That would be me, too, except--I usually draw on the board. I need some of those imported whiteboard markers though--what are they called again?
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Paul C Bernhardt < [email protected]> wrote: > Me, too. Sounds to me like Annette and I have a very similar approach to > how to use classroom time. Except, I use Keynote (not that that distinction > matters for this topic). > > Paul > > On Jan 27, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Annette Taylor wrote: > > > I just don't get the brou-ha-ha over lectures. > > > > I lecture. > > > > I make no excuses for that. > > > > There is a lot that can be done to make lectures relatively interactive. > It's not rocket science. The pause for students to think about a question > asked during a lecture, and then providing a CORRECT answer! the pause for > students to formulate an answer, maybe a little pair and share, and then > solicitation of the responses. I use lots of embedded demos, especially in > cognitive. It does not have to be 100% delivery, but for most of my classes > I'd say it's about 80% delivery with short film clips, demos and embedded > questions. > > > > Let's face it, discovery learning does not work especially well. > Students are are likely, if not more likely, to hit upon a wrong answer and > then convince their classmates of the wrong information. Go back and check > the archives for many of Hake's postings for evidence to that effect. > > > > Students who are learning new stuff and have minimal background need > lecture. Ours is not a very hands-on discipline. It's important that they > understand HOW we reached the conclusions we have reached, which is what we > are teaching--the conclusions. > > > > So what's wrong with lecture? I'm tired of the black and white painting > of course pedagogies. It's all in how you do any of them. Look at the > discussions of powerpoint. It's not powerpoint that is inherently bad. I > think it's great! One of the primary things that attracts our attention is > motion, so that presenting things that appear one by one captures > attention. It's a matter of what it is that appears that is important. > > > > So I lecture and I use powerpoint. There. I'm proud of it! > > > > Annette > > > > ps: And there are a large number of traditional TED talks that I really > like a lot : But some of them are dogs...and most of them are more like > lecture than anything else. > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > > Professor, Psychological Sciences > > University of San Diego > > 5998 Alcala Park > > San Diego, CA 92110 > > [email protected] > > ________________________________________ > > Subject: Aren't TED talks just lectures? > > From: "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> > > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:51:31 -0600 > > X-Message-Number: 1 > > > > Hi > > > > I often hear or read about how "bad" or "outdated" or whatever lecturing > is. And yet TED talks appear to get lots of good publicity. But aren't > TED talks just lectures, albeit very good ones (usually good, that is)? > What do people who disparage lecturing think it is that they are > criticizing? > > > > Take care > > Jim > > > > > > James M. Clark > > Professor & Chair of Psychology > > [email protected] > > Room 4L41A > > 204-786-9757 > > 204-774-4134 Fax > > Dept of Psychology, U of Winnipeg > > 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB > > R3B 0R4 CANADA > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=23311 > > or send a blank email to > leave-23311-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=23315 > or send a blank email to > leave-23315-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23317 or send a blank email to leave-23317-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
