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The TEDxSBU Effect

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Video Feed for TEDxSBU – Nov 14th, 10am – 7:00pm

Tickets on sale for TEDxSBU

TEDxSBU tickets are on sale. Event date is Nov 14th.

The first session is from 10 am – 2:30pm (includes lunch)
The second session is from 3:00 – 7:00 (includes snack and reception)

Students who purchase a ticket(s) will receive one TEDxSBU t-shirt with valid SBU student ID (while supplies last)

each session is $25

Cash sales of tickets are occurring at the SAC Box Office.
Credit Card sales of tickets are available online.

See tedxsbu.stonybrook.edu/tickets for complete details.

We have an amazing lineup! I can’t wait to see everyone there!

Open Book Thoughts

These are clips from many different educators talking about the use of open book student assessments.

…more significantly would allow students to trade information with each other throughout the test in ways which would be extremely difficult to monitor.

“With new technologies, new cognitive possibilities arise. Educators need to create new activities when new technologies are introduced into the classroom. If the calculator is used to add 2+2, it is the capacities of the calculator that are solving the problem; when calculation is “off-loaded” onto the calculator, the student is free to solve more complex problems.” – Jenkins, 2009

classes have moved away from traditional tests and towards project based and/or essay based exams.

Gamify the test?

exam duration is set to match the time necessary to answer the questions, without much slack.

demonstrate mastery of their art through practice

“for today’s graduates into the digital age, possession of knowledge is far less important than the acquisition, analysis, and synthesis of that knowledge”.

Ode to Week 3

wack-a-mole

During the beginning of the semester, my inbox turns into a “wack-a-mole” game.

TEDxSBU Complete List of Presenters

 

TEDxSBU “Connect the Dots” 2014 presenter gallery.