My Teaching with Technology Philosophy I believe that learning is a two-way street. In both directions, there are cars traveling to distinct destinations. Road signs are well placed to instruct these vehicles as to how they should navigate successfully and arrive at their final end points. Metaphorically, the cars represent the students seeking directions and […]
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Teddy’s Teaching with Technology Philosophy
April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · teaching & learning, Ted
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Teddy’s CTCH603 Peer Teaching Assessment for 03.24.2010
April 13th, 2010 · No Comments · teaching & learning, Ted
Teddy’s CTCH603 Peer Teaching Self Assessment For class session 03.24.2010 The introductory peer teaching session “Using Midi Technology Across Disciplines” was a great experience for my peers. Students displayed lots of enthusiasm and participated the entire time. The session opened with a huge on screen playback of a midi file and the defining segment as […]
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Outsourced Education
April 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · teaching & learning
From InsideHigherEd, an article about emerging models for distance education that involve students picking and mixing courses from different institutions and even from non-degree-granting institutions. For example, the article highlights, “Statistics.com, a company that packages its specialized distance education by the course — and outsources the grading to India — looks to challenge degree-granting institutions….”
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Teddy’s Peer Teaching Assignment 02.17.2010
February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · teaching & learning, Ted
Teddy’s Peer Teaching Assignment 02.17.2010 Main Thesis/Objective: Teach my peers how to create music using midi-based software for multi-functional technology applications in society. Teachers will learn the following skills: (a) Note values (b) How to count rhythms (c) Rhythmic styles/genres (d) Bass Line styles/genres (e) Keyboard genres/styles (f) Software menu & essential […]
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Multi-Tasking
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · teaching & learning, Uncategorized
A thoughtful recent piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education which explores multi-tasking: “”One of the deepest questions in this field,” Nass says, “is whether media multitasking is driven by a desire for new information or by an avoidance of existing information. Are people in these settings multitasking because the other media are alluring—that is, […]
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Learning from Gaming?
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · gaming, teaching & learning
From tengrrl’s new weekly round-up of of headline stories on education, a feature from the Chronicle of Higher Education on lessons professors may learn from video games. They include, “give frequent and detailed feedback” & “don’t be afraid of fun,” among others. This article takes into consideration the degree of committed learning young (and older) […]
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