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Impact of Social Sciences – Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to writing good abstracts
This London School of Economics and Political Science blog post provides "a structured set of suggestions for what an abstract should include, and what should be kept to a small presence" (¶1, retrieved 2014.12.22).
Sunday, December 28, 2014
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"Patrick Dunleavy outlines seven upgrade strategies for a problematic article or chapter: Do one thing well. Flatten the structure. Say it once, say it right. Try paragraph re-planning. Make the motivation clearer. Strengthen the argument tokens. Improve the data and exhibits." (deck, 2014.12.19)
tags: academic writing editing publication revising tips writing
Sunday, December 07, 2014
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50+Ways - Finding Flickr Photos
Loaded with tips and tools for finding and attributing sources of Creative Commons images.
tags: Creative Commons education Flickr graphics photos resources tools
Sunday, November 30, 2014
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What is Listening Skill? – EnglishCentral: The Official Blog
"Developing strong listening skills in a second language can be difficult for students. In fact, teaching listening skills is a challenge for teachers, too. One reason for this is that the actual process of listening, or what we mean by “listening skill” is not very well understood. "
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Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide
- In APA Style, the Introduction section never gets a heading and headings are not indicated by letters or numbers.
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Sunday, November 23, 2014
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How to learn a new language: 7 secrets from TED Translators | TED Blog
Aparta, Krystian. (2014, November 4). How to learn a new language: 7 secrets from TED Translators [web blog post]. Retrieved from http://blog.ted.com/2014/11/04/how-to-learn-a-new-language-7-secrets-from-ted-translators/
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Sunday, November 16, 2014
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- We have radically altered our own evolved species behavior by segregating children artificially in same-age peer groups instead of mixed-age communities, by compelling them to be indoors and sedentary for most of the day, by asking them to learn from text-based artificial materials instead of contextualized real-world activities, by dictating arbitrary timetables for learning rather than following the unfolding of a child’s developmental readiness.
- When you see children who do not learn well in school, they will often display characteristics that would be valued and admired if they lived in any number of traditional societies around the world. They are physically energetic; they are independent; they are sociable; they are funny. They like to do things with their hands. They crave real play, play that is exuberant, that tests their strength and skill and daring and endurance; they crave real work, work that is important, that is concrete, that makes a valued contribution. They dislike abstraction; they dislike being sedentary; they dislike authoritarian control. They like to focus on the things that interest them, that spark their curiosity, that drive them to tinker and explore.
- when you push a child to do something she simply developmentally can not do, you create a profound belief that (a) I hate this; (b) I can’t do this; (c) I will never be able to do this, and (d) There’s something wrong with me.
- Human cognitive diversity exists for a reason; our differences are the genius – and the conscience – of our species. It’s no accident that indigenous holistic thinkers are the ones who have been consistently reminding us of our appropriate place in the ecological systems of life as our narrowly-focused technocratic society veers wildly between conservation and wholesale devastation of the planet. It’s no accident that dyslexic holistic thinkers are often our artists, our inventors, our dreamers, our rebels.
- Science is a tool of breathtaking power and beauty, but it is not a good parent; it must be balanced by something broader, deeper, older. Like wind and weather, like ecosystems and microorganisms, like snow crystals and evolution, human learning remains untamed, unpredictable, a blossoming fractal movement so complex and so mysterious that none of us can measure or control it.
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"The main part of this website, the History, can be read as a kind of story, in chapters, following the development of the English language from its Indo-European origins, through Old English and Middle English to Early Modern English and Late Modern English, before a brief look at English Today. But there is also section on Language Issues (including How New Words are Created, Language and Geography and English as a Global Language), a Timeline of important dates in the development of English, a Glossary of some of the technical and historical terms used, and a list of Sources and Links." (Introduction, ¶5)
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Learning Without Pressure: English Writing MOOCs for an International Audience | The EvoLLLution
For a writing class with initial enrollment in the tens of thousands, as well as for a class with enrollment in the teens, Sokolik advocated "approaching writing as a method of inquiry, discovery and expression" (Acitve Learning, ¶1), and said she had identical goals, namely for students "to write well, to engage with ideas in meaningful ways and to write in a way to attract a wider audience" (Active Learning, ¶4).
