Comments on: Going Global http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: XplanaZine http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/comment-page-1/#comment-2654 XplanaZine Fri, 05 May 2006 13:53:43 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/#comment-2654 <strong>Daily Edublogging Update -- May 5, 2006...</strong> Here's a summary of ideas and conversations from the edublogging community that have captured our attention in the past 48 hours.... Daily Edublogging Update — May 5, 2006…

Here’s a summary of ideas and conversations from the edublogging community that have captured our attention in the past 48 hours….

]]> By: Never mind the technology, where’s the learning? » Blog Archive » Conference call (part two) - case proved! http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 Never mind the technology, where’s the learning? » Blog Archive » Conference call (part two) - case proved! Fri, 05 May 2006 09:12:07 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/#comment-2651 [...] It’s very unlikely that the issue that Will raises is indeed on the radar here either, given that: “As well as the discussions on the day, an important output will be a comprehensive printed record of the proceedings. This will be published and distributed to some of the key policy makers involved in this area including members of the Education Committee, to other Parliamentarians with a special interest in education and IT policy, to Ministers and officials at DfES, and to officials at Ofsted - and be made available more widely. [...] [...] It’s very unlikely that the issue that Will raises is indeed on the radar here either, given that: “As well as the discussions on the day, an important output will be a comprehensive printed record of the proceedings. This will be published and distributed to some of the key policy makers involved in this area including members of the Education Committee, to other Parliamentarians with a special interest in education and IT policy, to Ministers and officials at DfES, and to officials at Ofsted – and be made available more widely. [...]

]]> By: Brian Crosby http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/comment-page-1/#comment-2644 Brian Crosby Fri, 05 May 2006 03:21:47 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/#comment-2644 I have to laugh - I was at a tech meeting for my district yesterday and one of the teachers there was commenting on how impressed and encouraged she was that "some" of her teachers were starting to do Powerpoint presentations (one actually had 2 of her students try one) "...but that they would need to practice with them some more to really make effective Powerpoints." The good news is that my district (93 schools 65,000 students) is making a little movement towards using tech more effectively - the bad news is that these teachers that are finally trying 15 year old software that they have had access to for 10 years are probably among the top 10% of teachers in my district incorporating technology in their teaching. I have to laugh – I was at a tech meeting for my district yesterday and one of the teachers there was commenting on how impressed and encouraged she was that “some” of her teachers were starting to do Powerpoint presentations (one actually had 2 of her students try one) “…but that they would need to practice with them some more to really make effective Powerpoints.”
The good news is that my district (93 schools 65,000 students) is making a little movement towards using tech more effectively – the bad news is that these teachers that are finally trying 15 year old software that they have had access to for 10 years are probably among the top 10% of teachers in my district incorporating technology in their teaching.

]]> By: Never mind the technology, where’s the learning? » Blog Archive » Conference call http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/comment-page-1/#comment-2638 Never mind the technology, where’s the learning? » Blog Archive » Conference call Thu, 04 May 2006 19:58:41 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/going-global/#comment-2638 [...] I tend to agree with Will’s view: The problem is that these types of technologies and the shifts they are facilitating are not prominently on the radar of any of the conferences I’ve been to of late. In fact, I am still amazed at the virtual lack of presentations that put the use of any technology use in the context of anything greater than the four walls of the traditional classroom. We need to be more expansive in our thinking. We need to be talking more about the opportunities “out there” instead of how to make things incrementally better “in here.” (I’m serious, right now, all sessions on PowerPoint should be banned from conference schedules.) If educators who pay their way to ed tech events don’t at least leave with a sense of the changes and opportunities that the Web affords these days, they’re wasting their money. [...] [...] I tend to agree with Will’s view: The problem is that these types of technologies and the shifts they are facilitating are not prominently on the radar of any of the conferences I’ve been to of late. In fact, I am still amazed at the virtual lack of presentations that put the use of any technology use in the context of anything greater than the four walls of the traditional classroom. We need to be more expansive in our thinking. We need to be talking more about the opportunities “out there” instead of how to make things incrementally better “in here.” (I’m serious, right now, all sessions on PowerPoint should be banned from conference schedules.) If educators who pay their way to ed tech events don’t at least leave with a sense of the changes and opportunities that the Web affords these days, they’re wasting their money. [...]

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