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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags Pedagogy & theory

November 2006

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

American Studies Electronic Crossroads

large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research

Connectivism Blog

by 1 other
a new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture

Knowing Knowledge

useful summary by George Siemens of his ideas from new book; educators need to rethink all ideas about knowledge, education, and learning for young people growing up in the Internet era

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

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

July 2006

Surftrail: Anders Fagerjord's Blog

attractively designed blog tracing the thinkers the author found useful in areas of internet and blog theory, as well as other conceptual pursuits, categorized on the left side of the page

June 2006

SupportBlogging!

Fights current backlash against social networking sites, especially in terms of educational policies for k-12 schools and districts.

Juggling Theory

thoughtful considerations of critical theory and progressive teaching, well written

2 Cents Worth

changing nature of information now

MIT OpenCourseWare | OCW Home

by 48 others
pioneering program to publish MIT course materials; study a course or refer to course materials on your own; a wide list of topics

Cool Cat Teacher Blog

important and well written edublog