What is Your Back of the Napkin Learning? #ipdx13 #PenAndPaperWorksSometimes

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What is Your Back of the Napkin Learning? #ipdx13 #PenAndPaperWorksSometimes

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  1. Gallit Zvi

    So @AnneMidd and I both blogged today…her about needing to find balance in life (annemidd.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/juggling-our-learning/) & I about how my teaching journey has changed from just wanting to learn how to properly integrate technology to something more than that…having a student centred classroom–that almost always involves technology, but isn’t necessarily about the tech itself (http://www.gallitzvi.com/2/post/2013/02/integrating-technology-but-it-is-about-so-much-more-than-that.html).

    So your vlog was so timely for us both!! There are moments when the tech is distracting, when things are better off simplfied–and often in the form of something so low-tech as a napkin.  

    In my classroom we write on our tabletops.  Some tables are painted with whiteboard paint and some have huge slabs of whiteboard on to of them.  Students are invited to use whiteboard markers to record thoughts, wonders, and brainstorm in their groups.  They work wonderfully…it is perfect for working through problems, creating lists, etc.  And then when we are done, they can get their devices out and snap a picture for future reference.  

    Some activities beg for devices and some do not. I would never handwrite a blog and then type it out…there is no time for that, and it doesn’t seem necessary.  But I would doodle a design for a project or scribble down an idea.  

    Thanks for your vlog, Benjamin.  I always enjoy the conversations that they spark. 

  2. Gallit Zvi

    So @AnneMidd and I both blogged today…her about needing to find balance in life (annemidd.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/juggling-our-learning/) & I about how my teaching journey has changed from just wanting to learn how to properly integrate technology to something more than that…having a student centred classroom–that almost always involves technology, but isn’t necessarily about the tech itself (http://www.gallitzvi.com/2/post/2013/02/integrating-technology-but-it-is-about-so-much-more-than-that.html).

    So your vlog was so timely for us both!! There are moments when the tech is distracting, when things are better off simplfied–and often in the form of something so low-tech as a napkin.  

    In my classroom we write on our tabletops.  Some tables are painted with whiteboard paint and some have huge slabs of whiteboard on to of them.  Students are invited to use whiteboard markers to record thoughts, wonders, and brainstorm in their groups.  They work wonderfully…it is perfect for working through problems, creating lists, etc.  And then when we are done, they can get their devices out and snap a picture for future reference.  

    Some activities beg for devices and some do not. I would never handwrite a blog and then type it out…there is no time for that, and it doesn’t seem necessary.  But I would doodle a design for a project or scribble down an idea.  

    Thanks for your vlog, Benjamin.  I always enjoy the conversations that they spark. 

  3. Gallit Zvi

    So @AnneMidd and I both blogged today…her about needing to find balance in life (annemidd.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/juggling-our-learning/) & I about how my teaching journey has changed from just wanting to learn how to properly integrate technology to something more than that…having a student centred classroom–that almost always involves technology, but isn’t necessarily about the tech itself (http://www.gallitzvi.com/2/post/2013/02/integrating-technology-but-it-is-about-so-much-more-than-that.html).

    So your vlog was so timely for us both!! There are moments when the tech is distracting, when things are better off simplfied–and often in the form of something so low-tech as a napkin.  

    In my classroom we write on our tabletops.  Some tables are painted with whiteboard paint and some have huge slabs of whiteboard on to of them.  Students are invited to use whiteboard markers to record thoughts, wonders, and brainstorm in their groups.  They work wonderfully…it is perfect for working through problems, creating lists, etc.  And then when we are done, they can get their devices out and snap a picture for future reference.  

    Some activities beg for devices and some do not. I would never handwrite a blog and then type it out…there is no time for that, and it doesn’t seem necessary.  But I would doodle a design for a project or scribble down an idea.  

    Thanks for your vlog, Benjamin.  I always enjoy the conversations that they spark. 

  4. Sheri Edwards

    If it’s on paper, I’ll probably lose it. If I want to remember it, it goes on my device. I even attach my old Wacum tablet to my computer to handwrite sometimes. I want to be able to easily find and revise my ideas, and not have to retype them from that scrap of paper.

    On the other hand, when I’m creating a video, that’s when I use sticky notes or a notepad and pen. I write down the info I need to easily track so I know what or who I’ve missed. I story board and arrange/rearrange the stickies for best organization. I revise one sticky on another one, and stick them together to save both drafts. That’s for in the moment project work.

    But if the info is important, and I want to remember it, I snap a picture or compose on my device — in the cloud so it’s available when I need it.

    And that’s strange because I love to write — I love watching my handwriting flow across the page in an artful way; but now that flow on paper is sloppy penmanship, barely readable. I am a calligrapher, but that’s art. Even when I did my sketch book project ( http://sheri42.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/my-sketchbook-project/ ), I drafted the poem/story on the computer. The sketch book, though, is story art. So the writing on paper now, for me, is art; the idea on the paper needs to be available to me in the cloud.

    And that’s why I prefer blogging to vlogging; I want the visible volume of word available; I don’t like to review or find a video of an idea. I use howto videos, but that’s different.

    In the classroom, we choose — some prefer paper and pencil (they are slow at typing), while others will pop into their Google Doc and share their writing with me that way. We have paper journals, but some like to create a Google Presentation, and use that for their OWN (Online Writing Notebook) journal, a slide for a page. Some are quite artistic with them. We do lots of scratch paper writing — quick writes for checking understanding (I like to save trees, so we use tons of scratch paper). But it is a choice for students, for the mot part.

