focusing on the individual student's abilities and dispositions, educators have failed to grasp the social structures and dynamics that are required for progressive knowledge building of the kind Whitehead referred to. In effect, they have remained fixed on a pre-19th century model of science, dependent on "the occasional genius, or the occasional lucky thought."
I think the scaffolds in most direct instruction do not fit Whitehead's definition.
xpert keep gaining in expertise while the less expert make little progress.
Is this due to expertise or increased content knowledge in a field?
the poorer writers we studied approach the task in ways that minimize opportunities for growth, whereas the better writers maximize them.
Interesting in the concepts of being self-programmable learner.
Conventional wisdom has it that practice makes perfect and that expertise is the natural outcome of years of practice. But few people become good writers, no matter how much they write.
Tough reality.
But as a society, we are not concerned with novices. Eventually they will quit being novices, without our having to do anything about it. The important question is what they will become. Will they become experts in their lines of work or will they swell the ranks of incompetent or mediocre functionaries?
A common thread with Gee in the Ant--Education Era, an open disdain for incompetence.
“naming of things” as it applies to this work with the web literacy map. In the call, Marc Lesser shared a post from Clay Shirky that discussed why ontology is overrated.
This "naming of thins" is the heart of academic endeavors. It is hard.
After that, I urge people to drop the map, and dig in to the real meaning in the web literacy work. I think you should dig in and consider some of the learning pathways (and develop your own). I think you should dive in and
This is great advice and gets at remixing the curriculum right away. The image doesn't even show the skills below the competencies.
In my opinion the web literacy work is comprehensive, but not complete. What we need now is to run the competencies in the wild, test it in classrooms, develop badges and badge pathways, etc. I want to see what people really think about it.
I agree. That is why I am glad we went with a 1.5 version. Let's let the webmaker clubs write and test the curriculum. Let's get the badges in the wild.
The efforts of the webmaker clubs and the badges have to be driven by the map. The three can iterate together but we needed a launch point.
grokkability
I will never in my life use this word. Just never a fan of highly specialized language that is only designed to signify membership in very elite groups.
You will be astounded by your courage and clarity. Even though you will find you can do amazing things for your child, pace yourself, ask for help and understand the limits to your power.
superhuman with limits of power. Great advise for any family in crisis.
When you learn your child won’t grow up, it’s astounding how quickly your old life ends. You mourn this old life as much as you grieve over your child’s prognosis
such a powerful line thinking it isn't just about the loss of a loved one but the loss of a life one known and the loss of a life that will never be.
originally created by and solely owned by entrant, or in the public domain.
What about a CC BY-SA license? or other CC licenses that allow for remix?
content unoriginal to participant in the Submission is prohibited.
Aww does that mean no reactionary gif battles?
ut if web literacy, including web programming, was adopted by every school as a fourth basic literacy, kids would not only learn how to code, they would learn about interactivity, collaboration, the melding of the artistic and the scientific, creativity, and precision.
I get what Davidson and Surman are doing here by calling it a fourth literacy (or R) but I struggle with this. Web literacy isn't so much a fourth literacy but you can't read, write, or calculate it without it.
A fourth literacy makes teachers cast this as someone else's job. It isn't a fourth literacy it iS literacy.
Yet at the same time do we need to draw the line between the front end and back end? Is it about making spreadable media or the tools that make media spreadable?
Especially in terms of design. Where does concept of design and the fourth literacy collide? Can they be separated?
e web belongs to all of us
This sums it all up. This is why I stay involved in the #teachtheweb movement. For most of my life I took the Internet and then the web for granted (my Twitter handle traces back to my old AOL handle zenith1106).
I want to help build a better web as the three five billion come online.
c i t i z e n s o f t h e w e b l e a r n t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t s k i l l s o f o u r a g e : t h e a b i l i t y t o r e a d , w r i t e a n d p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e d i g i t a l w o r l d
I enjoy this sentence. It does not recreate a false dichotomy between our offline and online places, spaces, and identities.
