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Anti-Teaching
Some of you probably know Michael Wesch through his YouTube videos. He’s just published an article in Education Canada entitled “Anti-Teaching: Confronting the Crisis of Signficance.” It is available as a pdf.
If you want to see the significance problem first hand, visit a classroom and pay attention to the types of questions asked by students. [...]
ADHD & Electronic Media
Mind Hacks points us toward a debate in the UK over whether electronic media leads to attention deficits. The Baroness I’m critical of the way ADHD seems to be diagnosed in many cases as: “not paying attention to things I think you should, and expending physical energy in ways I do not approve of.” [...]
Dogears and classroom ROI
Interesting brief article in Queue on IBM’s Dogear social bookmarking tool for the enterprise. It appears to be a system like del.icio.us, but with the ability to assign groups and to set up levels of privacy.
They skip over the most interesting and difficult part: How to get folks to use it! They casually mention that [...]
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Learning as teaching
[This is the second segment of my draft of a learning philosphy. This first part is here: 5 Senses.]
I have learned the most about teaching in the judo dojo. Most good judo organizations fit each of my themes for learning, but they are an especially good reflection of how important teaching is to learning, and [...]
5 Senses
[I'm reworking my learning philosophy, this series of posts will be my first draft.]
Like all philosophies, my learning philosophy is ultimately a personal one, and did not arrive fully-formed. As a result, my learning philosophy is ultimately an autobiographical account. Certain themes remain part of my teaching, largely because of my own experience.
The whole student, [...]
Networked Teaching