Comments for Learning is Change. http://learningischange.com Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:56:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Ripe Environment for Authentic Learning: TIE 2008 by Ben Wilkoff - The Ripe Environment for Authentic Learning | The Village Green http://learningischange.com/2008/06/27/the-ripe-environment-for-authentic-learning-tie-2008/#comment-392 Ben Wilkoff - The Ripe Environment for Authentic Learning | The Village Green Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:34:21 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2008/06/27/the-ripe-environment-for-authentic-learning-tie-2008/#comment-392 [...] http://learningischange.com/2008/06/27/the-ripe-environment-for-authentic-learning-tie-2008/ addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fvillagegreen.edublogs.org%2F2008%2F06%2F27%2Fben-wilkoff-the-ripe-environment-for-authentic-learning%2F'; addthis_title = 'Ben+Wilkoff+-+The+Ripe+Environment+for+Authentic+Learning'; addthis_pub = ''; Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!) [...] [...] http://learningischange.com/2008/06/27/the-ripe-environment-for-authentic-learning-tie-2008/ addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fvillagegreen.edublogs.org%2F2008%2F06%2F27%2Fben-wilkoff-the-ripe-environment-for-authentic-learning%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Ben+Wilkoff+-+The+Ripe+Environment+for+Authentic+Learning’; addthis_pub = ”; Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!) [...]

]]> Comment on Helping myself out… by asking for help. by Mike Hasley http://learningischange.com/2008/06/24/helping-myself-out-by-asking-for-help/#comment-390 Mike Hasley Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:00:17 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2008/06/24/helping-myself-out-by-asking-for-help/#comment-390 I've started a new learning community at my school based off of a visit to Karl at AHS and meeting Bud, and maybe you, at the Learning 2.0 conference in Feb. The site is: http://henricowarriors.org/21stcentury. I got 8 teachers and an AP dedicated to student-centered learning this year. I’ve started a new learning community at my school based off of a visit to Karl at AHS and meeting Bud, and maybe you, at the Learning 2.0 conference in Feb. The site is: http://henricowarriors.org/21stcentury. I got 8 teachers and an AP dedicated to student-centered learning this year.

]]> Comment on Community requires tending. by MariaD http://learningischange.com/2008/04/11/community-requires-tending/#comment-383 MariaD Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:03:13 +0000 http://learningischange.com/?p=279#comment-383 The online communities, where people can find like-minded people across the world, cause certain Renaissance to happen - in some areas. Children write more than ever, for example. In other areas, like the one I consider my own (mathematics), we still don't see enough communities even online. Some practical questions for community tenders are very simple, yet few people ever pose them before designing educational (or "educational", if the community of learners fail as a result) activities. - When we do what we do, where is "togetherness"? What will the learners do WITH OTHERS? (pair, group, distributed collaboration work) - How is the activity promoting communication? Does it? (The tools for communication, taking turns, integrating and analyzing other people's ideas have to be built into activities) - Collection (of artifacts, histories, previous day's work) is hugely important for cultures, because people keep contributing to a common collection that provides continuity with the past. Will the activity promote accumulation of artifacts into collections and their easily accessible display? - Connection with other human endeavors already important for existing cultures to which participants belong (food, holidays, history) - Forming these entities that make a culture: history, common rituals, holidays and memorial days, common language and so on; there are lists among historians (Pi Day, anyone?) The online communities, where people can find like-minded people across the world, cause certain Renaissance to happen - in some areas. Children write more than ever, for example. In other areas, like the one I consider my own (mathematics), we still don’t see enough communities even online. Some practical questions for community tenders are very simple, yet few people ever pose them before designing educational (or “educational”, if the community of learners fail as a result) activities.

- When we do what we do, where is “togetherness”? What will the learners do WITH OTHERS? (pair, group, distributed collaboration work)
- How is the activity promoting communication? Does it? (The tools for communication, taking turns, integrating and analyzing other people’s ideas have to be built into activities)
- Collection (of artifacts, histories, previous day’s work) is hugely important for cultures, because people keep contributing to a common collection that provides continuity with the past. Will the activity promote accumulation of artifacts into collections and their easily accessible display?
- Connection with other human endeavors already important for existing cultures to which participants belong (food, holidays, history)
- Forming these entities that make a culture: history, common rituals, holidays and memorial days, common language and so on; there are lists among historians (Pi Day, anyone?)

]]> Comment on Community requires tending. by Ben Wilkoff http://learningischange.com/2008/04/11/community-requires-tending/#comment-382 Ben Wilkoff Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:07:24 +0000 http://learningischange.com/?p=279#comment-382 Man, those are some really great questions. We need to get some more people asking/answering them. Diigo group? Discussion on this blog? Man, those are some really great questions. We need to get some more people asking/answering them. Diigo group? Discussion on this blog?

