A Distinguished Professor’s Passion for Visual Literacy: An Interview with Dr. Rhonda Robinson
by Dazhi Yang
October 25, 2007, Anaheim, CA
Dr. Rhonda Robinson, a Distinguished Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University, is an expert in visual literary. Dr. Robinson has so much passion about helping people become better visual viewers, designers/creators, and [...]
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This paper is a follow-up to a continued line of research on the U.S. Department of Education’s Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Teach with Technology (PT3) initiatives. While previous papers and presentations have focused on various methods to transform teacher education courses, this presentation focuses solely on programmatic efforts that were designed to align technology integration [...]
View the presentation files from this meeting.
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Marry Herring (et al.) presented on how Second Life can be used as a synchronous learning experience. AECT has a virtual island in AECT that we can all join. One of the interesting points that came up is that, in Second Life, even though people may be chatting as with any other chatting [...]
TED and School Library Media members gathered for a breakfast this morning and discussed common research interests. Members met and discussed common interests, indicating overlap in various areas. We identified common themes and grouped those with common interests. The following list contains those themes and people you might want to connect with [...]
Following the keynote discussion, the Teacher Ed Division sponsored a fireside chat with Marc Prensky. He invited a panel of students from a local high school that are participating in a Global IT academy initiative. The following are my notes of the discussion.
Guy 1 – some of the ways teachers teach is basic. Using technology, [...]
Download the PowerPoint slides from Prenky’s keynote address.
As Prensky talks about the power and benefit of giving students’ a voice and authority over designing their own learning environments, I’m reminded of Barbara McComb’s work on learner-centered instruction (see here for a short article).
McCombs and Whisler in their book learner-centered classrooms talk about giving students [...]
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Public perception and state/federal policy continue to have remarkable impacts on public education causing continuous change in the teacher education profession. This ripples through integrated patterns of practice in classrooms and, ultimately, affects change in public perception. A panel of teacher education leaders will address current issues that have the potential to drastically impact how [...]
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During today’s TED board meeting, we evaluated the 2-year goals set at the 2005 convention. Those in attendance recommended modifying the goals to reflect progress and direct future initiatives for the next two years. The following are the first-draft revisions from today’s highly engaging discussion. These are posted here for public review and [...]
The review committee has selected Dennis Charsky’s submission to be the logo for TED Live! 2007. Amidst strong competition the committee believed that Dr. Charsky’s logo most perfectly captured the spirit of TED Live! 2007. TED appreciates the efforts of everyone that submitted entries for reveiw and encourages everyone [...]
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