User:Vtaylor/here be dragons

terra incognita - here be dragons... /Y2013/../Y2012/../Y2011 and earlier/
 * "The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance." --Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University.


 * k8engineering / engineering 4 kids - partners. teaching/learning support - feedback. erau, ieee * STEM > stEm - start with engineering - what is the science and math to get it done, underlying engineering problem solving
 * personal learning navigation - i'm here and i want to know more about... quick overview, less than an hour, serious learning, PLN, pocket school - kids self-directed, teacher tools. new important & interesting. mlearning, not mobile elearning
 * DeAnza - CIS77X DARE literacies. CIS89A Web Page Development - HTML5, CSS
 * water, boats, critters, kids - hsa, mdc
 * do more - outdoors - swimming, sailing, flying. personal interaction on "important" stuff - teaching, learning, sharing. swe - erau. schs. bgc - learnlit. core, abs, upper body * beyond comfort zone, new ** do less - emails

== 2014== summer 2014


 * Central Florida STEM Education Council - meeting 1 August. The focus for this meeting is Educator Resources.


 * mdc - summer, schools, swe, e4k
 * b&gc - learning literacies - nsb, ??
 * eng4kids / swe - dana, becky, jill at bst, andrea ucf
 * schs - fall
 * WE-GSoC - peer review, registration - code review, mid-term evaluation
 * moocs - #moolx - More Open Online guided self-directed Learning eXperience, less course than #mooc
 * swe - erau, andrea ucf, http://www.fabfems.org/

Community Empowerment
 * Udemy https://www.udemy.com/course-manage/edit-getting-started/?courseId=244504
 * http://wikieducator.org/Introduction_to_Community_Empowerment/Community_Empowerment_Introduction_-_Readings
 * http://cec.vcn.bc.ca/cmp/modules/emp-12.htm

Project management migration from Canvas to Udemy - Jacky
 * instructor course https://www.udemy.com/official-udemy-instructor-course/#/lecture/213442
 * checklist https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1SbCv-uFZk6LiUh0D8tuwRmlK1Ybgnom0wXIPjvjuOdg
 * lectures - video (60%), audio, text, document, presentation, mashup
 * Canvas https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/857406/pages/front-page

Open Doors - open education. education
 * education - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/education (an education) An enlightening experience: a day with those kids was an education in patience and forbearance

EDUCA''TION, n. [L. educatio.] The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties.
 * http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Definition-of-Education.html In Websters 1828 Dictionary we read this definition:


 * https://coopcatalyst.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/the-definition-of-education/ Education should allow students to define themselves, it should encourage such definition to take place from the student


 * http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/education the process of teaching or learning in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get from this:


 * Valerie Taylor is a long-time advocate and curator for Open Educational Resources, MOOCs and wikis including Wikipedia, Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, Community College Open Textbooks, and Hewlett Foundation funded projects. She has contributed to several publications on open education, personal learning networks and distance learning. As a K-14 educator, Valerie continues to promote Engineering within the context of STEM education and open learning. She is an elected member of the WikiEducator Community Council, encouraging the growing adoption of open access learning through the developed and developing world. Valerie holds a B.Sc from the University of Toronto and a M.Sc in Education for CSU East Bay.

== 2014.04==

Community Empowerment
 * http://cec.vcn.bc.ca/cmp/modules/emp-ce.htm - main
 * https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/login.html - UN Volunteers - login

Sophie Blanchard (25 March 1778 – 6 July 1819) was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard.

