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A quickie - the benefits of reading.

4/28/2014

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Today I was reminded of the importance of having a go at something myself, before I ask students to do it.
Creating a quick sample helps me anticipate the difficulties students might encounter, so I can know in advance what help I might need to offer, and I can select experienced students to act as mentors.
Secondly, it gives me an idea of how long the task might take.

I have been toying with the idea of creating infographics so I decided to make one, a "quick one" so I could have a sample to share with my students. The resulting product isn't exemplary in any way, does not contain information that I spent hours researching, and isn't remarkable in its use of graphics (in fact there are not enough of them, and they don't tell the information the way I'd like them to) YET IT TOOK ME 2.5 hours to put together! On top of that, I'm having formatting issues where the version in Piktograph does not look them same when I use the embed code on the blog, so words break where I don't want them to on a line and it's highly frustrating! I also realized how challenging it is to give attribution to photos when necessary, but NOT have the attribution overwhelm the infographic or get lost. It's really tough! See my asterisk on the infographic for what I'm talking about.
Thus, I am reconsidering the parameters of the task - the time allotted, the necessary pre-teaching, the background knowledge required before they begin - just because I created a quickie or "had a go" for myself.
I'll be much more understanding towards those who are creating then I would have been had I not attempted it first. Here it is for those who are interested in my fast sample:

https://magic.piktochart.com/output/1824783-the-benefits-of-reading

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Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe

7/21/2013

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A while ago someone on Twitter (identify yourself and I'll be HAPPY to give you credit) posted this picture and info about Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe which is basically a game within a game. I wanted to have some laminated game sheets available in my class for use during indoor recess. We're an ECO school, and trying to not waste even scrap paper. I have ESL students and Tic-Tac-Toe is one of those universal games which makes it a great activity to have available during rainy lunch days. Thanks to whomever shared the game. The instructions mentioned Ben Orlin as having discovered the Ultimate version. For anyone interested, the blank game sheet I made with the instructions is below.


ultimate_tic-tac-toe.doc
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    It's what you DO with technology that makes it wonderful or lame.

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