Category Archives: EDU

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  Too Much?

  Posted on September 7, 2010 by Jason in EDU, Thoughts

  Have you ever felt, well, overwhelmed when taking on a new challenge? My degree program requires taking 9 hours on American history and culture. On top of the hours, there is community service/volunteer hours one has to take part in. That part of the requirement is not the challenge as I routinely volunteer for several causes at a time.  The challenge came in [...]

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• Google Docs Viewer

  Posted on April 9, 2010 by Jason in EDU, ESU 10

  You can use Google Docs Viewer to display PDFs, PowerPoints, or TIFF files in an online viewer so your audience does not have to download the file and have a third party view to display your files. You only need to put your files in an accessible place on the Internet. Once you have the [...]

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• What is your favorite EdTech blog?

  Posted on April 6, 2010 by Jason in Blogs, EDU, ESU 10

  Some great blogs people suggested when I asked on Twitter and Facebook: http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/ http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/ http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ http://www.twitter.com/ Follow: Steven Anderson @web20classroom or Richard Byrne @rmbyrne http://fischbowl.com/ I also have some that I use in my WordPress workshop. You can find them here: http://blog.esu10.org/wordpress/training/blogging-resources/ Please share others!

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• 331 – Assignment 1.2

  Posted on January 10, 2010 by Jason in EDU

  Assignment 1.2 As stated in Chapter 2 of your text, critical thinking involves an integrated set of thinking abilities and attitudes, including thinking actively, exploring situations, thinking independently, viewing situations from different perspectives, and discussing ideas in an organized way. For this assignment, you will analyze a fictional court case with Mary Barnett as the [...]

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• 331 – Assignment 1.1

  Posted on January 9, 2010 by Jason in EDU

  Assignment 1.1 Chapter 1 of the text introduces critical thinking as an active process and lays the foundation for achieving goals, making effective decisions and learning to think creatively.  For this assignment, you will analyze a future decision. First, describe an important decision in your academic or personal life that you will have to make [...]

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• 321 – 4.2 The Personal Development Journal

  Posted on December 12, 2009 by Jason in EDU

  This is a reflective post as it relates to my Learning Styles class. We are using the Strenght, Improvement, Insight model. (Beyerlein & Apple, 2005) Strength – Describe the strongest learning experience(s) you had thus far and why it/they were important to you. I have very much appreciated creating and participating in the blogs in [...]

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• Learning Styles Debate?

  Posted on December 5, 2009 by Jason in EDU

  After reading Learning Styles theory at controversy? by Victor Hugo Rojas, I was surprised that there is such debate on Learning Styles. Even to the point where some are calling it racism. I believe education is going to change radically in terms of teaching to the individual and not mass producing industrial age, standardized workers. [...]

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• 321 Assignment 3.2

  Posted on December 5, 2009 by Jason in EDU

  Assignment 3.2 To begin, let’s take a look at the environment which you have created to help your learners learn.* Discuss the following (please provide specific details, so that others may borrow or adapt your ideas for their environment): How have you helped develop/create an environment that promotes trust amongst your learners? How do you [...]

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  Series: Technology to Support Multiple Intelligences

  Posted on December 2, 2009 by Jason in EDU, ESU 10, Presentations, Thoughts

  This is a series of articles on how and which technologies you might use to support the eight individual intelligences as defined in Dr. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Here is a sequential outline of the articles: •  Introduction • Word Smart (linguistic intelligence) • Number Smart (logical-mathematical intelligence) • Picture Smart (spatial intelligence) • [...]

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• Adult Learning Theory – Application in K12

  Posted on December 2, 2009 by Jason in EDU

  Dr. Joel Merenstein, M.D. wrote a piece titled “Does Adult Learning Theory Apply to Children“. My summation of his article is that we need to focus on two primary goals when working with our students: Learning comes from 1) teaching others and/or 2) practice by doing. As I think about this, this may very well [...]

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