5 Powerful Questions Teachers Can Ask Students My first year teaching a literacy coach came to observe my classroom. After the students left, she commented on how I asked the whole class a question, would wait just a few seconds, and then answer it myself. "It's cute," she added. Um, I don't think she thought it was so cute. I think she was treading lightly on the ever-so shaky ego of a brand-new teacher while still giving me some very necessary feedback. So that day, I learned about wait/think time. Many would agree that for inquiry to be alive and well in a classroom that, amongst other things, the teacher needs to be expert at asking strategic questions, and not only asking well-designed ones, but ones that will also lead students to questions of their own. Keeping It Simple I also learned over the years that asking straightforward, simply-worded questions can be just as effective as those intricate ones. #1. This question interrupts us from telling too much. #2. #3. #4. #5. How do you ask questions in your classroom?
10 Social Media Mistakes You're Probably Making Social media. Connecting teachers. Intriguing students Offering resources. Cataloguing information with hashtags. Streamlining information consumption. A Very Academic Problem The Teachers vs The Greeks Teachers: Please stop using the word ‘academic’. You don’t know what it means. When you say things like “this is an academic school”, or “we need to lift our academic standards”, or even “I am an academic”, it’s clear that you have no idea what you’re saying, because you’ve used an oxymoron, a tautology and a lie respectively. What’s worse is that you perpetuate the problems in education every time you misuse the word. No doubt, the more alert among you will point me towards the dictionary to defend yourselves. We need to go back to the Greek root of the word if we are going to get to the hidden heart of it: Akademos comes from the Greek for “healing the people” as is most famously associated with ‘The Academy’ in Athens and some of the greatest minds in Western philosophy. So already, we have associations with healing, peace, tranquility, thinking, holistic growth and wisdom. Let’s look to The Academy for more: The Academy is most famously associated with Plato.
8 Top Tips to Create an Effective Social Learning Strategy In this article, you'll find Social Learning tips, advice, and techniques for creating a successful Social Learning Strategy. From research to implementation, I'll walk you through on how to develop a Social Learning Strategy that engages learners and encourages collaborative eLearning. In today's tech-savvy world, it's pretty common to carry on conversations with people halfway around the world, or to tap into a wealth of informational resources without even leaving home. As a result, learning via social media platforms is becoming ever more popular. Assess your current eLearning strategy to determine how to move forward. So, by integrating social media into your eLearning deliverables you will increase interactivity and collaboration among your learners, not to mention that the overall learning experience will become more engaging and informative.
The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter Part of an occasional series about the way digital culture affects the way we think, learn and live. Sara: Haha there was a weird comercial for computers that had flying sumo wrestlers John: Hahaha saweeeeet I’m still tryin to picture how that works Sarah: Haha yeah so am I this opening ceremony is so weird John: It must be Sarah K: Now there’s little kids doing karate This is a typical teenage text exchange captured by an academic. Add five hours or so a day spent online, where the most common activity is yet more typing away on social networks. This outpouring often produces an anguished outcry, particularly in September as kids head back to school and screen time starts competing with homework: Technology, pundits warn, is zombifying our young and wrecking their ability to communicate clearly. But is this actually “the dumbest generation”? In fact, there’s powerful evidence that digital tools are helping young people write and think far better than in the past. Literate? It hadn’t.
Les Nouveaux Outils Numériques pour la recherche scientifique Que vous soyez étudiants, chercheurs ou ingénieurs vous maîtrisez probablement à la perfection certains outils informatiques : powerpoint, éditeurs de texte, messageries électroniques. D’autres outils, moins utilisés, existent et ont chacun une utilité spécifique. En recherche comme dans de nombreux domaines, il est important d’organiser son emploi du temps et d’utiliser des outils pertinents et adaptés. Avez-vous besoin d’organiser votre veille bibliographique, d’échanger des fichiers volumineux ou bien d’optimiser votre travail d’équipe ? Une version en anglais de cet article est disponible : The new digital tools for scientific research Gestion bibliographique et veille scientifique Notre article sur les outils de veille scientifique en open access et moteurs de recherche est resté depuis septembre 2011 l’article le plus consulté sur le blog MyScienceWork. La première étape de ce processus est la veille scientifique. La bibliographie à l'ancienne - Crédits : gadl/Flikr Les inclassables
Brainstorming: More Questions Than Answers | Product Talk There’s been a lot of confusion around brainstorming these days. First, there was the New Yorker article by Jonah Lehrer claiming that brainstorming doesn’t work. Scott Berkun wrote a rebuttal arguing Lehrer’s logic was flawed. What is brainstorming? The term was introduced by Alex Faickney Osborn in his books, Your Creative Power and Applied Imagination , from the late 1940s / early 1950s. Osborn argued in order for brainstorming to work, people had to overcome social inhibitions and focus on generating a large number of ideas. * Focus on quantity. * Withhold criticism. * Welcome unusual ideas. * Combine and improve ideas. Some of these might sound familiar, the first two in particular, as these are what we typically associate with brainstorming. Why brainstorming might not work? Jonah Lehrer authored an article, Groupthink: The Myth of Brainstorming” in the January 30, 2012 issue of The New Yorker, where he claimed, “there is a problem with brainstorming. , Leherer’s book, does. . . .
