No screens until the eighth grade? Is it provocation, or is there a demand? Reaching the 100,000 views mark just in two days!
Why our screens make us less happy | Adam Alter
Thanks Visvanath- that was really interesting. I hadn't heard about "Stopping cues" before and I totally 'get it'. Also amazed at the company which raises its desks to the ceiling at night - and astonished about Daimler holiday emails (So astonished I googled it -and it's true!)
Mary
You're welcome.
The less good news is, how do we deliver Moodle if screen time get rationed?
;-D
N.B. It is always good to discuss with specialists. Now I know that he was talking about cues and not about queues http://grammarist.com/usage/cue-queue/ !
You're welcome.
The less good news is, how do we deliver Moodle if screen time get rationed?
;-D
N.B. It is always good to discuss with specialists. Now I know that he was talking about cues and not about queues http://grammarist.com/usage/cue-queue/ !
Yes - not having heard the term before, I was uncertain about cues or queues until I saw it on his screen
Thanks for sharing. This was a fascinating talk.
It was good to see that "Education" was one of the apps that make people happy when they use their screens.
"Stopping cues" seems like a good idea for learning flow as well. As does an invitation to physically socialize. I think this shows that Moodle can be used very effectively in a "blended" environment.
That's a relief. So, we can move forward with Moodle!
Yep, stopping cues as time to come back to the physical world, that is a great impulse.
N.B. The video has passed the 100 k views mark already, just in about 2 days!
Yep, stopping cues as time to come back to the physical world, that is a great impulse.
N.B. The video has passed the 100 k views mark already, just in about 2 days!
Moodle is perfect for creating stopping queues. I am currently working on making lesson plans. Instead of the week and topic blocks (which I personally hate), I create day blocks (one for each lesson day). Inside that block I have some video blocks, which are 30 minutes each (set by the company that makes the video, not me). For any of the other blocks, I try to make the activity take 15 minutes, but no more than 30 minutes. The limit for any day is 45 minutes (time for a regular learning class at the middle school level).
That is your stopping queue. A person does an item that is 15 or 30 minutes, and they click on the item to say that they have done it.
I think that if a course is setup by topics or weeks it would be harder to put in those stopping queue unless you use some other type of visual indication (horizontal lines, labels, etc.).
You could also add events that have nothing to do with the lesson -- "Have lunch with a friend and talk about this week's poem of the week."
Ooops ... I thought that Visvanath was seriously asking about how to to balance Moodle with limiting the student's screen time, especially when the students are children. I forget that most of Moodle's "students" are adults and not children, since I only teach children. I will still leave my post in case it is useful to other people.
Melissa