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Oops posted on the other discussion board but…Respect, flexibility, sense of humour, sincerity, willingness. Just to give you a sense of what I mean by willingness -Willingness to do, to participate, to negotiate, to enjoy, to learn…

Respect, flexibility, sense of humour, sincerity, willingness

Depends on the test / quiz & your situation :-)

Live Quiz I’ve put up questions on the slide & then, having preset the answer to fly in on my mouse click (it’s under animations in PPT 2007) I can control when the answer appears

If you’re looking at essay type or multiple choice to be written & returned that’s straightforward & could be formatted to fit slides using bullets etc. You’d just print those slides off for students.

Thanks for this! What a wonderful, comprehensive & accessible piece of work. I anticipate students actually reading this, and gasp, not only enjoying it but thinking about it & talking about it :-)

Some excellent pointers. You really covered the gamut. This would be useful for students making class presentations AND folks making business presenntations etc. Most useful for me – having this to refer to & if you’re ok with it – sharing it with students who are so “terrified with the notion of public speaking” they can’t see beyond it. :-)

Fascinating article, fascinating premise. I believe that we’ve adapted ourselves to our environment & that includes technology.

Think back, think way back. Sesame Street was a conglomeration of short, snappy, “sound/image bites”. The notion of short burst of information is not new.

We’ve evolved into a culture that expects instant gratification. Time constraints, real or imagined are one factor; however, think about it, when were you taught to read critically? Were you taught to read criticallly? Was reading, critically or not, accorded value? If you could get away with skimming & cribbing for your school reports what would motivate you to do more?

I’m a librarian & yes, I love to read. I do still read books – sometimes in print & sometimes in digital. I’m tasked with trying to explain why information literacy is an essential skill to a post-secondary audience. Once they get it they get it. Do they apply the reflective, critical thinking, evaluation skills? Not consistently. Why? When I ask I hear “No time” “No need”.

We’re probably all “guilty” to some degree. Granted we may utilize more targeted search terms, or cast our search nets wider, but do we review & evaluate each & every hit every time? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe only cursorily because we bring experience & a skillset that allows for some generalizations re: sources for example.

In the final review I come down on the side of it’s a tool and how we use it, (how we’ve been trained or not to use it) determines the outcome.

At this point it’s crochet – but then I could figure that out by myself with books & actually create things in a variety of patterns etc. (Tried to do same with knitting but no matter what I did all I ever got was a garter stitch.) No pressure but I’ve high hopes of this series as I’ve my materials & possible patterns in mind :-) As for your public transport uses – I’ve always preferred carrying a dissection/autopsy/heavily illustrated med textbook :-)

Knitted mohawk could also be a great Centurion headpiece for kids studying Roman history/military or in need of a warm but oh so cool costume ;-)

In my family by the time I’d get the camera out & the shot lined up the pizzas would all be gone & only a couple of crumbs on the pizza stone/pans left :-)