I see no problem with reaching for the secret to soon or trying to reach the moon.
I see no problem with reaching for the secret to soon or trying to reach the moon.
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RT @ncte: Submit a program proposal for the Literacies for All Summer Institute - deadline 10/2. http://www.ncte.org/wlu/institute #wlu ...
RT @ncte: Submit a program proposal for the Literacies for All Summer Institute - deadline 10/2. http://www.ncte.org/wlu/institute #wlu ...
Greg McVerryThanks to this week moderators. Was a great and timely topic. #edchat
Thanks to this week moderators. Was a great and timely topic. #edchat
Greg McVerry@lemino @shyj Try feeding my 2 year old vegetables. Students can take stand at young age. Need 2 encourage multiple source reading #edchat
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@lemino @shyj Try feeding my 2 year old vegetables. Students can take stand at young age. Need 2 encourage multiple source reading #edchat
Greg McVerry@olafelch @ladyvolhoops #edchat And the research that supports it is usually vague. How bout rscrh supporting good teachers not matierls
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@olafelch @ladyvolhoops #edchat And the research that supports it is usually vague. How bout rscrh supporting good teachers not matierls
Greg McVerry@tomwhitby A video I start off most PD sessions on using the Internet. The book help desk http://youtu.be/0Cd7Bsp3dDo #edchat
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@tomwhitby A video I start off most PD sessions on using the Internet. The book help desk http://youtu.be/0Cd7Bsp3dDo #edchat
Greg McVerry@ShellTerrell #edchat Yet at same time we are living in era when new literacy tools coexist instead of supplant (rss, blogs, vlogs, wiki)
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@ShellTerrell #edchat Yet at same time we are living in era when new literacy tools coexist instead of supplant (rss, blogs, vlogs, wiki)
Greg McVerry@davidwees Take it step farther and have histrocial simulations (games) where students build their own narrative by testing theories #edchat
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@davidwees Take it step farther and have histrocial simulations (games) where students build their own narrative by testing theories #edchat
Greg McVerry@davidwees I think pubs of most major txtbooks have online addition. My students loved them when I used them. #edchat
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@davidwees I think pubs of most major txtbooks have online addition. My students loved them when I used them. #edchat
Greg McVerryIn history the more efficient tool always wins out. In literacy printing press replaces scroll. is ebook more efficent? #edchat
In history the more efficient tool always wins out. In literacy printing press replaces scroll. is ebook more efficent? #edchat
Greg McVerry@avealmec Actually all evidence points to the latter. Comprehension on scrolling txts is lower and fluency rates are longer #edchat
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@avealmec Actually all evidence points to the latter. Comprehension on scrolling txts is lower and fluency rates are longer #edchat
Greg McVerry@ShellTerrell I think coming up w/ resources or digital ebooks depends on the pedagogical goal. #edchat
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@ShellTerrell I think coming up w/ resources or digital ebooks depends on the pedagogical goal. #edchat
Greg McVerry@BethCagnol Most txtbooks are written by leading educators. They are edited by industry but content comes from tchrs.
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@BethCagnol Most txtbooks are written by leading educators. They are edited by industry but content comes from tchrs.
Greg McVerry@SECottrell Yes but if the big five edu publishers can charge same price for e-txtbk w/o production costs the cost ratio shifts.
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@SECottrell Yes but if the big five edu publishers can charge same price for e-txtbk w/o production costs the cost ratio shifts.
Greg McVerryStill we organized curric around the skills taught in each section of literature txtbook. Supplemented but txtbook provided guide #edchat
Still we organized curric around the skills taught in each section of literature txtbook. Supplemented but txtbook provided guide #edchat
Greg McVerryThink about txtbook organization: Chapter 1. Section 1.2. Question asnwered by finding first bold word. Is that real learning? #edchat
Think about txtbook organization: Chapter 1. Section 1.2. Question asnwered by finding first bold word. Is that real learning? #edchat
Greg McVerry@olafelch I agree on the RSS feed. tchrs need to think about reinventing SSR w/ RSS. Allow for motivated txt choice and interaction #edchat
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@olafelch I agree on the RSS feed. tchrs need to think about reinventing SSR w/ RSS. Allow for motivated txt choice and interaction #edchat
Greg McVerryIf goal is to learn the discourse of the discipline the web is better suited due to varying perspectives, topics, relevant data etc #edchat
If goal is to learn the discourse of the discipline the web is better suited due to varying perspectives, topics, relevant data etc #edchat
Greg McVerryI think txtbook versus wide open Internet depends on lrning goal. If content (declaritive) knowledge is goal...txtbk more efficient #edchat
I think txtbook versus wide open Internet depends on lrning goal. If content (declaritive) knowledge is goal...txtbk more efficient #edchat
Greg McVerryThere was actually a huge summit at the Carnegie Foundation (NYC) on the role of the e-reader in reading education. #Edchat
There was actually a huge summit at the Carnegie Foundation (NYC) on the role of the e-reader in reading education. #Edchat
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