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General news is not relevant to young people because they don’t have context. It’s a lot of abstract storytelling and arguing among adults that makes no sense. So most young people end up consuming celebrity news. To top it off, news agencies, for obvious reasons, are trying to limit access to their content by making you pay for it. Well, guess what: Young people aren’t going out of their way to try to find this news, so you put up one little wall, and poof, done. They’re not even going to bother.
Said (Microsoft researcher) Danah Boyd, addressing why young people aren’t following traditional, regular news.
FJP: Can’t help but think of this, for one thing. Also, if you’re interested: Jonathan Stray on making news immersive.
via Poynter. (via futurejournalismproject)
gjmueller: <B @zephoria
(via gjmueller)A great quote by a great thinker
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
[Aristotle]
Centuries ago, the teacher Socrates famously argued against the idea that the written word could be used to transmit knowledge. This has been disproved over the years, as authors have developed conventions for communicating through the written word and educators have effectively taught students to extract that knowledge and make it their own. To prepare our students for the future, it’s time for another such transition in the way we educate. When we don’t teach students how to manage their online research effectively, we create a self-perpetuating cycle of poor-quality results. To break that cycle, educators can engage students in an ongoing conversation about how to carry out excellent research online. In the long term, students with stronger critical thinking skills will be more effective at school, and in their lives.
New iPad Act - Stockholm with Charlie Caper and Erik Rosales
Awesome presentation :)
Lets all be an Optimist Prime when thinking and using technology in the classroom and not being bogged down in Negatron thinking :)
Adobe Connect
With some reflection I would like to add the following comments regarding our connect session with Bob Harrison.
Even though we had some technical issues regarding sound of the people that were in the room with Bob I don’t think that this should disparage us from using this great tool in teaching, for the following reasons…
If you think about the wider picture, Bob was actually being streamed to 40 different locations through LCC including Park Lane, Danby, Technology and Keighley. That’s a pretty big job and I think all involved achieving that should be congratulated :)
A suggestion of how we use that technology in future events could follow that the presenter is in a room on their own and addresses the camera so that we feel ‘connected’ to that experience and are allowed to have our questions answered without an audience in the room with the speaker.
[Ryan]
Staff Developmemt Day
Hi all. Just wanted to say thanks for all your great input regarding today’s SDD. I think setting up this tumblr account was a good move that I really hope continues to grow and develop with our creative approaches to teaching in an innovative and collaborative manner. Again, many thanks :D
Ryan
Technical services
3 improvements for technical services-
-geographical centralisation of the technical office in order to reduce time spent away from classroom for students
-increase the amount of equipment in order to meet the current high demand
-improve the bookings and reservation system on both equipment and studios
Personal learning tutorials
1. Who? Group, personal, student tutor should be one and the same person. That person should be appoint 7 on a permanent contract
No more than two groups per tutor
2. What? Comprehensive tracking on webstar
3. Training needs. Audit of webstar indicates webstar/mtg/smart targets all need training
Assessment & Evidencing
Evidence
- use of social networking in formative assessment
- personalised learning and personalised assessment
- use of a reflective personal journal to track progress especially in group work
VLE possible improvements
1. All tutors should be able to access and upload materials for all courses in creative arts dept. to allow much more sharing of resources.
2. Students work such as video projects, photographs etc should be showcased so tutors and students can comment and praise.
3. Improve the look of the site so it is more dynamic and interactive. Possibly get students to do some of this as work experience? Moodle to look more like Facebook tumblr etc.
better engage students
Rewards
More professional relationship
Trips to shows
Optional units
Appropriate learning and relaxing environments
Facilities for innovative teaching
Curriculum structure
1. More collaborative projects between subjects and across curriculum - using the model of the H.e Edinburgh project (blog project).
2. More task based schedules of work attached to assessment (more use of moodle and interactive mediums such as blogs etc) digitally and electronically.
3. Shorter course durations - more bridging between courses to enable easier escalation to higher levels with accreditation.
We think that we should create a creative arts area that helps cement our identity, this will also assist in creating an inclusive learning environment for our entry 3 to level 1 students (and also for all of our students).
We also need a blended and consistent learning environment as some of our students will need a more traditional approach to learning and teaching.