]]> Comment on The Name of the game by Ben Wilkoff http://learningischange.com/2008/04/12/the-name-of-the-game/#comment-381 Ben Wilkoff Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:05:54 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2008/04/12/the-name-of-the-game/#comment-381 Thank you for the encouragement. I'm glad that other people (or at least one other person) see the value in a simple declaration of beauty and being. Thank you for the encouragement. I’m glad that other people (or at least one other person) see the value in a simple declaration of beauty and being.

]]> Comment on Community requires tending. by Ginger Lewman http://learningischange.com/2008/04/11/community-requires-tending/#comment-380 Ginger Lewman Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:53:39 +0000 http://learningischange.com/?p=279#comment-380 What causes humans to disregard that which is good for us? Why do people not automatically tend our communities? What is it that keeps the tending from being intrinsic? What makes it need to be deliberately conscious work? Every single person I know neglects in varying degrees. Is it because we have too many communities? Is it because guilt forces us to create or participate half-heartedly in communities that are not intrinsically motivating? Are those communities like the spinach, liver, broccoli, lima beans on a child's plate? (eat them, you may not like them, but they're good for you!) Are we forced into the "wrong" communities by societal norm, and therefore that devalues the truly important communities for each of us? For all of us? Do all of us suffer due to artificial or superficial communities that we think we must tend? If so, why do we choose those? I'm asking why because if we can get to the root of it, we can decide what to do about it. What causes humans to disregard that which is good for us? Why do people not automatically tend our communities? What is it that keeps the tending from being intrinsic? What makes it need to be deliberately conscious work?

Every single person I know neglects in varying degrees. Is it because we have too many communities? Is it because guilt forces us to create or participate half-heartedly in communities that are not intrinsically motivating? Are those communities like the spinach, liver, broccoli, lima beans on a child’s plate? (eat them, you may not like them, but they’re good for you!)

Are we forced into the “wrong” communities by societal norm, and therefore that devalues the truly important communities for each of us? For all of us? Do all of us suffer due to artificial or superficial communities that we think we must tend? If so, why do we choose those?

I’m asking why because if we can get to the root of it, we can decide what to do about it.

]]> Comment on The Name of the game by Ginger Lewman http://learningischange.com/2008/04/12/the-name-of-the-game/#comment-379 Ginger Lewman Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:41:24 +0000 http://learningischange.com/2008/04/12/the-name-of-the-game/#comment-379 I love the power and the quiet confidence of this post. While we may not feel it every single day, I think that acknowledging days like these and harnessing this power really does lead to more days like this one. Ayn Rand is one of my favorite authors; has been since I was 15 years old and a sophomore in HS when I read The Fountainhead. But my favorite quote from Anthem comes for days like these: "I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction." This is said in the same quiet voice. It doesn't need shouted. It just is. And living and creating as you do, facing the changes you're seeking, these days need, nay, deserve recognition and remembrance. Great choice to blog this. I love the power and the quiet confidence of this post. While we may not feel it every single day, I think that acknowledging days like these and harnessing this power really does lead to more days like this one.

Ayn Rand is one of my favorite authors; has been since I was 15 years old and a sophomore in HS when I read The Fountainhead. But my favorite quote from Anthem comes for days like these:

“I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.”

This is said in the same quiet voice. It doesn’t need shouted. It just is.

And living and creating as you do, facing the changes you’re seeking, these days need, nay, deserve recognition and remembrance. Great choice to blog this.

]]> Comment on eDCSD Mini-PD: Assessments in JESS by » Assessments in JESS eDCSD Developers Blog http://learningischange.com/edcsd-mini-pd-assessments-in-jess/#comment-375 » Assessments in JESS eDCSD Developers Blog Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:28:11 +0000 http://learningischange.com/edcsd-mini-pd-assessments-in-jess/#comment-375 [...] I have created three video tutorials for putting assessments into JESS. Have at them: http://learningischange.com/edcsd-mini-pd-assessments-in-jess/ [...] [...] I have created three video tutorials for putting assessments into JESS. Have at them: http://learningischange.com/edcsd-mini-pd-assessments-in-jess/ [...]

]]> Comment on Hack your learning: The way it works now. by GingerTPLC http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/#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.

]]> Comment on Hack your learning: The way it works now. by Jon Folkestad http://learningischange.com/2008/03/18/hack-your-learning-the-way-it-works-now/#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.

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