Comments for I Am One Of Those People! http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 27 May 2011 01:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Do we have a professional and moral obligation to share? by Danielle http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/2011/05/20/do-we-have-a-professional-and-moral-obligation-to-share/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Danielle Fri, 27 May 2011 01:47:59 +0000 http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/?p=94#comment-74 hi - I'd never really thought of sharing as an obligation, but you've got me thinking. I am a sharer by the way, in terms of ideas, resources, assessments and activities. I hope that by sharing that I can help others, or perhaps even inspire them to try something a different way. I also have the selfish hope that others will share back - even perhaps feel obligated to share back. Haven't got much love that way (except from a small number of other sharers who probably would have shared with me even if I hadn't shared with them). I love reading / being shared to?? other people's experiences in the classroom too - what has got well, what hasn't, what risks they are taking. And I love the possibility that twitter provides to share the buzz when something does work. It is inspiring. I love when my twitter friends share their lives with me - it makes them more real & I feel that I know many of them. And who doesn't love having friends? But back to obligation, and the thoughts in my head now. We study history to learn from other people's mistakes and their successes, don't we? If we can learn from others, we all grow. Maybe there should be some obligation. Thanks for all the sharing you do - esp by twitter which is where I found you & feel like I'm getting to know you. Take care. D hi – I’d never really thought of sharing as an obligation, but you’ve got me thinking. I am a sharer by the way, in terms of ideas, resources, assessments and activities. I hope that by sharing that I can help others, or perhaps even inspire them to try something a different way. I also have the selfish hope that others will share back – even perhaps feel obligated to share back. Haven’t got much love that way (except from a small number of other sharers who probably would have shared with me even if I hadn’t shared with them).
I love reading / being shared to?? other people’s experiences in the classroom too – what has got well, what hasn’t, what risks they are taking. And I love the possibility that twitter provides to share the buzz when something does work. It is inspiring. I love when my twitter friends share their lives with me – it makes them more real & I feel that I know many of them. And who doesn’t love having friends?
But back to obligation, and the thoughts in my head now.
We study history to learn from other people’s mistakes and their successes, don’t we? If we can learn from others, we all grow. Maybe there should be some obligation.
Thanks for all the sharing you do – esp by twitter which is where I found you & feel like I’m getting to know you. Take care.
D

]]> Comment on Home and Away – is it setting a good example for 21st Century Learning? by Chris Betcher http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/2011/04/12/home-and-away-is-it-setting-a-good-example-for-21st-century-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Chris Betcher Sun, 22 May 2011 06:27:21 +0000 http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/?p=89#comment-72 Good observation Ash. I'm pleased to say that I've never actually seen an episode of Home and Away (seriously, never even seen ONE) so I can't vouch for what you say but I'll trust you on it. I'd never really thought about it before, but it's true though that when TV and movies depict things for the screen they usually look for the cliches, and try make things as "typical" as possible... I assume so that as many viewers as possible can relate to those things without being distracted away from the storyline. If the classrooms on TV had all sorts of technologies and practices that were very different to what the viewers could recognise from their own personal experience, then viewers would be sidetracked into wondering about these things instead of getting immersed in the story itself. However, as you say, all this does is continue to propagate the old ways in the mass media, reinforcing the stereotypes of yesterday. It's true isn't it, that everyone knows what school looks like, because everybody went to one! Ah dear... everyone wants schools to be better, but no one wants them to be different! Chris Good observation Ash.

I’m pleased to say that I’ve never actually seen an episode of Home and Away (seriously, never even seen ONE) so I can’t vouch for what you say but I’ll trust you on it. I’d never really thought about it before, but it’s true though that when TV and movies depict things for the screen they usually look for the cliches, and try make things as “typical” as possible… I assume so that as many viewers as possible can relate to those things without being distracted away from the storyline. If the classrooms on TV had all sorts of technologies and practices that were very different to what the viewers could recognise from their own personal experience, then viewers would be sidetracked into wondering about these things instead of getting immersed in the story itself.

However, as you say, all this does is continue to propagate the old ways in the mass media, reinforcing the stereotypes of yesterday. It’s true isn’t it, that everyone knows what school looks like, because everybody went to one!

Ah dear… everyone wants schools to be better, but no one wants them to be different!

