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U.Va Education Professor Bob Pianta joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss a Curry School report that could change the way kids are taught in elementary school. The study tracked 1,000 students in 25 states from ages 3 to 17, and found that children don’t get nearly enough one-on-one instruction.
Ted Genoways is the editor of the
One of the things that we try to get across in the show each week is that – for all of its promise – educational technology has potential downsides as well, especially when you’re pushing the edge of the envelope just a bit and trying new things. This week, we used uStream ( related field report) to videoconference as we recorded the show’s audio; we also tried recording video of the conference itself using iShowU.
As Michael notes, one of the things we strive for is a measure of authenticity. Authenticity is powerful, and can engender connections among people. It also necessitates – or requires – a measure of vulnerability. We don’t want to keep our failures secret, for doing so telegraphs a message about technology use that doesn’t accurately reflect the struggles it requires. We’re going to put it out there for all to see, for better for worse. With that in mind, here is the video we recorded. You’ll notice that the audio is quite good, but the video consists of a strobe-like effect as iShowU couldn’t keep up with the live frame rate of the broadcasted Ustream video. We’ll continue to work on it, trying other settings and different tools. In the meanwhile, we hope you see this as we do – as a learning experience – and that you’ll provide feedback and suggestions to help us improve the show.
– Michael, Mark, and Steve
Do you shudder when you hear the word STATISTICS??? Hopefully not after this week’s GenTech session! In Show #23, the GenTech boys present several web-based polling/assessment tools as they discuss the joys and virtues of using online tests and assessments (and how much fun they really can be) in the classroom.
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The video of this week’s podcast will be published in a separate post later today.
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First-year law student Karin Agness, who spoke at a Miller Center of Public Affairs Forum April 18, is the founder and
national president of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW), the nation’s premier organization for conservative university women.
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U.Va Law School Professor Jim Ryan gave the annual Charge to the Class April 24 in Caplin Pavilion to students who will be graduating this spring. |
A look at the U.Va Jewish Community with Brian Cohen of U.Va Hillel. This originally aired on Coy Barefoot’s program on WINA, which airs from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM weekdays.
David Gies is the director of Semester at Sea, a program that’s recently been taken over by the University of Virginia. Gies
On April 23rd, 2007, the Miller Center for Public Affairs held a forum to ask the question: “Are Western Leadership Concepts Appropriate in Islamic Cultures?” We bring you this now here on the Charlottesville Podcasting Network.
Steffen Schubert, a banker who serves as managing director of Tejoori Limited, previously was chief executive officer of the Dubai International Finance Exchange.
Moustapha Ismail Sarhank, a scholar in the interdisciplinary field of leadership, psychology, and religion, is honorary chairman of Sarhank Group for Investments, a holding company with headquarters in Egypt and Geneva.
David E. Martin is the founding chief executive officer of M-CAM, Inc., the international leader in intellectual property-based financial risk management. Dr. Martin is also a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
This event is co-hosted with the International Business Society at Darden.
The United States should hold itself to the same standards of restraint that it requires of other countries if it wants to
reclaim its mantle as a protector of liberty under law on the international stage, said Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs at Princeton University.
“When we do not restrain ourselves, other nations band against us,”kj she said.
Slaughter is the 2007 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law, and her lecture on Thursday, April 12, accompanied the recognition. The Thomas Jefferson Medal in Law is the highest award the University, which gives no honorary degrees, grants to individuals outside of the University community.
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A look from mid-term revealed that the Supreme Court docket was full of key environmental and business cases, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement observed at a Federalist Society talk in Caplin Pavilion April 11. But it is still too early to decide what the major themes of the court year will be, because arguments for the last session of the court begin April 16, he added. This term is the first in which all the justices of the Roberts Court are serving.
Clement is the nation’s 43rd solicitor general. The Office of the Solicitor General conducts all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court and supervises the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts.
“This will be a term that will be remembered as having some very important environmental cases,” Clement said. “I think that the business docket of the court will also be a significant contributor to the importance of the decisions this term.”kj The jury is still out on whether this is coincidence or whether Chief Justice John Roberts’s background in corporate law is influencing the docket.