http://peterd.edublogs.org a safe place to share ideas... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:35:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/04/02/session-3-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-11 steve mccabe Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:35:03 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/04/02/session-3-overview/#comment-11 Yes I feel the technology overload too. It takes trial & error and living through the frustration to finally get results. I'm learning but very slowly. I've been able to navigate wikispaces and am having fun with that. I took a video publishing class last summer at Frontier and am also looking forward to the section on Podcasting. Yes I feel the technology overload too. It takes trial & error and living through the frustration to finally get results. I’m learning but very slowly. I’ve been able to navigate wikispaces and am having fun with that. I took a video publishing class last summer at Frontier and am also looking forward to the section on Podcasting.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/25/response-to-rss-quick-guide-session-3/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jim W Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:24:31 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/25/response-to-rss-quick-guide-session-3/#comment-10 You will quickly become over whelmed with posts in your RSS reader. I constantly have 200-300 posts waiting for me to look at. Everyday you will find a blog or link that is really interesting and want to keep it for further reading an responding to. I try to clean out all of my RSS feed every two weeks. You will quickly become over whelmed with posts in your RSS reader. I constantly have 200-300 posts waiting for me to look at. Everyday you will find a blog or link that is really interesting and want to keep it for further reading an responding to. I try to clean out all of my RSS feed every two weeks.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/25/response-to-social-bookmarking-session-3/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jim W Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:19:01 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/25/response-to-social-bookmarking-session-3/#comment-9 I was not sure of social bookmarking when I started, but now I use del.icio.us everyday. I have a classroom del.icio.us account that any of the student can log onto. I have about 10 people in my network that I can jump to their del.icio.us and see what they have been marking. This way many website are pre-filtered, I don't have to look through dozens of website to find the few good one. Tagging is really important. i am constantly behind is culling out junk and tagging. Teaching the student the skill of tagging is a critical skill. I was not sure of social bookmarking when I started, but now I use del.icio.us everyday. I have a classroom del.icio.us account that any of the student can log onto. I have about 10 people in my network that I can jump to their del.icio.us and see what they have been marking. This way many website are pre-filtered, I don’t have to look through dozens of website to find the few good one. Tagging is really important. i am constantly behind is culling out junk and tagging. Teaching the student the skill of tagging is a critical skill.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-web-of-connected-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-8 James Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:17:47 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-web-of-connected-learning/#comment-8 When I first started blogging I quickly became over whelmed with the number of resources I was accessing. Since then I have become a little better at filtering out what I can use now and put the rest on the virtual shelf. Even as digital natives, students can also get lost in the information overload. I have found that many students have not ventured far from their virtual gathering spots (My Space, Facebook, IM). Using the Web 2.0 tools to move education to the 21 century will not be easy. We tend to do what we know, so we have to be careful not to use a blog as just another worksheet. When I first started blogging I quickly became over whelmed with the number of resources I was accessing. Since then I have become a little better at filtering out what I can use now and put the rest on the virtual shelf. Even as digital natives, students can also get lost in the information overload. I have found that many students have not ventured far from their virtual gathering spots (My Space, Facebook, IM). Using the Web 2.0 tools to move education to the 21 century will not be easy. We tend to do what we know, so we have to be careful not to use a blog as just another worksheet.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-7 peterd Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:28:41 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comment-7 Konkoly, I agree that blogging is an almost subtle way of expanding the school day. I believe it to be a form of homework, but without the stigma usually associated with the word. Let's face it, kids these days love being online, and blogging provides for them a format to express themselves in a communal manner, which is something we educators are always trying to foster in our kids. It's the perfect format once it's set up properly and managed well. Konkoly,
I agree that blogging is an almost subtle way of expanding the school day. I believe it to be a form of homework, but without the stigma usually associated with the word. Let’s face it, kids these days love being online, and blogging provides for them a format to express themselves in a communal manner, which is something we educators are always trying to foster in our kids. It’s the perfect format once it’s set up properly and managed well.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-6 peterd Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:24:48 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comment-6 I concur, Janice... we all know those quiet types who become invisible in class, afraid to express their opinions because they feel they may be ridiculed or dismissed. Blogs provide for them a comfortable, safe avenue for expression. I'm all for that. I concur, Janice… we all know those quiet types who become invisible in class, afraid to express their opinions because they feel they may be ridiculed or dismissed. Blogs provide for them a comfortable, safe avenue for expression. I’m all for that.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-5 konkoly Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:22:40 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comment-5 I share many of the thoughts you express here. I think the comment about how students can and will blog after school points toward a huge area of potential. What happens on the blog during after school hours can really expand on what happened in class and could also lay the groundwork for the next day's class. Especially given limitations due to computer access in school, it almost seems to me that web 2.0, including blogs, are a way to expand the school day rather than totally modify what happend in the school day. I share many of the thoughts you express here. I think the comment about how students can and will blog after school points toward a huge area of potential. What happens on the blog during after school hours can really expand on what happened in class and could also lay the groundwork for the next day’s class. Especially given limitations due to computer access in school, it almost seems to me that web 2.0, including blogs, are a way to expand the school day rather than totally modify what happend in the school day.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Janice Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:28:54 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comment-4 I wonder if teachers who use blogs routinely find ways to replace "older" teaching methods with blogs so that the blogs do not become an additional burden. Here's an example. Instead of brainstorming an idea in class where the outgoing students respond and the quiet ones or the resistant ones sit quietly, how about assigning a selection to read then blog on. Each student could read the blogs for ideas then write a short essay about what s/he thinks about the reading. The teacher would have to read the posts, but that could be done while the students were writing the essay. I wonder if teachers who use blogs routinely find ways to replace “older” teaching methods with blogs so that the blogs do not become an additional burden. Here’s an example. Instead of brainstorming an idea in class where the outgoing students respond and the quiet ones or the resistant ones sit quietly, how about assigning a selection to read then blog on. Each student could read the blogs for ideas then write a short essay about what s/he thinks about the reading. The teacher would have to read the posts, but that could be done while the students were writing the essay.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Janice Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:19:42 +0000 #comment-3 I like the "a safe place to share ideas . . . ." subtitle. Gives the messages 1) that it is safe to use and 2) that there is an expectations that users will refrain from replies that make it unsafe. I like the “a safe place to share ideas . . . .” subtitle. Gives the messages 1) that it is safe to use and 2) that there is an expectations that users will refrain from replies that make it unsafe.

]]> http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-2 James Walker Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:11:37 +0000 http://peterd.edublogs.org/2008/03/16/my-response-to-to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comment-2 Great start Peter. You have some thought provoking ideas about blogging in schools. Imagine students having their own way to communicate, like paper and pen, dangerous stuff. Technology changes in the past often took generations, now it is happening in a few years. Educators don't have a choice, make the changes or become obsolete. Great start Peter. You have some thought provoking ideas about blogging in schools. Imagine students having their own way to communicate, like paper and pen, dangerous stuff. Technology changes in the past often took generations, now it is happening in a few years. Educators don’t have a choice, make the changes or become obsolete.

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