The truth about grit – The Boston Globe
The truth about grit – The Boston Globe Posted using ShareThis
2009
A timely classic in light of "Gates-gate"
Even ultra-liberal Cambridge has vestiges of racism. Even internationally respected scholars can be treated as criminals. Profiling is something a white person will likely never experience. An Offering from Peggy McIntosh’s […]
The Obama Plan for Comm Colleges
From Inside Higher Ed: The Obama Plan July 15, 2009 President Obama, as he promised he would, placed community colleges Tuesday in the center of his plans to revitalize the […]
Making it visual = amazing
Please watch this: it really is an amazing and interesting testament to the power of technology to present information in new ways that illuminate the issues: http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html
Resource: Mind and Mood videos on ABC
Behavioral Sci and Health instructors might be interested in using some of these videos in courses: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodResourceCenter/
Interaction in Education
“Getting the Mix Right Again: An updated and theoretical rationale for interaction” by Terry Anderson in The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 4, No 2 (2003): […]
If the students don’t get it, what’s the point?
Learning about Teaching If the students don’t get it, what’s the point? By Andrea Conklin Bueschel Too often, it is easy to assume that students who don’t appear motivated or […]
Tinkering as a Mode of Knowledge Production
This is a short talk by John Seely Brown which was part of a Carnegie Foundation conference in Oct 08. It’s about 10 min long: http://vimeo.com/2183356
Student Engagement Strategies for the Online Classroom
Student Engagement Strategies for the Online Classroom Posted using ShareThis
Significant learning
“One of the first tasks teachers face when designing a course is deciding what they want students to learn or get out of their course. Students will always learn something, […]
