Comments on: Learning Economics Through Snowboarding http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracey http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/comment-page-1/#comment-5526 Tracey Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:22:22 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/#comment-5526 Andi's ideas also struck me. I presented a Teacher Inquiry for the Writing Project on a similar topic; Will students' academic writing improve if they use metalanguage in the discourse? The complaint from most on academic writing is that it lacks orignality, it is simple reguritated information with no sense of ownership or new knowledge/information presented. If students engage in writing or a forum to write their opinions, their ideas, their hypotheses, will they be able to transfer that experience to academic writing and merge the two? My students who struggle with writing revised personal writing pieces so much that I had to limit them. They made changes to address voice, imagery, symbolism - in otherwords, they moved outside the box of teacher corrections. The academic writing did improve since ownership of writing occurred within a classroom. They recognized the value of conveying exact expressions for understanding. I plan to use blogging in groups of 4. All members will have to provide relevant comments to each other. This will further engage students in critical thinking and debate. I will control the purpose of the comments so they are not 'hey, great ideas,' but relevant to each style of writing presented. andi said that having students wite on topics they enjoy is a great idea. I concur since I have seen the result in trasferring that experience to academic writing. I am new to blogging, but my students live on IM. I plan to tap into that resource to get them to read and write. As a hs teacher of English, I am faced with the pressure to write more tasks as discurse writing. I plan to fight this since the task is just that, a task, not the way to always write. Andi’s ideas also struck me. I presented a Teacher Inquiry for the Writing Project on a similar topic; Will students’ academic writing improve if they use metalanguage in the discourse? The complaint from most on academic writing is that it lacks orignality, it is simple reguritated information with no sense of ownership or new knowledge/information presented. If students engage in writing or a forum to write their opinions, their ideas, their hypotheses, will they be able to transfer that experience to academic writing and merge the two?
My students who struggle with writing revised personal writing pieces so much that I had to limit them. They made changes to address voice, imagery, symbolism – in otherwords, they moved outside the box of teacher corrections. The academic writing did improve since ownership of writing occurred within a classroom. They recognized the value of conveying exact expressions for understanding. I plan to use blogging in groups of 4. All members will have to provide relevant comments to each other. This will further engage students in critical thinking and debate. I will control the purpose of the comments so they are not ‘hey, great ideas,’ but relevant to each style of writing presented. andi said that having students wite on topics they enjoy is a great idea. I concur since I have seen the result in trasferring that experience to academic writing. I am new to blogging, but my students live on IM. I plan to tap into that resource to get them to read and write. As a hs teacher of English, I am faced with the pressure to write more tasks as discurse writing. I plan to fight this since the task is just that, a task, not the way to always write.

]]> By: phaedrus » Blog Archive » Learning Economics Through Snowboarding http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/comment-page-1/#comment-5518 phaedrus » Blog Archive » Learning Economics Through Snowboarding Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:23:48 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/#comment-5518 [...] Will Richardson is one of the people you need to be reading everyday. I’ve asked you to put his feed in your ‘gators and if you had, you’d have found this post. Weblogg-ed » Learning Economics Through Snowboarding Pat Aroune who is a high school teacher in upstate New York and a new edblogger (after 16 years in the business) sent along a link to some student Weblogs from his summer class on economics and a couple of them, Greg’s Public Views and Economics According to Andi struck me because of some of the work there and their reflections about blogging. Pat’s idea was to have them use their blogs to study economics in the context of whatever their passions were, and the results are pretty telling. [...] [...] Will Richardson is one of the people you need to be reading everyday. I’ve asked you to put his feed in your ‘gators and if you had, you’d have found this post. Weblogg-ed » Learning Economics Through Snowboarding Pat Aroune who is a high school teacher in upstate New York and a new edblogger (after 16 years in the business) sent along a link to some student Weblogs from his summer class on economics and a couple of them, Greg’s Public Views and Economics According to Andi struck me because of some of the work there and their reflections about blogging. Pat’s idea was to have them use their blogs to study economics in the context of whatever their passions were, and the results are pretty telling. [...]

]]> By: 2 Cents Worth » Responsed from Yesterday’s Comments http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/comment-page-1/#comment-5510 2 Cents Worth » Responsed from Yesterday’s Comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:33:53 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/#comment-5510 [...] I thought I would take a few minutes and explore some of the comments that were posted on yesterday’s article, which included the students blogs I borrowed from Will Richardson. I find it disappointing that the second student feels that s/he has no option but to accept the passive type of learning that is offered in the classroom. We ask ‘what can we change in our instructional practices that will encourage the student to challenge his or her thinking?’ The first student is excited about writing and communicating with others. They have more ownership over their learning. [...] [...] I thought I would take a few minutes and explore some of the comments that were posted on yesterday’s article, which included the students blogs I borrowed from Will Richardson. I find it disappointing that the second student feels that s/he has no option but to accept the passive type of learning that is offered in the classroom. We ask ‘what can we change in our instructional practices that will encourage the student to challenge his or her thinking?’ The first student is excited about writing and communicating with others. They have more ownership over their learning. [...]

]]> By: Andrew Pass http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/comment-page-1/#comment-5467 Andrew Pass Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:21:37 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/#comment-5467 Thanks for linking to these blogs. I always enjoy reading what students have to say and think. I also very much agree that the best learning takes place when we ask students to think about ideas through a prism of something that they are already familiar with. I've linked to this blog on my own. Andrew Pass http://www.Pass-Ed.com/blogger.html Thanks for linking to these blogs. I always enjoy reading what students have to say and think. I also very much agree that the best learning takes place when we ask students to think about ideas through a prism of something that they are already familiar with. I’ve linked to this blog on my own.

Andrew Pass
http://www.Pass-Ed.com/blogger.html

]]> By: Will Richardson http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/comment-page-1/#comment-5466 Will Richardson Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:20:30 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/#comment-5466 Yeah, um, I think that Andi could use some proofreading. But that's a whole 'nother discussion... Yeah, um, I think that Andi could use some proofreading. But that’s a whole ‘nother discussion…

]]> By: Just Learning http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/comment-page-1/#comment-5457 Just Learning Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:56:44 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/#comment-5457 If you're going to be quiet honest. Please keep it to yourself. If you’re going to be quiet honest. Please keep it to yourself.

]]> By: Mario tout de go http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/comment-page-1/#comment-5451 Mario tout de go Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:09:51 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/learning-economics-through-snowboarding/#comment-5451 <strong>Quelques réseaux avec qui je me sens en communauté de pratiques...</strong> Des conversations dans lesquelles je suis engagé Elles sont accessibles par ces signets sur del.icio.us. Ces organisations représentent beaucoup à mes yeux : RÉCIT AQUOPS LIfIA Québec, cité éducative Con... Quelques réseaux avec qui je me sens en communauté de pratiques…

Des conversations dans lesquelles je suis engagé Elles sont accessibles par ces signets sur del.icio.us. Ces organisations représentent beaucoup à mes yeux : RÉCIT AQUOPS LIfIA Québec, cité éducative Con…

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