This is where I struggle the most when trying to envision the web literayc map. Where do traditional reading,writing, and participating end and where does reading, writing, and participating on the open web begin?
Of course this isn't a permanent border. Where these two elements of meaning making meet ebb and flow depending on contexts and purpose.
inline span is the standard inline element. An inline element can wrap some text inside a paragraph <span> like this </span> without disrupting the flow of that paragraph. The a element is the most common inline element, since you use them for links.
So I think I am figuring <span> out. You use it when you want to do something different than the a rule is telling the element to do.</span>
* { -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; -moz-box-sizing: border-box; box-sizing: border-box; }
The star makes the resizing universal on the page...These are my notes....My thoughts could be wrong
relative behaves the same as static unless you add some extra properties. </div> <div class="relative2"> Setting the top, right, bottom, and left properties of a relatively-positioned element will cause it to be adjusted away from its normal position. Other content will not be adjusted to fit into any gap left by the element.
Use the relative adjustments to move around one element inside another
<div>. </div>the nearest positioned ancestor instead of relative to the viewport. If an absolutely-positioned element has no positioned ancestors, it uses the document body, and still moves along with page scrolling.
Okay when you introduce key terms for the first time, Positioned ancestor, be more explicit in your definition.
When designing the on-boarding experience, we have a few goals: We should make a positive user experience where the visitor learns something within minutes of interacting We should have the user take some action which results in signing up for a Webmaker account We should give the user a clear and compelling reason to return.
The one difference with webmaker though is there is a human and user interaction during the onboarding process.
...or maybe there isn't you folks would know this.
I just wonder if the first time people interact with webmaker is at a hive or maker party event when they are being walked through the system.
Each answer must be contained in a single tweet.
When you say contained in an original tweet does that exclude links to all external content, videos, etc
pre-defined ontologies
Can ontologies not be pre-defined? We name and classify things at almost a biological level. I have to go back and read Shirky's post.
representing literacies, we should probably think more about this.
We move to web literacies map or open web literacies map instead of THE web literacy map that will appease most critics.
A little front matter on the design principles and values will seal the deal.
understand and represent the skills and competencies required to read, write and participate on the Web.
I see it more than just understanding and representing the skills and competenecies I believe in the communities effort of building a better web.
allows users to tag resources they find around the web using competencies from the Web Literacy Map.
I concur. I think the organizing and curating information on the web is a competency missing from the map.
Finally from Jess
I would like an @toolness knitted MentorNoob scarf/hat set please.
agency, skills and know-how they need to unlock the full power of the web.
Glad to see the focus (I am not against writing in threes) begin with agency. The links to #connectedlearning have drawn me into the web ltieracy movement.
read, write and participate in the digital world.
subtle shift here in focus to the digital world instead of the web I also wonder if the focus of Mozilla Learning should be to read, write, and participate in the world.
Three-year vision By 2017, Mozilla will have established itself as the best place to learn the skills and know-how people need to use the web in their lives, careers and organizations. We will have: Educated and empowered users by creating tools and curriculum for learning how to read, write and participate on the web. Gone mainstream. Built leaders, everywhere by growing a global cadre of educators, researchers, coders, etc. who do this work with us. We’ve helped them lead and innovate. Established the community as the classroom by improving and explaining our experiential learning model: learn by doing and innovating with Mozilla.
More writing in the threes. I have always wondered if this speaks to us on some biological level.
us for many decades
Imagine what the web will be like in many decades. The first three have been amazeballs.
but will be relaunched in 2015 t
Looking forward to the relaunch. A little anxious about the deprecation of Thimble and Popcorn...well not so much Popcorn, great tool but got slooow and the youtube pre-roll messes up everything.
