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Comment on Sit still, be quiet, do what you’re told by How can good space design nurture learning? | PennWIC

How can good space design nurture learning? | PennWIC — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:12:57 +0000

[...] as an integral part of pedagogy interesting. I enjoyed John MacDermott‘s blog post about “sitting still and being obedient” after attending a colloquium organized by the new Learning Spaces Collaboratory created at Project [...]

Comment on I Love My iPad by Teach Social Studies » Crosspost: I Love My Ipad

Teach Social Studies » Crosspost: I Love My Ipad — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:17:59 +0000

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Comment on Trying new stuff during Spring Break by vedantha

vedantha — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:52:43 +0000

Nice post John! Eli Lesser will be showing us Evernote at Gadget Day next Friday, March 18 – http://wic.library.upenn.edu/wicshops/gadgetday.html
I’ll look around Sophia next..

Comment on 3 Tips for Interactive Web Conference Design by Muscarella

Muscarella — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:50:49 +0000

Thanks for the thoughts, This is a very imp topic in my worl., Ill bring feed back back

Comment on Designing Online Social Learning at Penn by Lisa Minetti

Lisa Minetti — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:18:06 +0000

Thanks so much, Erin! We’re committed to the idea that online environments designed to promote social interaction can provide powerful extensions to any instructional context, and were quite excited to share our story with external audiences.

Comment on Designing Online Social Learning at Penn by Erin Murphy

Erin Murphy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:33 +0000

Great presentation this morning! Your enthusiasm for your work is inspiring. I think the platform you designed for the online courses created an incredibly collaborative environment and will be even more powerful as you look into ways to make it more mobile.

I’m inspired to sign up for the World Music class online in Summer session II

Comment on Online Workshop Teaching: Shouting down a deep well by Lisa Minetti

Lisa Minetti — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:32:39 +0000

Hi Anu! Hope my blog post last week gives you some more ideas about designing interactivity into your online teaching with Adobe Connect. If you start thinking about how to get people involved with each other, you’ll hear lots of chatter from the well. If your primary aim is to delivery content, consider pre-producing mini-lectures on your topic. We’ll post an interesting example of this in a few weeks.

Comment on 3 Tips for Interactive Web Conference Design by Kelsey C

Kelsey C — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:37:31 +0000

This information is really very helpful. We use RHUB Web Conferencing (http://rhubcom.com/v4/web_conferencing/home.html) and it allows us to do a lot of personalization.

Comment on Online Workshop Teaching: Shouting down a deep well by Elizabeth Scheyder

Elizabeth Scheyder — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:08:48 +0000

Excellent analogy that really captures the feeling! I’d love to find ways to get past that, too, so maybe we can brainstorm it together.

Comment on Wolfram Alpha – not a "homework killer", but something to watch by Elizabeth Scheyder

Elizabeth Scheyder — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:24:28 +0000

Now Wolfram Alpha is hosting a “Homework Day” on 10/21/09 – http://homeworkday.wolframalpha.com/
promising to convene “students and educators from across the country to solve your toughest assignments and explore the power of using Wolfram|Alpha for school, college, and beyond.”