Brookhart, Susan M. (2019). A Perfect World Is One with No Grades. ASCD Express, Vol. 14, No. 31. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol14/num31/a-perfect-world-is-one-with-no-grades.aspx
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Monday, August 19, 2019
A Perfect World Is One with No Grades
"To best report learning without the evaluative and sorting/ranking issues surrounding grades, students need to describe (a) what they tried to learn and why, (b) how well they learned it, and (c) how they know (what evidence they have)" (Brookhart, 2019, Support and Report Learning without Grades, ¶2).
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
A few dyslexia [font-related] resources
For the list on the OpenDyslexic’s Related Research page (https://opendyslexic.org/about-2/related-research/), the ThinkMind URL below might work better for item three (Tablet PCs…):
That’s the pointer the first author uses:
For item four (Typefaces for Dyslexia), I think OpenDyslexic meant _previously_ "at dyslexic.com/fonts.” The link seemed broken; so here’s a new one:
That article recommended ... a BDA Tech page (https://bdatech.org/what-technology/typefaces-for-dyslexia/), which indicated, “It is likely that line length, line spacing and font size are just as important" as fonts, and referred to Bigelow & Holmes 2014 post reviewing research:
In 2014, on GitHub, Niclas Darville (ndarville) shared a link to a ready-made Google Scholar search:
Two of the top three hits from that search today are behind paywalls.
French et al. (2013) may shed light on general benefits from alternative fonts. Rello and Baeze-Yates (2013) found, "Sans serif, monospaced and roman font styles significantly improved the reading performance over serif, proportional and italic fonts" (Abstract).
A Master's thesis from University of Twente by Leeuw (2010) examined one font in particular, Dyslexie. Leeuw's thesis is accessible on Google Drive.
That’s the pointer the first author uses:
- http://www.ub.uio.no/english/about/people/ubodigit/andrega/
- See Publications: Gasparini, Andrea, & Culén, Alma (2012).
For item four (Typefaces for Dyslexia), I think OpenDyslexic meant _previously_ "at dyslexic.com/fonts.” The link seemed broken; so here’s a new one:
That article recommended ... a BDA Tech page (https://bdatech.org/what-technology/typefaces-for-dyslexia/), which indicated, “It is likely that line length, line spacing and font size are just as important" as fonts, and referred to Bigelow & Holmes 2014 post reviewing research:
In 2014, on GitHub, Niclas Darville (ndarville) shared a link to a ready-made Google Scholar search:
Two of the top three hits from that search today are behind paywalls.
French et al. (2013) may shed light on general benefits from alternative fonts. Rello and Baeze-Yates (2013) found, "Sans serif, monospaced and roman font styles significantly improved the reading performance over serif, proportional and italic fonts" (Abstract).
A Master's thesis from University of Twente by Leeuw (2010) examined one font in particular, Dyslexie. Leeuw's thesis is accessible on Google Drive.
References
- French, M. M. J., Blood, A., Bright, N. D., Futak, D., Grohmann, M. J., Hasthorpe, A., … Tabor, J. (2013). Changing Fonts in Education: How the Benefits Vary with Ability and Dyslexia. The Journal of Educational Research, 106(4), 301–304. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2012.736430
- Leeuw, R. de. (2010, December 21). Special font for dyslexia? Retrieved from http://essay.utwente.nl/60474/
- Rello, L., & Baeza-Yates, R. (2013). Good Fonts for Dyslexia. In Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (p. 14:1--14:8). New York, NY, USA: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2513383.2513447
Alternative webpage readability extensions for Google Chrome
Searching for a replacement for Clearly, which has disappeared from Chrome extensions, I found a pointer to the following GitHub page in a comment on an Apps User Group post:
A few alternatives mentioned either in Curts' blog post and embedded YouTube video about alternatives (Control Alt Achieve, 2016.01.20), or in comments on it, included:
At present, Easy Reader:
If you favor either Easy Reader or Just Read, please share your rationale(s) in comments on this post.
- Alternatives for the Clearly readability extension (Eric Curts, 2016.01.21).
