http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/08/point-and-learn/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/08/point-and-learn/#comment-35110 dy/dan » Blog Archive » Incomprehensible, pt. two Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:01:19 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/08/07/point-and-learn/#comment-35110 [...] A WaPo article is pushing up the timetable on my "What's Good For Rap Is Good For Teaching" post. Entitled "Gestures Convey Meaning," it spends three pages describing how hand gestures can serve to boost comprehension … which, not intending condescension here at all, I sorta thought was a pretty basic postulate of public speaking. Certainly one of the most fun, anyway. [via Jacobs] [...] [...] A WaPo article is pushing up the timetable on my “What’s Good For Rap Is Good For Teaching” post. Entitled “Gestures Convey Meaning,” it spends three pages describing how hand gestures can serve to boost comprehension … which, not intending condescension here at all, I sorta thought was a pretty basic postulate of public speaking. Certainly one of the most fun, anyway. [via Jacobs] [...]

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/08/point-and-learn/#comment-35109 Thomas Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:23:02 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/08/07/point-and-learn/#comment-35109 I'm amused by this because of personal experience - I had a deaf student several years ago and her interpreter called me "Italian" because of my gesticulation while lecturing. I’m amused by this because of personal experience – I had a deaf student several years ago and her interpreter called me “Italian” because of my gesticulation while lecturing.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/08/point-and-learn/#comment-35108 Walter E. Wallis Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:51:29 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/08/07/point-and-learn/#comment-35108 Hey, it works on the highway. Hey, it works on the highway.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/08/point-and-learn/#comment-35107 Barry Garelick Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:22:42 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/08/07/point-and-learn/#comment-35107 That must mean that Italians are good at math. And deaf people. That must mean that Italians are good at math. And deaf people.

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