tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2238320852609340772..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: 10 Seconds At A Time, A Teacher Tries Snapchat To Engage Students. From NPR.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60918086181579253172016-04-18T07:19:01.445-04:002016-04-18T07:19:01.445-04:00Amen, comrade.
I checked out the linked article. ...Amen, comrade.<br /><br />I checked out the linked article. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that the Snapchat videos are meant to be viewed outside of class. OK, thinks I, that's not so bad. <br /><br />But then I wonder, is it necessary? Isn't there some other electronic repository that might host the video clips, something that doesn't require student to Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13673529313209005012016-04-17T01:54:08.141-04:002016-04-17T01:54:08.141-04:00I understand utilizing different approaches to try...I understand utilizing different approaches to try to reach as many students as possible. And I do this - I use handouts, in-class exercises, video tutorials, discussions, etc. Post everything on the LMS and an conscientious about answering emails. But I refuse to use facebook, twitter, or snapchat. There are limits.<br /><br />Besides, I think one of the valuable skills college offers is that Academaniacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6570952625448079012016-04-16T09:26:24.922-04:002016-04-16T09:26:24.922-04:00"It takes effort not to be constantly checkin..."It takes effort not to be constantly checking Facebook, Snapchat..."<br /><br />Yes, it does. Sitting still and paying attention for an hour is a skill that must be learned. Why don't we insist that the kids practice this valuable skill?Uggy from Uticanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4270405396845955372016-04-16T08:08:43.508-04:002016-04-16T08:08:43.508-04:00I'd be heartbroken to think it didn't.I'd be heartbroken to think it didn't.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20535028101347873262016-04-16T07:48:10.857-04:002016-04-16T07:48:10.857-04:00Now OPH is posting what I'm thinking just befo...Now OPH is posting what I'm thinking just before I post it. This is getting a bit spooky. <br /><br />So, yes, the professor *might* have contacted NPR (I doubt the students did), but my guess is he did an internal or external workshop/conference-type presentation, and it got amplified by his chair (doing the right thing in the current academic/political context for the department) and then Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38421236758267654912016-04-16T07:32:13.283-04:002016-04-16T07:32:13.283-04:00At some schools, between sending emails about prop...At some schools, between sending emails about proper use of the school's logo, the marketing department sends emails asking about anything you've done that may be newsworthy. Sometimes they actually hook something.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30928469257555202812016-04-15T22:33:27.542-04:002016-04-15T22:33:27.542-04:00You said it, OPH.You said it, OPH.Old Schoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25297025793709304832016-04-15T21:22:00.502-04:002016-04-15T21:22:00.502-04:00Personally, I like EMH's idea, but to be fair,...Personally, I like EMH's idea, but to be fair, in the article’s comments section the instructor added some thoughtful ideas about things that were not included in the piece.<br /><br />It got me thinking - we often see stuff like this in the media (i.e. teacher uses something gimmicky intended to benefit snowflakes), but how does it get there? Is it the instructor contacting them, is it EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6088430601851547012016-04-15T21:14:20.735-04:002016-04-15T21:14:20.735-04:00I have to read the rest of the linked article at N...I have to read the rest of the linked article at NPR, but here is my initial reaction:<br /><br />Why is every new pedagogy some sort of con to distract them from their shiny toys? This is meeting them where they are? Where they are is not a planet I'm sure I want to be on anymore. "Idiocracy" is turning out to be a documentary.<br /><br />It's beer o'clock for me.<br />Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17003223196682330732016-04-15T19:37:08.805-04:002016-04-15T19:37:08.805-04:00Is it scholarship that counts?Is it scholarship that counts?dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65661965358395928492016-04-15T18:38:56.877-04:002016-04-15T18:38:56.877-04:00Why not just kick them out of class for using thei...Why not just kick them out of class for using their phones?Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76212029640046920572016-04-15T18:38:53.010-04:002016-04-15T18:38:53.010-04:00Why not just kick them out of class for using thei...Why not just kick them out of class for using their phones?Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.com