Homework for Tuesday, February 2

Estudiantes,

Please finish up the rest of A Whole New Mind Part One, the Conceptual Age (through page 61).

~mrc

Homework for Thursday, 1/29

Students,

1) Please watch the video below for a brief intro to the major ideas in Dan Pink's work



then,

2) Come to class having read The Introduction and Chapter One of A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink.  That's pages 1-27.

~mrc

Homework for Thursday, 1/21

As promised, here is your homework for Thursday.

BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER:

I forgot to ask for volunteers to lead the discussion for Thursday's class.  If a few of you will step forward by emailing me at bencapozzi@mac.com, that will be much appreciated.  Again, everyone will have to lead discussions at least once, and probably 3-4 times during the semester, so best to get started early, I say.

OK, CONTINUING:

1) First, take this quiz and keep track of your results.  If you like, you can post them in the comments section below.

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

2) Please watch the following short video (I know how you hate podcasts!) from a 1997 interview with Howard Gardner, the father of Multiple Intelligence Theory.

3) Read this article catching up with Gardner years later:

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-howard-gardner-interview


4) Read this article on how some famous thinkers define their intelligence:

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-interviews


Come to class prepared to discuss and PLEASE, can I get some volunteers?

Best
~mrc

Homework for Tuesday, 1/19

Hola, estudiantes!


We continue our discussion of Sir Ken Robinson's research and perspective next through two audio interviews.  Come to class having listened to the Podcasts linked to below.*  They  were recorded almost 2 years apart for DishyMix, an interview-driven business personality, management and marketing show hosted by Susan Bratton. There are some ads and other fluff in these episodes, but push through them and really listen to Robinson's comments.


Whether or not you've volunteered to lead the discussion, as you listen to these interviews (or read anything for this course, browse the internet, or listen to a speaker, etc) you should consider:

• How do Robinson's comments strike you?
• Can you relate to points being made either for or against?
• Do you agree?
• How would you implement some of what Robinson suggests in your life, school, or work?
• And if something is mentioned you don't know, have never heard of, or especially if there's a question left hanging, spend a few minutes tracking down some background, quick facts, or an answer.

Come to class prepared to discuss.


~mrc
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DishyMix 006 - 8/2/07, 38 minutes long
You can go to the start of the interview and skip a few ads when the podcast begins by jumping to 1:30 into it right from the get-go:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=31548579&id=258633626


DishyMix 098 - 5/12/09, 45 minutes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=54859523&id=258633626


*You do not need an iPod or an Apple computer to listen to podcasts. You will need iTunes installed on your computer, though. If you don't have iTunes, it is available on all student computer stations at the SVHEC in any classroom lab, and also to download for FREE for BOTH Windows PCs and Macs at this address: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Homework for Thursday, 1/14

Your tasks for Thursday:

1) Please take the Student Survey at left (under Course Documents Online).  We rely on this information to help improve our classes.

2) Bookmark the course weblog address.  You will access it frequently.

3) Watch this video from Ted.com featuring author and educator Sir Ken Robinson.  If you can push through the too trite moments and asides, the ideas and insights are powerful.  Come to class ready to discuss his ideas and your reactions.




If you only have time for an abbreviated treatment, watch the one below from Ted in Half, but BE WARNED: The distilled version of Robinson's ideas are potent.  Just because it'll take half the time to watch does not mean it will only occupy half your attention.  It may in fact demand more.




4) If you volunteered or were chosen to lead Thursday's discussion, be ready.  If you didn't, you're done!

~mrc

Too Good Not to Share

Yeah!  Get in there and innovate, kids!  Move around some paradigms!

~mrc