Comments for thinking 2.0 http://taspd.edublogs.org Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on The Future is NOW by johnconnell http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/the-future-is-now/#comment-143 johnconnell Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:14:13 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/?p=220#comment-143 Thanks, Cindy. I see you were at ICTLT with some colleagues - I hope you enjoyed the event as much as I did. I just wish I had spotted your session! John Thanks, Cindy. I see you were at ICTLT with some colleagues - I hope you enjoyed the event as much as I did. I just wish I had spotted your session!

John

]]> Comment on It takes years to be good… by msbarnsley http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/07/10/it-takes-years-to-be-good/#comment-138 msbarnsley Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:29:09 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/?p=202#comment-138 Mathew, thanks for your comment. You're right that we need to encourage students to consciously think about the choices that they make, what works, what doesn't work etc. At the end of the day, making mistakes and learning from them is where it's at, so to speak. Mathew, thanks for your comment. You’re right that we need to encourage students to consciously think about the choices that they make, what works, what doesn’t work etc. At the end of the day, making mistakes and learning from them is where it’s at, so to speak.

]]> Comment on It takes years to be good… by Mathew http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/07/10/it-takes-years-to-be-good/#comment-136 Mathew Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:06:21 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/?p=202#comment-136 That's a great clip. Perhaps our goal in assessing student work is to take into account the reasoning behind choices that are made more so than their execution. We can talk about how to improve the final product, however, we do want students to be making sensible choices about what they choose to put in their projects. That’s a great clip.

Perhaps our goal in assessing student work is to take into account the reasoning behind choices that are made more so than their execution. We can talk about how to improve the final product, however, we do want students to be making sensible choices about what they choose to put in their projects.

]]> Comment on Learning to Change - Changing to Learn by Learning to Change- Changing to learn at CITAL-TAL FORUM http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/06/14/learning-to-change-changing-to-learn/#comment-134 Learning to Change- Changing to learn at CITAL-TAL FORUM Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:05:24 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/?p=199#comment-134 [...] Some interesting viewpoints. Thinking 2.0. [...] [...] Some interesting viewpoints. Thinking 2.0. [...]

]]> Comment on World as Witness: Learning about Genocide by Chip Bruce http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/world-as-witness-learning-about-genocide/#comment-131 Chip Bruce Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:59:35 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/world-as-witness-learning-about-genocide/#comment-131 Just a note to say that I've enjoyed reading your blog for some time now. The latest entry on genocide has excellent comments and resources. Chip Web: http://www.illinois.edu/~chip Blog: http://chipbruce.wordpress.com Just a note to say that I’ve enjoyed reading your blog for some time now. The latest entry on genocide has excellent comments and resources.

Chip
Web: http://www.illinois.edu/~chip
Blog: http://chipbruce.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on “Hoax” sites and Critical Literacy by Dragon09 http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/23/hoax-sites-and-critical-literacy/#comment-129 Dragon09 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:29:21 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/23/hoax-sites-and-critical-literacy/#comment-129 You have raised some interesting points here which has challenged my own thinking since this post: http://educatingthedragon.edublogs.org/2007/10/30/look-out-mrs-omalley-detour-ahead/ Students need the freedom to explore their own learning and what we, as educators need to provide is the skill set to enable them to truely deepen and widen their own understandings. You have raised some interesting points here which has challenged my own thinking since this post:
http://educatingthedragon.edublogs.org/2007/10/30/look-out-mrs-omalley-detour-ahead/

Students need the freedom to explore their own learning and what we, as educators need to provide is the skill set to enable them to truely deepen and widen their own understandings.

]]> Comment on History televised! by Doug Belshaw http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/history-televised/#comment-127 Doug Belshaw Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:35:13 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/30/history-televised/#comment-127 Hi Cindy, Glad my blogging about timelines.tv has meant that you're likely to use it down where you are too! I think it's bitesize nature has got real potential for livening up History - both in lessons and for homework. :-) Hi Cindy,

Glad my blogging about timelines.tv has meant that you’re likely to use it down where you are too! I think it’s bitesize nature has got real potential for livening up History - both in lessons and for homework. :-)

]]> Comment on “Hoax” sites and Critical Literacy by msbarnsley http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/23/hoax-sites-and-critical-literacy/#comment-126 msbarnsley Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:56:07 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/23/hoax-sites-and-critical-literacy/#comment-126 Hi Patrick, Thanks for your comment. We are in the second year of our adoption of a 1:1 laptop program so most students rely on web-based resources to conduct research. Helping them develop the ability to be discerning readers/researchers is a vital skill. It's not a new skill by any means but given that anyone can now publish material online, I think it's more important than ever. I've written <a href="http://taspd.edublogs.org/2007/10/21/paper-tigers-and-straw-men/" rel="nofollow">here</a> about how important it is that we, as teachers,adequately prepare students so they are able to recognise “misinformation” when it, inevitably, appears. The <a href="http://martinlutherking.org" rel="nofollow">martinlutherking.org</a> site is a prime example of this, written by a former KKK member to discredit and defame King as an “anti-America communist” using dubious, anti-civil rights government documents to present a revisionist, racist version of history. Hi Patrick,

Thanks for your comment. We are in the second year of our adoption of a 1:1 laptop program so most students rely on web-based resources to conduct research. Helping them develop the ability to be discerning readers/researchers is a vital skill. It’s not a new skill by any means but given that anyone can now publish material online, I think it’s more important than ever.
I’ve written here about how important it is that we, as teachers,adequately prepare students so they are able to recognise “misinformation” when it, inevitably, appears. The martinlutherking.org site is a prime example of this, written by a former KKK member to discredit and defame King as an “anti-America communist” using dubious, anti-civil rights government documents to present a revisionist, racist version of history.

]]> Comment on “Hoax” sites and Critical Literacy by Patrick http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/23/hoax-sites-and-critical-literacy/#comment-125 Patrick Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:15:48 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/23/hoax-sites-and-critical-literacy/#comment-125 Hi Cindy, I have been discussing this with our high school English teachers as we are in the midst of a construction project that will restrict our access to print sources for research over the next three years. Our reliance on web research and the ability of students to interrogate their online sources for validity will be tantamount to our success in this endeavor. I've pulled this post into my diigo account to use as a unit in a class I am creating in that department. Hi Cindy,

I have been discussing this with our high school English teachers as we are in the midst of a construction project that will restrict our access to print sources for research over the next three years. Our reliance on web research and the ability of students to interrogate their online sources for validity will be tantamount to our success in this endeavor. I’ve pulled this post into my diigo account to use as a unit in a class I am creating in that department.

]]> Comment on World’s best practice by   World’s best practice by medTRIALS.info http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/worlds-best-practice/#comment-124   World’s best practice by medTRIALS.info Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:57:34 +0000 http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/03/13/worlds-best-practice/#comment-124 [...] at the qualities of the world’s best performing schools in 2006 and …Original post by msbarnsley delivered by Medtrials and [...] [...] at the qualities of the world’s best performing schools in 2006 and …Original post by msbarnsley delivered by Medtrials and [...]

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