(Zach Saucier, 2016.10.28)
A few alternatives mentioned either in Curts' blog post and embedded YouTube video about alternatives (Control Alt Achieve, 2016.01.20), or in comments on it, included:
- BeeLine Reader (http://www.beelinereader.com/)
- Featured in Curts' blog post and YouTube video
- https://youtu.be/Q0sLceZAPDY (2016.01.20)
- 3.9 star rating by 150 (Chrome Web Store, 2017.09.06)
- Just Read:
- Maintained (Unknown, 2016.10.27)
- Mercury Reader (https://mercury.postlight.com/reader/)
- 3.9 star rating by 1426 (Chrome Web Store, 2017.09.06)
- Readability:
- Obsolete (Michael, 2017.03.21)
- Reportedly replaced by Mercury Reader (Anonymous, 2017.05.21)
- The Readability site said, "[C]heck out Mercury Reader" (c. 2016).
At present, Easy Reader:
- 4.7 stars by 472 of 30,587 users (Chrome Web Store, 2017.09.06)
- 4.7 stars by 376 of 72, 480 users (Chrome Web Store, 2017.09.06).
If you favor either Easy Reader or Just Read, please share your rationale(s) in comments on this post.
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Sunday, February 03, 2013
Google Search for "online teaching"
A Google Search this morning (online teaching), turned up a couple of interesting hits. That is, they were interesting enough for me to review and then tag them in Diigo, a social bookmarking system that I use for micro-blogging instead of Twitter. I've replicated the two tagged entries below.
The first, Starter.co.nz, I thought may be of interest to teachers of young learners, who can browse previews of available resources, and decide whether such a subscription service would be of value to them or their schools. So I posted it to the Classroom 2.0 group, as I was adding it to my list of Educational Technology items.
The second, from the Designing for Learning website, has an intended audience of university faculty members new to online teaching, or interested in imporving their online teaching practices. So I decided to post it to the Moodle4Teachers group, as well as two others to which I belong, and cross-listed in both my Educational Technology and my Faculty Development lists.
When I returned again to the Google Search page, I noticed Google also had spotted "49 [other] items in ... [my] Diigo Library." Please feel free to check them out, too, and if you have any favorites or hot picks of your own, please share them in return.
The first, Starter.co.nz, I thought may be of interest to teachers of young learners, who can browse previews of available resources, and decide whether such a subscription service would be of value to them or their schools. So I posted it to the Classroom 2.0 group, as I was adding it to my list of Educational Technology items.
A follow-on to the no longer active http://www.teachingonline.org/ site, "starters.co.nz is a web-based subscription resource for schools featuring over 1600 quality pdf, ready-to-use lesson plans including digital resources such as videos and websites that enhance and add depth to the lessons. / Our lessons are based on and cover all areas of the New Zealand Curriculum and are grouped for Yrs 1–4 and Yrs 4–9+. / starters is particularly useful for printing out easy-to-follow quality lessons for relieving teachers" (deck, 2013.02.03).
The second, from the Designing for Learning website, has an intended audience of university faculty members new to online teaching, or interested in imporving their online teaching practices. So I decided to post it to the Moodle4Teachers group, as well as two others to which I belong, and cross-listed in both my Educational Technology and my Faculty Development lists.
On this page, Boettcher explains, "ten best practices for anyone just getting started in the online environment. Research and experience suggest that these practices contribute to an effective, efficient and satisfying teaching and learning experience for both faculty and students" (para. 2, retrieved 2012.02.03 ["Minor revisions May 2011"]).
When I returned again to the Google Search page, I noticed Google also had spotted "49 [other] items in ... [my] Diigo Library." Please feel free to check them out, too, and if you have any favorites or hot picks of your own, please share them in return.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Two articles, one after the other: 1 + 1 = 0.5?
Toward the end of last year, two extremely similar articles about one study showed up in social media networks for language educators worldwide. Both articles splashed on sensational headlines to make it sound almost like the findings represented everyone in Japan – population: 127 million (2010 estimate, WolframAlpha).
- Nearly 90% dissatisfied with Japan's English education: survey – The Mainichi, December 3, 2012; and
- Arama, they didn't! LiveJournal, December 4, 2012
- 21st Century English Langauge Learners, Teachers and Administrators: Ajaan Rob Hatfield, Scoop.it, December 5, 2012
- TESOL Intl Assn, Twitter, December 5, 2012
- Japanese highly unhappy with English education quality in the country – Ida Torres, The Japan Daily Press, December 4, 2012
- TESOL International Association, English Langauge Bulletin; December 12, 2012
- ELT Professionals around the World: Ian Butler, LinkedIn, c. December 15, 2012
Neither of those two articles cites the Rakuten Research study in a way that enables readers to find it easily. Nor do any of the other as-is social media representations of the articles shed any additional light on the subject.
