By baby sitting my 3 year old niece for only 6 exhausting hours so Mom and Dad could go to

a movie on Saturday afternoon在陪伴 3 岁小侄女精疲力尽的 6 小时中感悟到的

同时仅仅是为了让她的父母可以在周六下午放松看场电影

关于学习的一些感悟

只有 24000人的小城市主要用人单位是 Fort Hays State University（富特海斯州立大学）和当地医院

由于小班教学模式，一般来说我的课堂里只有 9-14人，他们多数都不是来自大城市。有的学生家乡人口还不到 1000人，甚至少于 300人！

我的好多学生都会打猎，还有的会骑马或开拖拉机 /农场耕作机

基本上所有的学生都有兼职工作

Rural town of about 24,000. Main employers are Fort Hays State

University and the regional medial hospital. My typical class has 9-14 students, most are

from rural communities. Many come from towns of less that 1000, or less than 300!!

Many of my students, male and female, hunt. Many ride horses and drive tractors.

Almost all FHSU students work part time.

Kansas is flat, hot in the summer (100+) and snow in the winter. The wind is ALWAYS blowing. Kansas is developing wind powered energy on wind farms.

堪萨斯州地形平坦，夏天很热（ 32°以上）以及冬天有大雪。这里永远在刮风…因此堪萨斯州有很多的风力发电站

Our back yard faces a cattle ranch. Here I am with one of our neighbors!

我们家的后院就挨着一个养牛场。这是我和我的一位“邻居”的合影！

Father and son!

父子合影！

This giant piece of hail put a hole in the top of my convertible car. Insurance paid for it. $1700

这块巨大的冰雹击穿了我的敞篷车车篷，保险公司为此赔偿了 1700美金

The storm approaching!

暴风雨要来啦！

Tractors are run by GPS, allowing this fellow to get on his iPhone.

拖拉机装载有 GPS系统，驾驶员可以用iPhone进行定位

My wife is Yaprak.

我的妻子叫 Yaprak.

We met in Turkey when I worked there and married in 1990. Yaprak means “leaf” in Turkish. I call her Miss Leaf!

我们在土耳其认识并于 1990年结婚，当时我正在土耳其工作。她的名字在土耳其语中是“叶子”的意思，因此我叫她“叶子小姐”

She too has a doctorate and is Assistant Professor of Education at FHSU.

她和我一样都是博士，并且在富特海斯州立大学担任教授

At Yaprak’s graduation ceremony for her doctorate.

在妻子的博士毕业典礼上

Our cat, Mavish. He has one blue eye and one hazel eye. He’s handsome, and he knows it!

我的猫名为Mavish且拥有一个蓝眼睛一个淡褐色眼睛，它知道它自己很帅的！

Mavish is a Turkish word for ‘like the color blue’.

Mavish是个土耳其的名字，意思是“喜欢蓝色”

Other Turkish names we considered included – Snowflake and Polar Bear.

我们原本想叫它其他土耳其名字，比如： Snowflake或者Polar Bear

And now for my story, followed by some thoughts on how I have changed over time……

现在我想分享我的故事，并且稍后告诉大家我是如何在思想上发生变化的…

By baby sitting my 3 year old niece for only 6 exhausting hours so Mom and Dad could go to a movie on Saturday afternoon in Houston, Texas

在德克萨斯州的 Houston陪伴 3 岁小侄女精疲力尽的 6 小时中感悟到的，同时仅仅是为了让她的父母可以在周六下午放松看场电影

我们是从玩 iPad上愤怒的小鸟游戏开始的，我突然想到我的 iPhone里有一个 Dr. Seuss的读书应用。所以我把我的 iPhone 拿出来播放Dr. Seuss的有声故事。我的小侄女竟然凭直觉玩起了这些应用，她知道如何靠触屏翻页，而且只有在遇到困难时才会问我几个问题。

We played three games on my iPad,beginning with Angry Birds. ThenI realized I had an app on myiPhone to read Dr. Seuss. So out came the iPhone for a read with the Dr Seuss- auto play, read to Me and read it myself. My niece intuitively knew how to flip the pages with the swipe of her finger.She asked me a questiononly when she got stuck.

We went outside andlearned not to pull flowersoff the plants. A bit of handson learning and experimentation and making mistakes.

我们在户外玩了一会儿，她学会了不要摘花。当然了，我们花了点功夫去学习和体验新的知识，也难免在过程中犯错。

Then we went fishing with our poles. Hers is seen in the photo. We learned about frogs, that they like to sit on the pads and then we experienced mosquitoes and retreated indoors.

