Comments on: From BLC to Bangkok http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-blc-to-bangkok Educator Consultant Author Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4615 Jeff Utecht Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:26:16 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4615 Thanks Lisa. Broke my first thing yesterday.....took me about 30 minutes to fix it and learned something new in the process. Remember Rule #6 is my goal for this year. :) Thanks Lisa.

Broke my first thing yesterday…..took me about 30 minutes to fix it and learned something new in the process. Remember Rule #6 is my goal for this year. :)

]]> By: Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4614 Jeff Utecht Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:25:02 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4614 Sounds like you are ready for a new school year! Make sure you share your own learning as you incorporate more tech into your lessons. Sounds like you are ready for a new school year! Make sure you share your own learning as you incorporate more tech into your lessons.

]]> By: Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4613 Jeff Utecht Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:24:03 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4613 David, Have a great year in China! If you need anything or are in Bangkok give me a shout out! David,

Have a great year in China! If you need anything or are in Bangkok give me a shout out!

]]> By: Jeff Utecht http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4612 Jeff Utecht Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:23:18 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4612 Lee, It was great to see you again at BLC09. Have a great year and enjoy your 4th graders. Still my favorite grade! Lee,

It was great to see you again at BLC09. Have a great year and enjoy your 4th graders. Still my favorite grade!

]]> By: Lisa Sly http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4611 Lisa Sly Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:15:34 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4611 "Try something new, break a few things along the way, and just have fun learning everyday." Thanks for the reminder, Jeff. And, when you do break something, don't forget to say "FANTASTIC"!! I agree that the size of the BLC conference was great and it was kind of like a "Best of.." Chances were you were going to end up in a quality session instead of huge conferences where you feel like you're rolling the dice. Glad you made it home safe and sound... “Try something new, break a few things along the way, and just have fun learning everyday.” Thanks for the reminder, Jeff. And, when you do break something, don’t forget to say “FANTASTIC”!!
I agree that the size of the BLC conference was great and it was kind of like a “Best of..” Chances were you were going to end up in a quality session instead of huge conferences where you feel like you’re rolling the dice.
Glad you made it home safe and sound…

]]> By: Karen Huber http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4610 Karen Huber Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:41:06 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4610 Jeff, I agree...the classroom is the place to learn! I will tech 6th grade this year for the first time. This summer, I have been learning many things! I took a Literacy class that included 2 days of using tech while teaching reading and writing. I also took a Web 2.0 tools class to learn how to incorporate more tech into my lessons. I went to a 2 day tech conference and heard Alan November speak. Yes, DEFINITELY "school" is the best place to learn. Jeff,
I agree…the classroom is the place to learn! I will tech 6th grade this year for the first time. This summer, I have been learning many things! I took a Literacy class that included 2 days of using tech while teaching reading and writing. I also took a Web 2.0 tools class to learn how to incorporate more tech into my lessons. I went to a 2 day tech conference and heard Alan November speak. Yes, DEFINITELY “school” is the best place to learn.

]]> By: David Truss http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4609 David Truss Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:21:56 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4609 Hi Jeff, It was great meeting you, and I'm sure that now that I'm heading East I'll have more opportunities to connect. The first few slides in my 'The POD's are Coming!' presentation say, "Our schools will never be the same again!" and shift from this being something feared to something our students are ready for... your 'Moving from Consumers to Producers of Knowledge' exemplified that. It really is time for us to stop talking about the shift and start living it NOW. I love your line, <i>"Try something new, break a few things along the way, and just have fun learning everyday."</i> We need to be in a place where we challenge ourselves and where mistakes are ok! Dave. “If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.” ~F. Wikzek Hi Jeff,
It was great meeting you, and I’m sure that now that I’m heading East I’ll have more opportunities to connect.
The first few slides in my ‘The POD’s are Coming!’ presentation say, “Our schools will never be the same again!” and shift from this being something feared to something our students are ready for… your ‘Moving from Consumers to Producers of Knowledge’ exemplified that. It really is time for us to stop talking about the shift and start living it NOW.
I love your line, “Try something new, break a few things along the way, and just have fun learning everyday.” We need to be in a place where we challenge ourselves and where mistakes are ok!
Dave.
“If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.” ~F. Wikzek

]]> By: Lee Kolbert http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4608 Lee Kolbert Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:26:47 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4608 Jeff, Your last line, "there's no greater place if you like to learn than at a school." Hit me particularly hard this morning. It validated the decision I made to leave administration and return to teaching. These last few weeks have been filled with making (then sharing) the decision, transitioning and now in the last day or so it's becoming more real as I just saw my classroom and in just a few days, I'll greet my new 4th graders. As with all big decisions, you always wonder if you made the right one. Your blog post was the perfect article for me to read this morning. Thanks (and lovely seeing you again at BLC09). ~Lee Jeff,
Your last line, “there’s no greater place if you like to learn than at a school.” Hit me particularly hard this morning. It validated the decision I made to leave administration and return to teaching. These last few weeks have been filled with making (then sharing) the decision, transitioning and now in the last day or so it’s becoming more real as I just saw my classroom and in just a few days, I’ll greet my new 4th graders. As with all big decisions, you always wonder if you made the right one. Your blog post was the perfect article for me to read this morning. Thanks (and lovely seeing you again at BLC09). ~Lee

]]> By: EventBangkok http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4616 EventBangkok Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:16:50 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4616 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">From BLC to Bangkok | The Thinking Stick http://bit.ly/S2kgn</span></span> From BLC to Bangkok | The Thinking Stick http://bit.ly/S2kgn

]]> By: Lee Kolbert http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok/#comment-4617 Lee Kolbert Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:28:29 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/from-blc-to-bangkok#comment-4617 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">"There's no better place if u like to learn than at a school." #blc09 RT @jutecht: Just Blogged: "From BLC to Bangkok" http://bit.ly/OD7AN</span></span> "There’s no better place if u like to learn than at a school." #blc09 RT @jutecht: Just Blogged: "From BLC to Bangkok" http://bit.ly/OD7AN

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