Jul
28
This picture shared by a talented teacher in the online class I teach. We’ve been discussing plagiarism and copyright. This site by Colin Purrington also contains effective strategies for teachers, administrators, and college professors for teaching copyright and plagiarism.
Picture Source: Purrington, C.B. Preventing Plagiarism. Retrieved July 28, 2014 from http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/preventing-plagiarism
Feb
8
Learning has to be felt for it to be effective . . . It is this essential feeling level that is often either not recognized or ignored by teachers. Only when work is at an experiential feeling level can a change of understanding take place. ~Gavin Bolton, 1979
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More Weekend Educational Quotes
Quote Source: Asking Better Questions. Norah Morgan and Juliana Saxton. 2006, page 33.
Aug
12
As I continue on my trek though post-graduate higher ed., the amount of reading seems to exponentially increase in direct proportion to the amount of consulting projects I have to complete.
Here is an informative and engaging infographic that explains why our reading instruction would benefit from visual cues and curricular tie-ins:
Color visuals increase the willingness to read by 80%
To see the full infographic, with 12 additional reasons why our brains need visuals to process learning, click here
Special thanks to Mary White for sharing this infographic with me.
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Sep
29
Learning then also shifts from being rigid and prescribed to more permeable and malleable as the learner embraces the uniqueness of who they are, what they are learning and why it is important the them in their particular situation of life
~Kroth, M., & Boverie, P. (2009).
Aug
9
Breakthroughs in the Science of Learning
1. More information doesn’t mean more learning
2. The Brain is highly dynamic
3. Emotion influences the ability to learn
4. Mistakes are an essential part of learning A recent study found that students performed better in school and felt more confident when they were told that failure was a normal part of learning, bolstering a growing body of research that suggests much of the same.
5. The brain needs novelty turns out boredom really can kill you
Read more by clicking here
Feb
24
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