后来我们还去钓鱼，至于她的“鱼竿”，你看图片就知道了。我们了解了青蛙，发现它们很爱蹲坐在荷叶上。之后由于被蚊子叮，便赶紧撤回到室内了。

I turned on the TV and we watched about 5 minutes of the Disney movie Cats and Dogs before she became bored.

我把电视打开，我俩一起看了迪士尼的电影《猫狗大战》，不过小侄女看了五分钟就觉得无聊了。

So we then played with some “real” cats. She found the toys and had fun for about 10 minutes.

因此我们开始和地上的“猫”玩了起来。她找了一些玩具，但也只玩了 10分钟而已。

后来我们拿着这两个兔子人的玩偶玩了好几个小时，假装让它们进行有趣的对话

其实最开始时，这两个兔子人是都有两只耳朵的…

小侄女甚至跑去市场买了点胡萝卜喂这两个玩偶，我们讨论了兔子人是应该像兔子那样跳，还是像人那样走路。之后两个人偶被我俩折腾累了，便倒在盘子里休息…

Continuing the imaginative creativity theme, the “rabbit people” came alive for hours of conversational fun.

At the beginning of the fun, both rabbits had two ears.

She went to the market to buy some carrots, we discussed hopping vs walking, and then they got very tired and….

So she built a rabbit house and a bed with our 100 plus year old Turkish embroidery so they could sleep.

小侄女为兔子人偶搭了一个兔子屋和床，只不过她的建筑材料是我们具有100多年历史的土耳其传统刺绣，她觉得这样兔子人才能安心睡觉。

兔子人睡了之后，小侄女觉得我们应该安安静静地不打扰它们睡觉，所以我们决定到户外去。

我俩用了一个多小时在地上画粉笔画，图片中就是我们的画作：仙女的魔尘，蝴蝶，飞机，花朵，和一只飞在海滩上的风筝。

我们还给石头涂上了新颜色，并且在树上还有涂鸦。

由于一个月前小侄女看到一只蝴蝶，因此她很好奇，问了好多关于蝴蝶的问题。

With the rabbit people sleeping she decided we had to be silent and so we went outside to let them sleep.

Here is where we played sidewalk art together for over an hour. Pictured here is fairy dust, a butterfly, an airplane, flowers and kite flying on the beach.

And we designed new colored rocks and drew on the trees.

She asked about the butterflies she had seen a month ago.

And now for a serious reflection on university student learning at Forth Hays State University现在切入正题讨论我就 FHSU大学生们学习情况的一些感悟

What can we note about adult learning from my 6 hour exhausting babysitting role?

我们到底能从我那 6 小时陪伴小侄女的经历中可以感悟到什么东西呢？

Then 很久以前

Yes! Here I am in Balikpapan, Indonesia teaching the offshore oil worker English for the oil business. About 1980.

是的！这是我在 1980年于印度尼西亚的 Balikpapan进行英语教学的照片，当时我在教离岸石油工作者英语。

I am the center of attention. They listen, take notes.

我是大家注意的焦点。他们听得非常认真，并且做笔记。

Now- Laptops, wifi and teams现在 – 笔记本电脑，无线网络，以及小组讨论

Every class period students use their laps and the internet. The campus is wifi.每节课学生都会使用电脑和网络，整个校园覆盖着无线网络。

They work individually, in pairs and on teams.学习形式很多元：他们可以独立学习，两人搭档学习，或者是小组一起学习。

Why do you think they like this approach to learning?

你觉得他们为什么喜欢这些形式的学习呢？

Now- You Tube

Why do I use it? What do I use it for? Why do you think students like my channel?

我为什么使用它？我如何利用它？你为什么觉得学生会喜欢我用YouTube进行教学呢？

Now- Text from a student来自一个学生的短信

学生 - 没问题！不用太赶，我什么时候去拿都行。不过我明天早上八点需要开车到尼布拉斯加州的Donovan市，所以我到时候再给你发短信吧！

我 – 开车注意安全

学生 - 好的，话说你起得好早啊

我 – 你的短信吵醒了我好不？！哈哈！

学生 – 呃，对不起啦

Now- Texting- Even for a business商家也运用短信进行客服

商家 – 您好，我是来自Hays市家电服务中心 的Darrel. 您家的冰箱还可以正常运作吗？没问题吧？

我 – 冰箱运作很正常！谢谢！

Now- Twitter现在 – Twitter ( 类似“微博” )

My twitter feed is called NextGenBizComm, short for Next Generation Business Communication

我的 Twitter用户名是“ NextGenBizComm”，是“新一代商务沟通”的英文简写

Now- Twitter

I tweet links to podcasts I made for my courses. Students listen to them before class so they are ready to begin the latest group activities during class time. I do not lecture very often in class.