Most excited about is making webmaker.org gallery useable. It is a navigational mess.
scope and scale
I think this is such an important point. Coiro, Knoble, Lanskear, and Leu remind us that no tool for literacy has spread with the scope and scale of the web. Glad to see Mozilla keeping pace.
will we contribute to Mozilla’s top-line goals? In 2015, We’ll measure success through two key performance indicators
So that is what KPI means? Glad to see an almost jargon free post for the public. For the longest time I thought MoFo was a snarky subversive term for employees, till I stumbled on to all the other acronyms.
cities
and towns and villages. I know it makes sense for #Hive to exist in cities (go where the people are) but lets not leave our rural communities undeserved.
Webmaker Clubs
Super excited for web mentor clubs. I am trying to start one with libraries at school. Though I will be spending my time trying to figure out how to fork clubs for formal learning spaces.
could connect my students with students in the K-12 system where they (many are future teachers) can practice using digital tools to teach children and mentor children about college along the way.
Yes. I actually want to start some digital field placements.
Why is open better than BlackBoard?
I don't think you Really had to ask this question.
in fact, if anything, it has been easier because I have a significant amount of evidence by which to judge performance (e.g. student-produced videos, blog posts, participation in discussion on VoiceThreads, etc.). This is useful because we know multiple touch points on student work is a better measure of student learning than perhaps, one exam and a few papers.”
I agree. I made a series of makes and then allowed students to build portfolios.
For instance, there were some pages with learning activities on them that I made password protected or only editable by people with specific email addresses.
Good strategy for differentiating assessment within a #ccourses
When Bobby Jr. was hospitalized, his father read to him at the bedside. The book for their last month was the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." "All kids should read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in their lifetime, so I read it to him," Bob said. "His eyes would light up and he followed the sound of my voice." Perspective They didn't finish the book - at least not yet. Every couple days or so, Bob and Constanza visit Bobby Jr.'s gravesite, not far from the family home. They bring a lawn chair, a blanket and the book. As of late November, Bob said, they'd shared 22 chapters.
I am so proud of my little brother for sharing his love of literature with his son and his 5th grade students.
Now they have launched a mobile library to give out free books in Austin, TX. youcaring.com/babybobby
When teens interact with social media, they must regularly contend with collapsed contexts and invisible audiences as a part of everyday life. 4 Their teachers might read what they post online for their friends, and when their friends from school start debating their friends from summer camp, they might be excited that their friend groups are combining—or they might find it discomforting.
This is what it is like for many pre-service teachers. Though, I would say most are not extreme social media users, atleast not at SCSU.
Those that are on social media feel strange being asked to do this in school. Janks argues that we should not schoolify these spaces.
I disagree.
We suggest the use of social media for teachers because you become a better teacher.
While these are all great goals a positive social media makes you employable. Digital identity isn't about keeping bad pictures off of facebook. It's about flooding the web with good stuff. If you are honest and document your learning in the open the firehose will open
Pinterest—It’s mainly female-dominated and is for those who have an artsy/hipster focus. Not too many people talk about it.
I find this quote troubling. Because it is mainly female dominated or for the art corwd no one talks about it....or maybe Andrew does not talk to many females or "artsy/hipster" types.
I wonder if Anderw's note of express/complain has more to do with brands than with social movements by users of color.
Almost all of them work in the tech industry and many of them are tech executives or venture capitalists
I know of no one who reads Medium outside of tech journalists and my #edtech crowd. If I mentioned medium to a "norm" I would get a strange look.
Arrested Development
OMG
infographic shows my interest
Kevin, I am glad your responded to images with images.
free
drone attack/casualty chart
Death does not seem real when they are cold statistics. Images help
growth data in evaluating teacher performance
There still is not enough evidence, in fact much more against, that VAM and SPG are sensitive enough to parse out the variance teachers have on student test scores.
This is especially troublesome for teachers who work with the neediest or brightest students.
report
It seems the majority of studies used by the "reformist" crowd are actually white papers published by slanted think tanks.
I rarely see peer reviewed publications being used to support these claims.