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Perfecting English grammar can be a long process; this fact should not prevent students from diving into writing, regardless of their level of grammatical proficiency. Requiring students to focus constantly on grammar, and not on writing, is like requiring the novice home cook to focus constantly on knife skills, never allowing him or her to cook a meal.
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Writing Resources | ESC Online Writing Center | SUNY Empire State College
For students learning to write for academic purposes, the Writing Resources section of the Empire State College Online Writing Centre site provides access to a range of self-development material. Sub-sections of the material include: Academic Writing Research Writing Critical Reading and Writing Grammar Punctuation Writing Exercises ELL/ESL Resources
tags: academic writing college grammar online resources wink_students writing
Sunday, November 09, 2014
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Grammar resources - University of Chicago Writing Program
"An annotated collection of grammar and writing resources from around the web" (deck, 2014.11.07).
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Resources & Referrals - National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity
The Readings: Academic Writing section of this resource page includes over half a dozen books with links to Amazon.com listings of them.
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"The World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) is a large database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials (such as reference grammars) by a team of 55 authors" (Welcome to WALS Online, ¶1, 2014.11.07).
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Teamwork Behaviors: A Review and ... preview & related info | Mendeley
Rousseau, V., Aubé, C., & Savoie, A. (2006). Teamwork Behaviors: A Review and an Integration of Frameworks. Small Group Research, 37(5), 540–570. doi:10.1177/1046496406293125
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Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1361. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher - Book Review
- Brookfield reminds us to ask, "Whose interests does the 'perfect ten' assumption serve, if not those of students and teachers?" (p. 18). He answers, "Primarily, it serves individuals... who believe...teaching can be reduced to a linear, quantifiable rating system... Believing that learning and teaching are unidimensional...In their minds, teaching becomes the simple implementation of centrally produced curricula and objectives" (p. 18).
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Sunday, November 02, 2014
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Crutcher, Betty Neal. (2014). Cross-Cultural Mentoring: A Pathway to Making Excellence Inclusive. Liberal Education, 100(2), [n.p.]. Retrieved from http://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/2014/spring/crutcher
tags: best practices cross-cultural communication education higher education excellence liberal education mentoring trust values vision
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The Spamhaus Project - The Definition of Spam
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Extensive Watching – EnglishCentral: The Official Blog
In this post, Deubelbeiss listed characteristics of Extensive Watching (2012.07.03).
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Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate — and what we might do about it | Talk Video | TED.com
"Economist Nicholas Stern lays out a plan, presented to the UN’s Climate Summit in 2014, showing how the world’s countries can work together on climate" (deck, ¶1, 2014.10.31).
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The History of the English Language (a diagram) | Triangulations
In this blog post (2014.09.30), Sabio Lantz (pen name) represented the history of the English Language in a single diagram. The main source of info. for that diagram was another website to which there is a link at the end of the post.
tags: diagrams English graphics history language wink_students
Sunday, October 26, 2014
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Helping Students Develop Voice While Blogging - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher
"Revision isn't a suggestion, it's a necessity - sometimes writing the same thing three different ways or more offers perspective, this perspective provides choice to the writer later for what best suits the finished piece."
Sunday, October 19, 2014
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tags: blended learning education institutions learning online learning strategies technology
- Just as the curriculum can become a collection of courses instead of a cohesive and meaningful curriculum, the same may be true for blended learning when the approach does not provide the mechanisms and support to fundamentally redesign the student learning experience across the curriculum.
- larger concerns may relate to the lack of time, support, or incentives
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- Even though the examples of an institutional approach to blended learning are scarce, presenting best practices for blended learning only in the context of individual courses prevents constituents from grasping the larger institutional strategy. Situating all specific course examples within the framework of the larger institutional strategy allows the rationale for blended learning to remain at the forefront of the conversations, as well as at the forefront of any specific processes and support mechanisms the institution puts into place. Delving into specific course strategies should always be preceded by reminding constituents of the larger institutional strategy.
