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i Rate This Flickr photo by Florian Leroy I have probably already shared that I am a blog convert. Originally unimpressed with the power of this medium, I have grown over time to value its place in the technology toolbox. Blogs provide an easy way to compose an ongoing series of writings and receive comments on them, while at the same time publishing a customized basic website with pages of static content.
Eight strategies for using blogs in a course
i Rate This A new study found that students who used Twitter over the course of a semester to contribute to class discussion and complete assignments became more than twice as engaged in class as a control group. Reynol Junco , who conducted the research at Lock Haven University, has spent years exploring student use of technology.
Study connects Twitter and Engagement
WCYDWT
i Rate This “What Can You Do With This?” (WCYDWT) is a concept promoted by math teacher Dan Meyer. The 11-minute video below gives you an introduction. Meyer talks about TV producer David Milch, who believes that watching too many sitcoms has shaped our brains to expect simple problems.
Storytelling gives us a framework for certain mathematical tasks that is both prescriptive enough to be useful and flexible enough to be usable . Many stories divide into three acts, each of which maps neatly onto these mathematical tasks. Act One
What can you do with this?
