Content vs. Creation in the Classroom

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I remember an undergraduate survey, when I was a TA in grad school, asking them what they thought made a TA great, in their opinion.  To my surprise, it wasn’t how much their TA loved what they taught or how dynamic their classrooms were that mattered most, but rather how well they knew their subject matter. …

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Let’s Find Out!

http://www.twylah.com/joostgeurtsen/tweets/218228516242718720

I recently read the following comment by Ms. Edwards on Denise Krebs’ post Connected Learning, Thanks to My Neighbors as Denise was contemplating self-determined or rhizomatic learning:

“I think you show part of self-determined learning when you say ‘I don’t know yet.’

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Let’s Find Out!

http://www.twylah.com/joostgeurtsen/tweets/218228516242718720

http://www.twylah.com/joostgeurtsen/tweets/218228516242718720

I recently read the following comment by Ms. Edwards on Denise Krebs’ post Connected Learning, Thanks to My Neighbors as Denise was contemplating self-determined or rhizomatic learning:

“I think you show part of self-determined learning when you say “I don’t know yet.”

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kgitch on #etmooc week two

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After a few days disconnected, (though keeping track of the “Bill of Rights” drama and reading #etmooc blogs), these are my reflections on this past week.

#etmooc Blackboard Cheers!

I am thrilled to see people learning to blog and use Twitter.  …

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The Purpose of Education…anyone? anyone?

http://magnificentoregregious.blogspot.com/2011/09/girls-just-want-to-have-fun.html

http://magnificentoregregious.blogspot.com/2011/09/girls-just-want-to-have-fun.html

Though I am participating in an exciting learning experience called #etmooc until the end of March (check out my #etmooc blog), I still want to continue exploring the topic of the purpose of education. Having written the previous sentence, I feel I sounded like the boring economics teacher from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off…the purpose of education, anyone?…

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“It’s Not Going Away”

My brother George recently wrote the post “Denying Our World” where he recalls a compelling narrative that causes him to reflect upon what it means to live ‘online’ and our associated imperative as educators to teach to this reality.…

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