Comments on: Hack your learning: The way it works now. http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:30:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: GingerTPLC http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/comment-page-1/#comment-359 GingerTPLC Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:03:56 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/#comment-359 In January, one of my students (a 6th grader) sat down with Wes Fryer showed him the hacks he'd done to his iPod Touch. The kid really doesn't know who Wes is; he was just delighted to share the info he now knows. Seeking, Learning, Sharing, Seeking, in an endless circle, or rather, spiral. And you're right: those english-class "musts" happen when the kids seek a purpose for the technical writing. In January, one of my students (a 6th grader) sat down with Wes Fryer showed him the hacks he’d done to his iPod Touch. The kid really doesn’t know who Wes is; he was just delighted to share the info he now knows. Seeking, Learning, Sharing, Seeking, in an endless circle, or rather, spiral.

And you’re right: those english-class “musts” happen when the kids seek a purpose for the technical writing.

]]> By: Jon Folkestad http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Jon Folkestad Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:08:14 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/#comment-358 I haven't loaded it up yet but I am going to try out Signal www.alloysoft.com. It is a remote for Airtunes. This way i can control music throughout my whole house. I'll keep you posted. I haven’t loaded it up yet but I am going to try out Signal http://www.alloysoft.com. It is a remote for Airtunes. This way i can control music throughout my whole house. I’ll keep you posted.

]]> By: Kevin Honeycutt http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Kevin Honeycutt Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:20:21 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/#comment-352 I watched a younf co-worker a few years ago and was fascinated by the way he learned. He was a programmer and software designer and he was good. He was also up to the minute with everything he did because he was plugged into the communities you described above. I felt like a dinosaur in his presence as he used words and processes that were exotic to me. I began to reach out to external, online communities due to his influence. The very word "Hacking" is scary to institution because it implies rule breaking which in a time of revoluton might be the first order of business. I watched a younf co-worker a few years ago and was fascinated by the way he learned. He was a programmer and software designer and he was good. He was also up to the minute with everything he did because he was plugged into the communities you described above. I felt like a dinosaur in his presence as he used words and processes that were exotic to me. I began to reach out to external, online communities due to his influence. The very word “Hacking” is scary to institution because it implies rule breaking which in a time of revoluton might be the first order of business.

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