the pencil demonstration – an example of technology that doesn’t fail (and passive aggressive means to reduce lap top use in classrooms) used to leave me satisfied. not so much anymore.  but i am still struggling to see how technology improves the teaching environment. okay. challenge is to collaborate by curating videos on education/technology. my personal comfort alarm bells that someone will find out i don’t know anything need to be silenced – i push on. wait. omidog i’m so […]

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Having joined @ontarioextend #oext116, i find myself thwarted in my daily challenges. ‘just do 5 minutes in the morning’ pleads my tech savvy friend. ugh. there are a myriad of reasons this past week that have resulted in no progress in my daily challenges. reasons. rationalizations. po-tay-toe. po-tat-o. i didn’t do many. diving into the marking again to post comments on my students’ progress in their ‘new to you’ assignment: a regular in the critical thinking course i teach wherein […]

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Patch #21 – Just Listen Chuck Pearson, Tusculum College, Tennessee The goal is not for the student to mimic your own explanation; the goal is for the student to arrive at their own accurate explanation. That’s not something that happens without intention. That’s something you can make specific plans to develop in the way you organize a class meeting or an assignment. But that requires listening to students in the moment. Feedback isn’t just helpful with a graded report or […]

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@ontarioextend #oext103 expanding to include growth in unexpected places pic.twitter.com/VixOCAegGH — wendy ward (@wenward) March 6, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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