Category: Connected Learning
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Creating Digital Discovery Journals with Ms. Amber Benson
As the Executive-in-Residence at the Temerlin Advertising Institute at Southern Methodist University, Ms. Amber Benson teaches Digital Media Landscapes*, Digital Strategy III, Campaigns, Business Communication, New Business Development, Healthcare Advertising, and a Graduate course on Metrics of Success. In Ms. Benson’s course Digital Media Landscapes, students create a Digital Discovery Journal. In her words, Ms […]
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The Power of a Simple Math Problem: Part Two of My Visit to Southport Elementary
The Tour In my previous post, I talked about my arrival at Southport Elementary in southern Indianapolis, and some of the conversation I had with the principal and vice principal. If you missed that post, follow this link: https://www.hastac.org/blogs/sarkel43/2020/01/16/immersing-myself-pbl-part-one-my-visit-southport-elementary to get all caught up. After we had the chance to ask those initial questions and learn a […]
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Experimenting with WhatsApp in the Classroom with Professor Syed Ali Hussain
Professor Syed Ali Hussain is an assistant professor of digital audience engagement at Arizona State University where he teaches “Social Media Campaigns and Engagement” and “Digital Audience Research.” About his work, Professor Hussain writes: “My teaching and research is about social influence and persuasion. I particularly like to study the role of nostalgic emotions […]
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Teaching and Learning from Mitt Romney’s Act of Courage Over Party
I hope all over America people today are publicly admiring Mitt Romney for speaking out even as the right wing is vilifying him. What does it mean that telling the truth and refusing to be governed by lies makes you hated? What courage does it take to speak up against corruption and collusion when everyone […]
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Meeting With Our Community Partner
Last week, I had my second meeting with Beth and Courtenay about the Castle Museum Project set to open in May. In case you may have missed my first post, the Castle is a non for profit based in Putnam County, Indiana that focuses on invigorating curriculum using the arts and project-based learning (PBL). Click […]
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Immersing Myself in PBL: Part One of My Visit to Southport Elementary
Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure of visiting Southport Elementary school south of Indianapolis; this elementary (1-5) school boasts a school-wide project-based learning curriculum. Thus far, I have read a lot about how PBL works and strategies for implementing it, but I haven’t seen any examples of it besides a class here and there at […]
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Digital Powerups! Reinvigorating Student’s Online Discussion with Dr. Thurston
Returning from our holiday break, we are excited to learn from Dr. Travis Thurston about digital powerups. Dr. Thurston is the Assistant Director of Empowering Teaching Excellence at Utah State University and a Visiting Professor at Universidad Casa Grande. He has been an educator for 11 years, beginning as a high school history and physical education teacher, […]
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Working with The Castle: First Monthly Meeting
On Tuesday evening, all of the teachers involved in the Museum Project met up with their Castle Representative for their first monthly meeting. I tagged along with my partner from Ridpath as an active participant. The members of the Castle’s Museum Project elected to meet once a month to help each other out with ideas […]
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Running Bibliography – PBL: Explanations and How To’s
At the beginning of this exploration into PBL, I had no idea where to start. I am not an Education major, but I do feel an undeniable bond with younger learners who are yearning for a way to learn and have fun in the classroom. I started with a book suggested by my sponsor, Beth […]
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Here’s How a Syllabus Evolves! Intro to Engaged Teaching and Learning
Introduction to Engaged Teaching and Transformative Learning in the Humanities and Social Sciences EVOLVING SYLLABUS Professors Cathy N. Davidson (The Graduate Center, English and the Futures Initiative) and Eduardo Vianna (LaGuardia CC, Social Sciences, and The Graduate Center, Psychology) Assisting Instructor Tatiana Ades (The Graduate Center, MALS) English 89000; IDS 81670 Crosslistings: Psychology, MALS, and […]