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Comment on Stoll’s High-Tech Heretic by Tippi Thompson

Tippi Thompson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:17:25 +0000

I can’t decide if he is really against computers or if he just likes making an argument.

Comment on Why teach and Chapter 11 by Tippi Thompson

Tippi Thompson — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:52:35 +0000

I think part of the problem is lack of time, lack of support, and lack of desire to learn. It is frightening to learn something new on your own. I’m not much of an adventurer, I like for someone to teach me a new skill. Learning about new technologies is just the beginning; we need funds to incorporate them and support from administration when they are used.

Comment on Why teach and Chapter 11 by Angel Elliott

Angel Elliott — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:16:09 +0000

Jady, I wanted to comment on this quote…

“We watched a presenter for 3 hours SHOW us how to use this INTERACTIVE board WITHOUT much interaction from us. We really needed a small group work shop with 5or 6 teachers using the board. A handful of teachers left not knowing how to use the board.”

Just last week we had a mini PD (used our morning planning time) for using Airliners. While I was excited to finally get the opportunity, we were not given enough time to play with it. One teacher on my team told me that she didn’t go because she knew that she wouldn’t learn from the session and would wait until I (or some of the other teachers) used it and then showed her everything that it would do. We definitely could have used more time to become better acquainted with this technology.

I plan on using it when I return to school after Spring Break.

Comment on Why teach and Chapter 11 by Jady

Jady — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:40:18 +0000

What’s really sad is some teachers still just use it for a typewriter.

Comment on Why teach and Chapter 11 by Frances

Frances — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:18:02 +0000

I remember when portfolios first began! It was crazy. We were short computers in our class and we had to take turns typing. No one had been taught typing skills so typing portfolios took forever. Usually toward the portfolio due date we had to visit the computer lab to finish up our work.

Comment on Papert Chapters 6-10 by Papert Chapters 6-10 « JadySkaggsWeblog « Jsarnett’s Weblog

Papert Chapters 6-10 « JadySkaggsWeblog « Jsarnett’s Weblog — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:06:52 +0000

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Comment on The Children’s Machine by Nate Lowell

Nate Lowell — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:50:15 +0000

“I found it interesting that he felt that students should learn through trial and error. Students who spend more time with something trying to solve it, by taking their time and discussing it with other students seemed more successful. ”

Imagine that!

Maybe somebody should design a grad school course that uses this idea …

Comment on Connecting Class Google Doc. by Angie Hinson

Angie Hinson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:15:30 +0000

Thanks for the info. I am putting Goolgle doc on my long list of things to learn or use this semester.

Love the picture you have on your blog. Did you upload it, or is it one of the templates?

Comment on Distribution by Tippi Thompson

Tippi Thompson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:50:13 +0000

We’ve already seen this effect on commercials especially since the whole DVR revolution. We see more national product brands displayed in movies now too. I believe our society will just find ways around the short cuts consumers find.

Comment on Thin Walls by Frances

Frances — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:38:18 +0000

I thought the idea of “thin walls” in the classroom was a wonderful idea. We talk about culture–this is definitely one way to bring cultures together.