- Drysdale, J., Graham, C., Spring, K., & Halverson, L. (2013). An analysis of research trends in dissertations and theses studying blended learning. Internet and Higher Education, 17, 90-100.
- Fink (2013) notes that the prevailing view of faculty work (teaching, research, and service) does not provide any "in-load" time for faculty to work on their own professional development around teaching (p. 222). Therefore, a critical condition necessary for the achievement of a blended learning institutional strategy is adequate time.
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
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Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1354. Principles for Design of Powerful Learning Communities (LCs)
"The posting below looks at principles for the design of learning communities (LCs). It is from Chapter 2 - Preparing for Powerful Learning Communities, in the book, Powerful Learning Communities: A Guide to Developing Student, Faculty, and Professional Learning Communities to Improve Student Success and Organizational Effectiveness, by Oscar T. Lenning, Denise M. Hill, Kevin P. Saunders, Alisha Solan, and Andria Stokes."
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Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1353. Dealing with Disruptive Student Behavior
This extract from Chapter 6 of Race and Pickford (2017) provides sound advice for post-secondary educators. Race, Phil, & Pickford, Ruth. (2007). Making Teaching Work: 'Teaching Smarter' in Post-Compulsory Education. London, England: Sage Publications.
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[Jacobs Educator:] Inquiry-Based Learning
This Indiana University, Bloomington, page outlines characteristics of inquiry-base learning, and includes "detailed information about effective problem-based learning environments" (2014.10.08).
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Raise-a-Reader: Is childhood art key to developing language literacy?
Following the news article, there are "Tips from Bob Steele, a retired UBC professor of art education, for parents or caregivers on using art as a tool for developing a child’s literacy" (Drawing for learning, deck).
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Survival International - The movement for tribal peoples
"Watch this short, satirical film, written by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by actor and comedian David Mitchell, which tells the story of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of ‘development’."
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Schooling the World: Resources: Essays & articles
Essays on this Schooling the World resource page (2014.10.06) include: The Other Way of Knowing To Hell With Good Intentions Education is Ignorance Do Indigenous Peoples Benefit from “Development?” Indigenising Curriculum: Questions Posed by Baiga Vidya Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing Childhood in an Indian Village
tags: articles development education educational philosophy essays indigenous peoples issues
Sunday, October 05, 2014
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ALTs to be placed in all primary schools - The Japan News
"The government has decided to increase the number of Assistant Language Teachers considerably over a five-year period, starting from the next school year, to strengthen English education at primary schools" (¶1).
tags: ALTs education English Japan JET Program(me) MEXT primary schools
Sunday, September 28, 2014
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- accountability and performance evaluations have, in many instances, taken on disproportionate importance to the basics of teaching well and effectively and maintaining a good dose of active and engaged learning in our classrooms
- If you don't have faculty who are productive, engaging, and relatively happy, the learning process for students can be seriously flawed. ultimately, it is the faculty who are the most important part of any thriving university.
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Why Girls Tend to Get Better Grades Than Boys Do - The Atlantic
- Gone are the days when you could blow off a series of homework assignments throughout the semester but pull through with a respectable grade by cramming for and acing that all-important mid-term exam. Getting good grades today is far more about keeping up with and producing quality homework—not to mention handing it in on time.
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"In order for Japanese people to be able to make necessary contributions and play an important role in the future of the world as a member of the international community, it is vital that Japanese people cultivate an interest in other countries. In particular, I have a strong desire to see the younger generation on which the future of Japan depends upon, look outward to the world" (¶4).
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Hunter S. Thompson On Finding Meaning - Business Insider
- Every reaction is a learning process; every significant experience alters your perspective.
- So if you now number yourself among the disenchanted, then you have no choice but to accept things as they are, or to seriously seek something else. But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life. But you say, "I don't know where to look; I don't know what to look for."
