Busting the Social Silo
Education From Evolution To Revolution
Digital Journey
www.drhowie.com
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”
howie@frontier.net
Presentation : 2014
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Conference Links:
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Twitter: hdiblasi
e-mail: howie@frontier.net
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Dr. Howie DiBlasi
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Extensive experience
Education field, (20 years)
Business leader, (10 years)
C.I.O. (14 years)
"Pinnacle Award" for outstanding Professional Development Programs
– 2009 – 2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2013
• “Vocational Teacher of the Year” for the State of Arizona
• “Top Secondary Leaders in America”
• I.S.T.E. as the “Best of the Best” for outstanding Professional
Development Programs for 2010-2011-2012
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www.drhowie.com
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Rethinking Literacy, Creativity and
Thinking Critically
• Rethinking Literacy Instruction
• through Community Connections
• Social Networking in Higher
Education
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New college application questions
encourage creative thinking
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University of Chicago
Caltech
Wake Forest University
Stanford University
Tufts'
Brandeis‘
Pomona College
Brown University
Judy Rothman, author of "The Neurotic
Parent's Guide to College Admissions,"
said schools
like curveball
essay questions
because "they
are sick and tired
of reading the same thing over
and over again"
and because the topics encourage teen
authorship without
coaching.
adult
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Preparing Our Students for the future
“Creative problem-solving”
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Students prefer:
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than answers,
sharing their opinions
participating in group projects,
working with real-world issues
having teachers who talk to them
as equals rather than as inferiors.
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What you may NOT be prepared for !!!!
• “An apple costs 20 cents, an
orange costs 40 cents, and a
grapefruit costs 60 cents, how
much is a p__r?”
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What you may NOT be prepared for !!!!
• Why are manhole covers round?
• How many times a day does a clock’s
hands overlap?
• How many golf balls can fit in a school
bus?
• Design an evacuation plan for San
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How many times a day does
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• Brandeis'
• "A package arrives at your door.
• After seeing the contents you know it's going
to be the best day of your life.
• What's inside and how do you spend your
day?"
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Social Networking in Higher Education
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Alaina Wiens, social media specialist
at the University of Michigan-Flint.
• “With all the changes higher ed is
experiencing, a lot of people are
stubbornly territorial about what
they’ve always done, and stressed out by
all the changes happening,” she says.
“We’ve got to get past that.”
http://link.highedweb.org/2014/01/the-state-of-social-media-in-higher-ed/
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Ashley Hennigan, assistant director of social media
strategy for the Cornell University Alumni Association
• “Social media and other innovative projects can
provide incredible learning
opportunities when they are placed outside
of the typical institutional structure,” she says.
“It’s here where we’ve learned to have a
more ‘human voice,’ take risks, and
learn from our smaller scale
successes and failures.”
http://link.highedweb.org/2014/01/the-state-of-social-media-in-higher-ed/
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Becca Ramspott, public information
specialist at Frostburg State University
• says that the resources available at Frostburg
State — including a campus-wide
social media group, online guides,
and workshops — empower anyone in a
communications role to use and understand
social media.
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How Social Media Is Being Used In Higher Education
•Concerns remain about privacy, maintaining the class as a
private space for free and open discussion, and the integrity of student
submissions
•Most faculty agree that “the interactive nature of online and
mobile technologies create better learning
environments” and that digital communication has increased
communication with students
•Faculty believe that online and mobile technologies can be
distracting, and that they have resulted in longer
working hours and more stress
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Meg Bernier, assistant director of editorial services
and social media at St. Lawrence University,
• “I think some of the roadblocks I face are
lack of education and in some
instances, lack of the willingness to
learn,” says Bernier.
http://link.highedweb.org/2014/01/the-state-of-social-media-in-higher-ed/
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How Social Media Is Being
Used In Higher Education
• Babson Survey Research Group and
Pearson conducted a survey of nearly
8,000 faculty members in higher
education to find out more about how
faculty are using social media.
