Comments on: Squeaky Wheel http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/16/squeaky-wheel/ Discussions on education and learning Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:15:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: [BLOCKED BY STBV] Eric http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/16/squeaky-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 [BLOCKED BY STBV] Eric Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:14:14 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/16/squeaky-wheel/#comment-2706 <strong>Eric...</strong> I'm a real sucker for anything to do with accelerated learning ideas. Thanks for your post. I'm going to get back into this next month.... Eric…

I’m a real sucker for anything to do with accelerated learning ideas. Thanks for your post. I’m going to get back into this next month….

]]> By: » Blog Archive » Relevant And Original http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/16/squeaky-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-104 » Blog Archive » Relevant And Original Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:00:50 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/16/squeaky-wheel/#comment-104 [...] I haven’t blogged anything of substance for a while now and while I’m not quite slipping into the banality that plagued D’Arcy Norman last year, my recent posts have lacked that “I’ve got something important to say” spark. I’m not sure that blogging for the sake of blogging is a good thing in my case. Wading into current popular topics and rehashing recurring ideas is not useful unless I’m adding something unique to the conversation. But I have been reading (a lot) and leaving a lot of comments all over the place.  I’ve also been adding some new voices to my  Bloglines account by following other commenters back to their blog - a good form of stalking! I really like what I’ve been finding too - blogs that have the dual qualities of being relevant and original. Both are qualities I strive for in my writing but it is really hard to manage on a consistent basis. Quite often I read about an idea and then that theme seems to propagate itself in a multitude of blogs. For instance, More Prensky’s concept of digital immigrants and nativesis currently doing the rounds. My problem ? The majority of what’s being written I’ve read versions of before  with very few bloggers currently breaking new ground on this well worn topic. Someone writing with a new, unique insight will grab my attention but if not, move on through the aggregator. [...] [...] I haven’t blogged anything of substance for a while now and while I’m not quite slipping into the banality that plagued D’Arcy Norman last year, my recent posts have lacked that “I’ve got something important to say” spark. I’m not sure that blogging for the sake of blogging is a good thing in my case. Wading into current popular topics and rehashing recurring ideas is not useful unless I’m adding something unique to the conversation. But I have been reading (a lot) and leaving a lot of comments all over the place.  I’ve also been adding some new voices to my  Bloglines account by following other commenters back to their blog – a good form of stalking! I really like what I’ve been finding too – blogs that have the dual qualities of being relevant and original. Both are qualities I strive for in my writing but it is really hard to manage on a consistent basis. Quite often I read about an idea and then that theme seems to propagate itself in a multitude of blogs. For instance, More Prensky’s concept of digital immigrants and nativesis currently doing the rounds. My problem ? The majority of what’s being written I’ve read versions of before  with very few bloggers currently breaking new ground on this well worn topic. Someone writing with a new, unique insight will grab my attention but if not, move on through the aggregator. [...]

]]> By: Educational Discourse » Creating Podcasts and blogs http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/16/squeaky-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Educational Discourse » Creating Podcasts and blogs Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:27:23 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/01/16/squeaky-wheel/#comment-96 [...] As students work, I notice that they have difficulty with the technology once it goes beyond their knowledge base, like most people. They become easily frustrated and have difficulty problem solving to figure out what it is they might do next - which is a normal characteristic of most people I know. It does, however, make me question the whole “immigrant/native” assumption (see my last article for how I really feel about this) since they seem no different than many of the adults that I have worked with who have the same problems. (Still think it’s a digital intelligence!) [...] [...] As students work, I notice that they have difficulty with the technology once it goes beyond their knowledge base, like most people. They become easily frustrated and have difficulty problem solving to figure out what it is they might do next – which is a normal characteristic of most people I know. It does, however, make me question the whole “immigrant/native” assumption (see my last article for how I really feel about this) since they seem no different than many of the adults that I have worked with who have the same problems. (Still think it’s a digital intelligence!) [...]

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