Motivating Students to Create Evaluation Criteria and Overcoming Obstacles in Education
Learn how to motivate students to develop specific evaluation criteria while addressing obstacles in education. Explore solutions for meaningful learning and insightful perspectives on the contingent nature of the internet. Delve into job descriptions and examples of disruption games, offering a unique take on hiring and productivity.
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Because Because Because Because Because How to Motivate Students to Generate Specific Evaluation Criteria
Obstacles Data accumulation vs analysis and meaning Because Internet Access to depth: The Dorothy Dilemma This movie is great because I love it. I love this movie because it is great. This movie is great b/c it has an amazing story.
Solutions: Motives for Meaning Engineers: general design = decreased effect Artists: aesthetic reveals the person beneath Business: the art of reading the boss Everyone: fantasy of the ideal assistant
David Clark, The Contingent Internet. Daedalus. Winter, 2016 Most computers are built without a singular purpose, and this mind-set drove the Internet s design. But this generality has a price. The service the Internet delivers is almost certainly not optimal for any particular application. Design for optimal performance and design for generality are two distinct objectives. And it may take more effort to design each application in a general network than in a network that was tailored to each application.
Which Job is it? Keywords for Applicant in Job Description Sensible, calm, flexible But Which Job is it For? Yoga instructor, or Part-time barista at mid- town Manhattan Starbucks Bright, loyal, discrete Enron, or CIA Outgoing transformational leader with firm disciplinary style Kindergarten teacher, or Dictator
Job Description for My Personal Assistant Looking for an assistant with a dog s devotion and a cat s style. I need loyal reliability without guilt; applicant must be deeply independent and utterly uninterested in my approval. Friendliness optional, but no claws.
Examples of Disruption Game Looking for an assistant who likes to clean refrigerator and unload dishwasher. Need someone who in middle of doing chores would stop to have tea with me and discuss politics and books without being bothered by undone stuff Disruptive interpretation: Every ADHD adult in town will apply.
Makes coffee every morning ten minutes before I wake up. Cheers me on when I need cheering; stays out of my way when I want him/her to. Disruption: Stalker sociopath
Looking for an assistant with no life but mine. Must be constantly available without being obtrusive. Must handle diverse tasks without question or complaint. Bright and thoughtful, but not ambitious. We all agreed this one was close to perfect. Julie explained that is because in a previous career she actually experienced the pratfalls of hiring a PA. But then she pointed out that her profiled person would be uninteresting and around all the time.
