Educational Discourse

I’ve taken to heart the comment by Miguel to look for the new voices. So, like Scott McLeod who is doing the same thing, I am going to start identifying various people whom I believe have something to add to our discussion but who have not yet “broken out”, continuing to blog in relative isolation.

Now, I’m not sure I where I fit in this whole blogosphere discussion. I do know that I have begun to spend less time looking at some blogs, especially of those who are a bit too ….. (fill in the blank)  and a lot more time exploring blogs of people who I believe are in the midst of the educational discussion on web2.0 applications and on the front lines with kids

So, my first person to feature is Susan Funk at What Counts!, another teacher from Saskatchewan who has visited my site a few times and left a comment or two.

Susan has some great insights and has written some great entries. I start you off with this:

As I have engaged in the reading and writing which my own blog as has introduced me to I have been introduced to yet another viewpoint, that of the technology specialist.  Again the lens is different but the material is the same. Again I feel like the communities have come to similar conclusions through separate avenues.  How interesting it would be to engage Colin Lankshear and Will Richardson in discussion or to listen in on their discussion of the issues and trends and implications for classrooms.  Or to hear Doug Johnston and Stephen Downes discuss the opportunities and pitfalls of technology in the classroom.  Perhaps this is already happening and I am not yet privy to the conversation.  At this point, I am constructing it for myself, for that’s what learners do and that in part is what I’ll share when I speak in May.  I wonder what I should call it – “the need for collaboration” or “extending the conversation” or “walking  in multiple landscapes”.  Actually, I guess it already has the name I gave my explorations this year – “Living a changing landscape – one teacher on a path towards New Worlds”.

After this little excerpt, you might try the following posts:

Bridezilla and the economy of attention 

Technology, pedagogy and the real story 

Schools in an Information Age 

Enjoy the reading!