L’apprentissage social en ligne : ramener la dimension sociale pour favoriser l’engagement | Blogue d'Ellicom Véritable buzzword, l’apprentissage social, de l’anglais « social learning », est sur toutes les lèvres. François Ronai, stratège en solutions d’apprentissage, nous parle de l’utilisation de cette approche en formation en ligne, fondée essentiellement sur la collaboration, qui s’avère être beaucoup plus qu’une tendance passagère. Quelle est votre définition de l’apprentissage social en ligne (social eLearning)? L’apprentissage social en ligne ramène la dimension sociale dans le monde du e-learning. Quels peuvent être les principaux bénéfices de l’apprentissage social en ligne pour une organisation? Les bénéfices se font d’abord sentir du point de vue des concepteurs: inclure un volet social et collaboratif à leur stratégie de formation en ligne leur permet de développer les contenus beaucoup plus vite et en mode continu. En quoi l’apprentissage social en ligne favorise-t-il l’engagement des apprenants? C’est simple : sans engagement, il n’y a pas de réel apprentissage social.
The Difference Between Doing Projects Versus Learning Through Projects The Difference Between Doing Projects Versus Learning Through Projects by Terry Heick We’ve clarified the difference between projects and project-based learning before. Projects are about the product, while project-based learning is about the process. Projects are generally teacher-directed, universal, and tangent to the learning, while project-based learning is student-centered, personal, and the learning pathway itself. Put simply, it is an approach to learning rather than something to complete. Paul Curtis recently shared this excellent visual on twitter that takes a different approach to clarifying the difference, looking at it from the perspective of curriculum planning and instructional design. Note that this is only one approach. Thoughts, comments, or related resources in the comments below. The Difference Between Doing Projects Versus Learning Through Projects
Is social media the future of science dissemination? | Research Media Recent advances in technology have given us the ability to communicate in ways we could only have imagined, even just a few years ago. Smartphones and social media channels have made it easier than ever to reach people across the world in real-time. For science, the benefits of communication technologies have been significant, facilitating collaboration, knowledge exchange, research and dissemination, as well as engagement and dialogue. While there are many obvious pluses to having a variety of platforms and channels through which to interact, modern communication also poses some serious questions: how should researchers use new media to further their work, and perhaps more importantly, if they choose not to, will they be left behind? Building a digital presence A robust communication/dissemination plan Whether or not scientists decide to use social media as a means to promote their work, a well-thought out communication and dissemination strategy is increasingly becoming a must.
Say What? 5 Ways to Get Students to Listen Ah, listening, the neglected literacy skill. I know when I was a high school English teacher this was not necessarily a primary focus; I was too busy honing the more measurable literacy skills -- reading, writing, and speaking. But when we think about career and college readiness, listening skills are just as important. So how do we help kids become better listeners? Strategy #1: Say it Once Repeating ourselves in the classroom will produce lazy listening in our students. Of course you don't want to leave distracted students in the dust so for those few who forgot to listen, you can advise them to, "ask three, then ask me." Strategy #2: Turn and Talk One way to inspire active listening in your students is to give them a listening task. Strategy #3: Student Hand Signals Asking students to pay full attention and indicating that they will follow this with a non-verbal signal is a wonderful tool for sharpening those listening skills. Strategy #4: Pay Attention, Pause, Paraphrase
How to get published in an academic journal: top tips from editors | Higher Education Network Writing for academic journals is highly competitive. Even if you overcome the first hurdle and generate a valuable idea or piece of research - how do you then sum it up in a way that will capture the interest of reviewers? There’s no simple formula for getting published - editors’ expectations can vary both between and within subject areas. But there are some challenges that will confront all academic writers regardless of their discipline. How should you respond to reviewer feedback? Is there a correct way to structure a paper? The writing stage 1) Focus on a story that progresses logically, rather than chronologically Take some time before even writing your paper to think about the logic of the presentation. 2) Don’t try to write and edit at the same time Open a file on the PC and put in all your headings and sub-headings and then fill in under any of the headings where you have the ideas to do so. 3) Don’t bury your argument like a needle in a haystack Submitting your work