Further to what I posted last week about the idea of using twitter as a means of social learning; that is recording notes, seeing other peoples’ perspectives and creating discussion, my project supervisor introduced me to Storfiy.com, which can take all the tweets of a given hash tag and put them into chronoligical order. I tried it in said supervisors science of education lecture, and this was the output.
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It’s fun for me, since you guys get to do all the work. #jm60
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Anybody who is satisfied with their teaching has low expectations #jm60
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Start pending on the guy who needs to press record. #jm60
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Education today, I give you the information, then you give it back to me in your own words with a little bit more… #jm60
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It doesn’t matter since you’re going to cram anyway #jm60
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Evidence tells us it doesn’t Foster engagement. Plus, it’s boring #jm60
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I empower you to go and find what you want to find. #jm60
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Autonomy style of teaching #jm60
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Once upon a time, school is where the information was #jm60
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That model hasn’t changed #jm60
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In the last 15 years we have moved from information scarcity to information abundance. #jm60
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Even this room has wifi #jm60
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You have it all on your iPhone, so why do we keep on lecturing? #jm60
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What did you learn that’s not on the internet? #jm60
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Practise at counselling, worth 27k? #jm60
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understanding is not transmitted, only information. #jm60
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Information is that tomato is a fruit. Understanding is that you don’t put it in a fruit salad. #jm60
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Nearly every 11 months information doubles #jm60
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Universities haven’t adapted to there being too much information to cover. #jm60
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Children stop asking why after they enter formal education. How terrible to quash that curiosity? #jm60
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Only ask me questions I can answer. -a teacher #jm60
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Teachers are the most trusted body in our society #jm60
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Remember having a set of encyclopedias? #jm60
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Asked students to produce a mock election of their own #jm60
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90 kids dressed up and did it. The teacher didn’t need to do anything #jm60
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Class produced a movie, with themselves as voice. #jm60
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Ask them and take the time to listen. Extraordinary #jm60
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1:1 laptop program. #jm60
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Must allow kids to fail as part of the learning process #jm60
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Spend an hour talking about the learning process. Key word: create #jm60
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Ask kids what they can do with the information #jm60
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We wont get there with a standardized test #jm60
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We won’t get there with one right answer #jm60
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Ill walk off some place and do something inappropriate and you’ll have it on camera. #IfItComesOutYourMouthItsGame #jm60
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Be creative with your talks #jm60
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This is a thoroughly remarkable learning setup. #jm60