Do you know what your student is doing? What if you strapped a camera on his/her head and then crunched the numbers to compare activities like reading, videogaming and watching television? The answer, my friends, is on the tip of the head. Thanks for the contribution, Jan.
Imagine sending a fax from the beach via a computer, or using a payphone to say goodnight to your child… from another timezone. It was all part of AT&T’s WE WILL campaign, and remarkably accurate in its general predictions. But unfortunately we’re not sure the telecommunications company pulled any of these off. Hey- at least…
Interesting AdWeek story “Revver Tempts YouTubers With Money.” Seems pay-for-content is starting to approach tipping point. Note- Revver is like a Paypal of online video. Not a destination, but a tool to facilitate sharing and displaying of videos for those too small to hunt down advertisers of their own but would like ad revenue. Which…
Why does this video give me the same endorphin rush I got from Lost last night? Because it’s not just the perfect singing, and bravery. It’s the true spontaneity where singers and Taco Bell order-takers are getting along as harmoniously as the music. It’s the quirky debate over $25, then back to the song. It’s…
Heard of Stickam? It’s a live-video website that allows people to gather in rooms and interact via live webcams and text messaging. YouTubers are especially prone to spending their off-YouTube hours congregating, and it’s always puzzled me. They mostly hang out in Nutcheese‘s room. Then again, I’m not a raving fan of instant messaging, e-mail…
This certainly isn’t the only cause-driven use of viral video, but I thought I’d showcase it as further proof that online videos don’t have to be funny and profitable. A neighbor of ours (whose kids play with our kids) is on a mission to help save and improve lives of animals who are left at…
So well done. Great reactions and the audio clinches it…. Hats (and scarf) off to Jason and other members of the Scary Snowman troupe, which seriously needs to collab with Improv Everywhere. I can see a fleet of them.
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I know what they’re NOT DOING. Having these fucking hot flashes every five minutes.
Am I supposed to feel sorry for these elitist, lazy, techno-dependent, entitled brats? In my day, students had to WORK for a living. Get over yourselves you little snotty nosed, adolescent, over-wired, complaining “life is so hard becaue we actually have to go to a library instead of Google” babies and pull out a pen and paper and start taking notes. I’m sick of hearing it.
As a single mom of 3 boys… I have worked really hard with my boys to help them be independant thinkers. You can not learn that in school. They do not teach it. My boys are not afraid to ask questions or to express an opinion. Unfortunately, this sometimes is misinterpeted as insubordination by some teachers. I have had plenty of meetings surrounding that. In the end they had to agree with me that it is better for the child not to be afraid to take a direction and own it 🙂 That’s what I got out of this video… and by the way… my boys work!
With nearly every Joe Schmuck going to college these days, university has become less of an intellectual pursuit and more like a social experience while working in a diploma mill. For the most part, you get out what you put in though and can have great learning experiences if you take advantage of some of the many opportunities often available.
who cares… LOL
The push for standardization has come from the federal government (NCLB/RTTT) and from publishing companies who profit from text books and standardized tests. Teachers have pushed for change for decades, but are being forced to adhere to rigid standardization. Further the press (owned by big media) has demonized teachers in recent years by focusing on rare cases of teacher misconduct (thus making such instances seem more common than is actually the case) and this has caused teachers to lose credibility with the general public and have even less power to bring about change. On top of that, it doesn’t help that many cases of teacher misconduct involve the use of technology making other teachers even more afraid to use technology in the classroom.
Just curious @blackturtle.us why misconduct involving the use of technology is to be feared by the majority of teachers who adhere to a standard of conduct within the classroom?
@TammyFlores – HEADLINE: Connecticut Teacher Cleared of Exposing Kids to Porn. Although she was cleared she still had to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, etc. The point being that inept legal authorities often are overly-eager to prosecute these types of crimes and so teachers become very sheepish about taking any kind of risk whatsoever due to ridiculous horror stories like this.
FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,456924,00.html