Mariana Abuan and Ryan Toth TOEFL Preparation: Second Language Immersion Second language immersion is found in ESL, sheltered content, and adjunct classes. In these classes, the input is still adjusted to the students’ needs, but their first languages and…
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Jeong’s Final Research Project: Connectivism
by Jeong Kinser • • 2 Comments
What is Social Networking and Where We Are with Technology The term, social networking, can be defined as an act of individual’s subdividing activity with specific groups on-line. Examples can be fans of Paulo Coelho’s books, Starbucks Coffee lovers, Asian…
L33t powerpoint and notes
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links to the powerpoint and my notes
Text Messaging
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Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons by AP: Yahoo! Tech
Who is Teaching Whom?
by Mike • • 1 Comment
Pedagogical relevance means the teacher keeps up with current technology: blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking. These technologies are currently changing and they will not be current for long.
Media Artifact: What a Picture is Really Worth
by Alex Janney • • 0 Comments
In November, 1945, amid the traditional upstate NY snow, my grandparents were married. During a 17- day delay en route, my grandfather, a member of the Airforce, decided that there was no time like then to tie the knot. The…
Media Artifact: The Internet, i-pod, and Facebook, oh my!
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I was born before I should have been. I was born just in time to miss inclusion into the digital native generation. Surfing the internet wasn’t a common household activity when I was in high-school. Word-processing was not a part of…
Learning through Games . . .
by kmontero • • 0 Comments
Both articles, “Learning and Games” and “Productive Gaming: The Case for Historiographic Game Play” are built upon the statement “video games are virtual experiences centered on problem solving, they recruit learning and mastery as a form of pleasure” (Gee, 16).…
Media Artifact Exercise – The Smart Phone
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I remember watching old episodes of “Get Smart” where the bumbling agent Maxwell Smart would answer telephone calls from his shoe. I recall thinking to myself, “Wow! How amazing would that be if you could call anyone, at anytime, in…
Media Artifact Exercise
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For this exercise, I was experiencing difficulty selecting a specific artifact from the list of examples Dr. De Vries provides. However, out of this minor frustration, I discovered a way to analyze and explore the entirety of artifacts by focusing…