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Re: Just added FaceBook Connect

mattjohn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:40:03 -0000

Facebook is a global social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.[1] Users can add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region. The website's name stems from the colloquial name of books given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook with his college roommates and fellow computer science students Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while he was a student at Harvard University.[5] The website's membership was initially limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It later expanded further to include any university student, then high school students, home business, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. The website currently has more than 300 million active users worldwide.[6]

Facebook has met with some controversy. It has been blocked intermittently in several countries including Syria,[7] China[8], Vietnam[9], and Iran.[10] It has also been banned at many places of work to discourage employees from wasting time using the service.[11] Privacy has also been an issue, and it has been compromised several times. Facebook settled a lawsuit regarding claims over source code and intellectual property.[12]

Re: Just added FaceBook Connect

tefltube — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:25:07 -0000

Love these bonus updates! I'm sure you both are busy, but it's nice to hear what's going on between episodes. The recent podcasts are great (as always) and the site is getting better.

Re: About

edgycation — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:39:10 -0000

Hi Jared!

Thank you, We're really glad that you like the show and have found some useful info. Did you make it to China? Don't forget, tell your friends!!

Seriously, Thanks!
Scott

Re: Happy Holidays Everybody!

edgycation — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:37:00 -0000

That works pretty well for me as well. I only allow them to use dictionaries as a last resort. and then they have to read out all (or most of ) the definitions and there is some discussion about which is most appropriate for the situation.

Scott

Re: Happy Holidays Everybody!

Jackie Bolen — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:22:12 -0000

I really don't like my students using dictionaries in class. As you guys mentioned, dictionaries (electronic ones are the worst) will often produce these crazy renderings that just don't make sense. Or are words that I've never heard of, or would never use.

My solution is to take a few minutes at the beginning of each class and explain any vocab that I think might be problematic for that lesson, using other English words that they do know. And then if there are any further words they don't know, I tell them to ask me or a friend who is good at English and we can explain it to them.

Re: About

Jared — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:35:17 -0000

Wow! This is an amazing site and the podcasts are great! I found out about this site from my brother who heard it from Leo Laporte's podcasts. I just graduated with my undergrad and will get my TEFL certification this year and will hopefully be teaching in China by the end of the year. This is an amazing resource for me---thanks so much for what you guys are doing here!

Re: Dude vs. the Librarian - Show 80

Jackie Bolen — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:47:46 -0000

I feel so famous! I got my name mentioned on the show :) Anyway, here's the link:

www.eslteacherinkorea.blogspot.com

Enjoy :)

Re: Welcome net@night listeners!

edgycation — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:01:14 -0000

Hi!
Thanks for the comment, and we hope you like the shows.
Glad to hear that the exposure on Net@Night brought you to us!

Scott

Re: Welcome net@night listeners!

Weavre Cooper — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:51:00 -0000

Wow! I'm an adult educator in Pennsylvania, who had no idea you were here doing this until I heard about it on Net@Night. I'm looking forward to going through your archives! It looks like you have a lot of good material here. Thank you!

Re: Holy Cow!!

edgycation — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:15:55 -0000

Hi Jackie,
That's great!! What's the link to your blog?
It's always good to get more people talking about their experiences.

Scott

Re: Holy Cow!!

Jackie Bolen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:22:08 -0000

Hey guys...love your show! I've been a faithful listener for the past 7 or 8 months and I really appreciate your enthusiasm and good ideas for the classroom. Anyway, I've been inspired to start a blog about my experiences in the Korean university classroom. Check it out :)

Re: Holy Cow!!

edgycation — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:33:14 -0000

Hi Jason,
Thanks for the comment!
Hmm, Nice idea. Facilitator seems like it would work pretty well.
The student is still the focus of the of the lessons and still has the feel of the teacher staying out of the way, but available when the students need help.

Good idea!

What do you lurkers think? :)

Re: Holy Cow!!

jason — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:56:03 -0000

Hello Scotts,
I am a first time listener and first time commenter. This comment is about episode 78. What about facilitator for the forth "teacher type". This term may be useful in the sense that it implies a student centered learning environment where the teacher facilitates the language learning. But, mayhaps this idea is similar to what you described as "the guider".

cheers,
jason

Re: About

James Perren — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:51:15 -0000

Hey Scott. VERY Cool stuff. It's James Perren from America. How is everything going over there? Are you still at KGU? I saw a postcard for your Edgycation at Michigan State University. Hmmm. How did it get there? Drop me a line if you would like to have students do social networking activities.

James Perren
jperren@emich.edu

Re: A look at a couple of New York Times articles- Show 75

edgycation — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:12:27 -0000

Thanks for the info Yone!
The Hikikomori issue is one I haven't really thought of.
What kind of discussions do you think would be beneficial?

Re: A look at a couple of New York Times articles- Show 75

yone — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:54:23 -0000

My collage is KansaiGaidai university in Osaka where u live, I gusee. Im majoring in Language,but I lm gona to major in eduaction, especially infant education in the future. If such the class spread over, the number of "HIkikomori" who are reclusive and unsocial people will increase. I hope computer for student should have more discussion in public.

Re: A look at a couple of New York Times articles- Show 75

edgycation — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:18:07 -0000

Hi Yone,
That is very interesting. I am interested in how the teachers will integrate cell phones into the classes. I like the idea of students being able to keep up with the class if they are absent. I knew a couple of teachers that used cell phones for outside class assignments. They seemed to think it worked ok, but there were several problems with it.

What school is starting this? I would love to contact some of the teachers who are planning to use this and ask them about their plans.

I agree, Universities/Colleges will probably not be controlled by computers. For now, I think that there are too many teachers who are scared of cell phones in class. I also think that this will eventually change over time.

Thanks for the post!!
Scott

Re: A look at a couple of New York Times articles- Show 75

yone — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:37:19 -0000

Im a japaneses colllage student. In my collage, school will start "online-class". The textbook would send to students' cell phone from the collage, so during class, students would take the class with opening their cell phone at all. And also, when they are absent in theclass, the school would sent assignment to their cell phone so that they could know about the class. Ive seen such the situation in only comic book. I doubt my collage will be controlled by computer in future.

Re: A look at a couple of New York Times articles- Show 75

edgycation — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:06:49 -0000

I believe anyone can use it if they give credit and some sort of critique of the work.
I am sure that if you contact the Times, they will want some money.

I am not a lawyer though, so not sure.
Plus, the laws will vary depending on where you are.

The links that are there allow free access so you don't have to sign in to the site to see the articles.
Check at the bottom of the article, you may find more information on allowable use.

S

[Edit]
You are talking about the times article right?
If you mean our show, you are welcome to use it, but not sell it.
If you are interesting is selling recordings of the show email me.

scott
[a t]
edgycation.org

:)
S

Re: ESL Class

edgycation — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:03:44 -0000

The Staff Meeting video is up.
Watch for new developments!