http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/08/the-conversation-begins-saving-learner-bloggers-from-teacher-vampires/ More education. Less schooliness. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/08/the-conversation-begins-saving-learner-bloggers-from-teacher-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-4007 On the Uses and Abuses of Laptops in Education | Beyond School Fri, 30 May 2008 15:31:02 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=159#comment-4007 [...] The Conversation Begins: Saving Learner-Bloggers from Teacher-Vampires [...] [...] The Conversation Begins: Saving Learner-Bloggers from Teacher-Vampires [...]

]]> http://beyond-school.org/2007/03/08/the-conversation-begins-saving-learner-bloggers-from-teacher-vampires/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Barbara Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:02:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=159#comment-134 Thanks for moving the comments to a post. I agree this is an important discussion. As I was reading through the post one thing that was hovering at the corner of my mind was a concern that the hw vs blog dichotomy might play into the departmentalization that has so characterized education...there is what we do at school and then what we really do....<br/>I agree with the idea that we need to experience blogging ourselves to really get how to use them... and that "how to" will change as our understanding of our own learning deepens. To quote Will again " our learning needs to be transparent" to our students (or in my case to my staff).<br/>So what I am thinking is we need to consider what kind of learning best takes place in the medium of a blog. If they have to do with exploration of ideas ...well that is a good starting point for all subjects and can follow both personal interests some directed exploration..it also often requires the direction or mentoring of a teacher....Blogs for me are about constructing meaning.<br/>Okay, I am rambling on my own think aloud and since this supposed to be a comment I better stop.But I really value this on going conversation...it is definitely causing me to think. Thanks for moving the comments to a post. I agree this is an important discussion. As I was reading through the post one thing that was hovering at the corner of my mind was a concern that the hw vs blog dichotomy might play into the departmentalization that has so characterized education…there is what we do at school and then what we really do….
I agree with the idea that we need to experience blogging ourselves to really get how to use them… and that “how to” will change as our understanding of our own learning deepens. To quote Will again ” our learning needs to be transparent” to our students (or in my case to my staff).
So what I am thinking is we need to consider what kind of learning best takes place in the medium of a blog. If they have to do with exploration of ideas …well that is a good starting point for all subjects and can follow both personal interests some directed exploration..it also often requires the direction or mentoring of a teacher….Blogs for me are about constructing meaning.
Okay, I am rambling on my own think aloud and since this supposed to be a comment I better stop.But I really value this on going conversation…it is definitely causing me to think.

]]>