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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> I guess I\'m not sure why they are posted to Twitter and FB if they are already posted to Foursquare where your other Foursquare friends would see them anyway. Is it just in case one of your Foursquare friends is not on Foursquare at that exact moment, but might be on Twitter or FB? <br><br>As for seeing them in my Twitterstream - I find it mildly annoying because usually, my immediate response is, &quot;I don\'t really care that so-and-so is at the Corner Diner.&quot; ... unless Brad Pitt is there too and in that case I will run there immediately! But in that case, I would expect my friend to post it on Twitter or FB anyway, or call me! and I\'d find out that way. I\'m not really interested to know where people are *exactly* unless something interesting or unusual is happening there. I mean, I don\'t really need to know where all my friends are eating lunch. If one of them wants me to join them, I hope they\'d just send me an SMS!<br><br>I understand things more from Dixie\'s point of view in the FB discussion thread when she said it\'s an easy way to recommend places/restaurants/venues to friends. I\'m still not convinced to use it (yet), but I understand that more than wanting to know where all my friends might be at any given moment, and for them to know where I am. <br><br>Lastly -- Perhaps this sounds a bit silly or over-the-top, but I don\'t think I\'d be comfortable posting my whereabouts all that frequently. I have a rather public, open digital life -- my full name, photo, bio, and personal and professional history are posted in more than one place online -- and it\'s a bit disconcerting to me to think that someone I hardly know who follows me on Twitter could literally, in-the-flesh, be following me to the bank, my classes, Starbucks, etc. if I chose to post &quot;check-ins&quot; on my public Twitter stream. Foursquare sounds similar to Loopt, which I installed on my iPhone when I first got it and subsequently deleted immediately after I realized that it was determining my location wherever I went and publishing that information when I arrived there. Perhaps I\'ve lived overseas too long and am more paranoid about personal safety, or perhaps I like to be anonymous at times... whatever the case, Foursquare has very limited appeal to me at the moment." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> I\'m just kind of thinking out loud here, but I\'m wondering -- is &quot;to empathize&quot; a skill? Or is empathy a concept? When phrased like a verb it sounds like a skill, but I\'m not sure that it is. That is not to say that I don\'t think it can be learned -- of course it can -- nor that I don\'t think it should be taught. I certainly agree with your main point here, which is that empathy needs to be given more emphasis in our schools and educational systems. <br><br>But I\'m not sure it\'s a skill. I think it belongs in the abstract category with &quot;trustworthiness&quot; and &quot;respect&quot; and &quot;compassion.&quot; Are these things abilities? or are they ideas and attitudes that are understood, embedded, and retained? <br><br>I only bring it up because the term &quot;skill&quot; implies (at least to me) that one can be instructed to learn how to do it, and by following instructions and experimenting with practice, become proficient at it. But I think empathy (and the other concepts I mention) is taught by modeling, and experience and exposure more than instruction." );
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document.write( "            Cutting the Crap from Student iMovies: A Screencast Tutorial | Beyond School: " );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Clay - a rubric does not have to be a checklist, and it doesn\'t have to kill the creativity and risk-taking factors. Why can\'t you build these two areas into the rubric? (i.e., those projects which demonstrate more creativity and risk-taking get better grades) This can easily be done by working in some kind of thoughtful journal / video / other constructed response as a reflection justifying choices and process.<br><br>It will no doubt take you much longer to mark than a &quot;regular&quot; project, but IMO, well worth it." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Hi Sylvia, <br>There\'s nothing wrong with touchy-feely posts or sappy comments, in my opinion. We are, after all, in the business of People. And People have feelings. Perhaps this is why there are fewer women in STEM courses in developed Western nations; maybe it\'s in these nations that emotional intelligence is not valued nearly as much as it is in those other seemingly (politically) repressive societies. In my experience, other cultures often value and accept emotional connections just as much -- or more -- than &quot;intellectual&quot; ones. <br><br>Just a thought. And thanks for being touchy-feely every once in a while. :) I think it works just fine." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Let\'s also not forget the impact of one\'s digital footprint. I\'m sure the kid at Wisconsin-La Crosse who was fined for underage drinking based on Facebook photos can tell you all about that. I think what you\'re getting at here is that employers are looking for a holistic picture, not single one piece of data that will make you or break you. Indeed, this is exactly what you were doing when you made your choice for the Academic Excellence award (what a terrible name for an award, btw -- why is &quot;academia&quot; so highly valued?). <br><br>Now, what if we were to take this a step further and apply this holistic perspective to everything in &quot;school&quot;? Let\'s start with assessment. I think you\'ve made a perfect case for it here in this post. Let\'s find ways to assess our students by looking at multiple &quot;pieces&quot; of them, from multiple angles, from multiple perspectives, with some balance. I would be willing to bet my next semester\'s tuition (at a private fancy university, to boot) that if we did that, we\'d be turning out a heckuvalot more young adults like the one you &quot;promoted&quot; with your award." );
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