• http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-in-education/
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Brian Solis Introduces the Conversation Prism-2008
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Conversation prism 2014
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How Social Media Is Being Used In
Higher Education
• Only 41 percent of faculty use social media in the
classroom, but this use continues to experience
steady year-to-year growth
• 55 percent of faculty use social media in a
professional context (any aspect of their
profession outside of teaching), up from 44.7 percent
last year
• The level of personal use of social media among
faculty (70.3 percent) mirrors that of the general
population
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Top 10 Most Popular Social Networking Sites | August 2014
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1 | Facebook Rank | 900,000,000
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2 | Twitter Rank | 310,000,000
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4 | Pinterest Rank | 250,000,000
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5 | Google Plus+ Rank | 120,000,000
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7 | Instagram Rank | 100,000,000
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8 | VK Rank | 80,000,000
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9 | Flickr Rank | 65,000,000
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10 | Vine Rank | 42,000,000
3 | LinkedIn Rank | 255,000,000
6 | Tumblr Rank | 110,000,000
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Top 10 Most Popular Social Networking Sites | August 2014
• 1 Facebook Rank | 900,000,000
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2 | Twitter Rank | 310,000,000
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4 | Pinterest Rank | 250,000,000
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5 | Google Plus+ Rank | 120,000,000
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7 | Instagram Rank | 100,000,000
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8 | VK Rank | 80,000,000
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9 | Flickr Rank | 65,000,000
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10 | Vine Rank | 42,000,000
3 | LinkedIn Rank | 255,000,000
6 | Tumblr Rank | 110,000,000
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In the college classroom, a professor’s greatest
challenge is always to keep his or her students
awake.
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http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com/2010/12/20/two-examples-of-social-media-inthe-classroom/
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Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas
• Adopted a new Facebook application simply called
“Schools.”
• Developed by Inigral, Inc.,
• “Schools” looks to help with campus issues, such as
“marketing, retention, and creating a more cohesive
campus.”
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Using Facebook and Tumblr to Engage Students
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Carol Holstead is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Kansas.
• Find the right topic
• Set up a Facebook group for a 75-student
introductory design class, giving students extra
credit for posting
• Post examples of good or bad design from
ads, magazines, books, blogs, websites,
typography, video and photography.
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Start early and provide solid
examples
• Carol started the Facebook group at the
beginning of the semester and
provided examples of material she
wanted students to post.
• She often showcased the best
examples in class.
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Encourage participation
• Carol looked at and commented on
every post to encourage students
to keep posting and also to bait
students to actually look at posts.
• Partway through the semester after talking
about photography, she suggested that
students post their own photos, or even
their own design work
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Offer incentives to post
• Carol’s Facebook project allowed
students to earn extra credit for
posting examples, giving them a
tangible benefit for minimal work.
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Turn students into treasure hunters
• The Facebook project allowed students
to apply what they were learning
in class.
• Once they started looking for examples,
they became treasure hunters.
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• Creativity is inventing,
experimenting, growing,
taking risks, breaking rules,
making mistakes, and
having fun.
• — Mary Lou Cook (Used with permission )
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What if Abraham
Lincoln Had a Facebook Page?
Learning Connections:
• Abraham Lincoln and Facebook Templates for Learning
• What if Abraham Lincoln Had a Facebook Page? - ISTE
Learning ...
• Jane Bozarth and Cammy Bean posted a terrific parody
of what Abraham Lincoln’s Facebook page might look
like. While Lincoln’s Facebook template is well-done and
humorous, it also serves as a history refresher by
including popular, and lesser-known facts, about Lincoln.
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• Abraham Lincoln and Facebook Templates for
Learning
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http://multimedialearning.com/abraham-lincoln-and-facebook-for-learning/
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Fakebook - ClassTools.net
http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
• Use "Fakebook" to chart the plot of a
book, the development of a character, a
series of historical events, the debates
and relationships between people, and
so ...
• Example Fakebook pages and ideas
for use in the classroom | Web ...
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Kevin D. Dougherty
associate professor of sociology at Baylor University
• Mr. Dougherty, has used Facebook
and other digital forums to
facilitate classroom discussion.
• The professor formed his first course
Facebook group four years ago.
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Why This Professor Is Encouraging
Facebook Use in His Classroom
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/why-this-professor-is-encouraging-facebookuse-in-his-classroom/54223
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Kevin D. Dougherty, an associate professor of sociology at Baylor University
• In short, Mr. Dougherty says, the
class’s Facebook group helped
“turn 250 strangers that happen
to sit in a class together into a
community.”
