Comments on: Fluffy thinking in the edtech community…a waste of energy and time http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/ Technology, education, and the web...not necessarily in that order. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: EdTech - Echo chamber or just another community? | Welcome to the world of WebedtecH http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-647 EdTech - Echo chamber or just another community? | Welcome to the world of WebedtecH Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:59:03 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-647 [...] I agree with Justin on some of the aspects of his post (Lord knows I've railed about the ed-tech echo chamber before) I need to take a few minutes here to counter some of the points that both he and I have made [...] [...] I agree with Justin on some of the aspects of his post (Lord knows I’ve railed about the ed-tech echo chamber before) I need to take a few minutes here to counter some of the points that both he and I have made [...]

]]> By: Vicki Davis http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-510 Vicki Davis Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:13:09 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-510 Yes, sharing practical things that work are so very important -- I think that is why I'm really enjoying the diigo things that I'm getting. Looking at the feeds from the standard tags is becoming useful to me for this. I agree, lets focus on talking about what is important. It is about the students and being professional, inspirational, teachers! Best wishes! Yes, sharing practical things that work are so very important — I think that is why I’m really enjoying the diigo things that I’m getting. Looking at the feeds from the standard tags is becoming useful to me for this. I agree, lets focus on talking about what is important.

It is about the students and being professional, inspirational, teachers! Best wishes!

]]> By: Through the Filter 04/16/2008 | WebedtecH http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-508 Through the Filter 04/16/2008 | WebedtecH Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:31:05 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-508 [...] Fluffy thinking in the edtech community…a waste of energy and time [...] [...] Fluffy thinking in the edtech community…a waste of energy and time [...]

]]> By: Miguel Guhlin http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-505 Miguel Guhlin Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:50:49 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-505 Amen, Brother Art. Preach on! Miguel Amen, Brother Art. Preach on!

Miguel

]]> By: Pam http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-504 Pam Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:44:32 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-504 Art, this is the absolute best post on this topic I've read to date. Thanks so much for reminding those of us working in schools of our purpose..."focus on the the people we can truly make an impact with…the teachers and staff we deal with on a daily basis." Many thanks! Art, this is the absolute best post on this topic I’ve read to date. Thanks so much for reminding those of us working in schools of our purpose…”focus on the the people we can truly make an impact with…the teachers and staff we deal with on a daily basis.” Many thanks!

]]> By: Art Gelwicks http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-503 Art Gelwicks Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:43:39 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-503 Matt - I'm not saying there isn't a place and a time for strategic thinking, what I'm saying is that the edublogosphere is loaded to the freakin' gills with it. How many ways can you discuss the innate digital skills of middle school students before realizing it's worth more to talk about what works and doesn't work with them. In this case the why is truly "academic". We've twittered, blogged, bookmarked, tagged, forwarded, and flogged this horse to an amazing degree. What I don't see is the same amount of energy in capturing what's been done with the students, the successes and failures, in anything longer than 140 characters. If we want our teachers to learn to fish, we have to show them how to bait the hook and cast the line...not wonder if the fish are truly hungry. Matt -

I’m not saying there isn’t a place and a time for strategic thinking, what I’m saying is that the edublogosphere is loaded to the freakin’ gills with it. How many ways can you discuss the innate digital skills of middle school students before realizing it’s worth more to talk about what works and doesn’t work with them. In this case the why is truly “academic”.

We’ve twittered, blogged, bookmarked, tagged, forwarded, and flogged this horse to an amazing degree. What I don’t see is the same amount of energy in capturing what’s been done with the students, the successes and failures, in anything longer than 140 characters.

If we want our teachers to learn to fish, we have to show them how to bait the hook and cast the line…not wonder if the fish are truly hungry.

]]> By: Dean Loberg http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-502 Dean Loberg Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:00:02 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-502 Well said. Well said.

]]> By: susan http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-501 susan Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:16:02 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-501 You know, those conversations left a sour taste in my mouth as well. Back to work.... You know, those conversations left a sour taste in my mouth as well. Back to work….

]]> By: Matt Scully http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-500 Matt Scully Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:07:18 +0000 http://www.webedtech.com/2008/04/15/fluffy-thinking-in-the-edtech-communitya-waste-of-energy-and-time/#comment-500 Interesting thoughts but don't we need both... I agree that alot of time has been spent discussing topics at 30,000 feet but the problem seems to me is not that these conversations are happening. instead the problems is that these conversations often fail to lead to meaningful projects in the classroom. Understanding how our students are different from us as digital natives can be a very powerful tool if used to design classroom activities that promote high order thinking while engage with the tech tools students use everyday- An example so that this is not just another 30,000 ft conversation - voicethread.com used in first grade classroom so students are participating in asynchronous conversation and everyone gets to share on topic chosen by teacher. Combined with short recordings from audio enhancement classroom system help the teacher quickly post new content from class to the site. Interesting thoughts but don’t we need both… I agree that alot of time has been spent discussing topics at 30,000 feet but the problem seems to me is not that these conversations are happening. instead the problems is that these conversations often fail to lead to meaningful projects in the classroom. Understanding how our students are different from us as digital natives can be a very powerful tool if used to design classroom activities that promote high order thinking while engage with the tech tools students use everyday-
An example so that this is not just another 30,000 ft conversation - voicethread.com used in first grade classroom so students are participating in asynchronous conversation and everyone gets to share on topic chosen by teacher. Combined with short recordings from audio enhancement classroom system help the teacher quickly post new content from class to the site.

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