http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/do-you-use/ Discussions on education and learning Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:15:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/do-you-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Educational Discourse » 20.5 century schools Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:50:41 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/do-you-use/#comment-1803 [...] This comment, left by David Truss, gives a great insight to what where we need to stretch ourselves. I may be someone you consider “an early adapter” but here is the thing, I am lousy with technology integration! Every attempt I make is met with roadblocks and stupid errors… I feel LD when it comes to technology integration… I use technology despite the strikes against me. My biggest asset: I am not afraid to fail! My biggest question: How do you teach that? Visit my Math class and, despite my efforts, a wrong question is not seen as a learning opportunity but as a failure. Kids understand this when playing video games- so why can’t we get this to transfer to the classroom? (highlight mine) [...] [...] This comment, left by David Truss, gives a great insight to what where we need to stretch ourselves. I may be someone you consider “an early adapter” but here is the thing, I am lousy with technology integration! Every attempt I make is met with roadblocks and stupid errors… I feel LD when it comes to technology integration… I use technology despite the strikes against me. My biggest asset: I am not afraid to fail! My biggest question: How do you teach that? Visit my Math class and, despite my efforts, a wrong question is not seen as a learning opportunity but as a failure. Kids understand this when playing video games- so why can’t we get this to transfer to the classroom? (highlight mine) [...]

]]> http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/do-you-use/comment-page-1/#comment-1772 David Truss Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:30:54 +0000 http://kwhobbes.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/do-you-use/#comment-1772 A Three-Post-Comment (I'm catching up on my feeds after a long, exhausting week). To your "Wrong Number?" post: You have been in 'Reflection Mode' for a while... of course you will be very hard on yourself for a careless mistake! Unlike the other things you have been reflecting on, this is not something to wallow in... "How do I make this right?" is a much better question than "How could I do something so wrong?"... knowing you, you have already done this to the best of your ability! To both your "What will we do with these LD teachers?" and this post: I may be someone you consider "an early adapter" but here is the thing, I am lousy with technology integration! Every attempt I make is met with roadblocks and stupid errors... I feel LD when it comes to technology integration... I use technology despite the strikes against me. My biggest asset: I am not afraid to fail! My biggest question: How do you teach that? Visit my Math class and, despite my efforts, a wrong question is not seen as a learning opportunity but as a failure. Kids understand this when playing video games- so why can't we get this to transfer to the classroom? On another topic, your daughter has a talent, however so many things like EMPATHY just aren't taught in school. http://eduspaces.net/dtruss/weblog/166309.html A last thought: I think your daughter is, as you suggest, 'Wise beyond her years', in ways any parent would be proud of... will that ever be measured on a standardized test? No, but Web2.0 allows us to socialize in new ways, to learn with our peers, to relate as we learn... and in this way, I believe these tools will help 'humanize' what we teach. A Three-Post-Comment (I’m catching up on my feeds after a long, exhausting week).
To your “Wrong Number?” post: You have been in ‘Reflection Mode’ for a while… of course you will be very hard on yourself for a careless mistake! Unlike the other things you have been reflecting on, this is not something to wallow in… “How do I make this right?” is a much better question than “How could I do something so wrong?”… knowing you, you have already done this to the best of your ability!
To both your “What will we do with these LD teachers?” and this post: I may be someone you consider “an early adapter” but here is the thing, I am lousy with technology integration! Every attempt I make is met with roadblocks and stupid errors… I feel LD when it comes to technology integration… I use technology despite the strikes against me.
My biggest asset: I am not afraid to fail!
My biggest question: How do you teach that?
Visit my Math class and, despite my efforts, a wrong question is not seen as a learning opportunity but as a failure. Kids understand this when playing video games- so why can’t we get this to transfer to the classroom?
On another topic, your daughter has a talent, however so many things like EMPATHY just aren’t taught in school.
http://eduspaces.net/dtruss/weblog/166309.html
A last thought: I think your daughter is, as you suggest, ‘Wise beyond her years’, in ways any parent would be proud of… will that ever be measured on a standardized test? No, but Web2.0 allows us to socialize in new ways, to learn with our peers, to relate as we learn… and in this way, I believe these tools will help ‘humanize’ what we teach.

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