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TodaysMeet
• TodaysMeet - Give everyone a voice
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https://todaysmeet.com/Texas5
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https://todaysmeet.com/Texas5
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Top 10 Most Popular Social Networking Sites | August 2014
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1 | Facebook Rank | 900,000,000
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2 | Twitter Rank | 310,000,000
• 3 | LinkedIn Rank | 255,000,000
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5 | Google Plus+ Rank | 120,000,000
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7 | Instagram Rank | 100,000,000
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8 | VK Rank | 80,000,000
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9 | Flickr Rank | 65,000,000
6 | Tumblr Rank | 110,000,000
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Establishing Your Digital Footprint
• LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/
–Populate your profile with keywords
• Enhance your chances of being “found” by
recruiters
–Write recommendations…include your
name/job title/contact info
• Demonstrates initiative, communication
skills, passion
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5 Reasons You Need to Be on LinkedIn
Even When You Have a Job
• 1. You need to have a large network so you can use it later
• 2. Opportunities come to you; recruiters look for passive
candidates
• 3. Industry groups can offer you value and connection
• 4. Keep your resume up to date just in case
• 5. Read the news feed for your industry
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http://www.theladders.com/career-advice/5-reasons-you-need-to-be-on-linkedin-even-whenyou-have-a-job
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Top 10 Most Popular Social Networking Sites | August 2014
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1 | Facebook Rank | 900,000,000
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2 | Twitter Rank | 310,000,000
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4 | Pinterest Rank | 250,000,000
3 | LinkedIn Rank | 255,000,000
• 5 | Google Plus+ Rank | 120,000,000
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6 | Tumblr Rank | 110,000,000
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7 | Instagram Rank | 100,000,000
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8 | VK Rank | 80,000,000
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9 | Flickr Rank | 65,000,000
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10 | Vine Rank | 42,000,000
Google+ Communities:
A Beginner’s Guide
• Communities are places
where users can share
specific questions,
comments or content
relating to a particular
topic with other users
who are just as
interested in the c…
Continue reading...
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Google+
• 40 Essential Google+ Resources Google+ Tips, Tools
and Talk
• Google+: The Complete Guide This guide has everything you'll ever
want to know about Google+. Updated regularly.
• Google+: The Pros & Cons Here are some pros and cons of Google+,
from the social network's early users.
• Google+: First Impressions Mashable's Ben Parr takes Google's new
social network, Google+, for a spin. Check out his review.
• The Google+ Cheat Sheet [PIC] This Google+ cheat sheet includes most
of the common syntax, hotkeys and tips you need to know to use Google+
like a pro.
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On Google+
users have the ability to manipulate their circles
to control the groups of people and brands they
receive information and content from.
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• Google+ Tips & Tricks: 10 Hints for New
Users From quicker sharing options to better content
curation via savvy privacy settings, will have you Google
Plussing like a pro.
• Google+ Tips & Tricks: 10 More Ways To
Make the Most of Your Account 10 more
suggestions for how to get the most out of Google's new
social networking service.
• 15 Google+ Sites & Services for Power
Users From directories where you can find new
Plussers, to sites that will show you the hottest posts and
even resources that will help you get more out of the
service.
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What is Google+ Hangouts WHY?
• Video chat with the whole family, face to face
to face.
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Top 10 Most Popular Social Networking Sites | August 2014
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1 | Facebook Rank | 900,000,000
• 2 | Twitter Rank | 310,000,000
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3 | LinkedIn Rank | 255,000,000
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5 | Google Plus+ Rank | 120,000,000
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7 | Instagram Rank | 100,000,000
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9 | Flickr Rank | 65,000,000
6 | Tumblr Rank | 110,000,000
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What is Twitter
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For more information about what
Twitter is all about, see:
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Still Don’t Get Twitter? Maybe This Will Help
Twitter in Plain English
Twitter Fan Wiki
Official Twitter Blog
Twitter Handbook Blog
The Big Juicy Twitter Guide by Caroline Middlebrook
Twitter Profile on CrunchBase
Versatility Made Twitter What It Is Today: A Research
Paper on Twitter
• Twitter: New User Quick Start Guide
• Mashable's Twitter Guide Book
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50 Ways to Use Twitter in the College
Classroom - Online ...
• Follow the example given here to
create a treasure hunt. Instead of ...
Facebook Comments ...
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Twitter in the Classroom?
