies for a multilingual Europe;
+ Juliane House: English as a lingua franca for Europe
+ John Walsh: Can minority languages survive?
+ Barbara Seidlhofer: Teaching English as a lingua franca for Europe
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Being Bilingual: Beneficial Workout for the Brain - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Wheeler reports on findings that "Speaking two languages confers lifelong cognitive rewards that spread far beyond the improved ability to communicate" (¶1), and "The chief benefit of being bilingual is stronger 'executive control,' ... the chief building block of higher thought" (¶5).
Wheeler, David L. (2011). Being bilingual: beneficial workout for the brain. Chronicle of Higher Education, Research: February 20, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011. from http://chronicle.com/article/Being-Bilingual-Beneficial/126462/ -
Video Introduction to SpiderScribe.net
Two-minute intro. to SpiderScribe brainstorming and mind-mapping tools
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Global Survey Shows Distrust in Democracy, Media : NPR
"An international public opinion poll shows a dramatic lack in trust of democratic institutions and international companies" (November 8, 2002).
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"... Jacki Lyden talks to the senior editor of the American Heritage College Dictionary, now in its fourth edition, about the list of 100 words their editors think all college students (and their parents) should know" (September 17, 2002).
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"The Educational Testing Service, which administers the GRE and other standardized tests, found Web sites that prospective test takers were using to cheat. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports that some critics of institutional testing weren't surprised by the findings" (August 8, 2002)
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"Narrate, Curate, Share:" How Blogging Can Catalyze Learning -- Campus Technology
"... [T]hree imperatives underlie some of the most important aspects of an educated citizen's contributions to the human record. And in my experience, blogging offers a uniquely powerful way of becoming a self-aware learner in the process of making those contributions" (Campbell, 2011, para. 2).
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"Narrate, Curate, Share:" How Blogging Can Catalyze Learning -- Campus Technology
- three imperatives underlie some of the most important aspects of an educated citizen's contributions to the human record. And in my experience, blogging offers a uniquely powerful way of becoming a self-aware learner in the process of making those contributions.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
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The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual | SpyreStudios
Sneh talks a "walk through the anatomy of an infographic, its different levels and sub-levels[,] and a 5-step process to ensure that your infographic is not only conceptually sound, but accurate and easily understood" (¶ 5, retrieved 2011.08.09).
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Looking Through the Lens (Northern Voice 2011)
Introductin, presentation, audio recording, graphic recording, links mentioned, and more resources from Alan Levine's Northern Voice gig, May 14, 2011.
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Good PowerPoint Design - for business presenters
"Modeling design principles for business presenters, Ostewalder showed and told it all in 135 slides, including step-by-step builds and appendices..." (pab, The Writing Studio Blog, 2011.08.09).
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28 Creative PowerPoint and Keynote Presentation Designs
Screenshots of a slide or two from each example, followed by a list of other presentation resources.
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Humanising Language Teaching Magazine for teachers and teacher trainers
This article entitled Multiple Intelligence Theory Revisited suggests an alternative and readily applicable "model derived from ritual theory which has the advantage of being suitable for use on initial teacher training courses."
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Represents "a list of 10 ‘motivational macrostrategies’, which ... [Zoltan Dornyei & Kata Czizer] called the ‘Ten commandments for motivating language learners’" (¶9, retreived 2011.08.08).
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iTunes & iPad Help, Guides & Manuals, Educational App Collections | iPad Academy
Links to everything the title suggests.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
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Blog U.: Search: How Libraries Do it Wrong - Library Babel Fish - Inside Higher Ed
Highlights weaknesses in collections and uses of library resources
- The ultimate purpose is to prepare students to develop a habit of finding evidence and reasoning from it, which involves being thoughtful about both the search process and sources encountered as our graduates go forth to think for themselves.
- It turns out the databases we use are more likely to include content from mega-corporations that from societies or universities, and the content of over 40% of the new journals was available in only a very few libraries, so even if a database identified a citation, it wouldn’t be accessible to most library users. Many open access journals would be available – just not discoverable through library tools.
- we need to make sure that we aren’t turning libraries into walled gardens of overpriced material only available to the few, that when we introduce undergraduates to search, we recognize that searching is not a matter of tool use but is a creative and critical part of the research process and so teach it in the context of learning language, finding connections, and looking for patterns
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Trust in Virtual Teams – The RI Case Study (1) | Radical Inclusion
Holger mentioned three kinds of trust:
1) affect-based – "influenced by the first visual expression we have, plus the additional information we get from our other senses" (¶2);
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Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education
NYU Prof Vows Never to Probe Cheating Again—and Faces a Backlash; July 21, 2011, 6:13 pm [no overt time zone]; by Marc Parry
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Principle 3 Home - Plan the Assessment
This page covers overview, exploration, practice, and self-assessment resources that focus on assessment in project-based learning.
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Teacher Training Videos created by Russell Stannard
Site comprises:
Videos for teaching ELT/ESL
Videos for using Web 2.0 tools
Videos for teaching MFL
About Russell Stannard
Where is Russell Speaking Next?
Russell's Research Into Feedback
On-line Talks [&] Conferences
How to Make Your Own Videos
Russell's Podcasts On Teaching
