Comments on: Modeling Conversation to Model Learning /blog/98/modeling-conversation-to-model-learning/ Our Thoughts on Teaching & Technology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Steven /blog/98/modeling-conversation-to-model-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-69966 Steven Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:56:49 +0000 http://smarthistory.org/blog/98/modeling-conversation-to-model-learning/#comment-69966 Dear Malaszka, Thanks for your comment. Beth and I are thinking about just this issue and want to add a section to our main site that offers the sort of specific strategies you request. Please let us know if there are other questions or services we can offer that would help in the classroom. Here are a few off-the-cuff suggestions. Break your students into small groups to wrestle with key issues. Perhaps use web-based sites like Voicethread or the annotation capability of Flickr. Some faculty have even asked their students to make Smarthistory-style videos! Dear Malaszka,
Thanks for your comment. Beth and I are thinking about just this issue and want to add a section to our main site that offers the sort of specific strategies you request. Please let us know if there are other questions or services we can offer that would help in the classroom.

Here are a few off-the-cuff suggestions. Break your students into small groups to wrestle with key issues. Perhaps use web-based sites like Voicethread or the annotation capability of Flickr. Some faculty have even asked their students to make Smarthistory-style videos!

]]> By: Malaszka /blog/98/modeling-conversation-to-model-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-69920 Malaszka Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:58:52 +0000 http://smarthistory.org/blog/98/modeling-conversation-to-model-learning/#comment-69920 OK, so how does one get a class room full of students that feel too insecure to speak up? The title of this is modeling conversation yet there are no concrete examples. Could someone please give a few examples of leading questions to get the conversation rolling? OK, so how does one get a class room full of students that feel too insecure to speak up? The title of this is modeling conversation yet there are no concrete examples. Could someone please give a few examples of leading questions to get the conversation rolling?

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