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]]> By: John Larkin http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5096 John Larkin Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:24 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5096 This post has been resonating in my mind for a few days now Jeff. Have shared web design with secondary school students in the past. It is good to allow the students the chance to think on issues regarding the user experience. Have you thought about Thinking Stick and the baseball bat since? Will you redesign in view of the students' feedback? I am rebuilding my own site at the moment. Still playing with the template. My blog is called "Watershed" and the title means something to me but not many people get it and are not familiar with the term 'watershed' in the historical sense. Should I change the name I wonder? I wish to avoid cliche educational technology terms. A conundrum of sorts. Cheers, John This post has been resonating in my mind for a few days now Jeff. Have shared web design with secondary school students in the past. It is good to allow the students the chance to think on issues regarding the user experience. Have you thought about Thinking Stick and the baseball bat since? Will you redesign in view of the students’ feedback?

I am rebuilding my own site at the moment. Still playing with the template. My blog is called “Watershed” and the title means something to me but not many people get it and are not familiar with the term ‘watershed’ in the historical sense. Should I change the name I wonder? I wish to avoid cliche educational technology terms. A conundrum of sorts.

Cheers, John

]]> By: Steve Nickson http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5090 Steve Nickson Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:11 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5090 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Discussing Blog Design in 5th Grade | The Thinking Stick http://bit.ly/8iuhDB</span></span> Discussing Blog Design in 5th Grade | The Thinking Stick http://bit.ly/8iuhDB

]]> By: Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5089 Jeff Utecht Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:32:10 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5089 Agree.....I love it when we set bars that we think their is no ways they're going to reatch them and then they do...with ease. I'm a firm believe that if you can truly get kids excited and engaged, the learning takes care of itself. It's that way with blogs in Ms. Bulsza's class right now....they would talk about blogs for days, months....um....yeah...their excited. :) Agree…..I love it when we set bars that we think their is no ways they’re going to reatch them and then they do…with ease. I’m a firm believe that if you can truly get kids excited and engaged, the learning takes care of itself. It’s that way with blogs in Ms. Bulsza’s class right now….they would talk about blogs for days, months….um….yeah…their excited. :)

]]> By: Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5088 Jeff Utecht Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:30:08 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5088 Yes...and my issue is I take that path a little to often. The other day I was doing a lesson on GarageBand with 4th grade and they started...as usual....talking about how they sound different then they think they sound. So we spent 15 minutes talking about how you actually hear yourself from inside your mouth and throughout your body (http://www.wanderings.net/notebook/Main/WhyDoesYourVoiceSoundDifferentRecordingPlayback) Of course that wasn't what we were doing, but it's science...and a pretty cool thing to talk about. :) Yes…and my issue is I take that path a little to often. The other day I was doing a lesson on GarageBand with 4th grade and they started…as usual….talking about how they sound different then they think they sound. So we spent 15 minutes talking about how you actually hear yourself from inside your mouth and throughout your body (http://www.wanderings.net/notebook/Main/WhyDoesYourVoiceSoundDifferentRecordingPlayback)

Of course that wasn’t what we were doing, but it’s science…and a pretty cool thing to talk about. :)

]]> By: Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5087 Jeff Utecht Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:14 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5087 Thanks! It was fun to get down and geekie with the kids for awhile. Of course nothing we talked about for the hour had anything to do with the curriculum....or maybe it had everything to do with it. Not sure which and really don't care. In the end I hope that the kids got something out of it. That they not only better understand how to build a better website for themselves, but also how to look at and "read" a website. Thanks!

It was fun to get down and geekie with the kids for awhile. Of course nothing we talked about for the hour had anything to do with the curriculum….or maybe it had everything to do with it. Not sure which and really don’t care. In the end I hope that the kids got something out of it. That they not only better understand how to build a better website for themselves, but also how to look at and “read” a website.

]]> By: nzchrissy http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5086 nzchrissy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:44:01 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5086 I love it when we empower our students to make good choices and they never cease to amaze us. This is what helps me keep passionate about working with students! I love it when we empower our students to make good choices and they never cease to amaze us.
This is what helps me keep passionate about working with students!

]]> By: Mark Pullen http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5085 Mark Pullen Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:13:21 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5085 Regarding this: "Now there are two ways to handle this situation. 1) You can stand up as a teacher and say, “OK, that’s it, no more chirping birds, or iPods playing songs, or games that make noises on your blog.” Or you could say 2) “Let’s have a discussion about web design.”" I am convinced that this is metaphorically the choice we face in virtually EVERY aspect of education. Should we tell our students, "Do this," (whether "this" is a math algorithm, behavior rule, length of a writing assignment, whatever) or should we actually engage the students in thinking and taking ownership of their own learning? I love the path you chose and think it is, sadly, the path less traveled. Regarding this: “Now there are two ways to handle this situation. 1) You can stand up as a teacher and say, “OK, that’s it, no more chirping birds, or iPods playing songs, or games that make noises on your blog.” Or you could say 2) “Let’s have a discussion about web design.””

I am convinced that this is metaphorically the choice we face in virtually EVERY aspect of education. Should we tell our students, “Do this,” (whether “this” is a math algorithm, behavior rule, length of a writing assignment, whatever) or should we actually engage the students in thinking and taking ownership of their own learning?

I love the path you chose and think it is, sadly, the path less traveled.

]]> By: Andrea Blanco http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5084 Andrea Blanco Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:39 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5084 What an amazing lesson you helped those students discover for themselves! Taking the time to let them discuss and evaluate different websites, and then allowing students the opportunity to tweak their blogs according to standards they had ownership over is so powerful. Kudos to you! What an amazing lesson you helped those students discover for themselves! Taking the time to let them discuss and evaluate different websites, and then allowing students the opportunity to tweak their blogs according to standards they had ownership over is so powerful. Kudos to you!

]]> By: Ves Dimov, M.D. http://www.thethinkingstick.com/discussing-blog-design-in-5th-grade/#comment-5091 Ves Dimov, M.D. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:56:15 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=1165#comment-5091 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Starting early: Discussing Blog Design in 5th Grade http://bit.ly/57Unf7)</span></span> Starting early: Discussing Blog Design in 5th Grade http://bit.ly/57Unf7)

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