Aviation related achievements
 * married to Jean-Pierre Blanchard, the world's first professional balloonist, Sophie was first woman to work as a professional balloonist, specializing in night flights
 * the first woman to pilot her own balloon
 * Napoleon made her "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals"
 * first woman to be killed in an aviation accident - July 1819 during a display over the Tivoli Gardens in Paris. Her hydrogen-filled balloon caught fire and Blanchard, entangled in the surrounding net, fell to her death.
 * personal characteristic - Sophie was hard working and resourceful. After her husband's death, she was able to work as a balloonist to pay off their debts.
 * WOW and Spruce Creek today - Independent, adventurous, Sophie would fit right in.
 * other


 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sophie_Blanchard - pictures
 * http://www.quickiwiki.com/en/Sophie_Blanchard
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Blanchard
 * http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sophie-blanchard-the-high-flying-frenchwoman-who-revealed-the-thrill-and-danger-of-ballooning-89106237/?no-ist
 * http://forgottennewsmakers.com/2010/09/15/sophie-blanchard-1778-%E2%80%931819-first-women-to-fly-solo-in-a-hot-air-balloon/
 * http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/07/sophie-blanchard-first-woman-balloon-pilot/
 * http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/sophie-blanchard-a-new-film-by-jen-sachs.html
 * http://thehistorychicks.com/?p=1912

A good Essential Question
 * 1)  is open-ended; i.e., it typically will not have a single, final, and correct answer.
 * 2)  is thought-provoking and intellectually engaging, meant to spark discussion and debate.
 * 3)  calls for high-order thinking, such as analysis, inference, evaluation, prediction. It cannot be effectively answered by recall alone.
 * 4)  points toward important, transferable ideas within (and sometimes across) disciplines.
 * 5)  raises additional questions and sparks further inquiry.
 * 6)  requires support and justification, not just an answer.
 * 7)  recurs over time; i.e., the question can and should be re-visited again and again.

https://novoed.com/mastering-language-common-core-2/home
 * Mastering Language for the Common Core State Standards: Focus on Mathematics in Elementary Grades

https://class.coursera.org/organalysis-003
 * Organizational Analysis

== 2014.02==

Continually improving our students ability to read, write and add up is important, but so is their ability to sing and dance and play and paint and draw. We need well rounded students who enjoy learning, who discover what it means to be truly literate, not just with words and numbers but in all senses of the word. Make no mistake, no matter how you look at it, going “back to basics” is still going backwards. --Chris Betcher


 * NASA/NSTA Open Online Course: Teaching Tomorrow’s Engineers - Middle school educators are invited to join NASA and NSTA in this open online course to learn more about the engineering design process. Participants of the course will discover how to use NASA resources to engage students and guide them in engineering design challenges. The course will provide practical strategies for implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and discuss ideas for teaching the disciplinary core idea of Engineering, Technology and the Application of Science. http://learningcenter.nsta.org/default.aspx


 * Designing for Deeper Learning: How to Develop Performance Tasks for the Common Core https://novoed.com/learning-design-common-core


 * Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for the Common Core State Standards (Secondary) http://online.stanford.edu/course/common-core-language-secondary-w14


 * "(A MOOC) is not a group of people trying to reach some destination together. It’s a place where individuals pursuing their own interest and objectives can interact in a way that mutually supports each other." Also: "the concept of MOOCs is open online learning in a networks kind of infrastructure. This is not simply a teaching mechanism. This is a social perceptual mechanism. A MOOC is a perceptual device for recognising whether a person is capable and competent in that subject area." --OLDaily


 * Continually improving our students ability to read, write and add up is important, but so is their ability to sing and dance and play and paint and draw. We need well rounded students who enjoy learning, who discover what it means to be truly literate, not just with words and numbers but in all senses of the word. Make no mistake, no matter how you look at it, going “back to basics” is still going backwards. --Chris Betcher

Open Content Licensing for Educators (OCL4Ed 14.02) micro Open Online Course - starts on 5 February 2014.
 * http://wikieducator.org/Open_content_licensing_for_educators/Course_dashboard
 * https://plus.google.com/communities/101164183090938345449?hl=en The UNESCO-COL OER Chair network and the OERu

== 2014.01==
 * copyright


 * rhizo14 https://p2pu.org/en/courses/882/rhizomatic-learning-the-community-is-the-curriculum/ -

