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education
6 Feb 2012 - 10:44:46

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Ann Rai
Good morning
6 Feb 2012 - 10:45:04

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Joyce Frederiksen
Good morning
6 Feb 2012 - 10:45:20

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Joyce Frederiksen
My grandpa had a suit just like that!!!
6 Feb 2012 - 10:45:57

-><span style="color: #900;">''Thanks! I needed that ;-) '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
Just read "Too Big to Know" It had the same premise as "no limits" It had a premise that there are no filters left.
6 Feb 2012 - 10:45:59

-><span style="color: #900;">''We all must become our own librarian. We need to cultivate and grow a personal digital library of content that helps us accomplish our goals. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Becky
hello colleagues
6 Feb 2012 - 10:46:02

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
If anyone has seen the new digital textbooks on Ipads, they are interactive just like the child's book he just showed.
6 Feb 2012 - 10:52:57

-><span style="color: #900;">''Yes! But in my opinion, not nearly interactive enough. They are responsive to some degree, but they do not provoke conversation. I would love to have a digital textbook that becomes a meeting place for the class. A lot of discussion has taken place on this subject, but Apple is working with the textbook industry, creating something that keeps them in power. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Katie
I've seen them - they're great!
6 Feb 2012 - 10:55:37

-><span style="color: #900;">''To be honest, I may write one ;-) '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Joyce Frederiksen
Rick who is the author of "Too Big to Know"
6 Feb 2012 - 10:57:38

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
David Weinberger
6 Feb 2012 - 10:59:50

-><span style="color: #900;">''Weinberger is the philosopher that mentioned following with Twitter. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
We had the same experience with a Wiki space for bible class. Kids who don't speak in class don't stop blogging.
6 Feb 2012 - 11:01:14

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Katie
My husband teaches composition at a university & he'd love this idea of blogging assignments!
6 Feb 2012 - 11:02:43

-><span style="color: #900;">''What I love about blogging assignments is that you can integrate the students into the assessment process. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Joyce Frederiksen
I was technology rich classroom facilitator and we used blogs for assignments all the time.
6 Feb 2012 - 11:06:25

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
The experience now is sharing the info, not the activity. Saw girls at beach taking pix. They were excited to share pix, not be at the beach
6 Feb 2012 - 11:06:41

-><span style="color: #900;">''I wasn't there, so I can't say for sure. But I wonder if it's not that they weren't excited about the beach, the were excited about sharing the experience. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Joyce Frederiksen
Thank you Rick
6 Feb 2012 - 11:06:44

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
grammar, vocabulary and writing skill become more important the shorter the conversation. Dan Pink suggests a 6 word bio to build skills
6 Feb 2012 - 11:19:41

-><span style="color: #900;">''One thing about writing is that we should assign students to write shorter. I want you to write about this, and I want you to do it on one page. It's part of that being overwhelmed. We need to learn to communicate more succinctly, at the same time that we're communicating more compellingly. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Becky
my sons are living examples of the Wof WC social network
6 Feb 2012 - 11:21:12

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Becky
they make road trips to meet their online friends for weekend camping trips. (they are in their 20's)
6 Feb 2012 - 11:22:52

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Becky
when a friend of theirs was in ICU their gaming friends came to sit with him at the hospital for days
6 Feb 2012 - 11:23:43

-><span style="color: #900;">''Good story! '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Katie
Wow
6 Feb 2012 - 11:26:11

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
My law class made a video of a crime and trial on their own time and then asked if it could be their final. It was so good I said yes.
6 Feb 2012 - 11:26:54

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
Putting info together in new ways used to be a mistake. Now it is the essential 21st century skill
6 Feb 2012 - 11:33:57

-><span style="color: #900;">''Well said, and something I'll have to think about some more. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Katie
A conversation w/class to create rubric would be 1 way 2 do it
6 Feb 2012 - 12:10:24

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
the only way they can be lifelong learners is to learn to teach themselves. Employers will not be able to do mass ed. not cost effective
6 Feb 2012 - 12:12:34

-><span style="color: #900;">''Good point. A new model for professional learning is needed. I usually suggest to university education schools that they should prepare their students for the first five years of their careers, and with the skills and habits to keep on learning. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Becky
Does anyone have a good online resource on the constructivist approach in elementary grades?
6 Feb 2012 - 12:20:41

-><span style="color: #900;">''This is not exactly what you are looking for, but you may research the Reggio Emilia approach '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0708e348065021feba7848d342016344' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Michelle Bolin
David,
6 Feb 2012 - 12:24:41

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0708e348065021feba7848d342016344' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Michelle Bolin
You sounded a little reserved to the 1 to 1 iniatives. Can you further explain your thoughts on 1 to 1?
6 Feb 2012 - 12:25:48

-><span style="color: #900;">''Nope, I'm gung-ho on 1:1. I think that there is no choice -- a matter of when not whether. However, I see a lot of schools going the cheap route, getting handhelds instead of laptops, and thinking that they've solved the "technology" problem. All things considered, I'd still recommend a laptop over a tablet. But as I may have indicated, I'm in the process of being convinced that the iPad has a place in the classroom. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
Daniel Pink argues that we are already out of the Information Age and into the Conceptual Age. I agree. It's about value added to info now.
6 Feb 2012 - 12:36:32

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Becky
I agree
6 Feb 2012 - 12:37:16

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Katie
Yeah, the kids have access to the info - we can help them figure out what's meaningful to them
6 Feb 2012 - 12:39:59

-><span style="color: #900;">''Yes! They know how to play the information. They need us to help them learn to work it. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Becky
What are the best conferences in the US for teachers to 'catch this concept'? We have sent teachers to ISTE and November Learning BLC.
6 Feb 2012 - 12:42:28

-><span style="color: #900;">''Those are the two main ones I would recommend. You might try Educon, put on by the Science Leadership Academy. You might also try one put on by Gary Stager about constructivist learning. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e6994ac54b480167d5aad769621b991f' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>CN Reese
Has anyone used Flipboard that David displayed?
6 Feb 2012 - 12:46:45

CN Reese
i would look to see where Daniel Pink is speaking
6 Feb 2012 - 12:48:58

-><span style="color: #900;">''He's a pretty good speaker. I've spoken the same conference as him a couple of times. '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>rick lukianuk
Looks like the web is stratifying into 2 groups: original content and organizers of sites w/ original content
6 Feb 2012 - 12:51:13

-><span style="color: #900;">''Yes! One of the popular terms on the Internet today is curator. I am a Blog curator now ;-) '' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'>

<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Katie
Just learned that recesses have to be at least 30-40 min to get optimal brain function
6 Feb 2012 - 15:01:51
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