Education for Inclusive & Cutting Edge Classrooms

I write about education from a veteran English teacher point of view. I like to combine articles, infographics, and research to present timely and significant issues framed in new and minimal ways. Currently, I am a University of Massachusetts Amherst Language, Literacy and Culture EdD candidate, teacher advisor/mentor, NWP Consultant. Website: lisa.oliner.net

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RIP - bell hooks

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Memories by Bouke de Vries

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With so many takes on what American fashion means in 2021, one thing is clear: The Met Gala brought it out in all its diversity. https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/met-gala-2021-red-carpet-live-celebrity-fashion #Fashion #fashiondesigner #womensrights #depoliticizecompassion #u_of_fashion #fashiondesign #MetGala #metgala2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzqBTjlzdb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Single Red Gerbera or Gerbera jamesonii in Full Bloom Gerbera or Gerbera jamesonii are birthed from a perennial plant in the daisy family. They originate from Africa, South America and tropical Asia, although the colorful gerbera you see in gardens are the result of commercial hybridization. IMG_2712.HEIC CC3.0 US Lisa Purvin Oliner 2021 #gerbera #flowers #red https://www.instagram.com/p/CTnVUEXvZcw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Pink-Tipped Dahlias or Dahlia 'Jura', a small flowered semi cactus dahlia flower with “Dragon” Prisma Filter IMG_2042.HEIC CC3.0 US Lisa Purvin Oliner 2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTlT_U5Mkni/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Close up Pink-Tipped Dahlias or Dahlia 'Jura', a small-flowered semi-cactus dahlia flower, edited in Prisma app with Aqua. #dahlia #flowers #prisma #drama https://www.instagram.com/p/CTlTZ9yjsPN/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Plenary speaker at Engaging Anthropology conference shares story of Homo naledi and the ‘Chamber of Secrets’. #TheLeakeyFoundation #EngagingAnthropology #archaeology #humanorigins #RisingStarExperience #RisingStarExpedition #desilva_jerry #LeeRBerger #Homonaledi #UMassAmherst (at University Of Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3SZFRohl7M/?igshid=ja695iytiwtt

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Faculty Panel: “The Meaning and Making of Public Ethnography” Maria José Botelho, Language, Literacy, and Culture Julie Hemment, Anthropology
Sancha Medwinter, Sociology
Timothy Pachirat, Political Science Chair: Krista Harper, Anthropology #COEUMassAmherst #Anthropology #SocialSciences ##EducationResearch

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Professor Burawoy lectures in the Unbounding Ethnography Conference on November 5th‬ at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reflects his longstanding commitment to mentoring new generations of social scientists. His generous participation also includes an inaugural student ethnographers' workshop ‪on Saturday, November 6th, also at UMass Amherst. Professor Burawoy is Professor of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley. A renowned figure in the social sciences, he has held honorary professorships on four continents, and served as President of both the International and American Sociological Associations. His 2004 Presidential Address to the ASA conceptualized and called for a public sociology, setting a new standard of public engagement for scholarship across the social sciences. #COEUMassAmherst #Ethnography #SocialScience #EducationResearch #Anthropology

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Well, that was easy. #vote #votemassachusetts #earlybirds #whatareyouwaitingfor

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The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization.

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You won’t believe how I got to work today.

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We need more people like Ellen.

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CI484-Learning-Technologies - Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism & Connectivism

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Lisa Purvin Oliner's insight:

Graduate Students Prepared to Know and Track More

Within Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism & Connectivism, a Wikispaces Classroom, four variations in instructional design are described in some detail with a well-referenced chart, definitions, videos, and hyperlinks. The facilitator presents in some depth a) how learning occurs using each theory as a lens, b) what factors influence learning, c) what the role of memory is, d) how the transfer of knowledge occurs, and finally, e) what types of learning are best explained by each theory. 

Of particular interest is the description of Connectivism that is a skill students are not acquiring to a sufficient degree before they graduate from secondary school. This is because most curricula designers and pedagogy planners view research papers and projects as sufficient guidance to keep up with new knowledge in the multiple fields they will need to follow to stay current. Like no other time in history has keeping abreast of new information been so complicated, changeable, and quality-source reliant. 

For these reasons, students should have strategies in place to sort the truth from myth, the obsolete from invention, and status quo from worthwhile endeavor. Critical Media Literacy is not enough to ensure students can distinguish the meaningful from the manipulative. They must also be able to see what they need to know and then make connections (i.e. “connecting specialized nodes”) that may change as ideas morph with discovery and innovation. Then they will need to cull that information in manageable and rational ways. It will be their “capacity to know more” that will make their paths ahead tenable.

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TED-Ed | Lessons Worth Sharing

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Ted-Ed offers lessons in the form of YouTube videos. There are 62 videos and 312 Flipped Lessons. You can watch, adapt or use them with your classroom, homework, or just to learn. 

Lisa Purvin Oliner's insight:

Seeking Mind-Set Themes and Real World Relevancy through TED

This is the least likely source to be scooped, unless you have time on your hands; nevertheless, TED-Ed is an endless source of ideas, facts, and classroom mind-set materials. So, fit in amid classroom setup, listened to during long commutes, or used as a 'bedtime story', you are sure to find a metaphor or exemplar for your lesson-objectives, essential questions, and other enduring learning you've planned for students. 

For instance, Jackson’s “An economic reality check” is helpful to illustrate why “ownership is driven by a sense of anxiety”, Heffernan’s “Dare to Disagree” makes acceptable counterintuitive thinking within rigid communities of practice and shows how disagreement often illuminates truths that allows for growth, and Talhouk’s “Don't kill your language” demonstrates that primary discourse should be used to leverage the secondary. In the latter example, Suzanne Talhouk uses Khalil Gibran’s creative voice as an example of how our senses are inextricably tied to students' mother-tongue.

Of course, as with any media used in the early tertiary or late secondary classroom, only the most vibrant excerpt(s) should be cued and viewed. Otherwise, a close-listening worksheet, active 'Twitterfall', and/or reflection journal should be used to engender engagement. Anyway, when you are trying to make a point with students who are largely trained through social media to be fluid thinkers, you do not want to clutter your agenda with unnecessary information.  

Please, feel free to add additional TED discussions and their thematic relevancy to your lessons to this post via comments. After all, we can then use this as an example of how a community of learners can form at any age and from any corner of the world.

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Multimodal Media Productions in High School English Classrooms 06172012.mov - YouTube

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A Rationale for Integrity in American Literature: A Multimodal Media Production for the Liberation of Voices in the High School English Classroom

Lisa Purvin Oliner's insight:

MMLA is the outcome of a decade of professional development, collaboration, data collection, reflection, and ‘wonderings’ turned imperative preoccupation in my English Language Arts classroom. When a passing grade on high-stakes state testing across-disciplines became the ultimate endgame for all work in high schools, reading and writing in specified ways was fused to a deadline regardless of individualized education plans and learning challenges. What is not always clear is that our approach and intent may be more important than drills and practice. Once we give students hope that they have value in the world, their academic work will significantly improve. An open, positive mind should be the 'ultimate endgame'; then and only then will test scores improve.

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A Great Resource Sheet on How to Grow Your PLN on Twitter ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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Extend Your Personal Learning Network (PLN) with a Twitter Node: Teach Technology from a Place of Knowing

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A Great Resource Sheet on How to Grow Your PLN on Twitter ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

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