1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464670103321

Autore

Brittain-Catlin Timothy

Titolo

Bleak houses : disappointment and failure in architecture / / Timothy Brittain-Catlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-262-32124-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

720.1

Soggetti

Architectural criticism

Architectural practice

Architecture - Human factors

Architecture and society

Failure (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Losers; 2 There Is Real and There Is Fake; 3 Bullies and Sissies; 4 Hopelessness; 5 Retrenchment and Loss; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why some architects fail to realize their ideal buildings, and what architecture critics can learn from novelists.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955691503321

Autore

Cooch Mary

Titolo

Moodle 2 for teaching 7-14 year olds : beginner's guide : effective e-learning for younger students, using Moodle as your classroom assistant / / Mary Cooch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Pub., 2012

ISBN

9786613654410

9781280677489

1280677481

9781849518338

1849518335

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Open source : community experience distilled

Disciplina

005.3

371.33/4

Soggetti

Instructional systems - Design

Computer-assisted instruction - Computer programs

Open source software

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

On cover: Learn by doing : less theory, more results.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started; First impressions; Time for action - customizing our course page; Making changes on the course page; Getting the best out of the side blocks; Time for action - moving, adding, and deleting blocks; Useful and less useful blocks; Making our own side blocks in Moodle; Time for action - configuring an HTML block; Customizing the middle section; Using the text editor; Brightening up the course page with images

Time for action - uploading images to our Moodle pageWhat if you don't have any good images on your computer?; Adding links to other websites in Moodle; Time for action - making a click here link to a website; Summary; Chapter 2: Adding Worksheets and Resources; Putting a worksheet on Moodle; Time for action - uploading a factsheet



on to Moodle; What can you pick from the File picker?; Putting a week's worth of slideshows into Moodle; Time for action - getting a whole folder of work into Moodle in one go; Making a 'click here' type link to the River Thames website

Recap-where do we stand now?Making a multimedia worksheet about flooding, directly in Moodle; Time for action - typing our flooding worksheet straight into Moodle; Online worksheets-some ideas to consider; Making our page look prettier; Time for action - improving the look of our course page; Summary; Chapter 3: Getting Interactive; How do we do all this?; Getting our class to reflect and discuss; Time for action - setting up a discussion forum on Moodle; How do we moderate the forum?; Why use a forum?; Carrying on the conversation in real time-outside of school

Time for action - setting up a chat room in MoodleWhy use chat? (and why not?); Making our own class Glossary; Time for action - getting students to create their own Glossary; Showcasing the plans in a database; Time for action - setting up a database; How far have we come?; Giving our class a chance to vote; Time for action - giving students a chance to choose a winner; Why use Choice?; Announcing the winner; Writing creatively in Moodle; Time for action - setting up an online creative writing exercise; Time for action - marking students' work on Moodle

Other ways to set and mark work in MoodleCollaborative story-telling; Time for action - getting our class to work together on an online story; Summary; Chapter 4: Self-marking Quizzes; Forget the paper; Hot potatoes-cool learning; Time for action - getting a program to create our self-marking activities; Time for action - matching rivers to continents with the Jmatch Hot Potato; Time for action - getting our matching activity into Moodle; Consolidating knowledge with Hot Potatoes activities; Time for action - creating a self-marking gap-fill exercise

Time for action - making a self-marking crossword exercise

Sommario/riassunto

Effective e-learning for younger students, using Moodle as your classroom assistant