Rubrics

Ten Sigma: All About Rubrics Rubrics are important in teaching. In this site contains a discussion of why we should create rubrics and how to use them effectively. Ten Sigma: All About Rubrics.

Provocative Point to Ponder

Provocative Point to Ponder: “Moreover, the alleged correlation between more e-resources and improved student outcomes does not seem to hold. Not only do students give slightly lower satisfaction ratings to classes with higher levels of e-resources, they are substantially less likely to say they “learned more” in a class with lots of e-resources than they are in a class with none at all.” (emphasis mine). Higher Education Strategy Associates http://higheredstrategy.com/ The State of E-Learning in Canadian Universities, 2011: If Students Are Digital Natives, Why Don’t They Like E-Learning? http://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/InsightBrief42.pdf

Audacity tutorial

I like to use Audacity to make my sound files. However, when I have students do this they are often stumped by the lack of documentation. Here is a free video tutorial on the web that I found to be very useful. http://www.multimediatrainingvideos.com/audacity1/

Great History Game

The BBC has a great example of a history game. It is about the Gunpowder Plot when, in 1605, Guy Fawkes and a band of Catholics tried to blow up Parliment. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/gunpowder/index.shtml
The graphics are great. It's not too long but it tests knowledge of the plot.

Resources for online pictures

The following sites contain links to pictures that can be used in online classes:
http://morguefile.com/ Morgue File: "Public Image Files by Creatives for Creatives"
and
http://www.imageafter.com/index.php Image Afer, the "Raw Base For Your Creativity."

How the Computer changes reading habits

"Reading Revolutions: Reading in the Digital age http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3340/298 is an article, available through Creative Commons license, that discusses reading in the digital age. Students do want print some times!

The article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Reading revolutions: Online digital text and implications for reading in academe
by Barry W. Cull.
First Monday, Volume 16, Number 6 - 6 June 2011
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/3340/2985

Fun site for avatar creation

It is often fun to create an avatar, especially if we do not want our picture on the Internet. The site http://www.clayyourself.com allows you to do this in an easy step by step process.