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Excellent Academic Journals to Stay Up-to-Date in EL Writing | TESOL Blog
In this TESOL Blog post (2014.09.19), Elena Shvidko shared descriptions from websites of 11 journals carrying "articles related both to research in second language writing and writing pedagogy" (¶1, 2014.09.22). - See more at: http://blog.tesol.org/excellent-academic-journals-to-stay-up-to-date-in-el-writing/#sthash.RB7SItgV.dpuf
Sunday, September 21, 2014
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Time to revive our love for the English language | Free Malaysia Today
This Sept. 13, 2014, article announced a national requirement for public university students in Malaysia to demonstrate proficiency in English before they graduate.
tags: communication education English English language learners English speaking populations global language Malaysia proficiency students universities
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This Sept. 14, 2014, article announced a national requirement for public university students in Malaysia to demonstrate proficiency in English before they graduate.
tags: communication education English English language learners English speaking populations Malaysia proficiency students universities
- the competency that a person possesses and his confidence in communicating in the language does not happen overnight. Similarly it cannot be evaluated with just one exam or course
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Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1349. Making the Most of Small-Scale Research
"The posting below looks at what makes for quality small-scale research and the reasons why such research can be important" (Folks, ¶1, 2014.09.18).
tags: academic writing analysis methodology pitfalls qualitative methods quantitative methods research research design research methods theory
Sunday, September 14, 2014
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PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research in English
"The PhraseBook helps you build advanced language competence and writing ability in English. Rather than concentrating on rules and exceptions as many books, the PhraseBook focuses on writing, providing the tools for you to write in your subject" (A tool for building advanced language competence and writing ability, ¶1, 2014.09.12).
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How Does the Brain Learn Best? Smart Studying Strategies | MindShift
In this article, Chen summed up an interview about Benedict Carey's book, How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens, highlighting and exemplifying take-away messages for self-directed learners as well as teachers.
tags: cognitive science distributed learning education forgetting habits learning learning activities learning tactics learning theories memory study skills teaching practices SoTL
- pupils today can change the way they study to exploit the brain’s quirky learning processes, using the strategies revealed by memory and learning research
- Students need to understand that learning happens not only during reading and studying, but in all sorts of ways, so that they can examine their own habits to know which ones may be helping or not, and make adjustments
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Tomorrow's Professor eNewsletter: 1347. Establishing a Research Agenda
This article is an extract from: Fechter, Sharon Ahern. (1999). Chapter 4, Academic research. In Virginia Bianco-Mathis & Neal Chalofsky (Eds.), The full-time faculty handbook ([n.p.]). London, UK: Sage Publications, Inc.
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Boom-Bang Homework Assignments | Edutopia
"Multiple sources recommend about ten minutes per night in the first grade, then add ten minutes for every subsequent grade, for a maximum of two hours in all subjects by the 12th grade" (2. How much homework is recommended, ¶1 [of 1]).
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MultiBrief: Grading practices that better support 21st‑century learning
In this post, Stack (2014.08.25) suggested four ways of developing or improving grading practices: 1. Separate and acknowledge the role of both formative and summative assessment. 2. Stop averaging averages to get more averages. 3. Separate academics from academic behaviors. 4. Use rubrics and a rubric scale, not percentage scores.
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Caplan (2012), Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers
"Grammar Choices is a different kind of grammar book: It is written for graduate students, including MBA, master’s, and doctoral candidates, as well as postdoctoral researchers and faculty" (Descriptions, ¶2, 2014.09.08).
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Sunday, August 31, 2014
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About the Ethnologue | Ethnologue
Catalog of languages of the world
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- Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages
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INTERVIEW: Peter Senge on Education, Systems Thinking and Our Careers
Author interview by Sharlyn Lauby (2014.08/10) sharing "rationale ... [for] incorporating focus-related skill sets into education" (¶2).
