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Comment on As always… by Chris

Chris — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:13:08 +0000

It seems to me that teachers are under so much pressure, stress, and workload, that they don’t want to take the extra time to assimilate the technology. There is a learning curve and at first it doesn’t seem to be worth the extra effort.

I’m convinced that any technology is worth the effort to learn, and I’m convinced that it will lead to less tedious work. (Which I’m all for!) I think it comes down to leading the horse to water and waiting for them to get thirsty enough to drink.

p.s. – all this time, I thought your blog was located here: http://mrollosson.blogspot.com/

Comment on As always… by Diana Kio

Diana Kio — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:15:57 +0000

Our schools have an abundance of technology, some might say an overabundance. What we need is time to use it, and until technology can gain us the time needed to use it, it is doomed to marginalization. Using technology for the sake of technology doesn’t accomplish anything. If it makes our job easier or student learning faster then we teachers snatch it up. If it doesn’t, then we put it to the side and chalk it up as one more thing that was mandated by someone who hasn’t spent enough time in the regular, well-run, well-taught classroom. Thank God, I am proof of such a class and my students and school ace the SOL’s and AYP.

Comment on The Purpose of Education by Shelia

Shelia — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:36:23 +0000

I understand and agree with your statements. My question is…how do we change the status quo? Education is simply not working! How do we get legislators and upper administration to see this before it is too late for many graduating students.

Comment on As always… by lmwright

lmwright — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:01:26 +0000

I too am frustrated by the lack of technology in our schools. I am frustrated by the lack of technology skill that I posess to use with my students. That is why I have signed up for your class …… Have I found the right blog? Will I get the extra credit? HAHA!

Comment on Welcome back to a new school year by Cole20 » Posts about Gradebook as of 22 September 2009

Cole20 » Posts about Gradebook as of 22 September 2009 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:22:22 +0000

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Comment on GoAnimate and Pocketmod by L. Blodgett

L. Blodgett — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:44:01 +0000

Mel, yesterday and today I’ve been reading all the web 2.0 course content on blogs and came across the link to your blog. I see you post pretty much weekly. Enjoyed reading this posting. I’ll have to have a look at go animate. If you’d include a link to some of the work produced by the class you mentioned, I’m sure folks would enjoy it.

I think I’ll add a bit on the blog assignment page. One way of catagorizing classroom use of blogs would be into threse three divisions:
1. A teacher maintained blog with regular thoughts or assignments. –more or less a classroom web page.

2. A teacher initiated blog, with numerous postings which students are expected to comment on…trying to provoke thought and discussion the way the Richard III blog and Mel Walker’s blogs work.

3. Student blogs–where the student initiates and maintains the blog, fulfilling the same purpose as a journal in an English class. Practice writing, venting opinions, etc.
I think there might need to be some clarificaiton of these categories—the directions om the document centere for edublogs are intended for teachers who wish to have their students do student blogs, not for teachers who want to use blogs in one of the first two categories above.
anyway, this is way off the subject of your blog. Do you get some sort of notice when people comment on your blog>

Comment on Communication – again by Communication - again

Communication - again — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:17:33 +0000

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Comment on Social Networking for Teachers? by mrollosson

mrollosson — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:49:03 +0000

I use wikis more when I want others to be able to edit and discuss. For me, a blog is more of a matter of posting comments to what another (say, a discussion leader) posts. If, as a teacher, I want students to answer a question, I might use a blog. If, however, I want students to collaborate on a project, I would probably use a wiki.
ope this helps.

Comment on Social Networking for Teachers? by millerrm

millerrm — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:12:46 +0000

How do you best decide whether a blog or a wiki is the best tool to use for a particular project or discussion?

Comment on Another effort in Web2.0 by Paul

Paul — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:50:50 +0000

OOPS! excellent
Larr can make you paranoid.