Chris

]]> Comment on Ideas hit me in the craziest of places! by Rodd Lucier http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/2011/05/15/ideas-hit-me-in-the-craziest-of-places/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Rodd Lucier Mon, 16 May 2011 02:01:14 +0000 http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/?p=92#comment-71 Hey Ashley, They already have a place to upload the stuff they like to teach/learn... It's called 'YouTube'. :) Seriously, I think it's a great idea for student learning and teaching to be shared with a broad audience, and maybe that's what appeals to me most about this idea. What would happen if the power of such a simple and popular interface was used for learning more than for entertainment? Known tools and skills could be leveraged, and re-purposed. The result: 'YouTube with a higher purpose', might be accomplished with a tagging convention, or the development of a vast channel on the platform. Rather than TeacherTube, which aggregates content into a different database, I think a student driven channel could exist within YouTube. Hey Ashley,
They already have a place to upload the stuff they like to teach/learn… It’s called ‘YouTube’. :) Seriously, I think it’s a great idea for student learning and teaching to be shared with a broad audience, and maybe that’s what appeals to me most about this idea.

What would happen if the power of such a simple and popular interface was used for learning more than for entertainment? Known tools and skills could be leveraged, and re-purposed. The result: ‘YouTube with a higher purpose’, might be accomplished with a tagging convention, or the development of a vast channel on the platform.

Rather than TeacherTube, which aggregates content into a different database, I think a student driven channel could exist within YouTube.

]]> Comment on Ideas hit me in the craziest of places! by Jim Hayden http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/2011/05/15/ideas-hit-me-in-the-craziest-of-places/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Jim Hayden Sun, 15 May 2011 10:56:54 +0000 http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/?p=92#comment-70 Hi Ashley not sure if this is relevant but I completed my Masters in Music Technology online last year and as part of that I had to teach myself how to use Flash. I did this using You Tube. I was constantly amazed at how many kids have put tutorials up on You Tube on how to utilise software etc. Mostly American students interestingly and maybe not surprisingly? Cheers Jim Hi Ashley

not sure if this is relevant but I completed my Masters in Music Technology online last year and as part of that I had to teach myself how to use Flash. I did this using You Tube. I was constantly amazed at how many kids have put tutorials up on You Tube on how to utilise software etc. Mostly American students interestingly and maybe not surprisingly?

Cheers

Jim

]]> Comment on Ideas hit me in the craziest of places! by Caitlin Burns http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/2011/05/15/ideas-hit-me-in-the-craziest-of-places/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Caitlin Burns Sun, 15 May 2011 03:27:38 +0000 http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/?p=92#comment-69 Hi Ashley, I have been thinking about this for a while too! I love the Khan academy. I've been thinking of ways in which we can create and share student created 'tutorials' and combining this with 'flipping' the classroom (ie: lecture/tutorial type learning at home and activity/exercises done in class time). Do you think this is pushing it? I'm a high school Chinese teacher who finds it hard to fit enough speaking/listening practice into class time. On another note, I have been beta testing a new iPad app called 'ShowMe' that allows students to create and upload short tutorials (Khan Academy style) all via the iPad. If you're interested in finding out more, check out this page: http://www.showmeapp.com/. Definitely interested to hear more about what everyone thinks about these ideas! Hi Ashley,

I have been thinking about this for a while too! I love the Khan academy. I’ve been thinking of ways in which we can create and share student created ‘tutorials’ and combining this with ‘flipping’ the classroom (ie: lecture/tutorial type learning at home and activity/exercises done in class time). Do you think this is pushing it? I’m a high school Chinese teacher who finds it hard to fit enough speaking/listening practice into class time.

On another note, I have been beta testing a new iPad app called ‘ShowMe’ that allows students to create and upload short tutorials (Khan Academy style) all via the iPad. If you’re interested in finding out more, check out this page: http://www.showmeapp.com/.

Definitely interested to hear more about what everyone thinks about these ideas!

]]> Comment on About by Alan November http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Alan November Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:45:18 +0000 #comment-67 Hello Ashley, Great blog..thanks for the lawn mowing comment about my podcast series. I will be in Brisbane in May. Perhaps we can get together for a coffee.... Best, Alan Hello Ashley,

Great blog..thanks for the lawn mowing comment about my podcast series. I will be in Brisbane in May. Perhaps we can get together for a coffee….

Best,

Alan

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]]> Comment on My students are trying to make a difference to the world that they live in! by A Dog Park Connection « doug – off the record http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/2011/03/21/my-students-are-trying-to-make-a-difference-to-the-world-that-they-live-in/comment-page-1/#comment-64 A Dog Park Connection « doug – off the record Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:01:22 +0000 http://oneofthosepeople.edublogs.org/?p=82#comment-64 [...] to take a look at what his students had been doing.  He had written about it on his blog at “I Am One of Those People”.  He had been looking for a new way to engage his students in an activity involving persuasive [...] [...] to take a look at what his students had been doing.  He had written about it on his blog at “I Am One of Those People”.  He had been looking for a new way to engage his students in an activity involving persuasive [...]

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