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Month: March 2013

Emerging Technologies

Muhammad Saleem sent this cool infographic based on the New Media Consortium’s 12 emerging technologies to watch.

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Britt

Impact of Prior Knowledge on Teaching

In our GRAD 602 class last week, we spent some time surfacing our students’ beliefs about learning.  As Laura noted in her blog, we “dabbled in the classic ‘See one, do one, teach one.’” From there, we then discussed some of the work of John Bransford on How People Learn, as well as the opening… Read more Impact of Prior Knowledge on Teaching

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Britt

Yet Another Pi Day Has Come

Another Pi Day (3.14) is upon us, and math geeks worldwide celebrate this most famous of irrational numbers. For those who would love to follow the thread, here is a link to one million digits of pi. Yet, I feel some other just as good irrational numbers are being left out.  There are plenty of… Read more Yet Another Pi Day Has Come

Posted on March 13, 2013March 13, 2013 by Britt

A Conversation on Risk Taking by New Faculty

It’s Spring Break here at VCU, so no GRAD-602 class this week.  However, as Jeff Nugent, David McLeod and I are all here this week…and since the Open VA Conference was cancelled due to a March snow storm, we decided to have another podcast conversation. Last week in our class, our students discussed a case… Read more A Conversation on Risk Taking by New Faculty

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Britt
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I am Britt Watwood, an online teacher recently retired from Northeastern's Center For Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research. My passions are networked learning and using web technology for learning. I currently teach graduate courses at Northeastern University and Creighton University.
DISCLAIMER: I am a product of my personal learning network and my thoughts are impacted by the many people locally and virtually with whom I have contact. However, the views expressed here in this blog are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of the institutions for whom I teach.

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