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Technology Tip Number 55
Leveraging Discipline Based Articulation

Like any profession education has developed a long list of terms and phrases that uniquely describe what teachers do and how they do it.  This collection of educational jargon is loosely referred to as “Eduspeak” and understanding it can be very difficult for the public at large.  Below I have listed some websites that purport to offer glossaries of "Eduspeak" terms to assist the public.   Educators deal with the public and specifically parents.  They need to remember that their language, like that of a lawyer or doctor, isn't always clear to outsiders.  Glossaries like these can be beneficial for education professionals as well as the general public.

(Please note that these glossaries have been compiled from a parent/tax payer’s perspective)

From School Wise Press in California:  http://www.schoolwisepress.com/smart/dict/dict.html

Texas Education Consumers Association: 
http://www.nychold.com/hirsch-termin.html

On the more humorous side, here’s an “Educational Jargon Generator” from ScienceGeek.net:  http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html

And in case you were wondering, education is not the only field that you can find "jargon generators" for.  Try out some of these:

For Library Computer Networks:
http://www.unc.edu/~macmw/jargon.html

Buzz Word Generators:
http://www.robietherobot.com/buzzword.htm
http://www.1728.com/buzzword.htm

A Custom Slogan Generators:
http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?word=School
http://www.sloganizer.net/en/

And for politicians, make your own campaign signs here:
http://www.frantic.org/makesign.html

 

PRACTICE ACTIVITY Try one of the online jargon generators listed above.  Could you find a practical application for any of these?

TO KEEP ON LEARNING:  To learn more try searching the internet for:

Jargon Generators
Free Online Generators
Office Jargon

Have a nice day!

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