Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-24 Thread MiguelRoig
@fsulist.frostburg.edu Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 1:33:05 PM Subject: Re: [tips] While we bemoan education We could extend this discussion to teaching activities, structure of courses/course syllabi, rubrics, etc. Few of us invent any really new activities; we usually borrow and adopt

[tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Here is something that I think is a ton of fun, some of you have probably seen it… That I am a proud alumni of Georgia Tech has absolutely nothing (that is, everything) to do with my sharing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0tN58EC6LE Paul --- You are currently subscribed to tips as:

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Christopher Green
However, it turns out to have been stolen. Oops. http://gawker.com/georgia-tech-students-epic-welcome-speech-was-epical-1184716361 Chris ... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo On 2013-08-23, at 8:46

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Watching his high school speech coach's presentation, it is clear that it inspired the Georgia Tech student, but plagiarized is too strong a description, particularly given that he appears to have gotten permission. The only part he lifted more or less directly was the 'if you want to play

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread MiguelRoig
I had seen the GTech speech earlier and sent it to a couple of my colleagues with the hope that one of our students could be inspired to give a similar speech during one of our open houses. I admit to have been somewhat disappointed to learn (thanks, Chris!) that the speech had been, in part,

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:35:00 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: However, it turns out to have been stolen. Oops. http://gawker.com/georgia-tech-students-epic-welcome-speech-was-epical-1184716361 Okay, maybe I'm a little more dense today than usual, maybe I need to up my medication (or reduce it),

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread MiguelRoig
Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Cc: Michael Palij m...@nyu.edu Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 12:10:56 PM Subject: Re: [tips] While we bemoan education On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:35:00 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: However, it turns out to have been stolen. Oops. http://gawker.com

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Claudia Stanny
We could extend this discussion to teaching activities, structure of courses/course syllabi, rubrics, etc. Few of us invent any really new activities; we usually borrow and adopt to local needs. Do we need to footnote a pair-share activity every time we use it? What about student poster sessions

Re: [tips] While we bemoan education

2013-08-23 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:33:14 -0700, Miguel Roig wrote: In the arts things get a little tricky. I've heard about plagiarism of composition (art, photography) plagiarism of theatrical designs and sets, of product designs, etc. As an example, I use this video in one of my presentations on