If you're interested in reading either the original Rakuten Research press release, or the online report, both dated November 21, 2012; they're here:
If you're interested in reading either the original Rakuten Research press release, or the online report, both dated November 21, 2012; they're here:
- 楽天リサーチ、「日本の英語教育」に関する調査を発表 (press release)
- http://corp.rakuten.co.jp/news/press/2012/1121_02.html
- Apparently not published in English (press releases [2012])
- 日本の英語教育に関する調査 (report)
- http://research.rakuten.co.jp/report/20121121/
- PDF: http://research.rakuten.co.jp/report/pdf/english_20121121.pdf
- Though the filename seems to suggest that the PDF is in English, it isn't.
At best, both articles cherry-picked findings from a Rakuten Research report covering only 1000 subjects, parents of children whom the articles describe variously as "underage" (Mainichi) or simply "young" (Torres). The survey actually involved 1000 16- to 69-year-old men and women with non-adult children (report, ¶1). The prospective population from which those 1000 responses derived included approximately two and a quarter million subscribed monitors (report, ¶1) earning points redeemable for Rakuten services – a response rate of approximately 0.04%.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
[1 of] 7 Ways to Avoid Inbox Overload When Collecting Assignments
Richard Byrne made DROPitTOme sound like a winner:
"DROPitTOme works by synchronizing with your Drop Box account. After connecting the two services DROPitTOme provides a url that you can give to others to upload files to your Drop Box account." (Byrne, 2011.09.06, 7 Ways..., DROPitTOme, ¶2).
(via Blog this)
YouTube video: Uploaded by DROPitTOme on Oct 8, 2010
Sunday, October 21, 2012
An initial go at embedding from diagram.ly
It's hard to believe how easy it is to use this free diagramming tool. Thanks to who ever it was who pointed it out!
Here's a rebuilt view:
Here's a rebuilt view:
Monday, June 04, 2012
Spell with Flickr
Spell with flickr
Thanks to Isabelle Jones for point[ing] this out as a tool capable of supporting "development of both writing and speaking skills" (My Languages, Memory Joggers..., 2012.06.01). Check it out!
Thursday, May 17, 2012
TED Gets Better & Better — Now With ‘TED Quotes”
In TED Gets Better & Better — Now With ‘TED Quotes”, Larry said, "TED began a new searchable feature called TED Quotes. They highlight great quotes from their TED Talks, and they link back to the presentation[s]" (February 14, 2012).
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Which Google Docs for Beginners?
The presentation below recap's a pilot study I've undertaken to gather opinions regarding the most suitable Google Docs for beginning Google Docs users.
If you are willing to take part in the survey itself, please submit your responses, once, in a form you'll find here (opens in a new window). If you have questions or concerns about either the pilot study or the current survey, please post them in comments on this post. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
If you are willing to take part in the survey itself, please submit your responses, once, in a form you'll find here (opens in a new window). If you have questions or concerns about either the pilot study or the current survey, please post them in comments on this post. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Monday, December 12, 2011
Ode to #Pencilchat by MiddleLevelEd
Ode to #Pencilchat: Technology Integration in the Classroom
by: MiddleLevelEd
by: MiddleLevelEd
In honor of Twitter's #pencilchat, I put together some of the more memorable tweets to create this video. I plan to use it for upcoming professional development workshops about technology integration in the classroom. It's a light-hearted look at the spectrum of where we sit regarding technology in the classroom and meeting our students' needs. Enjoy! (Xtranormal, MiddleLevelEd, 2011.12.07)
Thursday, December 01, 2011
pabeaufait's favorites strike again
This is more like what I was hoping for:
The Global Player graphic that appears first is © alles-schlumpf (May 28, 2009).
The Global Player graphic that appears first is © alles-schlumpf (May 28, 2009).
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
My Startup Labels
books, brainstorms, drafts, essay prep., essays, free-writing, graphics, links, media, movies, outlines, quickposts, reviews, revisions, typing, websites
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Clay Shirky: How social media can make history | Video on TED.com
Clay Shirky: How social media can make history | Video on TED.com
"TED ideas worth spreading" mesh easily with Blogger. With a single click on the Blogger button below a video display on site, it generated a post with an enclosure link to the video on site (now removed) and the linked text that remains above the video here. Code for embedding the video in this post was just two additional clicks away (Share, then Copy).
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