TED: Personalized learning

Dear Students,

Reflecting on your thesis statements, I realized that TED has many talks that will be of interest to many of you. Did you know that talks also count as bibliography for your papers? It's true. So, to help you hit two birds with one stone (= great idiomatic expression), I've designed your second reflection around the final project. Here's what we've got on our plate:

1) Choose a video from here

I urge you to focus on the area you're writing about (as your final project) as this could help provide the support, explanation, examples you seek. For example, Alejandro--how does this look? How to learn from mistakes. Javier, this might be up your alley ( = great idiomatic expression): One laptop per child. Anybody writing about apathy (ah...motiviation in the classroom!)? If so, click here. Oh, and here's a video on Language and thought (Attention, Franco).

2) After you watch your video of choice, write up a 2-paragraph reflection. Be sure you comment on the content--don't tell me what the speaker says. Tell me what you think about what the speaker says.

3) Assess with the "old" rubric: Dig up (= great phrasal verb) the feedback I gave you on your last reflection to avoid making the same mistakes.

4) Get constructive feedback. Ask a classmate to comment on development, accuracy, content, etc. Don't just say "please correct my mistakes." You won't learn that way, but DO ask somebody to point out how your writing could be improved.

BTW: If you want to present a reflection on a non-TED video, let me know. I'll Ok it first. (Did you know OK could be used as a verb? It's true!)

Questions? Ask me!