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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags Pedagogy & learning

December 2006

Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions

The site poses problems in lateral or logical thinking, from easy to hard, with both hints and answers. Great party conversation and something kids will like.

November 2006

Visuarios: broadcast your skills

how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.

activelearning strategies

a philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography

Adding meaning and value to information

what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others

Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University

Geography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.

GEO 101 World Human Geography

very evocative discussion guides for students doing exercises in and thinking about a wide variety of physical and cultural spaces; writers can gets lots of ideas from this course and its notes

Morgans Office :: biro.bemidjistate.edu | Office / HomePage

very interestingly designed home page of rhetoric teacher, in the form of a wkik; lots of discussion of teaching, new media, softeware

Connectivism Blog

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a new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture

Incredible Art Lessons

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many art lessons from preschool through college; lots of stimuli for the imagination, lots of detail if you are a parent or teacher

Teaching resources links

a wide variety of intriguing paths to follow, listed alphabetically; a interesting way to set up a links page, although I prefer annotations

Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3

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Oct 06, review of software potentially useful to students and teachers; overview useful for folks interested in thinking about Internet and education in new ways

October 2006

Making Sense of Evidence

strategies for analyzing online primary materials, with interactive exercises and a guide to traditional and online sources--many kinds of historical materials discussed; useful in most teaching areas

Department of Anthropology

The University of Alabama's Anthropology Department has links to course materials, lectures, resources developed by students, and outside links. A model for Internet academic resources institutionally.

August 2006

eLearn: Feature Article

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good overview of shifts in edtech to new kinds of networked learning

July 2006

Techszewski

edublog with focus on digital storytelling

June 2006