    So what is the back of my napkin learning? the last resort if needed (it will become a picture to save or typed if to be remembered); art; a tic tac toe game with grandkids, a quick storyboard for an immediate project. 

    Thanks for the chance to write a blog here… not on paper, here. 🙂

    http://askwhatelse.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/learning-on-the-back-of-a-napkin/

    Galit’s right — love the conversations you spark… 

  5. Sheri Edwards

    If it’s on paper, I’ll probably lose it. If I want to remember it, it goes on my device. I even attach my old Wacum tablet to my computer to handwrite sometimes. I want to be able to easily find and revise my ideas, and not have to retype them from that scrap of paper.

    On the other hand, when I’m creating a video, that’s when I use sticky notes or a notepad and pen. I write down the info I need to easily track so I know what or who I’ve missed. I story board and arrange/rearrange the stickies for best organization. I revise one sticky on another one, and stick them together to save both drafts. That’s for in the moment project work.

    But if the info is important, and I want to remember it, I snap a picture or compose on my device — in the cloud so it’s available when I need it.

    And that’s strange because I love to write — I love watching my handwriting flow across the page in an artful way; but now that flow on paper is sloppy penmanship, barely readable. I am a calligrapher, but that’s art. Even when I did my sketch book project ( http://sheri42.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/my-sketchbook-project/ ), I drafted the poem/story on the computer. The sketch book, though, is story art. So the writing on paper now, for me, is art; the idea on the paper needs to be available to me in the cloud.

    And that’s why I prefer blogging to vlogging; I want the visible volume of word available; I don’t like to review or find a video of an idea. I use howto videos, but that’s different.

    In the classroom, we choose — some prefer paper and pencil (they are slow at typing), while others will pop into their Google Doc and share their writing with me that way. We have paper journals, but some like to create a Google Presentation, and use that for their OWN (Online Writing Notebook) journal, a slide for a page. Some are quite artistic with them. We do lots of scratch paper writing — quick writes for checking understanding (I like to save trees, so we use tons of scratch paper). But it is a choice for students, for the mot part.

    So what is the back of my napkin learning? the last resort if needed (it will become a picture to save or typed if to be remembered); art; a tic tac toe game with grandkids, a quick storyboard for an immediate project. 

    Thanks for the chance to write a blog here… not on paper, here. 🙂

    http://askwhatelse.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/learning-on-the-back-of-a-napkin/

    Galit’s right — love the conversations you spark… 

  6. Sheri Edwards

    If it’s on paper, I’ll probably lose it. If I want to remember it, it goes on my device. I even attach my old Wacum tablet to my computer to handwrite sometimes. I want to be able to easily find and revise my ideas, and not have to retype them from that scrap of paper.

    On the other hand, when I’m creating a video, that’s when I use sticky notes or a notepad and pen. I write down the info I need to easily track so I know what or who I’ve missed. I story board and arrange/rearrange the stickies for best organization. I revise one sticky on another one, and stick them together to save both drafts. That’s for in the moment project work.

    But if the info is important, and I want to remember it, I snap a picture or compose on my device — in the cloud so it’s available when I need it.

    And that’s strange because I love to write — I love watching my handwriting flow across the page in an artful way; but now that flow on paper is sloppy penmanship, barely readable. I am a calligrapher, but that’s art. Even when I did my sketch book project ( http://sheri42.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/my-sketchbook-project/ ), I drafted the poem/story on the computer. The sketch book, though, is story art. So the writing on paper now, for me, is art; the idea on the paper needs to be available to me in the cloud.

    And that’s why I prefer blogging to vlogging; I want the visible volume of word available; I don’t like to review or find a video of an idea. I use howto videos, but that’s different.

    In the classroom, we choose — some prefer paper and pencil (they are slow at typing), while others will pop into their Google Doc and share their writing with me that way. We have paper journals, but some like to create a Google Presentation, and use that for their OWN (Online Writing Notebook) journal, a slide for a page. Some are quite artistic with them. We do lots of scratch paper writing — quick writes for checking understanding (I like to save trees, so we use tons of scratch paper). But it is a choice for students, for the mot part.

    So what is the back of my napkin learning? the last resort if needed (it will become a picture to save or typed if to be remembered); art; a tic tac toe game with grandkids, a quick storyboard for an immediate project. 

    Thanks for the chance to write a blog here… not on paper, here. 🙂

    http://askwhatelse.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/learning-on-the-back-of-a-napkin/

    Galit’s right — love the conversations you spark… 

  7. Patrick Aubin

    That totally resonates with me. Perhaps someone can create an app for that 🙂

  8. Patrick Aubin

    That totally resonates with me. Perhaps someone can create an app for that 🙂

  9. Patrick Aubin

    That totally resonates with me. Perhaps someone can create an app for that 🙂

  10. Nancy Sturm

    I like the way you think…I think when I do professional development session I am going to hand them a napkin when they walk in and ask them to jot down one think they hope to learn today. Thanks for sharing:)

  11. Nancy Sturm

    I like the way you think…I think when I do professional development session I am going to hand them a napkin when they walk in and ask them to jot down one think they hope to learn today. Thanks for sharing:)

  12. Nancy Sturm

    I like the way you think…I think when I do professional development session I am going to hand them a napkin when they walk in and ask them to jot down one think they hope to learn today. Thanks for sharing:)

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