Thing 2 – slideshare

Slideshare is a very easy program to use to upload powerpoints. I shall use this in future instead of uploading solely to academia.edu. It allows me to share the powerpoint with people on facebook, twitter, via email and embed into websites (perhaps my website).

I'm not sure facebook is a beneficial idea as most people I am connected with are personal and not professional contacts. I will have to look into twitter. The email and embed functions are good though.

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Thing 1

It was easy to set up this blog, I like the University format and the benefit of having the warwick domain boost the ratings in the search engines.

I'd like to learn how to use blogs to collaborate and publish my research, and am interested in the multi-user blogs as written about on the 23 things website.

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The definition of Abstraction

It's always interesting to start with the definition of an object and see what interpretations there are....... googling 'abstraction' today produces.........

noun /abˈstrakSHən/ 
abstractions, plural

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Web definitions

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Corcoran, K. and Sim, C. (2009), ‘Pedagogical reasoning, creativity and cooperative learning in the

Pedagogical reasoning, creativity and cooperative

learning in the visual art classroom’

Corcoran, K. and Sim, C. (2009), ‘Pedagogical reasoning, creativity and cooperative learning in the visual art classroom’, International Journal of Education through Art 5: 1, pp. 51–61, doi: 10.1386/eta.5.1.51/1

Purpose : To explore how using reflective practice & a cooperative learning structured modelling approach could raise pupil independence and creativity in 50 16-18 year old art students in Australia

·        Action research.

·        Initially process-product.

·        Field log, questionnaires and mainly observations (video and interviews)

·        Using a clear model, pupils become self-regulated learners, able to review and process their own learning and creativity.

·        Lower ability pupils engaged more

·        Groups should be based on friendship groups as art is a personal subject

·        Perhaps AT should be used in cooperative way instead of a personal way?

·        Perhaps a lack of modelling or structure will mean pupils struggle? Interview & questionnaire feedback should help ascertain this

Has a couple of good quotes promoting shift of power to pupils. Lack of any quanitative data. Only one teacher used.

·        Learn about self-regulating learning

·        Contact the teacher (Kerrie Corcoran) on: kcorcoran@chac.qld.edu.au

·        Creativity research journal

Zimmerman, B. J. (1989), ‘A social cognitive view of self-regulated learning’, Journal

of Educational Psychology, 81 (3), pp. 329–339.

Amabile, T. M. (1996), Creativity in Context, Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Brown, R. T. (1989). ‘Creativity … what are we to measure?’ In J. A. Glover, R. R Ronning,

and C. R. Reynolds (eds), Handbook of Creativity. New York: Plenum Press,

pp. 3–30.

Cropley, A. J. (2001), Creativity in Education and Learning, London: Kogan Page.

Osborn, A. F. (1953), Applied Imagination, New York: Scribner.

Parnes, S. J. (1967), Creative Behaviour Guidebook, New York: Scribner.

Parnes, S. J. and Harding, H. F. (eds)(1962), A Source Book for Creative Thinking,

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

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