tags: 21st Century Skills economics education environment intelligences lifelong learning localities societies systems systems thinking reflection skill sets thinking skills
- We live in a world of increasingly complex and intractable problems. These are especially evident in the environmental and social domains. They range from climate change and destruction of ecosystems, to scarcity of water and other critical natural resources, and to the disproportionate effects these growing scarcities are having on the poor of the world
- In this book..., ¶1
- We have deep intractable social issues, such as youth unemployment around the world and the growing gap between rich and poor. All these ultimately are economic in the same sense that all social and environmental issues ultimately show up in our economic system. No one is very happy with the ability of their economies to establish pathways of sustainable progress
- In this book..., ¶2
- In terms of people’s careers and opportunities both as employees and entrepreneurs, I believe the combined foundation of social, emotional, and systemic intelligence will be pivotal
- In the book, ¶3career opportunitiesmultiple intelligences
- businesses know very well that the skill sets they need today and in the future are very different than those in the past
- they will need students who can think for themselves, work in teams, work with cross-cultural boundaries, and especially work together to solve complex ill-defined problems
- our opportunity to be lifelong learners of systems thinking is unlimited
- For professionals..., ¶1life-long learning
- But for most of us, the way to take advantage of these opportunities is to start locally
- For professionals..., ¶2act locally
- How can we foster reflection, so that people can begin to think about their thinking, starting with ourselves?
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- Without reflection, people tend to just assume their point of view is the right point of view and defend and argue from that point of view. Reflection is a key gateway that opens people to beginning to think together and move from just arguing for about who is right to collaboratively solving the problems we all face
- For professionals..., ¶3learning systems thinking: reflection
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The genre of research articles: The sections after methods | Pros Write
In this post, Campbell (2014.08.02) follows-up on The genre of research articles (2012.04.01) with explanations and illustrations of essential elements of such articles.
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Inspire Thoughtful Creative Writing Through Art | Global Digital Citizen Foundation
Great tips about using art for critical thinking and writing prompts
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Vision | Global Digital Citizen Foundation
"The Global Digital Citizen Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating responsible, ethical, global citizens for a digital world" (Vision, deck, 2014.08.27).
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"practical advice on planning, preparing and submitting articles for publication" (About this guide, p. 136)
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Delcore, Tenient-Matson, and Mullooly (2014) used findings from this study to delineate an on-campus space-use continuum that can be used for planning and renovating IT-related facilities, infrastructures, and services.
tags: campuses cloud computing knowledge production mobile technology technology technology support
- 61 percent (463) of the total sessions were dominated by laptop or desktop use, while 39 percent (297) were dominated by mobile devices (phone, tablet, or iPod Touch)
- the continued ergonomic utility of large keyboards and screens for producing text and other digital output
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Beyond Knowing Facts, How Do We Get to a Deeper Level of Learning? | MindShift
Schwartz (2014.02.28) acknowledged that approaches fostering deeper learning are not new, and pointed out related competencies derived from a MOOC. She also highlighted challenges of assessing such competencies.
tags: academic mindsets assessment collaboration Common Core communication critical thinking deep learning education learning learning to learn
- The elements that make up this approach are not necessarily new — great teachers have been employing these tactics for years. But now there’s a movement to codify the different pieces that define the deeper learning approach, and to spread the knowledge from teacher to teacher, school to school in the form of a Deeper Learning MOOC (massive open online course), organized by a group of schools, non-profits, and sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation.
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So what defines deeper learning? This group has identified six competencies: mastering content, critical thinking, effective written and oral communication, collaboration, learning how to learn, and developing academic mindsets.
- “Before we assess, we need to know what we are assessing for,” said Marc Chun, program officer at the Hewlett Foundation. What does effective collaboration look like? What does it really look like to be a critical thinker? These skill are more oriented towards process than content, making them difficult to assess in a standardized way.
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"Vision of Humanity is a strong proponent of the need to further study, advocate and act on peace. It groups together a number of interrelated initiatives focused on global peace which enjoy the support of a wide range of philanthropists, business people, politicians, religious leaders and intellectuals. It brings a strategic approach to raising the world’s attention and awareness around the importance of peace to humanity’s survival in the 21st century" (A word from our founder, Steve Killelea, ¶3, 2014.08.26).
