Hey, would the groups who made cake this weekend (including that weird grave-looking thing) please send me their videos?
Also: who's making cake next week? Please comment with your group/names. First per period gets the nod.
.
Friday, October 31, 2014
an object lesson in open source learning
Imanie Tweeted (and maybe since deleted, since I don't see it anymore) to ask if I was challenging you by asking you to use a computer in class without providing one. Here is the rest of the conversation:
Now, consider my last Tweet-- and this blog post. By remixing our conversation in a medium that I could share with all students (I could've also included #dplitcomp in my Tweet), I'm sharing the benefit with everyone who needs this information but may not have seen Imanie's Tweets or my replies.
Apply this to the work you're doing today. Lots of people (billions, including me) can't be in class to see your presentations. So, the more you curate about them on your blog-- by writing and by including media such as video and pictures-- the more you bring your audience into your experience and your understanding. Doing this creates value. Put yourself in my sick shoes: being able to see and understand more about what happened in class makes me value your thinking, your authorship/blog, and your work product all the more. Maybe I'll even learn a thing or two about Hamlet!
Hope the day goes well.
DP
Now, consider my last Tweet-- and this blog post. By remixing our conversation in a medium that I could share with all students (I could've also included #dplitcomp in my Tweet), I'm sharing the benefit with everyone who needs this information but may not have seen Imanie's Tweets or my replies.
Apply this to the work you're doing today. Lots of people (billions, including me) can't be in class to see your presentations. So, the more you curate about them on your blog-- by writing and by including media such as video and pictures-- the more you bring your audience into your experience and your understanding. Doing this creates value. Put yourself in my sick shoes: being able to see and understand more about what happened in class makes me value your thinking, your authorship/blog, and your work product all the more. Maybe I'll even learn a thing or two about Hamlet!
Hope the day goes well.
DP
a note about progress report grades
Due to rotten timing and a virus of the non-digital kind, we weren't able to have our grade conferences this week. I will have to enter grades before I see you on Monday and I don't want anyone to worry unnecessarily. So, if you have any specific questions or concerns, or if you need to share information with me, please email. Mahalo.
october 31
Happy Halloween, everyone. Be safe out there. Dr. Preston will be back Monday.
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Halloween traditions began as a way of "using humor and ridicule to confront the power of death." Why do we make fun of things we fear? How does this help us cope? When is using humor to deal with serious issues a positive strategy, and when does it backfire? Have you seen any evidence of humor as a coping strategy in Hamlet? (*yes, you have :) Was it effective for the characters and/or the audience?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Deliver your presentations on Acts I & II. Use your school ID/password to log into the teacher computer-- the screen remote is in the top center drawer of the teacher's desk. Please take notes on the presentations that summarize:
HW:
1. Please finish posting these notes to your course blog
2. Please post your video recital of "To be or not to be..." (and be ready for random selections next week in class)
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Halloween traditions began as a way of "using humor and ridicule to confront the power of death." Why do we make fun of things we fear? How does this help us cope? When is using humor to deal with serious issues a positive strategy, and when does it backfire? Have you seen any evidence of humor as a coping strategy in Hamlet? (*yes, you have :) Was it effective for the characters and/or the audience?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Deliver your presentations on Acts I & II. Use your school ID/password to log into the teacher computer-- the screen remote is in the top center drawer of the teacher's desk. Please take notes on the presentations that summarize:
- Information that validates/confirms what you already thought you knew
- Information that challenges/contradicts what you already thought you knew
- Information that was brand new
- A presentation style (use of media, speaking tactic, classroom interaction) that helped you "get" something you hadn't previously gotten
HW:
1. Please finish posting these notes to your course blog
2. Please post your video recital of "To be or not to be..." (and be ready for random selections next week in class)
Thursday, October 30, 2014
october 30
This week I was asked to join other SMJUHSD administrators, faculty, counselors, and Santa Maria community leaders at an event promoting Cultural Proficiency at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The event was extremely well-done and I learned a lot-- I'll be posting more on it later. We met Monday and Tuesday, and I hoped to be back in class Wednesday.
Then I got sick. You all know me as a positive person, and I am keenly aware of my responsibilities as a role model, so I'll choose my words carefully: Sick Sucks. We have a lot going on, it's the end of the grading period, and I want to be in class with you.
However, after being called a hypocrite once already this year (for not getting enough sleep while telling students to get more sleep), I don't want to risk getting worse and missing more school, or--worse-- get any of you sick. So, after an achy, fever-y, throat burning night, I decided to give this another day and I hope to be back tomorrow.
Since you have a soliloquy due today, please arrange yourselves in groups of 2-3 and ask one member to capture your recital on his/her phone. Hopefully at least one of you will know how to get the video from your phone to your blog so you can post it by tomorrow. If not, please collaborate with other groups or talk about this as a class so that everyone leaves with a solution-- even if that requires asking someone else to post it (did you know you can invite others to author to your blog?).
Some of you have asked for more time to work on your Act II presentations. After you finish your journal and your soliloquy recital, take the opportunity. I'll make a game-time decision tomorrow morning, hopefully I'll see you in 24 hours!
Have a great day,
Dr. Preston
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Now that you've mastered the famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet, explain what it means.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Soliloquy videos
3. Act II presentation work (if necessary)
Then I got sick. You all know me as a positive person, and I am keenly aware of my responsibilities as a role model, so I'll choose my words carefully: Sick Sucks. We have a lot going on, it's the end of the grading period, and I want to be in class with you.
However, after being called a hypocrite once already this year (for not getting enough sleep while telling students to get more sleep), I don't want to risk getting worse and missing more school, or--worse-- get any of you sick. So, after an achy, fever-y, throat burning night, I decided to give this another day and I hope to be back tomorrow.
Since you have a soliloquy due today, please arrange yourselves in groups of 2-3 and ask one member to capture your recital on his/her phone. Hopefully at least one of you will know how to get the video from your phone to your blog so you can post it by tomorrow. If not, please collaborate with other groups or talk about this as a class so that everyone leaves with a solution-- even if that requires asking someone else to post it (did you know you can invite others to author to your blog?).
Some of you have asked for more time to work on your Act II presentations. After you finish your journal and your soliloquy recital, take the opportunity. I'll make a game-time decision tomorrow morning, hopefully I'll see you in 24 hours!
Have a great day,
Dr. Preston
JOURNAL TOPIC:
Now that you've mastered the famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy from Hamlet, explain what it means.
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Soliloquy videos
3. Act II presentation work (if necessary)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)