Why?
• A backchannel for in-class
communication
• Enables continuation of discussion
outside of class
• Everyone can participate
• Easy, fast mode of reminding students
of homework or tests
• The 140 character limit helps to focus
thoughts.
• Builds vocabulary, improves grammar
• Creates an open forum
• It’s fun!
Why not?
• Texting costs?
• Policy
• Class interruption
(so tweet after hours!)
George Couros @gcouros
• Why Social
Media Can and
Is Changing
Education
georgecouros.c
a/blog/archives
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Twitter Help Center
Getting started with Twitter
• 1. Create an account
• 2. User name
• 3. Verify e-mail
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3zm1dIXe8Y
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My sincere apologies…. To Texas A&M
The Twitter Experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8
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Twitter-WHY ?
• Digitally Speaking / Why Teachers Should Try Twitter
• 10 Reasons Twitter Works In Education TeachThought
• 10 Amazing Ways For Teachers & Tutors To Use
Twitter In
• 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom | TeachHUB
• 12 Reasons to Get Your School District Tweeting
This Year
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How Twitter will revolutionise
academic research and teaching
• Dr Ernesto Priego is the managing
editor of The Comics Grid. He
contributes to Global Voices online,
Networked Researcher and Inside
Higher Education/The University of
Venus
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http://www.theguardian.com/higher-educationnetwork/blog/2011/sep/12/twitter-revolutionise-academia-research
• How Twitter will revolutionise
academic research and teaching
• Social media is becoming increasingly
important in teaching and research work
but tutors must remember, it's a
conversation not a lecture, says
Ernesto Priego
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Educators connected world
wide every day….
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blogging
• College students can get a head start
by blogging!
• http://www.highereducationarticles.com/campus-life/studentsget-head-start-by-blogging.html
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Blogs in higher education - some ideas about their benefits
and downsides
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https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/university_of_venus/blogs_in_higher_education_some_ideas_ab
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Makes use of their skills for the purposes of the program
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Increases the students’ motivation to take an active part in the learning process
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Develops the communication skills of students that are less internet-savvy
through peer-to-peer learning
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Keeps students informed with the most up-to-date information about of their
object of study
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Comments and other forms of feedback-develops critical thinking (and the
appropriate ways to put it into writing)
It is a portal for creativity and personal initiative where good ideas are rewarded
not only with good grades but also with direct responses from colleagues and,
hopefully, from readers across the web
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Top 100 Education Blogs
http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs
http://disneyscienceblog.blogspot.com/
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How to Start a Blog on Blogger
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Rethinking Literacy Creative
Writing and Thinking
Critically
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Project- Creative writing
Three Minute Tales
• Tell a three-five minute story,
most of us stumble.
• Writing a 500-word story-as a
project, which is to get
something going rapidly.“
• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?stor
yId=105685925
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Round 6 Stories
• Send us original works of fiction
• One of the characters tells a joke
• One of the characters cries
• Our Round 6 winner was "A Saint And A Criminal"
by Lauri Anderson.
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http://www.npr.org/2011/04/03/133542373/a-saint-and-a-criminal
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• Three-Minute Fiction contest, a story in
which a character finds
something he or she has no
intention of returning.
• a message after our prompt? Did you
leave
• Submit a short story in the form of
a voice mail message.
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Storytelling in 20 photos...
http://belladebilsjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/storytelling-in-30photos-part-1.html
• Leila's Blog - Emerald City Girl
• My Journey
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http://belladebilsjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/storytelling-in-30-photos-part-1.html
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• 1. Someone I spend alot of time with
• 2. A picture of myself
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3. A picture of someone in my family
4. A picture of something that makes me happy
5. An old picture of myself
6. A picture of a sibling
• 7. Class photo
8. A random photo of you and your significant other
• 9. A picture I havent posted online before
10. A relative of mine
11. Someone I tell everything to
• 12. A picture from my everyday life
• 13. A picture from a place I love
• 14. A picture that reminds me of old times
• 15. A picture from a great night
• 16. An unusual picture
• 17. A picture of my spare time
• 18. A picture of people who are closest to me
• 19. A picture of someone who is always there
• 20. A picture of a time in life I miss
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http://www.kizoa.com/
• Slideshow and Video Maker, Collage Creator
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Easy-to-use and completely
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Free to join!
