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This week, Jennifer Maddrell discusses the focus for her dissertation work: the Community of Inquiry framework: http://communitiesofinquiry.com/. Her primary research question focusses on whether there is a relationship between learner's perceptions of "community" and actual learning outcomes as identified by grades, papers, tests, etc. The discussion took a very practical turn as we sought to identify particular strategies that may be used by instructors to develop community within online courses.

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?The students have better and sounder knowledge of the concepts of mathematics. The animations are so powerful; bisecting an angle becomes a really visual experience,?

"It is the largest centrally-monitored network in the world. We are constantly neck-and-neck with the US Airforce."

 This week, Lisa, Sheila, and Maria were joined by Kristin Hokanson in the chatroom and Alec Couros in the skype call to discuss copyright and fair use, copyleft and cc licensing, and the ethics surrounding it all.

This week, Lisa, Sheila, and Maria were joined by Kristin Hokanson in the chatroom and Alec Couros in the skype call to discuss copyright and fair use, copyleft and cc licensing, and the ethics surrounding it all.

Jackie Gerstein shared a wealth of information about her work with students and her approach to teaching. Her video, Digital Writers' Workshop from K12 Online 2009 was streamed. It was a great conversation.

Inspirational movie clips from many of your favorite films.

Pft - Define "high speed" please...

Play: to experiment with one's surroundings as a form of problem solving.
Performance: The ability to adopt alternative identities .
Simulation: interpret and construct dynamic models of real-world processes.
Appropriation: The ability sample and remix media content.
Multi-tasking:The ability to scan one's environment and shift.
Distributed Cognition: The ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities.
Collective intelligence: The ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal.
Judgment: The ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources
Transmedia Navigation: The ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities
Networking: The ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information
Negotiation: The ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.

a conference on digital humanities

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In a break from EdTechWeekly tradition, Dave and Jen explored their research projects and interests regarding "community" within an educational setting. If you are looking for the contributed links to news and resources shared by the EdTechTalk "community" this week, please point your browser to our EdTechTalk delicious folder. See you next week when John returns to get us back on track!

 EdTechWeekly #157
March 14, 2010

In a break from EdTechWeekly tradition, Dave and Jen explored their research projects and interests regarding "community" within an educational setting. If you are looking for the contributed links to news and resources shared by the EdTechTalk "community" this week, please point your browser to our EdTechTalk delicious folder.

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I'm sending an unauthorized newsletter (I'll probably hear it from the newsletter team) to tell you about why edtechtalk has been a little weird lately (that is, in a technical way). We've been compromised by some irritating folks who apparently want us to be more informed about the pornography scene on the internet.

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Implications for the use of classroom technology. See also http://www.business.ualberta.ca/People/Media/MediaReleasesAndStories/2010/03/ExpectingRapidFeedbackLowersHopesRaisesPerformance.aspx

Welcome to this week's EdTechTalk (ETT) newsletter!This has been a fantastic week of outstanding conversations and professional development shared at ETT. If you missed the K12Online Conference Echo webcast on Tuesday you missed a fun time of learning and growing professionally. Special guest presenter was Jackie Gerstein who shared the phenomenal ways she uses technology with her students. You will definitely want to listen to the recording of the session.

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Described by Panda's Thumb website: The Smithsonian Institution has launched a new web site focused on human origins. It includes a good deal of material on the evidence (behavior, fossils, genetics, and dating) and Smithsonian?s research projects, along with what looks like a very useful set of education resources including lesson plans for teachers, a teachers forum, and student resources including an interactive mystery skull interactive exercise