Week+Eleven

Oct. 31st || Readings || Tasks/Activities || Due Dates Nov. 7th to the extent possible ||
 * Week Eleven
 * || Continue readings from Week 10. || Continue Week 10 Reading discussion. Let's make sure every article gets some discussion.

Minute Papers

Work on project. Everyone has discussed their project with me, and you should all know what you need to do next. This includes filling out your Google Doc so that the project description is complete. You should email me for feedback by Nov. 7th,if not before. We are rapidly running out of time, so make sure you have made substantial progress by Nov. 7th. || Finish readings this week.

Real progress on project by next week ||
 * ||  || Thought-provoking ideas: For the rest of the semester I will post a thought-provoking video or graphic that is designed to help you reconsider, rethink and wonder about learning, technology, and instructional design.

The first in this series is [|Daniel Pink] a provocative thinker and writer. The video is from the TED series, and the focus is on motivation. Motivation is an important issue for our students. Although the focus is on business, it seems to me that the research he presents has great implications for how we as educators could motivate students to take responsibility for their own learning, learn to learn, and even how to collaborate more effectively. Keep in mind that rewards, such as grades, tend to narrow one's focus to the task as hand, while tasks that contribute to a greater good tend to open the imagination, and stimulate good problem-solving ideas.

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You are welcome to start discussion about this in this week's discussion page, if you like. I hope you find it as thought-provoking as I did! ||  ||