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Common ESL Mistakes - Business Insider
"Based entirely on ESL essays, the researchers [at MIT and Technion] were able to create a language similarity tree, showing the close links between, for instance, Japanese and Korean. Their language similarity tree looks remarkably similar to one based on data from The World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS)."
tags: algorithms analysis EAL English Japanese Korean languages typology WALS World Atlas of Language Structures
Sunday, August 24, 2014
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Step 7: Images, copyright, and Creative Commons | Edublogs Teacher Challenges
"Information on this page 1 Intro to copyright, fair use and images in posts 2 Intro to creative commons 3 Flickr Creative Commons Images 4 Finding Creative commons images 5 Adding images from Compfight to posts 6 Adding images using the Compfight plugin 7 Free and public domain images 8 Attributing free and public domain images 9 Sources of free and public domain images 10 Using own images 11 Using student photos online 12 Your Task "
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The Ultimate Directory of Free Image Sources - The Edublogger
"Leeman's July 9, 2014, Edublogger post pointed to a number of valuable sources of free images. Yet I'm wondering whether this resource wouldn't survive and possibly even grow if it were to provide seed content for a broad collective endeavour. Some parallels that spring to mind are Levine's 50+ web ways to tell a story wiki (http://50ways.wikispaces.com/50Contribute), and Tom Barrett's interesting ways crowd-sourcing endeavours (http://edte.ch/blog/?page_id=424)."
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Our 3 Favorite Free Online Image Editors For Education - The Edublogger
Teitelman's three top picks for free, easy-to use, online tools for editing images were: 1. Picadillo, 2. Pixlr, and 3. Fotor. Comments also mentioned a fourth, PicMonkey< three or four time in a fortnight.
tags: editing education free images photos students teachers tools
Sunday, August 17, 2014
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How could SLA research inform EdTech? | ELTjam
In this 2014.06.16 guest post and extensive follow-up comments about an evolving educational technology rubric, Thornbury draws upon second language acquisition literature to generate "a list of 'observations'" (¶3), upon which in turn to base general questions about the "fitness for purpose" (¶1) of various products and services available to facilitate and support language learning.
tags: educational technology language learning learning rubrics second language acquisition technology
- An affordance is neither a property of a specific context nor of the learner — it is a relationship between two.’
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MultiBrief: Tips for focusing ELL student presentations
In this July 30, 2014, article, Sullivan shares tips for teachers coaching learners on effective presentation development, practice, and delivery, along with numerous set phrases that presenters in general can use.
tags: conclusions delivery oral language introductory remarks presentations public speaking tips
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Practitioner research in TESOL: 7 ways to get started
In this August 2014 TESOL Connections article, Garton advocates systematic, principle-based practitioner research and, drawing upon the TESOL Research Agenda, suggests a variety of ways to begin.
tags: action research classroom-based enquiry education practitioner research research research methods
Sunday, August 10, 2014
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Checklist for Evaluating Language Learning Technology Materials
Download from EnglishCentral blog post: Webinar: Evaluating language learning technology (2014.07.29)
tags: education learning online resources teaching technology
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Screenr | Instant screencasts: Just click record
Tool for making ree screencasts up to five minutes long–requires Java which runs only on 64 bit browsers (not Chrome).
tags: free recording screencasts screenr tools
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‘Better English equals better pay’ | GulfNews.com
This Gulf News business section article by Cleofe Maceda (2014.07.28) seemed to promote Pearson's Global Scale of English (GSE) for use by recruiters, yet made no mention of "pay" in the article itself.
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“Being part of a global team, it is crucial that we share knowledge and collaborate across regions. It is therefore important that all team members are able to communicate in a single language,” Burcher said in an emailed statement to Gulf News.
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Sunday, August 03, 2014
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"Project-Based Learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges. With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying" (Project-Based Learning [PBL], ¶1). "Wikispaces Classroom provides a simple structure that allows you to create projects, define teams, assign students and manage them all through successful completion of their projects. Starting from pre-built templates, or a blank slate, students can work in private groups until their work is due. At the end of the project you can share the results with the rest of the class or even parents and other participants" (PBL, ¶2). "Our formative assessment reporting let you track student progress on their projects in real-time. You'll know which students are succeeding, which are falling behind, and how much they are contributing to their projects so that you can help remediate, motivate, and challenge when you most need to" (PBL, ¶3).
tags: collaboration formative assessment groups problem-solving project-based learning projects teams templates wikis Wikispaces writing