Comments - Getting into ning - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T21:03:39Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=649749%3ABlogPost%3A4071&xn_auth=noI've found that almost everyt…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-04-10:649749:Comment:41352007-04-10T19:10:47.489ZCarolyn Footehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Technolibrary
I've found that almost everything I have done online the last 15 or 16 years ends up paying off in my professional life--whether it was learning to chat on AOL in the "old days" or learning to use a webcam or edit a personal photo--all of those skills are ones I can call on when needed. <br />
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It's like the oxygen thing on the plane--give yourself oxygen and you can help others. <br />
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So now if I'm "playing" online, I know it will pay off later somewhere down the road!
I've found that almost everything I have done online the last 15 or 16 years ends up paying off in my professional life--whether it was learning to chat on AOL in the "old days" or learning to use a webcam or edit a personal photo--all of those skills are ones I can call on when needed. <br />
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It's like the oxygen thing on the plane--give yourself oxygen and you can help others. <br />
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So now if I'm "playing" online, I know it will pay off later somewhere down the road! I'm thinking along the same l…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-04-10:649749:Comment:41292007-04-10T16:46:32.999ZSylvia Martinezhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/smartinez
I'm thinking along the same lines as you, and hoping it all works out. I guess you have to be the guinea pig sometimes.
I'm thinking along the same lines as you, and hoping it all works out. I guess you have to be the guinea pig sometimes. Good to see you stretching yo…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-04-10:649749:Comment:40932007-04-10T15:19:06.412Znlowellhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/nlowell
Good to see you stretching your wings!<br />
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<b>But is this becoming about me and my learning more than about student and teacher learning?</b><br />
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Don't discount the meta-cognitive value in Ning.<br />
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Here's my take. If the teacher doesn't know a tool -- and I mean really own it -- how can they use it in their practice?<br />
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Some tools you're forced to use in the classroom and you learn on the job in front of the students. It's the "one chapter ahead of the class" situation and I don't know any teacher who…
Good to see you stretching your wings!<br />
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<b>But is this becoming about me and my learning more than about student and teacher learning?</b><br />
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Don't discount the meta-cognitive value in Ning. <br />
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Here's my take. If the teacher doesn't know a tool -- and I mean really own it -- how can they use it in their practice? <br />
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Some tools you're forced to use in the classroom and you learn on the job in front of the students. It's the "one chapter ahead of the class" situation and I don't know any teacher who likes that. <br />
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What we have here is the opportunity for teachers to begin to gain some expertise and familiarity with the tool *before* trying to answer the question "how will this help?" <br />
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There was an earlier conversation about this being "about the kids" and improving practice. That's true. But before you can improve practice, you have to understand it.<br />
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I'm not one of those people who thinks that teaching is a science. You don't teach with a recipe. Sure, you have some ingredients that you use and you tend to mix them about the same way each time, but the outcomes -- once you factor in the learners -- are always different. <br />
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Teaching is an art form and what we're doing here is giving those teachers who want to explore the new medium a chance to do so in an authentic way by using it to teach themselves. <br />
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Like you are. <br />
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And you're doing great! <br />
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Don't stop now!