Comments on: Building Learning Communities http://www.thethinkingstick.com/building-learning-communities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-learning-communities Educator Consultant Author Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beth Gallob http://www.thethinkingstick.com/building-learning-communities/#comment-1662 Beth Gallob Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:03:47 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=472#comment-1662 Jeff, Think your class (Teaching in the Networked Classroom) sounds great. And very much needed! Most anything you do in the physical classroom CAN migrate to the online environment. As an Elluminate consultant, I am also pleased that you mentioned the company technology. Just wanted to make sure you know about Elluminate vRoom, a free, 3-seat virtual room that has all the functionality of Elluminate Live! except recording. Perhaps this would be a useful tool for your class, especially if your students do small group work. For more info, visit www.getvroom.com. Good luck with the class! - Beth (Elluminate Goddess of Communication) Jeff,

Think your class (Teaching in the Networked Classroom) sounds great. And very much needed! Most anything you do in the physical classroom CAN migrate to the online environment.

As an Elluminate consultant, I am also pleased that you mentioned the company technology. Just wanted to make sure you know about Elluminate vRoom, a free, 3-seat virtual room that has all the functionality of Elluminate Live! except recording. Perhaps this would be a useful tool for your class, especially if your students do small group work. For more info, visit http://www.getvroom.com.

Good luck with the class!

- Beth (Elluminate Goddess of Communication)

]]> By: Royce Robertson http://www.thethinkingstick.com/building-learning-communities/#comment-1661 Royce Robertson Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:38:59 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=472#comment-1661 Sorry. Ignore the PS. It was the BTW. Not enough coffee yet. Sorry. Ignore the PS. It was the BTW. Not enough coffee yet.

]]> By: Royce Robertson http://www.thethinkingstick.com/building-learning-communities/#comment-1660 Royce Robertson Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:38:13 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=472#comment-1660 Jeff, I use a technique I call Round Robin. As the instructor, I pose a question. Then, I ask them to respond in some fashion (ex: by age or who is furthest away...builds some comraderie and gives us something non-academic to "talk" about). The first question is highly structured, usually a probing question. After that, students are encouraged to ask follow up clarifying or extending questions to each other (read: gets me out of the middle). Then, we wrap with an extending question that hypothesizes about next steps. Again, with some way of deciding order (ex: figuring out birthdays via chat or Skype is always fun). It usually runs 45 minutes in a 15-15-15 breakdown. Jonassen promotes this notion that high interest in topic and high domain knowledge of topic means better opportunies for modeling, so I try to get out of the way as quickly as possible so students (usually graduate) can model good questioning techniques. BTW, I am very glad you are teaching that class for us at Plymouth State. I hope people around the world recognize your interest and knowledge, therefore experiencing you model the tools...your work is appreciated. RLR PS - Jeff, I use a technique I call Round Robin. As the instructor, I pose a question. Then, I ask them to respond in some fashion (ex: by age or who is furthest away…builds some comraderie and gives us something non-academic to “talk” about). The first question is highly structured, usually a probing question. After that, students are encouraged to ask follow up clarifying or extending questions to each other (read: gets me out of the middle). Then, we wrap with an extending question that hypothesizes about next steps. Again, with some way of deciding order (ex: figuring out birthdays via chat or Skype is always fun). It usually runs 45 minutes in a 15-15-15 breakdown. Jonassen promotes this notion that high interest in topic and high domain knowledge of topic means better opportunies for modeling, so I try to get out of the way as quickly as possible so students (usually graduate) can model good questioning techniques.

BTW, I am very glad you are teaching that class for us at Plymouth State. I hope people around the world recognize your interest and knowledge, therefore experiencing you model the tools…your work is appreciated.

RLR

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]]> By: Steve Sokoloski http://www.thethinkingstick.com/building-learning-communities/#comment-1659 Steve Sokoloski Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:35:32 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=472#comment-1659 I had some contact w/ CFG in a job a while back. Tough to sustain in my experience. I am playing in Second Life on this my week off for Spring Break. I have been hanging at ISTE headquarters, and I noted that in about 85% of the group conversations people are very structured. One person types, everybody waits. We are such TEACHERS. We know how we want the conversation to flow and we help by not butting in or only butting in when appropriate. It breaks down a bit at times and get jumbled, but mostly it works. I think that a carefully constructed CFG group would work in SL. Plymouth State in NH? Virtually or in real life? NH in the summer. One of my favorite places. PSU is on my younger daughter's short list for college. I had some contact w/ CFG in a job a while back. Tough to sustain in my experience. I am playing in Second Life on this my week off for Spring Break. I have been hanging at ISTE headquarters, and I noted that in about 85% of the group conversations people are very structured. One person types, everybody waits. We are such TEACHERS. We know how we want the conversation to flow and we help by not butting in or only butting in when appropriate. It breaks down a bit at times and get jumbled, but mostly it works. I think that a carefully constructed CFG group would work in SL.

Plymouth State in NH? Virtually or in real life? NH in the summer. One of my favorite places. PSU is on my younger daughter’s short list for college.

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