Ditto - I could see using this for students in an online class. Thanks!
Sally Walters
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From: "Joan Warmbold" <[email protected]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [tips] Dumbing Down or Deeper Processing?
Wow, to me there's no question--totally with option B. It asks for active
engagement as well as requiring a deeper level of comprehension required
by creating a personal example of the concept. And, as a bonus, most
students will enjoy developing a comic strip. I think you've come up with
a real winner here Michael.
Joan
Joan Warmbold Boggs
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Since we occasionally discuss the idea of "dumbing down" here on tips:
I've been playing around with a fun site called ToonDoo (www.toondoo.com)
which allows people like me who have zero drawing skills to make some
pretty cool comics. Of course, I had to see if the tool would enable a
kind of fun quiz or learning experience, so I made a "cartoon quiz" out
of
6 of the Freudian defense mechanisms. ToonDoo is still a new site and
the
comics-maker is still a little buggy, but the comics didn't take too long
to make. Pretty intuitive.
Curious about tipster's reactions. I have to admit that while making the
comics, the expression "dumbing down" was in the back (or front) of my
mind. Here's what I was saying to myself:
A) This is silly and unnecessary. Students should be able to understand
the defense mechanisms without having to spend time creating childish
comics. This is time consuming and adds little value to the learning
experience.
B) Creating a comic like this, which on one level appears kind of silly,
requires the student to really think through each defense mechanism and
come up with very concrete examples and actually put words into people's
mouths. Thus, it'll help students get a deeper understanding of the
defense mechanisms.
So, which way do you go? A or B?
Here's the link to the "cartoon comic":
http://bit.ly/1kRto3
Michael Britt
[email protected]
www.thepsychfiles.com
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