Comments on: Tag clouds as a heuristic http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/tag-clouds-as-a-heuristic/ just another blog about technology, the web and learning Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:20:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: David Carpenter http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/tag-clouds-as-a-heuristic/comment-page-1/#comment-8 David Carpenter Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:49:11 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/tag-clouds-as-a-heuristic/#comment-8 Jeff, Your post makes me think of the recent WASC review that my previous school went through and how the reviewers combed through information to see if we were moving forward on the goals we said we were. They really could have used some of the tools you mention here. I also think about Understanding by Design and looking backwards from assessments to instruction and content for connections. It would seem to me that we could try to run student text based assessments through Many Eyes, etc. to see how well our students reached the Essential Understandings that we hoped they would learn. Jeff,

Your post makes me think of the recent WASC review that my previous school went through and how the reviewers combed through information to see if we were moving forward on the goals we said we were. They really could have used some of the tools you mention here. I also think about Understanding by Design and looking backwards from assessments to instruction and content for connections. It would seem to me that we could try to run student text based assessments through Many Eyes, etc. to see how well our students reached the Essential Understandings that we hoped they would learn.

]]> By: » Visualizations & Fine Print Learning In a Flat World: Fun but Bumpy! http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/tag-clouds-as-a-heuristic/comment-page-1/#comment-7 » Visualizations & Fine Print Learning In a Flat World: Fun but Bumpy! Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:22:47 +0000 http://techne.edublogs.org/2008/02/04/tag-clouds-as-a-heuristic/#comment-7 [...] on knowledge representations through tag clouds. It is a subject we had brainstormed before, but in this post, he shared his reactions to a presentation at ELI by George Siemens and Cyprien Lomas on their use [...] [...] on knowledge representations through tag clouds. It is a subject we had brainstormed before, but in this post, he shared his reactions to a presentation at ELI by George Siemens and Cyprien Lomas on their use [...]

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