It would seem to me that there were quite a few of you who enjoyed the SoulPancake video of Kid President. I think it would be of use to those of you who did to check out the link up there and see what SoulPancake is all about. Here's a bit more for you:
I think one of the coolest things about it is the fact that it is more or less run by a celebrity as a way to "brighten" people's days and inspire others to do great things and even "be nicer". Speaking of great things, some of these blog things are pretty great. There is certainly a pack of favorites that are emerging that I enjoy reading week in and week out. I'm not going to mention them just yet, but let's just say that they are equal parts entertainment and intelligent thought.
Wait, some people haven't been blogging? That's awful. You can do better than that. You have intelligent thoughts too. I'd love to read them. Everyone's blogging? Then you have yet to post the correct url in moodle. Do that soon please, and let me know about it.
Just for fun
Because who doesn't love The Muppets?
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
You REALLY Like Me!!!
Wow,
After reading all those blogs today, this is what I thought of:
I thought of a few other things too:
If someone utters another nice word about me, I just might break. It's like I'm home on the range and discouraging words are seldom heard.
Conversely, class as a whole will be moving a lot faster now that the first week is out of the way. It would seem as though many of you are keeping up just fine, but if you are not, please understand that I make a few assumptions
After reading all those blogs today, this is what I thought of:
I thought of a few other things too:
If someone utters another nice word about me, I just might break. It's like I'm home on the range and discouraging words are seldom heard.
Conversely, class as a whole will be moving a lot faster now that the first week is out of the way. It would seem as though many of you are keeping up just fine, but if you are not, please understand that I make a few assumptions
- I assume you can do some learning on your own
- I assume you can and have read the textbook
- I assume you can figure out most of the technology in class
- I assume that if you don't ask a question, you've understood everything
- I assume that if your grade doesn't look very good, you don't understand the material and you are not brave enough to talk to me or a friend about it
- I assume that you like The White Stripes
That said, let's get ready for week two. Don't forget to check out Dat's power rankings, where the games are made up and the points don't matter.
-Mr. D
Monday, January 9, 2012
Welcome!
Adapted from Mr. Cantor's AP Psychology Blog
Hello and welcome to your AP Psychology blog. This site will be a useful tool for you to keep up in AP Psych. You will also create your own blog. Read through this whole assignment before beginning to work on your new blog.
Most of you are familiar with the idea of a Blog, which is short for "Weblog," essentially a web space where people can post ideas, opinions, share links, etc. Some popular blog sites with which you are probably familiar include this one, Blogger, but also ones such as MySpace, WordPress, Facebook, and others.What made blogs revolutionary is that they provided authors with the ability to easily share their ideas and resources with audiences in a way that was never possible.
While most of you are familiar with using blogs for social purposes -- to keep in touch with friends, discuss matters of daily life, etc., -- most of you are not familiar with using a blog for academic purposes, to extend conversations that begin in the classroom or with your reading. In this way, academic blogs, while they have a social aspect, are much more focused as learning tools. Blogs have been found to have an enormous positive impact on students, in that they:
*Promote critical and analytical thinking
*Are powerful promoters of creative, intuitive, and associative thinking
*Promote analogical thinking
*Are a powerful medium for increasing access and exposure to quality information, and
*Combine the best of solitary reflection and social interaction
So how will you be using your academic blog in this class?
Good question.
The answer is that you will be using it in several ways. Consider your audience. First, you will be using it to learn how to blog. Remember, your audience for an academic blog is much different than your audience for a social blog. When you are writing for a social blog, your audience usually consists of your immediate social group -- your friends. However, when you are writing an academic blog, your audience is much different, consisting of teachers, professors, scholars, or others throughout the world who may have in interest in your academic topic, so how you express yourself becomes an important focus. For example, you would not write for a teacher or a professor the same way you would text message a friend. The language you use will be much different as will the form and content. You will also be using your blog to complete class writing assignments.
An added bonus is that this medium is paper free, so we're engaging in academic work that is both online and environmentally green.
ASSIGNMENT #1
Creating Your Academic Blog
(If you have already created your blog, skip to Writing Assignment #1)
Even though many of you have social blogs, when you create your academic blog it will have a distinctly different look. Go to Blogger.com to create your site.
Once you have created your site please be sure to post a link on Moodle under "Introductory Assignment" so that we are able be create a link to it this site. (If you have done this already you should see your name - linked to your blog - appear to the left)
For example, the full URL address of this blog is http://dreierwollersheim.blogspot.com./
Your first blog writing assignment should be your first post.
Blog #1
(10 points)
First explain your expectations for this course. What are you looking forward to and/or apprehensive about? What topics are you most excited to learning about? How do you expect this class to be different from your other classes this term?
Next, complete your "normal" blogging assignment with regard to your first reading assignment (Prologue and Chapter 1) **See Weekly Blogging Assignment handout (bright yellow) for further instructions.
Hello and welcome to your AP Psychology blog. This site will be a useful tool for you to keep up in AP Psych. You will also create your own blog. Read through this whole assignment before beginning to work on your new blog.
