Comments on: No list, No meme, No top 5 for ‘07! http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/ Discussions on education and learning Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:15:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Sherman http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Dave Sherman Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:57:29 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/#comment-72 Kelly, I spent all of my winter break reading about all the tagging going on, and I did feel left out of the party as well. That comes with the territory of being a new blogger, I think. However, When I went back to school today, and received many warm greetings from the students (all unsolicited). I realized what is really important. Is being popular in the blogosphere what we should aspire to? Or, should we try to make a positive impact in the education of our students? This really is about students learning over anything else. It felt good to get back to school. Maybe if I keep writing on my blog, I will meet more people with the same interests, ideas and beliefs as I have. Have a great new year! Dave Sherman Kelly,
I spent all of my winter break reading about all the tagging going on, and I did feel left out of the party as well. That comes with the territory of being a new blogger, I think. However, When I went back to school today, and received many warm greetings from the students (all unsolicited). I realized what is really important. Is being popular in the blogosphere what we should aspire to? Or, should we try to make a positive impact in the education of our students? This really is about students learning over anything else. It felt good to get back to school.

Maybe if I keep writing on my blog, I will meet more people with the same interests, ideas and beliefs as I have. Have a great new year!
Dave Sherman

]]> By: Jo McLeay http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Jo McLeay Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:54:07 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/#comment-69 Hi Kelly, just found your blog and am enjoying reading it. I found you via Dean Shareski and totally agree with Stephen Downes about superficiliaty and distractions (even though I did write a 5 thing post). Great to meet you. Jo Hi Kelly, just found your blog and am enjoying reading it. I found you via Dean Shareski and totally agree with Stephen Downes about superficiliaty and distractions (even though I did write a 5 thing post). Great to meet you.
Jo

]]> By: Dean Shareski http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Dean Shareski Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:05:12 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/#comment-52 Actually, I tagged you... http://ideasandthoughts.org/2006/12/30/the-5-meme-thing/ Happy New Year. Actually, I tagged you…

http://ideasandthoughts.org/2006/12/30/the-5-meme-thing/

Happy New Year.

]]> By: Stephen Downes http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Stephen Downes Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:24:40 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/#comment-50 I wouldn't worry... "I haven’t been tagged - I really don’t have a list of top blogs for the year ... never mind my top 5 hopes for 2007!" Me neither. And I've been at this for a while. There's an aspect of blogging that is very much about the superficial. It's best not to get caught up in that. Also - though it's tempting to want a central place to find things - the reality is that any central place you find on Google is very likely to have been bought and paid for. Really, the only way to get specialized knowledge like that is to follow the network - write about what interests you and follow the links of anyone who happens to read of comment. Also, look for things like discussion lists (do a search on Google groups and Yahoo groups) and websites that talk about online learning generally, and follow the links that are of interest to you. Finally, I did a more precise Google search - for 'international teachers blogging classroom' - and came up with some good results, including: Open Source Classroom (NextGenTeachers wants to unite the international teachers out there) http://opensource.christophercraft.com/ The Open Classroom (International Collaboration: The Flat Classroom Project) http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/ 2006 | The Edublog Awards http://incsub.org/awards/category/2006/ These may not be exactly what you want but they would certainly serve as entry points to the network of people working in this space. I wouldn’t worry…

“I haven’t been tagged – I really don’t have a list of top blogs for the year … never mind my top 5 hopes for 2007!”

Me neither. And I’ve been at this for a while.

There’s an aspect of blogging that is very much about the superficial. It’s best not to get caught up in that.

Also – though it’s tempting to want a central place to find things – the reality is that any central place you find on Google is very likely to have been bought and paid for.

Really, the only way to get specialized knowledge like that is to follow the network – write about what interests you and follow the links of anyone who happens to read of comment.

Also, look for things like discussion lists (do a search on Google groups and Yahoo groups) and websites that talk about online learning generally, and follow the links that are of interest to you.

Finally, I did a more precise Google search – for ‘international teachers blogging classroom’ – and came up with some good results, including:

Open Source Classroom
(NextGenTeachers wants to unite the international teachers out there)
http://opensource.christophercraft.com/

The Open Classroom
(International Collaboration: The Flat Classroom Project)
http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/

2006 | The Edublog Awards
http://incsub.org/awards/category/2006/

These may not be exactly what you want but they would certainly serve as entry points to the network of people working in this space.

]]> By: Chris Craft http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Chris Craft Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:35:20 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/no-list-no-meme-no-top-5-for-07/#comment-49 I am working on an idea to connect teachers that are interested in international collaboration. Until I get mine up and running, you can try mixxr. I think it's www.mixxr.com, it allows teachers to create a profile and look for international teachers with whom to collaborate. Create good content, and the links will come. Chris Craft http://www.nextgenlanguage.com I am working on an idea to connect teachers that are interested in international collaboration. Until I get mine up and running, you can try mixxr. I think it’s http://www.mixxr.com, it allows teachers to create a profile and look for international teachers with whom to collaborate.

Create good content, and the links will come.

Chris Craft
http://www.nextgenlanguage.com

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