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1278138128 For those keeping track at home, its 2:25am and the feedback for Tuesday group is done and links are posted to your week 5 T2P blog post. G

1278114687 Monday Group I've re-recorded the missing Jing screencasts. Tuesday Group, I've got to eat something or I'm gonna pass out. I'll work through the night to make sure you have ur feedback asap. G

1278107029 PEEPS! I'm using Jing to provide feedback on week 5 work. The links to your own special GNA screencast are in the comments section of your week 5 T2P. Monday group is done. [ AMENDMENT: as of 6:30pm I discovered about six screen casts didn't record audio. greg, gina, maryann, tasha, stephan, and matt. Sorry folks, believe me. very, very sorry... I'm completely frustrated! 2+hrs of work. 8( ] Check back later. Tuesday group is in progress. = = =1277946644Additional information: Your final essay will need to be uploaded to Taskstream by midnight on Sat., June 10th.=

1277938141 Party people! Check Week 6 page for the full and detailed description of your final essay. Email me your drafts by noon on Sunday. Drafts can take the form of a true draft or a ROBUST outline. In other words, all of the elements are there, but it doesn't have to be all cleaned-up. The more finished your piece is, the more concrete feedback I can provide.

1277261067 Hey folks. Friendly reminders: everyone needs to post their week 4 T2P and complete the assessment from class this week located at the bottom of the Week 4 page. Also I've posted my weekly T2P on my blog (for those interested). The post includes a link to an essay by J. Duncan-Andrade about hope. Its fly so read it! AND I've posted a really great video (a twitter colleague recommended to me) about Connectivism on the Week 4 page. Here's the link too. It definitely made the theory more real to me. Watch it! Happy weekend--in two days. G

1277210381 Week 5 Scholarly Tasks are posted. (No reading!) Enjoy.

1276812776For those interested or at least intrigued by how educators use twitter in their work, here is a great article about #edchat (a weekly dialog that happens via twitter with educators from around the world).

1276641503 EVERYONE! Week 4 Scholarly Tasks are posted and ready for your enjoyment.

1276640727EVERYONE! I am attaching what I consider to be an exemplar Learning Theories "Theory to Practice" final essay. The prompts that guided the writer will be slightly different for your cohort (based on what we've covered in class and how our course unfolds). However, the basics are covered. Give special attention to the way the writer builds out his T2P hypotheses and supports them with evidence.

1276640727Group 1, I referenced a couple of items today I'm posting here. One is a great video on Emotional Intelligence (below), and the other is a recent piece on the "inverse power of praise" How Not to Talk to Your Kids For good measure, an essay discussing Alfie Kohn's take on "The Risks of Rewards"

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 * 1276640727 BEGINNING TODAY I'M POSTING THE MOST RECENT ITEMS ON THE TOP. [big duh on my part]**

1274320336 Note: As of May 19th the "Home" page and "Week 1" page of this wiki are complete. All other pages are "under construction." If you have any questions regarding the Week 1 assignment please post to the Discussion portion of that page.

1275507848 Hey Group 2 aka Monday group, our first class meeting is on Monday, June 5th. Please check your email for details.

1275594631 For those interested, I've posted my own T2P essay about my experience during Week 1 (Tuesday Group). See the essay here on my blog. Week 2 tasks are up and ready for your enjoyment. 8)

1275758227 Rumor has it, the bookstore at W. Hartford has copies of the Goodman text for those who haven't acquired it yet.

1275868776 Hey Group 1 folks, its awesome to see some of you already getting into our Week 2 assignment. I've peeped around at your blogs and noted a couple of items that need to be remedied. First, if you've closed ur blog to "comments" please open it up. We will be frequently commenting on each others posts as members of INTEL Teams and critical colleagues. Second, please make sure the links to your resources are "hot" and that they are labeled in plain text. Keep up the strong work Group 1!

1276100470Week 3 scholarly tasks are ready for your enjoyment. Please post any questions you have about the assignment to the Discussion board on the Week 3 page.

1276101119 Hey Group 1, will a member from each INTEL Team please invite me to your google doc? My gmail is: gna.garcia@gmail.com TY!

1276487900 Group 2 folks, Plan for our Memorial Day make-up class for this Friday. The day's work will center around the Week 3 scholarly tasks found on the wiki. http://tcpcg2011.wikispaces.com/Week+3 I will post the room number for our meeting here asap (it will most likely be on the fourth floor, where we normally meet).

1276489065 Group 2, we are missing one INTEL Team pic on your page. Please remedy.

1276570473 Hey folks, just an FYI. I posted my Week 2 T2P on my blog.