Crafting Your ePerfect eTextbook
 * free open online course, . In 5 weeks work with authors, material writers, teacher trainers, and 100s of teachers around the world to create the 1st chapter of an etextbook to fit your class needs. http://ebookevo.pbworks.com/w/page/70262228/Welcome
 * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ibly45MDgrpqctbMpw6G955s1hXyBy6vrxZy4pMtNkg/pub

SF 2014.01
 * http://events.sfgate.com/performers/show/1124952-beach-blanket-babylon
 * dining http://www.dineabouttown.com/ - sushi w
 * http://www.fogfair.com/ fri-sun fort mason $20
 * http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events - http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2014-01-14/dr-ed-lu-protecting-earth-asteroids-why-we-may-not-see-them-coming $20 tue 6:00
 * http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thursday-showcase-tickets-9069014667 improv th
 * http://thirdthursdaysf.wordpress.com/ - yerba buena th 5-10


 * Hockney exhibit
 * kb walk fri 10
 * sailing
 * yc dinner
 * netflix - forks over knives, downton abbey
 * fitness - core, upper body


 * Berkeley, Rockcliff
 * San Jose - The Tech, ? Julie, deanza


 * http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events

== 2014==

Year of the Wood Horse 2014 - - starts on January 31, 2014
 * colours of the Wood feng shui element - all shades of green and brown. Water and Earth elements, because these two elements support the Wood in its growth and well-being. So, colours blue and black (Water element colours) as well as all earthy tones (Earth element)
 * natural crystals and stones with the presence of Wood energy, such as green jade, agate, green tourmaline and malachite. Also good are crystals and stones with the presence of Water element energy - such as turquoise, aquamarine, pearls, kyanite, lapis lazuli and moonstone. Or, go for black colour ones, such as black obsidian, black tourmaline or black onyx.


 * Blue - Water feng shui element. This color is excellent for use in the feng shui bagua areas of East (Health & Family) and Southeast (Wealth & Abundance) of your home or office, as Water energy nourishes the Wood element of these two feng shui areas.


 * vt Dog Fire 2014. mt Pig Fire

== I am...== --Valerie Taylor 16:59, 11 January 2014 (UTC) Encouraging all kids to learn about the world through the Engineering Design Process. Promoting open education resources, personal learning networks and educator collaboration. WikiEducator Community Council member.

Engineering 4 Kids Marine Discovery Center Open Textbooks, Learning Literacy, BYO US FIRST robotics LEGO League Burns Sci Tech, Creekside Women of Wings (WOW), Marin County 99s EAA 288 Young Eagles Build A Plane Look Up! educator network blog collection, Come Fly With Me MOOC WikiEducator Open Educational Resources (OER)

--Valerie Taylor 10:42, 27 August 2011 (UTC) Promoting open education, personal learning networks and educator collaboration. Advocating universal access to science and engineering education. WikiEducator Community Council member.

--Valerie Taylor 19:10, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Valerie Taylor has been teaching at DeAnza since 2000, and worked on contract as the Distance Learning Faculty Coordinator for several years. Her online teaching has included Computers and the Internet in Society, and other courses for Computer Information Systems department, as well as facilitating hybrid faculty development workshops - Technology Enhanced Instruction, Technology Supported Learning and Retention and Catalyst courses.

Valerie has a MS Ed in Online Teaching and Learning from CSU East Bay and taught in the program after graduation. Before working full time in education, Valerie worked in Information Technology in training, business development, and customer support. Valerie holds a BS from the University of Toronto.

Valerie continues to work promoting open education, personal learning networks and educator collaboration, and advocating universal access to science education. Valerie is a contributor to the Replacing Textbooks project and a member of the WikiEducator Community Council.

--Valerie Taylor 16:03, 18 January 2011 (UTC) Early-adopter of technology-supported learning. Advocate for universal access to education. Open education contributor. Community college instructor. Faculty workshop facilitator. MS Ed in Online Teaching and Learning. WikiEducator Community Council member. Silicon Valley resident. Lifelong learner.