Turning Technologies will last a few more seasons, but Fall 2014 will be the year when they jumped the shark. It’s too close to the advent of newer methods of student responses for such a large hiccup. Really a shame they couldn’t have gone out more peacefully.
I’m happy to say that it is supposed to work much better this spring. (Installing the new version on my computer as we speak.) You can check to see if you have the newest version by opening up your application, then clicking on the TurningPoint Cloud logo at the bottom on the screen. A window will appear and one of the buttons is Check for Updates.
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There certainly can be a lot of things that we get to see on the internet that perhaps we really rather not see, but there is also a wonder of animal behavior videos that are incredible. When I think about the not so long ago debates about whether animals have a sense of self, can use tools, are problem solvers, have feelings.. well the internet has busted that wide open. If anyone has any doubt, they should really take a look.
Also, think about this: Just as some researchers are able to use google maps and google earth to find new sets of data, so too is new information lurking inside the millions of home videos that are loaded day in, day out to youtube. What can you drill down for?
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!
Before you even answer a poll in class… how many icons are on your screen? Does it look like this?
It shouldn’t. This is the Send Message mode. Theoretically it is for asking the instructor questions during polling – but no one uses it really, and the messages you send go into a weird report that they never really have a reason to look at, so they won’t be seen.
It should look like this:
To get out of Send Message mode… you must hit that back arrow in the lower left corner.
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”.