Get Started! Be creative: create slideshows,
videos, and collages, edit photos
• Slideshow and Video Maker - Collage Maker Photo Editor - Premium
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Click and DRAG each photo down
to the TIMELINE
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Six Words
• As an autobiographical challenge, the sixword limitation forces us to pinpoint
who we are and what matters most
— at least in the moment.
• The constraint fuels rather than limits our
creativity.
• Six Word Stories - Reddit
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6 words examples
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Long days, short nights: working Mom.
• We met. We loved. He left.
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• I still believe in Santa Claus.
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• Saying goodbye is hard to do.
• Successful outside, empty inside. Why bother?
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• I should have never said goodbye.
• I made people forget time.
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Illustrated Six-Word
Memoirs by Students from
Grade School to Grad
School
by Maria Popova
• http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/
2013/01/09/six-word-memoirs-students/
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Sonia Rose Menken, 10, attends Charles
H. Bullock School in Montclair, N.J., where she is in
fifth grade.
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Courtney Drude, 16, attends Marriotts Ridge High School
in Ellicott City, Md., where she is a junior.
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Shawn Budlong, 13, is in seventh grade at the
Thurgood Marshall School in Rockford, Ill.
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Devin White, 19, attends Clemson University in
Clemson, S.C., where he is a freshman.
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Rethinking Literacy and
Thinking Critically
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Emphasis Today On:
Teach Critical Thinking Skills
Study:
• Many college students are not learning to think critically.
Many of the students graduated
without knowing how to determine
fact from opinion.
• Web site = Thinking Critically About UFOs
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Critical Thinking Exercise Fact – Fiction or Opinion
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My mom is the best mom on earth.
My dad is taller than your dad.
My telephone number is difficult to memorize.
The deepest part of the ocean is 35,813 feet deep.
Dogs make better pets than turtles.
Smoking is bad for your health.
Eighty-five percent of all cases of lung cancer in
the U.S. are caused by smoking.
• If you flatten and stretch out a Slinky toy it will be
87 feet long.
• One out of every hundred American citizens is
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BOOKS
Critical Thinking
• Critical Thinking (The Daily Spark)
• 180 Easy-to-Use Lessons and Class
Activities! [Paperback]
• SparkNotes Editors (Author)
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BOOKS:
Creativity - Critical Thinking - Innovation
Sample from the book:
• Which of the following animals does not
belong in this list ?
• WHY?
• Polar bear, Penguin, Beluga,
Moose, Walrus, Reindeer
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Answers…. Polar bear, Penguin,
Beluga, Moose, Walrus, Reindeer
• All can be found in the Artic-EXCEPT
Penguins..Penguins can only be
found in the Southern Hemisphere
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Moose - for hair and desert
Polar bear – 2 words
Beluga – only one word-in the water
Walrus – only one with 2 vowels-all others
had 3 vowels
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Thinking Critically About the Apollo Moon Landings
Recording Available
A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age
http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/roswell/
• Apollo Moon landing hoax
• Moon landing hoax
• Was The Apollo Moon Landing Fake?
• Apollo Moon Landing hoax conspiracy theories
• The moon landings were faked (and other science ...
• Why the Moon Landings Could Have Never EVER Been Faked:
The Definitive Proof
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• Thinking Critically About UFOs
Recording Available
• Welcome and Introduction to Critical
Thinking
Recording Available
• Thinking Critically About Amelia Earhart’s
Disappearance
Recording Available
• Thinking Critically About the Attack on Pearl
Harbor
Recording Available
• Thinking Critically About the Apollo Moon
Landings
Recording Available
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One Way or the Other
• Think of the many black and white
things in the world.
• Name 8 or more of them
• Remember ONLY BLACK and
WHITE
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Zebra
Oreo cookie
Piano keys
Speed limit sign
Penguin
Skunk
Soccer Ball
Dalmatian
Orca
Snoopy
Domino
Tuxedo
Crossword Puzzle
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Cow
Dice
Puffin
Panda
Movies
Newspaper
Police car
TV shows
Prison stripes
Yin Yang
Universal Product Code
Jolly Roger
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Busting the Social Silo
Education From Evolution To Revolution
Digital Journey
www.drhowie.com
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”
howie@frontier.net
Presentation : 2014
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