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		<title>Samples of Web 2.0 technologies</title>
		<link>http://gradstep.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/samples-of-web-20-technologies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Wiki Software:
http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki
http://www.wetpaint.com/ 
 
Below  is Kevin Hadley&#8217;s example of a wiki used in Chemical Engineering:
http://www.hadleytestwiki.pbwiki.com 
 
2. Educational Wiki Sites:
http://www.wikieducator.org/Content
http://web20ineducation.wikispaces.com/ 
 
3. Blog Software:
https://www.blogger.com/start
 http://www.ning.com/
 http://wordpress.com/
 

4. Blogssamples:
http://learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com/
[interesting project done on 'Second Life' technology - multi-user virtual environments]
http://network.nature.com/
  http://www.classroom20.com/
 
http://education.ning.com/
http://worldsofwordcraft.wordpress.com/
 http://blogs.vanderbilt.edu/cftpodcast/
 http://edwired.org/
 http://msstroutscw.blogspot.com/


Other helpful  re/sources:
http://www.academiccommons.org/issue/january-2009 
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		<title>Clickers and Student Voices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Campus Technology recently published an interview with Edna Ross, who teaches 350-student psychology courses at the University of Louisville.  I interviewed Ross for my book, and I found her to be sensitive to important social dynamics in the classroom and the ways that she can use clickers to influence those dynamics.
In the Campus Technology interview, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=702&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Ever Clickers Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekbruff</dc:creator>
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I recently attended the Inaugural Conference on Classroom Response Systems, hosted by the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Louisville.  I had a great time meeting people who I knew only by their research, and some of the sessions were very well done.
Tim Stelzer, research associate professor of physics at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=686&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Vanderbilt University gradSTEP blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaebner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gradSTEP2009]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Join us for gradSTEP2009!
A Graduate Teaching Event for Professional Development 
Held in January each year, gradSTEP is a one-day exploration on issues related to teaching, learning, and professional development across the disciplines. This year, for the first time, the Graduate Teaching Fellows at the Center for Teaching have started a gradSTEPblog. This forum is intended [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=483&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning by Discussing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaebner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facilitator: Maria Ebner, Graduate Teaching Fellow
 
Session 1, 1:00-2:15

Register for this session here!
Effective discussions can provoke profound learning, yet they are particularly challenging to create and sustain. This workshop will pursue strategies for getting discussion going and for keeping it lively.   
Questions I would like to discuss with you include:

How can I ask good questions? 
How [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=387&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Web-based Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaebner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facilitator: Maria Ebner, Graduate Teaching Fellow
   
 Session 2, 2:30-3:45  
    
Register for this session here!

Nowadays educators ask again: 
What is it like being a student today? And, how does the 21st Century affect learning? Or does it at all?  
My name is Maria Ebner, I am a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the Center [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=269&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment and Grading</title>
		<link>http://gradstep.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/professional-development-patrick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaebner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assessment and Grading]]></category>

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Facilitator: Patrick Ahern, Graduate Teaching Fellow
  
Session 2, 2:30&#8211;3:45         
Register for this session here!  
This session will review &#8216;best practices&#8217; of assessment and grading, as well as consider questions such as the following: 
How do I uncover what previous knowledge or preconceptions my students are bringing to class? 
How can I know if how I’m teaching is effective?
What are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=179&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PPT online and YouTube videos??</title>
		<link>http://gradstep.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/problem-solving-juan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rojas70</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Online Productivity and Collaboration Tools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had to do a class project and then present it before the class?
If you have, sometimes you might have found it difficult to coordinate with all the team members and work together on the presentation.
- What if you guys could work on it online from different places?
- You could change it and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=177&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fostering Critical Thinking</title>
		<link>http://gradstep.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/fostering-critical-thinking-patrick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaebner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facilitator: Patrick Ahern, Graduate Teaching Fellow  
Session 1, 1:00-2:15
Register for this session here! 
Fostering Critical Thinking: Many educators agree that fostering &#8220;critical thinking&#8221; is one of the primary goals of college education.  But what is critical thinking?  Is it a general competency or discipline-specific?  What challenges might we encounter in trying to encourage it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gradstep.wordpress.com&blog=5392878&post=175&subd=gradstep&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writing a Teaching Statement</title>
		<link>http://gradstep.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/writing-a-teaching-statement-erin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mariaebner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facilitator: Erin Rehel, Graduate Teaching Fellow
 Session 2, 2:30-3:45
Register for this session here!
In this workshop, participants will identify core teaching values and determine how those values influence their teaching practice (current or anticipated) so that they can produce engaging teaching statements.
We will talk about questions like&#8230;
What IS a teaching statement?
and 
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