Comments on: My Thoughts: Monday at NECC http://www.thethinkingstick.com/my-thoughts-monday-at-necc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-thoughts-monday-at-necc Educator Consultant Author Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blueprint » Blog Archive » user categories http://www.thethinkingstick.com/my-thoughts-monday-at-necc/#comment-1849 Blueprint » Blog Archive » user categories Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:24:30 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540#comment-1849 [...] Spectators is one category I would assume is under counting. Many people, particularly older users, read blogs without even knowing they are a ‘blog’. This is not necessarily a big  problem in my view - Blogs as a concept are becoming far more amorphous. Blogs can now refer to: personal diary, professional communication, organizational communication, social networking, journalistic column, and many others. Really the only thing that connects all those threads is the underlying technology. It is important that people be able to evaluate the validity of an information source but it seems to me that knowing if a website you are reading is a Blog is not necessarily even that helpful in making that judgment. What this does point to is making sure that students have the skills to be able to make quick and apt judgments about how ‘cite worthy’ and URL is. via Thinking Stick [...] [...] Spectators is one category I would assume is under counting. Many people, particularly older users, read blogs without even knowing they are a ‘blog’. This is not necessarily a big  problem in my view – Blogs as a concept are becoming far more amorphous. Blogs can now refer to: personal diary, professional communication, organizational communication, social networking, journalistic column, and many others. Really the only thing that connects all those threads is the underlying technology. It is important that people be able to evaluate the validity of an information source but it seems to me that knowing if a website you are reading is a Blog is not necessarily even that helpful in making that judgment. What this does point to is making sure that students have the skills to be able to make quick and apt judgments about how ‘cite worthy’ and URL is. via Thinking Stick [...]

]]> By: Change Agency - Advocating a better education system for the 21st Century. » links for 2007-06-27 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/my-thoughts-monday-at-necc/#comment-1848 Change Agency - Advocating a better education system for the 21st Century. » links for 2007-06-27 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:37:00 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540#comment-1848 [...] My Thoughts: Monday at NECC at The Thinking Stick Jeff Utecht’s thoughts from Monday at NECC — definitely some “food for thought” (tags: web2.0 edtech education learning NECC07 NECC2007 instructional-technology) [...] [...] My Thoughts: Monday at NECC at The Thinking Stick Jeff Utecht’s thoughts from Monday at NECC — definitely some “food for thought” (tags: web2.0 edtech education learning NECC07 NECC2007 instructional-technology) [...]

]]> By: The TechKnow Blog http://www.thethinkingstick.com/my-thoughts-monday-at-necc/#comment-1847 The TechKnow Blog Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:20:14 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540#comment-1847 [...] enjoyed Jeff Utecht’s post this morning - makes me want to get going on twitter (I guess I have to get some [...] [...] enjoyed Jeff Utecht’s post this morning – makes me want to get going on twitter (I guess I have to get some [...]

]]> By: Claudia Ceraso http://www.thethinkingstick.com/my-thoughts-monday-at-necc/#comment-1846 Claudia Ceraso Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:29:44 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540#comment-1846 Jeff, Is this the post you mentioned (tweeted) that it took you two hours to write? What a read! Thank you for your time. Following the note-blogging of our Twitter contacts I read over and over: "If we do not risk losing our job, then we are not doing our job". I think this post takes the idea further. From results to process. Konrad just blogged about it too (assessment point of view) http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/06/24/june-is-the-cruellest-month/ Your reading of the stats exemplifies the literacy we should aim at. We have learnt how to produce content and we cannot read "results" the way we used to anymore. Learning is elsewhere. Karyn hits the mark. How do we know what will be successful before trying? This is the shift that meets all the resistance. Making all our teaching more like shared learning. How should we talk about all this to school authorities? Hmmm.Your post takes me back to this post of mine: http://eltnotes.blogspot.com/2007/03/blogging-matters.html Maybe I should review it. Jeff,
Is this the post you mentioned (tweeted) that it took you two hours to write? What a read! Thank you for your time.

Following the note-blogging of our Twitter contacts I read over and over: “If we do not risk losing our job, then we are not doing our job”. I think this post takes the idea further. From results to process. Konrad just blogged about it too (assessment point of view)
http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/06/24/june-is-the-cruellest-month/

Your reading of the stats exemplifies the literacy we should aim at. We have learnt how to produce content and we cannot read “results” the way we used to anymore. Learning is elsewhere.

Karyn hits the mark. How do we know what will be successful before trying? This is the shift that meets all the resistance. Making all our teaching more like shared learning.

How should we talk about all this to school authorities?
Hmmm.Your post takes me back to this post of mine:
http://eltnotes.blogspot.com/2007/03/blogging-matters.html
Maybe I should review it.

]]> By: Karyn Romeis http://www.thethinkingstick.com/my-thoughts-monday-at-necc/#comment-1845 Karyn Romeis Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:52:32 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540#comment-1845 "Why are we afraid of failure?" Good question! In my MA class, we keep coming back to this issue. As a society, we have become so results focused that it's not about the process anymore. There is no room for effort that does not lead to success. But how do you know beforehand whether effort will lead to success or failure? Perhaps the independent thinkers (those less swayed by societal pressure) continue pretty much as they did before, but I fear the less brave souls are just giving up. We no longer have room for the creative approach. Ken Robinson addressed this at TED in June 2006. (<a>http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/view/id/69</a>) It's a worrying approach that is eroding perseverance and strength of character. “Why are we afraid of failure?” Good question!

In my MA class, we keep coming back to this issue. As a society, we have become so results focused that it’s not about the process anymore. There is no room for effort that does not lead to success. But how do you know beforehand whether effort will lead to success or failure? Perhaps the independent thinkers (those less swayed by societal pressure) continue pretty much as they did before, but I fear the less brave souls are just giving up. We no longer have room for the creative approach. Ken Robinson addressed this at TED in June 2006. (http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/view/id/69)

It’s a worrying approach that is eroding perseverance and strength of character.

]]> By: Claudia Ceraso http://www.thethinkingstick.com/my-thoughts-monday-at-necc/#comment-1850 Claudia Ceraso Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:33:12 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540#comment-1850 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@jutecht Two hours to write it? Slow-blogging suits you. Great read. http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540</span></span> @jutecht Two hours to write it? Slow-blogging suits you. Great read. http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=540

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