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Co:Writer6 for kids with difficulty writing

Started Dec 4, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

This appears to be an interesting and potentially useful tool for students who have difficulty writing, either because of physical problems or because of expressive or spelling difficulties. It is…Continue

On reading "Assessment and Evaluation" in Technology Integration for Meanngful Classroom Use

Started Nov 20, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

This week's chapter, Assessing Student Learning, provided a reasonable overview of instructional evaluation. In particular I appreciated the emphasis on the use of rubrics. Early in the chapter…Continue

Co:Writer 6 for kids who have difficulty writing

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Mar 28, 2012

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Video tools (sigh)

(Sigh) I hate to sound like an old curmudgeon because I really like technology. But all of the tools I tried for the this week's tech-course assignment seem so labor-intensive. Which is fine, if there's a distinct payoff that makes them worthwhile. I hate to say it but the amount of time that an individual instructor would need to invest in creating a video, or cartoons, or other media for instructional use seems disproportionate to the potential impact. More than that, it diverts precious…See More

Mar 11, 2012

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Aaron Ross commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post "Productivity" tools--GoogleDocs?

"A few comments (full disclosure - I use Google docs and forms for many, many things): 1) In terms of speed of googledocs, the key is not your connection speed but your web browser. Internet explorer is awful for googledocs. Firefox is…"

Feb 27, 2012

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"Productivity" tools--GoogleDocs?

The course's subject of the week is productivity tools, but the textbook gives over most of the chapter to GoogleDocs. I am having a hard time understanding why GoogleDocs and its ilk are classified as productivity tools since "productivity" refers to the rate at which actions are accomplished, typically expressed as output per unit of labor. Now, GoogleDocs could legitimately and accurately be described as a collaboration tool, but no one has yet convinced me that it is a productivity tool. …See More

Feb 26, 2012

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Feb 5, 2012

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Learning to tweet

This blog post, required for the course in Instructional Technology, is the deeply-considered product of three full hours on Twitter, in which time I've set up an account, sent a tweet to my daughter, signed up to follow a dozen or so individuals or organizations, read a bunch of web sites on the educational uses of Twitter and tried to come up with a lesson plan employing Twitter. These thoughts therefore give promise of being as reckless as a teenager's driving. Come to think of it, if I…See More

Feb 5, 2012

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Aaron Ross commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post Khan Academy--Part One

"Keep in mind that Khan is an MIT guy - it makes sense that his videos are in his areas of comfort. His challenge, if he chooses to go that way, is to branch out into the social sciences as well."

Feb 1, 2012

Gil Perl commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post KHAN ACADEMY--PART TWO

"I'm with Noam - looking forward to part three!"

Feb 1, 2012

Noam Davidovics commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post KHAN ACADEMY--PART TWO

"Great article, and you are absolutely correct. Khan was clearly referring to his videos, which are arguably not terribly intuitive for many students. Interestingly Khan Academy just hired a new person who does make what could be described as more…"

Jan 16, 2012

Laurence Scheindlin commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post KHAN ACADEMY--PART TWO

"Hi Jane, I hadn't planned to but certainly could. Any thoughts about where? Larry"

Jan 13, 2012

Jane Taubenfeld Cohen commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post KHAN ACADEMY--PART TWO

"Larry, are you sharing this in other places as well? You have important analysis here that could help a field that is looking deeply at blended learning. "

Jan 13, 2012

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KHAN ACADEMY--PART TWO

I've now expanded my research for this course assignment beyond Khan Academy, and have learned that the term "flipped classroom" is not original to Khan. It seems that around 2005 various people began advancing the notion of video lectures. Since every American educational idea gets product-branded before it gets a theory or articulated practice, it comes as no surprise that in those early days various names vied for preeminence, most notably "blended learning" and "reverse instruction." The…See More

Jan 12, 2012

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Tzvi D. Daum commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post Khan Academy--Part One

"Noam, Couldn't agree with your comments more. I recently visited the Kahn Academy website to see what they have for History, English, Social Studies etc, things that I thought would more readily compare to what Judaic Studies students are…"

Jan 4, 2012

Noam Davidovics commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post Khan Academy--Part One

"We use it in grades 4-6 as essentially their entire math curriculum and as enrichment and review for 2nd and 3rd grade. The problem as I see it in creating this for any other subject is two fold. 1) Few subjects lend themselves so neatly to each…"

Jan 3, 2012

Laurence Scheindlin commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post Khan Academy--Part One

"That's very helpful info. What grades do you use the materials for? And have you tried creating anything similar for Judaic studies?"

Jan 3, 2012

Noam Davidovics commented on Laurence Scheindlin's blog post Khan Academy--Part One

"Great Analysis. To be honest, at Ohr Chadash the videos are not used all that much, and I have found are not great at moving most students past a block in an exercise (although for some students it definitely does help). So our focus is on the…"

Jan 3, 2012

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Wikis

Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:50pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

I love the concept of wikis, the subject of this week's (admission: I'm a week late, so it was last week's) assignment. After reading The Wisdom of Crowds a few years ago as well as some data on the error rate in the Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia (surprisingly favorable to Wikipedia, as I recall), I began to comprehend the power of wikis.

Of course, Wikipedia has quality control, something that cannot be assumed for your everyday wiki. Still, the fact that people might add…

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Second Life--Blog post for tech course assignment

Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Stupid. And frustrating. If Second Life didn't drag so slowly, with hesitations and agonizing moments of waiting for every action to happen, it wouldn't be so frustrating. Which it was. Extremely.

But even if it weren't frustrating, it still would be stupid.

Which reminds of the old Laurel and Hardy routine:

"You're crazy.

You're drunk.

You're crazy.

You're drunk.

Tomorrow I'll be sober, you'll…

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