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July 2012 - A Difference
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60 000 times faster than text" . Really? I just got an email from Alan Levine. He's sniffing around for the origin of the quote many folks have often used, myself included, that we process visual information 60 000 times faster than text. Cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo. Shared by [phil h]. Here's what Alan said:. Research at 3M Corporation concluded that we process visuals 60000 times faster than text. Or spread to someone who can? Here's what I found . I thought the inclusion of a colon here was ...
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Are Laptops Really Bad For Learning? - A Difference
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Are Laptops Really Bad For Learning? A study was recently published in the Journal of Psychological Science. And subsequently reported on in The Atlantic. The Association for Psychological Science. Several educational blogs, The Washington Post. And elsewhere online. The study is titled: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking. The general consensus seems to be that people learn more effectively when taking notes using pen and paper rather than laptops. The r...
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February 2015 - A Difference
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You, Your Kids, and Your Phones. A while back I shared some ideas for talking about Digital Citizenship using visual metaphors. It's important to continue these conversations in school amongst educators and with our students. We have to involve parents too. We have to move beyond stranger danger. And scare tactics. Sharing frightening stories (often overstated) does nothing to model positive outcomes or move the conversation to discussions of how to deal with something gone wrong. Always in beta ∞β.
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March 2014 - A Difference
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5 Rules of Thumb for Teaching HOTS. What are some concrete and powerful pedagogical approaches you can leverage in a 1-to-1 or BYOD teaching environment? What sort of practices shift the focus of teaching and learning from Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) to Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)? 5 Rules of Thumb (designing HOTS classroom activities). Personalize Tasks to Students' Life Experiences. This is sometimes described as "personalized learning". And the British Columbia Education Plan. Giving ef...
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You, Your Kids, and Your Phones - A Difference
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You, Your Kids, and Your Phones. A while back I shared some ideas for talking about Digital Citizenship using visual metaphors. It's important to continue these conversations in school amongst educators and with our students. We have to involve parents too. We have to move beyond stranger danger. And scare tactics. Sharing frightening stories (often overstated) does nothing to model positive outcomes or move the conversation to discussions of how to deal with something gone wrong. You Might Also Like.
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September 2014 - A Difference
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Are Laptops Really Bad For Learning? A study was recently published in the Journal of Psychological Science. And subsequently reported on in The Atlantic. The Association for Psychological Science. Several educational blogs, The Washington Post. And elsewhere online. The study is titled: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking. The general consensus seems to be that people learn more effectively when taking notes using pen and paper rather than laptops. The r...
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January 2012 - A Difference
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Too Big To Know #edbookclub. How'd you like to know "how our concept of knowledge is changing in the age of the Net"? John Seely Brown quoted from the dust jacket). Since I first heard David Weinberger say: "The smartest person in the room is: The Room! I've repeated it often. I've seen it in action. In his new book Too Big To Know. Anyway, the book was published on 3 January 2012 and I just got my copy of it today. In the last 10 days or so the idea of an #edbookclub. The purpose of this Twitter discuss...
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February 2012 - A Difference
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Linked text is different. Cc licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by Jack Amick. A few years back my friend Bud Hunt published an unusual post on his blog; it was titled Going South. In just a few short sentences he shared that he'd be spending a week visiting his grandfather's garden. "As best as I can determine, the first reference on the Internet to my grandfather, a man that I know far too little about, is this one." he wrote. There was one link in the entire post; the words " this one. And another. Onl...
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Student Voices Episode 2: Tim_MATH_y - A Difference
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Student Voices Episode 2: Tim MATH y. Please feel free to leave Tim MATH y your comments here or on this post on her class blog. You can find the archive of his most recent online work in his class blog. 72Mb, 15 min. 3 sec.). Photo Credit: Shadow singer. By flickr user EugeniusD80. You Might Also Like. I love learning; and I like to teach. Always in beta ∞β. Find Me Around The Web. Learning about learning . Best viewed "full screen." (Click on bottom right corner of any video when playing.).
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Student Voices Episode 3: Chris, Craig, and Graeme - A Difference
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Student Voices Episode 3: Chris, Craig, and Graeme. In this episode of Student Voices three Advanced Placement Calculus students, Chris, Craig, and Graeme, talk about a wiki assignment they did to prepare for the exam. Then the conversation transitions to a discussion of the many things they learned while doing their Developing Expert Voices. Project. It ends with a challenge, the result of which will be featured in a future podcast. You can find their project on this year's Developing Expert Voices blog.