http://www.thethinkingstick.com/shanhai-lan-party-conversation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shanhai-lan-party-conversation Educator Consultant Author Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/shanhai-lan-party-conversation/#comment-3590 Tim Bray Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:35:11 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=774#comment-3590 Thanks for posting this... I wish I could have been in on the conversation, but at least I can watch some of the discussion. I struggle with the problem of releasing the tools as well. Cell phones and iPods can do some many incredible things now that we should be using them, not restricting them. We should be coaching and guiding students to use technology responsibly and effectively, but that doesn't happen when the item is locked away. Even the computers are problematic for some teachers, which is troubling, because I work at a 1:1 school. During the KORCOS conference I facilitated a job-a-like session for technology-minded teachers and some of my colleagues came to the session. One of them started complaining about the computers in his classroom disrupting class; this is when I realized that for 75 minutes this guy is lecturing. The problem isn't the computers -- it is basic classroom management skills this person is lacking. Also, it is sad that those computers aren't being used to deliver content. Thanks for posting this… I wish I could have been in on the conversation, but at least I can watch some of the discussion. I struggle with the problem of releasing the tools as well. Cell phones and iPods can do some many incredible things now that we should be using them, not restricting them. We should be coaching and guiding students to use technology responsibly and effectively, but that doesn’t happen when the item is locked away. Even the computers are problematic for some teachers, which is troubling, because I work at a 1:1 school. During the KORCOS conference I facilitated a job-a-like session for technology-minded teachers and some of my colleagues came to the session. One of them started complaining about the computers in his classroom disrupting class; this is when I realized that for 75 minutes this guy is lecturing. The problem isn’t the computers — it is basic classroom management skills this person is lacking. Also, it is sad that those computers aren’t being used to deliver content.

]]> http://www.thethinkingstick.com/shanhai-lan-party-conversation/#comment-3591 tsbray Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:48:51 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=774#comment-3591 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@israelgreg If you have a chance watch these two short videos for people at the Learning 2.008 conference. http://is.gd/4YWz</span></span> @israelgreg If you have a chance watch these two short videos for people at the Learning 2.008 conference. http://is.gd/4YWz

]]> http://www.thethinkingstick.com/shanhai-lan-party-conversation/#comment-3589 Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » The WOW factor still matters Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:07:12 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=774#comment-3589 [...] parent, I watched them on Saturday I just don’t need to see it three times). So I find myself watching Jeff Utecht in Bangkok on his computer, streaming his former colleagues in Shanghai gathering together on a Saturday [...] [...] parent, I watched them on Saturday I just don’t need to see it three times). So I find myself watching Jeff Utecht in Bangkok on his computer, streaming his former colleagues in Shanghai gathering together on a Saturday [...]

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