Most of you are familiar with the idea of a Blog, which is short for "Weblog," essentially a web space where people can post ideas, opinions, share links, etc. Some popular blog sites with which you are probably familiar include this one, Blogger, but also ones such as MySpace, WordPress, Facebook, and others.What made blogs revolutionary is that they provided authors with the ability to easily share their ideas and resources with audiences in a way that was never possible.
While most of you are familiar with using blogs for social purposes -- to keep in touch with friends, discuss matters of daily life, etc., -- most of you are not familiar with using a blog for academic purposes, to extend conversations that begin in the classroom or with your reading. In this way, academic blogs, while they have a social aspect, are much more focused as learning tools. Blogs have been found to have an enormous positive impact on students, in that they:
*Promote critical and analytical thinking
*Are powerful promoters of creative, intuitive, and associative thinking
*Promote analogical thinking
*Are a powerful medium for increasing access and exposure to quality information, and
*Combine the best of solitary reflection and social interaction
So how will you be using your academic blog in this class?
Good question.
The answer is that you will be using it in several ways. Consider your audience. First, you will be using it to learn how to blog. Remember, your audience for an academic blog is much different than your audience for a social blog. When you are writing for a social blog, your audience usually consists of your immediate social group -- your friends. However, when you are writing an academic blog, your audience is much different, consisting of teachers, professors, scholars, or others throughout the world who may have in interest in your academic topic, so how you express yourself becomes an important focus. For example, you would not write for a teacher or a professor the same way you would text message a friend. The language you use will be much different as will the form and content. You will also be using your blog to complete class writing assignments.
An added bonus is that this medium is paper free, so we're engaging in academic work that is both online and environmentally green.
ASSIGNMENT #1
Creating Your Academic Blog
(If you have already created your blog, skip to Writing Assignment #1)
Even though many of you have social blogs, when you create your academic blog it will have a distinctly different look. Go to Blogger.com to create your site.
Once you have created your site please be sure to post a link on Moodle under "Introductory Assignment" so that we are able be create a link to it this site. (If you have done this already you should see your name - linked to your blog - appear to the left)
For example, the full URL address of this blog is http://dreierwollersheim.blogspot.com./
Your first blog writing assignment should be your first post.
Blog #1
(10 points)
First explain your expectations for this course. What are you looking forward to and/or apprehensive about? What topics are you most excited to learning about? How do you expect this class to be different from your other classes this term?
Next, complete your "normal" blogging assignment with regard to your first reading assignment (Prologue and Chapter 1) **See Weekly Blogging Assignment handout (bright yellow) for further instructions.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Medicating Away the Disorders
As promised, I am posting the links to two Frontline programs on medicating children and the effects...and affects it has. The first episode is titled The Medicated Child, and addresses the increase of children on medication since the 1990's. The increase is cited as an increase of 4000%, which is an extremely large number. You can find it here. The second episode is titled Medicating Kids and again addresses the increase of children on medication, but also debates whether or not this increase is necessary, whether or not the behavior in children has changed so much over the years that it requires medication, and has personalized stories from four individuals on medication and how it has helped or hindered the child's development. You can find it here. Enjoy!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Work and Motivation
As I was sitting in class today and we were discussing work and motivation, I though of a few videos that I have seen in recent months. This first one is on motivation, especially in the workplace. Sometimes it makes me wonder what that level of pay is in order to maintain our security. I hope you've asked yourself some pretty deep questions in regards to how to better apply this to your own learnings. What is the best way for you to learn, and for me to teach? The other video that I thought about had to do with work. Where does work happen? How does work happen? I was especially happy that the presentation today mentioned "flow", or the deep thinking/work that occurs when, as I like to call it, you're in the zone. Believe it or not, it's really difficult to get in "the zone". Consider this:
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Spring Break for Dreier
Good Evening,
Thanks for checking in. As a reminder for your spring break assignment for Mr. Dreier's class you will have Hock readings #14 and #16, three blog posts (with at least one on a Hock reading), You need to watch the video posted in this blog (and maybe reflect on it as a second blog...if you were looking to make it easier), and develop a prototype lesson for your own personal learning style.
Thanks for checking in. As a reminder for your spring break assignment for Mr. Dreier's class you will have Hock readings #14 and #16, three blog posts (with at least one on a Hock reading), You need to watch the video posted in this blog (and maybe reflect on it as a second blog...if you were looking to make it easier), and develop a prototype lesson for your own personal learning style.
Whew. Now that that's over, we can concentrate on the fun stuff. I can't wait for spring break so I can hang out in good old WI and look at snow through my windows. I will probably have to take some time to play my guitar, I might go hang out and have coffee somewhere, I will more than likely watch a little basketball on the television, and I will clean my basement, install a fake beach with a sunlamp, paint a mural of the ocean on my wall, and pretend I am in a faraway tropical land.
If you believe all of that, then I have a bridge to sell you in New York.
Have a great break!
Spring Break Assignment - Wollersheim
- In addition to your blogging assignment, you will need to read pages 117-125 in the Hock book (Reading 16: Thanks for the Memories)
- Your blog is due Sunday March 20th at 11:59pm.
- Also a reminder that you should have ALL of Chapter 9 read for class on Monday.
Have a great Spring Break!!
Dubs.
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