由于我上课不是照本宣科地讲课，因此在 Twitter上我都会把上课的相关资料的链接放上去，这样学生上课前就可以提前准备，到课堂以后我们会就这些资料进行热烈的讨论。

Now- Twitter

I also tweet links to articles I have find in online newspapers and journals.

我还经常把网上找到的新闻和学术论文的链接发到 Twitter上

How do you think my students react?

你觉得我的学生对此是怎样的反应？

Now- Twitter on campus现在 – Twitter在校园里的运用

图片中大家正在研究怎么在电视上共享 Twitter上的信息

Now- Microblog/Weibo现在 – 新浪微博的运用

FHSU on microblog (like Twitter), the most influential social media in China

富特海斯州立大学微博 (中国版的Twitter)，微博已成为中国最具影响力的社交网络

Now- Presentations before the class现在 – 课堂小组展示时的情况

While their colleagues were presenting, these guys were on FaceBook and texting!

图片中，别的学生正在进行小组展示时，这些学生正在用电脑浏览FaceBook ( 类似“人人网” )和用手机发短信

Now- Facebook brings us together

现在 - FaceBook缩短了大家的距离

Amnat – 谢谢，我们最近很好但也很忙。我已经为我的第二个项目申请到了研究经费，我正在收集数据。我的论题是“泰国公立医院的感染性废弃物处理方式改革”。希望你合家欢乐，心想事成！

我 – 谢谢，我的论题是关于如何在教学中使用社交网络

Now- Twitter and Google Drive spreadsheets

Using Google Drive, I ask all the classes to go up and fill in a spreadsheet their name, class, the twitter link I sent out and then tell everyone what they learned from the article.

谷歌的文档功能（ Google Drive）类似“百度文库”，我要求我的所有学生都在谷歌文档里自行输入他们的名字、课程编码、我布置任务的 Twitter 链接、以及与其他同学分享他们从文章中所学到的东西

Now- Twitter, Google Drive spreadsheets, and student learnings

学生分享的心得：我的手机上绑定了 5 个邮箱，因此我特别喜欢文章中提出的一个想法：整理和剔除那些我向来不关心的商家邮件。我最近的确开始着手这么做了，因为它可以让我摆脱之前浏览时的焦头烂额状况，使我更快地浏览邮件。我觉得学校书店（ University Bookstore）超级爱发一些无聊的打折信息，真心觉得压根没人去用那些所谓的折扣。

Now- Audio Podcasts现在 – 语音播客

I have a free podcasting channel, Next Gen Learning. I know that 3 of 9 students have listened to this 6.47 minute broadcast for a course called BUED. Chapter 11 was about program evaluation. This is a teacher education course on curriculum development

我有一个免费的播客，用户名是NextGen Learning. 我知道我的BUED课程里 9 个学生中有 3 个听了这段 6.47分钟的音频。该课程讲授的是教师如何教学。

Now- Audio Podcasts

I myself follow 42 other podcasting channels for fun. 15 students are following me. Surprisingly 56 people have listened to my podcast on how to write a business report. 我自己关注了 42个用户，有 15个学生关注了我。我很惊喜的是竟然有 56个人听了我的音频“如何撰写商业报告”

I also podcast out about what I will put on my quizzes and exams! 25 smart students have listened to this one!我还在播客上透露了我考试的范围和大概题型。有 25个学生很聪明地提前听了这段音频！

Now- Audio Podcasts

And here is a podcast from China from one graduate MBA student (Graduate Teaching Assistant) to help incoming GTAs prepare for their experience at Sias.

这是正在中国西亚斯国际学院 (SIAS)教学的研究生助教通过播客向即将前往中国的新助教们分享教学经验

Possible questions to consider潜在的问题

Students today are very techie. Many grow up with a tablet or smart phone- how will that impact society? For the better or for the worse? 现在的学生离不开电子科技。许多成年人如果也智能型手机不离手的话，会怎样影响这个社会呢？是好，还是坏？Me, in Bangkok, 1980s. What about the age gap in use of technology? And how does that impact society? 右图是我 80年代于曼谷的照片。在科技时代，由于年龄差异产生的代沟如何解决？这些代沟会怎样影响我们的社会？

Questions?