Chris just showed me this bit, and we guffawed….'cuz we've watched a lot of SVU in this household.
Warning: language. SVU language.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
French for Reading
Chris is spending next semester in Paris, so for Christmas he received a copy of French for Reading. The reviews are so good I'm thinking of getting a copy for myself.
Goodreads reviews here.
Goodreads reviews here.
Il Est Né le Divin Enfant
Il est né le divin enfant,
Jouez hautbois, résonnez musette.
Il est né le divin enfant,
Chantons tous son avènement.
Depuis plus de quatre mille ans
Nous le promettaient les prophètes,
Depuis plus de quatre mille ans
Nous attendions cet heureux temps.
Une étable est son logement,
Un peu de paille est sa couchette,
Une étable est son logement,
Pour un dieu quel abaissement.
O Jésus, ô roi tout puissant,
Tout petit enfant que vous êtes,
O Jésus, ô roi tout puissant,
Régnez sur nous entièrement.
Lyrics from about.com
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Stay Wierd (Wildfox edition)
I was about to ask whether Wildfox is an American company, but never mind.
Wildfox is a California company.
Which I'm pretty sure is worse.
I say that because I had kids in New York schools at the same time one of my sisters had kids in California schools.
Merry Christmas!
Wildfox is a California company.
Which I'm pretty sure is worse.
I say that because I had kids in New York schools at the same time one of my sisters had kids in California schools.
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 23, 2013
Are math & science lectures boring in a way humanities & social science lectures are not?
I ask because at least from what I can see commenters (and instructors) who are more MOOC-friendly than I am seem to be mostly math/science types.
That could simply be because I happen to be writing a blog called Kitchen Table Math as opposed to Kitchen Table Humanities or Kitchen Table Social Sciences.
Nevertheless, it strikes me as possible that the lecture may be a serious 'form,' with a kind of value in and of itself, in the humanities in a way it is not in math/science.
I liked lectures as a college kid, and I like lectures as an adult. The idea that you would get rid of 'boring' lecture so students can work in 'interesting' pods and pairs is …. well, "horrifying" wouldn't be too strong a word.
By the way, in my own class I never lecture. Ever. I give extremely brief 'lessons,' I guess you would call them, followed immediately by cold-calling, followed immediately by whole-class exercises done individually.
I use Stick Pick for cold-calling, which my students always seem to think is hilarious.
My class is pure instructivism, and pure instructivism requires interaction.
I wish I could find the professional development video on direct instruction I posted a few years back. It was terrific (though, as I recall, the video may no longer be available…) I remember the lecturer (& she did lecture) giving a formula for how many questions a direct instructivist should ask per each 10 minutes.
It was a lot.
(This post from 2012 discusses teaching and question-asking as they used to be done....)
Eureka
Eureka, part 2
Eureka, part 3
Eureka, part 4
Eureka, part 5
Flipping the Classroom: Hot, Hot, Hot
MOOCs grow the gap
The New York Times is surprised
In the world of MOOCs, 2+2 is never 4
World's funniest joke: humor depends on surprise
Dick Van Dyke on comedy
Philip Keller on the flipped classroom
If students could talk
Who wants flipped classrooms? (Salman Khan on liberating teachers)
True story
Are math & science lectures boring in a way humanities & social science lectures are not?
That could simply be because I happen to be writing a blog called Kitchen Table Math as opposed to Kitchen Table Humanities or Kitchen Table Social Sciences.
Nevertheless, it strikes me as possible that the lecture may be a serious 'form,' with a kind of value in and of itself, in the humanities in a way it is not in math/science.
I liked lectures as a college kid, and I like lectures as an adult. The idea that you would get rid of 'boring' lecture so students can work in 'interesting' pods and pairs is …. well, "horrifying" wouldn't be too strong a word.
By the way, in my own class I never lecture. Ever. I give extremely brief 'lessons,' I guess you would call them, followed immediately by cold-calling, followed immediately by whole-class exercises done individually.
I use Stick Pick for cold-calling, which my students always seem to think is hilarious.
My class is pure instructivism, and pure instructivism requires interaction.
I wish I could find the professional development video on direct instruction I posted a few years back. It was terrific (though, as I recall, the video may no longer be available…) I remember the lecturer (& she did lecture) giving a formula for how many questions a direct instructivist should ask per each 10 minutes.
It was a lot.
(This post from 2012 discusses teaching and question-asking as they used to be done....)
Eureka
Eureka, part 2
Eureka, part 3
Eureka, part 4
Eureka, part 5
Flipping the Classroom: Hot, Hot, Hot
MOOCs grow the gap
The New York Times is surprised
In the world of MOOCs, 2+2 is never 4
World's funniest joke: humor depends on surprise
Dick Van Dyke on comedy
Philip Keller on the flipped classroom
If students could talk
Who wants flipped classrooms? (Salman Khan on liberating teachers)
True story
Are math & science lectures boring in a way humanities & social science lectures are not?
True story
I just left this as a Comment, but am reposting here:
Ed went to a department Christmas party Friday night & was talking to a young English professor at Cornell.
She told him students are incredibly lucky because they get to attend lectures.
She loved attending lectures as a college student.
So did I.
Ed remembers brilliant lecturers at Princeton -- and only one class with boring lectures.
Eureka
Eureka, part 2
Eureka, part 3
Eureka, part 4
Eureka, part 5
Flipping the Classroom: Hot, Hot, Hot
MOOCs grow the gap
The New York Times is surprised
In the world of MOOCs, 2+2 is never 4
World's funniest joke: humor depends on surprise
Dick Van Dyke on comedy
Philip Keller on the flipped classroom
If students could talk
Who wants flipped classrooms? (Salman Khan on liberating teachers)
True story
Are math & science lectures boring in a way humanities & social science lectures are not?
Ed went to a department Christmas party Friday night & was talking to a young English professor at Cornell.
She told him students are incredibly lucky because they get to attend lectures.
She loved attending lectures as a college student.
So did I.
Ed remembers brilliant lecturers at Princeton -- and only one class with boring lectures.
Eureka
Eureka, part 2
Eureka, part 3
Eureka, part 4
Eureka, part 5
Flipping the Classroom: Hot, Hot, Hot
MOOCs grow the gap
The New York Times is surprised
In the world of MOOCs, 2+2 is never 4
World's funniest joke: humor depends on surprise
Dick Van Dyke on comedy
Philip Keller on the flipped classroom
If students could talk
Who wants flipped classrooms? (Salman Khan on liberating teachers)
True story
Are math & science lectures boring in a way humanities & social science lectures are not?