Formats for Visual Thinking in the Classroom

 

 

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Formats for Visual Thinking in the Classroom

via Free Technology for Teachers by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne) on 06/08/10

18 Formats for Handmade Thinking in the Classroom is a presentation put together by Laurence Musgrove. In the presentation Musgrove takes the ideas from Dan Roam's Back of the Napkin books and applies them to the classroom. In his presentation Musgrove outlines eighteen ways that visual thinking and handmade sketches can be used in your teaching practice. Musgrove includes some examples of handmade sketches created by students. There are 100 slides in the slidedeck, but the deck didn't get interesting to me until slide seventeen when Musgrove jumps into the 18 formats for handmade thinking.
View the slides below.

18 formats for handmade thinking in the classroom

View more presentations from Laurence Musgrove.

Visit Laurence Musgrove's website, The Illustrated Professor for more examples of using handmade drawings as a reading response format.

If you're interested in having your students create free-hand sketches on their computers for later use in presentations, you may want to explore these five free online drawing tools.

 

 

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Fwd: August eBulletin from National HE STEM Programme Information Officer

David Andrew

Educational and Staff Development:

Queen Mary, University of London
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rebecca Rosewarne <r.r.rosewarne@bham.ac.uk>
Date: 6 August 2010 15:31
Subject: August eBulletin from National HE STEM Programme Information Officer
To: "r.r.rosewarne@bham.ac.uk" <r.r.rosewarne@bham.ac.uk>

Hello again colleagues

 

Please find our August eBulletin attached.  Our first newsletter should be out next month: if you'd like to be sure of receiving a hard copy (...or copies !) then please register your details on our registration of interest page on www.hestem.ac.uk

 

There are still places left on the second National HE STEM Programme Conference, which will be held on 28/09/10 at the University of London Senate House on the topic of 'Outreach in STEM': to register as a delegate, please email info@hestem.ac.uk

 

Have a good weekend !

 

Rebecca

 

 Rebecca R Rosewarne

 National HE STEM Programme Information Officer

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Fwd: AMEE live online

David Andrew

Educational and Staff Development:

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02081446753

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From: Ronald Harden <HardenRonald@aol.com>
Date: 7 August 2010 22:53
Subject: AMEE live online
To: SEDA@jiscmail.ac.uk

 To date more than 2200 participants have registered to attend the AMEE 2010 conference which includes sessions on e-learning and the new learning technologies, curriculum planning, educational management and assessment.If you are unable to attend AMEE 2010 in Glasgow 5th - 8th Sept , you can join the conference live online

Details are available at www.AMEE.org

Ronald M Harden

Fwd: How is the web changing science? Join us at Science Online London 2010 to find out!

Nature, Mendeley, and the British Library are excited to present Science Online London 2010! How is the web changing the way we conduct, communicate, share, and evaluate research? How can we employ these trends for the greater good? This September, a brilliant group of scientists, bloggers, web entrepreneurs, and publishers will be meeting for two days to address these very questions. In addition to a number of keynotes and talks, Science Online is about community, and is an experience that you can shape. Exchange ideas with others like you. Propose and take part in un-conference sessions, ignite talks, the famous FringeFrivolous Roofterrace Night with free drinks and discussions (limited to 50 attendees, so register now!), or a trip to the Diamond Light Source Synchrotron. The conference venue in the heart of London boasts excellent catering, free wifi, and a number of cafés and exhibitions. Sign up here, see photos of last year's event on Flickr, or visit the Science Online website for more information. 3-4 September, 2010 British Library St. Pancras London   You have registered with Mendeley under the e-mail address d.andrew@qmul.ac.uk If you don't want to receive our newsletter, please click here to unsubscribe. If you have forgotten your password you can retrieve it here. © 2010, Mendeley.

Radiopaedia: Quizzes in Radiology

 

 

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Radiopaedia: Quizzes in Radiology

via ScienceRoll by Dr. Bertalan Meskó on 26/07/10

A few days ago, I described how I use Quiz.MD for keeping myself up-to-date and just came across a new feature on Radiopaedia, a radiology wiki site I frequently write about. They now offer quizzes which are actually detailed, illustrated case presentations. Really useful and can also help you boost your radiology knowledge.

One example:

 

 

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Peer facilitated learning in Mathematics for Engineering: a case study from an Australian university | Power | Engineering Education: Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre

Peer facilitated learning in Mathematics for Engineering: a case study from an Australian university | Power | Engineering Education: Journal of the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre

ASME Conference 2010

 

 

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ASME Conference 2010

via Wishful thinking in medical education by noreply@blogger.com (Anne Marie) on 7/24/10

The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) had their conference in Cambridge, UK earlier this week. You can find out more about the conference here. I did tweet thoughout the conference and although I was a rather solitary voice I did have some good interaction with my followers as usual. A transcript of tweets can be found here.

I wish I could link to some of the very interesting presentations I attended but they are not online as far as I am aware. However, one of the keynote addresses was given by John Norcini, from FAIMER (Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research) using Prezi. I searched the website and found his presentation so can share it here with you.

Although ASME is an international organisation it does have strong UK roots so his presentation on the problems for medical education internationally was an interesting change. I should also point out that the UK does not yet have a national licensing exam. Licensing is carried out by medical schools who are accredited by the GMC (although I did hear some talk at the conference that a national exit exam may be back on the agenda).

One of his most interesting points was that often medical education followed fashion, which was then evaluated. He gave Problem-Based Learning (PBL) as an example of this. But there was evidence during the conference that other aspects such as the use of simulation are also being thought of more critically now. We don't have the evidence to justify widespread use.

I also talked to some other doctoral researchers about the need for a network to share our questions and learning. Watch this space for more about that!

What next for medical education? on Prezi

 

 

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