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RT @carl_young: On behalf of @siteconf English Ed SIG, I want to congratulate @hickstro for earning Nat Technology Leadership Award for ...
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Found this online: Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution http://bit.ly/a7SQxb added to my always gowing reading list
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I posted a draft of my theoretical perspective section of my dissertation proposal. http://bit.ly/cmxnwl Please read & comment.
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Getting ready to head out for another round of cognitive labs and item development. Why has CT been snow exempt this Winter?
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Currently wondering what is stronger: social practice's influence on thought or thought's influence on social practice.
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I love this def of tchng creativity: it is the transformation of knowledge and skills not the transmission (John Steiner & Meehan) #edchat
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Teaching skills measured on the test should not b assumed 2 b tchng 2 the test. skills embedded into authentic envrnmnts r good imho #edchat
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Is sick of reviewers telling me to capitalize the word internet. Do I capitalize book or television? Nol. Why should I favor one media?
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New post: Some really basic, but engaging ideas to use fiction to teach online rdng comprhn http://bit.ly/dto6Bm #engswap #edtech #ncte
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@jenniferward Then on Thursdays I would make up a fun grammar game and we would play. Friday was quiz. worksheets during week. #engswap
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@jenniferward then as a class we would build a webpage for the rule, kids would find and recommend online games /tutorials for rule #engswap
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@jenniferward I would make grammar rule a one week lesson. Start by giving ex, see if students could idtfy rules, then have ppt #engswap
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RT @ncte: Last chance to shape the 2010 #NCTE Virtual Conference. Deadline is 11:59 CST, February 16. http://tinyurl.com/yd57vez
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RT @rww: RT @martinkallstrom: Curious fact: Twingly, Twitter, Twine and Twing were all startups started in 2006 without knowledge about ...
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@franki222. Adults read too, not necessarily novels. RT @medinger: Kids read, but not necessarily novels. http://bit.ly/cdcnco
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Great article in JAAL on using social networks to teach argumentative writing http://tinyurl.com/y8orntp #edchat #edtech
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Listening to Ernest Ranglin. A smooth mixture of jazz and reggae and one hellavu guitar player #musicmonday
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Back in the lab. We are looking over recults from cognitive lab assessment. Capturing online reading comprehension seems to get tougher.
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Currently Reading Edwin Hutchin's "How a Cockpit Remembers it speed." Trying to think about similarities to digital texts and comprehension.
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Listening to Miles Davis "Silent Way"." Pretty sure a better song was never written.
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