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24
Nov
2020

school board diversity

categories: learning, pedagogy, teaching

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/11/18/why-school-board-diversity-matters.html

Both superintendents and board members have a role to play in elevating different voices, say school board members. District leaders can’t pick candidates, but they can create “leadership academies” to teach interested community members about the workings of their school systems. They can also create committees and other advisory boards that allow parents an entry point into getting more involved in their school district, if they choose.

A 2017 study that examined middle and high schools in Florida found that districts with diverse school boards have lower rates of school suspensions for all students, and that disparities in suspension rates between minority and white students are reduced overall.

 

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more on school board in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=school+board

24
Nov
2020

social media looks the same

categories: social media

https://www.axios.com/social-media-companies-look-same-tiktok-stories-snapchat-spotlight-2dd1da51-cf45-4f6b-a0ab-0db79f6b7793.html

Tech platforms used to focus on ways to create wildly different products to attract audiences. Today, they all have similar features, and instead differentiate themselves with their philosophies, values and use cases.

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more on SM in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=social+media

16
Nov
2020

students spending

categories: OER, student-centered learning

Fall 2020 Updates: What do college students actually spend on course materials

“For those who advocate for OER and reduced costs for course materials (and I consider myself in this group), this information presents a double-edged sword. It should be far more difficult to use the previous tactic of college textbook pricing is skyrocketing to justify a new program as even a cursory review of the College Board budgets will refute the $1,200+ numbers. Likewise, this information should cause people to ask for more transparency in savings estimates for OER or inclusive access programs.”

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more on students in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=students

28
Oct
2020

COLL 150 eportfolio

categories: academic library, Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, instructional technology

Intro to e-Portfolio
COLL 150, Gail Ruhland
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 12PM

Short link: http://bit.ly/Weebly4coll150

Who am I, Plamen Miltenoff:
https://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/faculty/

 QR code coll 150 weebly
  1. Why are we here:
    1. What is e-portfolio
      1. An electronic porfolio (e-portfolio) is a purposeful collection of sample student work, demonstrations, and artifacts that showcase student’s learning progression, achievement, and evidence of what students can do. The collection can include essays and papers (text-based), blog, multimedia (recordings of demonstrations, interviews, presentations, etc.), graphic.
        https://teaching.berkeley.edu/resources/assessment-and-evaluation/design-assessment/e-portfolio
      2. a personal portfolio tool for storing, organizing, reflecting on, and sharing items that represent your learning. You can include items such as documents, graphics, audio files, videos, presentations, and course work to demonstrate your improvement or mastery in certain areas.
        https://uco.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1843/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=42294
    2. Why is it important
      1. “more than 4 in 5 employers say an electronic portfolio would be useful to them in ensuring that job applicants have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in their company or organization.” (Read the entire report online.)
        https://www.clemson.edu/academics/programs/eportfolio/information.html
  1. E-portfolio platforms
    1. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/
    2. eFolio MN: https://www.efoliomn.com/
    3. BrightSpace D2L e-portfolio: https://uco.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1843/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=42294
  1. Weebly
    1. What is Weebly: https://www.weebly.com/
      is it a blog platform or web development platform?
    2. Why Weebly:
      it is Internet based (you don’t need to download app) and it is ubiquitously accessible
  2. E-portfolio on Weebly
    1. Edit Website
      https://youtu.be/fcHxEkgs6OE

Weebly main page

  • Create a title
  • Add text
  • Add image
  • Add a divider
  • Add media
  1. Structure of Weebly/eportfolio
    1. examples
      1. https://www.saddleback.edu/ePortfolios/eportfolio-handbook-how-structure-your-eportfolio
      2. https://ucfwritingandrhetoric.wordpress.com/structure/

14
Oct
2020

HaptX Exoskeleton

categories: AR, Digital literacy, educational technology, instructional technology, technology literacy, VR

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/haptx-researchers-build-full-body-exoskeleton-charlie-fink/

ForceBot is a four year project to develop an exoskeleton for commercial and enterprise applications using HaptX’s microfluidic touch feedback technology to simulate virtual objects. The NSF grant will be distributed between each company to contribute individual components to ForceBot, and then the resulting IP will be used for commercial products.

04
Oct
2020

Assess students online and minimize cheating

categories: academic dishonesty, cheating, collaboration and creativity, digital citizenship, educational technology, instructional technology, student-centered learning

https://www.chronicle.com/article/7-ways-to-assess-students-online-and-minimize-cheating

  • Break up a big high-stakes exam into small weekly tests.
  • Start and end each test with an honor statement.
  • Ask students to explain their problem-solving process. 
  • Get to know each student’s writing style in low- or no-stakes tasks.
  • Assess learning in online discussion forums.
  • Don’t base grades solely on tests. 
  • Offer students choice in how they demonstrate their knowledge.

As we all work to improve our online teaching, we have the opportunity to rethink practices we’ve relied on for years in our physical classrooms.

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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=cheating

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