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WIKI edits

I added photos to the pages on Reigeluth and Gagne and put links to the source websites in the lists of references.
I also added more information to the page on Activity Theory.  This is a VERY COMPLEX theory, and the effort to put something comprehensible on the page was a good exercise for me.
Submitted by Jennifer Sinclair on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 9:50pm
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research paper

Today I noticed that Doug has the topic of using blogs and wikis to promote literacy on his list.  I swear that I thought of it before I saw that!  I've actually been interested in the use of these things in a language arts classroom for a long time now.  At this time I'm still primitive, with students writing in spiral notebooks for their journaling activities, but I want to know more about finally moving into this century.  I also want to know if it's really up to all the hype, so that will definitely be one of the aspects of this that I look into further.
Submitted by Jennifer Sinclair on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 3:49pm
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Open Ed Conference

I'm not part of the Facebook generation.  My niece is, though, and I've even started to hear cool stories about people meeting significant others and reconnecting with old friends, etc.  My daughter would spend hours on YouTube if I didn't make her put it down and do something else.  She even posted a cheesy video that actually got tons of hits.  One man said his wife had laughed for the first time since the death of her father.  I was floored.  Today in Relief Society the RS president , who has to be in her sixties at least, said she had tried to bring a&nbsClick here to read more »
Submitted by Jennifer Sinclair on Sun, 10/12/2008 - 1:14pm
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Week Two Part Two (definitions)

I really look forward to seeing what other people say about this, but here are some of my ideas:
 
Learning:  Skills, facts, techniques, theories, and other knowledge transferred from short to long term memory.  I don't think knowledge is really learned unless it is understood sufficiently that it can be accessed and used appropriately in real world authentic situations.  This is the difference between authentic learning and just spitting back facts memoClick here to read more »
Submitted by Jennifer Sinclair on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 10:44am
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Week Two Part One (what is grammar, really?)

Before I tackle the issue of definitions, I want to comment on the videos that Doug suggested we watch.  I was particularly struck by the "Minds of Their Own" video, and also the "Private Universe" video, which is related.  The two videos mentioned two examples of commonly held misconceptions to illustrate how science teaching is not "getting through."  (The idea that the eyes will eventually adjust even to a totally dark environment, and that the seasons are a result of the earth being nearer or farther from the sun)  I have been askClick here to read more »
Submitted by Jennifer Sinclair on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 9:51am
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