Monthly Archives: January 2008
More on Motivation
After going through the archives of podcasts at EdTechTalk, I recently listened to Women Of Web 2.0, Episode 7. 56 minutes in, they have an interesting discussion about intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation related to the concept of Locus of Control. As this is related to two of my previous posts (here and here) I though it was worthy of mention. Being a podcast, it is hard to give you a simple reference to the discussion point, so […]
A World of Quotations
Though I stubled upon it completely independently, this Quotation Search tool is of a similar theme, and could have similar application to my previous post. Wow. That has to be my shortest post ever.
A World of Acronyms
I stumbled upon an interesting Acronym Search tool today that I thought had interesting potential uses in the classroom. I guess I am just one of those (annoying?) guys who likes making acronyms, so seeing what is already out there also has some appeal. But I know that I am not alone and suspect that this […]
The Dark Side of Rewards and Praise
My previous post (on a child’s outlook influencing their intelligence) made me recall a segment in a BBC documentary (I think it was either Human Body or Child of our Time, both hosted by Robert Winston) about how using rewards too much can actually demotivate a child. It seemed that by promising a reward while assigning a task, the child would focus on how to […]
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
SlashDotReview mentioned an item on SlashDot (which has a vibrant conversation on the topic) quoting Hugh Pickens, who summarises an article in Scientific American on the secret to raising smart kids. Dang – talk about quoting your sources! Anyway, Hugh Pickens writes: Scientific American has an interesting article on the secret to raising smart kids that says that more than 30 years of […]
