Jul

15

The bad news about the news

July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This TED Talks by Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, demonstrates visually the warped world view presented by US network television, where Anna Nicole Smith and Britney dwarf all international news except Iraq.

The map above represents the seconds dedicated to news stories by country in February 2007, a month when North Korea announced plans [...]

Aug

7

Trying to “enthral” students all day long

August 7, 2007 | 4 Comments

Below is an excellent video from Wes Fryer, who discusses the difference between “enthralling” and “engaging” students. He also provides useful strategies about how teachers can do this. The major ones are choice and differentiation: a) choices about the ways students learn material. “Rather than asking them to learn facts, ask them to apply those [...]

May

11

How to avoid Death by PowerPoint

May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Sydney Morning Herald recently featured an article titled Research points finger at PowerPoint. The basic argument is that since people can’t read and listen well at the same time, PowerPoint presentations should be put out of their misery.
Presentation guru, Garr Reynolds discusses this in a post titled, “Is it finally time to ditch PowerPoint?” [...]