Comments on: Reinvention–Chapter 3: Moving Day/Spring Break http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian C Smith http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 Brian C Smith Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:01:25 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/#comment-2347 Will, enjoy your break. Just this morning I was glad to get out in the crisp, spring air (the sun actually peeked in a bit on upstate NY) with my daughter and remember that we are human and need to interact with the world. Professionally, I have been reinvented over the last 7 months in my new role as an Instructional Technology teacher. I taught PE for 10 years and made a huge jump to technology. Through your blog and dozens of others I have reinvented myself. I now have several blogs (for several different purposes) and have turned about a half a dozen others towards the opportunities that blogging presents. One is a <a href="http://blarneydog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> library blog</a> that a library media specialist set up and within a week had students blogging by responding to questions from peers as well as the author of the book. Will, enjoy your break. Just this morning I was glad to get out in the crisp, spring air (the sun actually peeked in a bit on upstate NY) with my daughter and remember that we are human and need to interact with the world.

Professionally, I have been reinvented over the last 7 months in my new role as an Instructional Technology teacher. I taught PE for 10 years and made a huge jump to technology. Through your blog and dozens of others I have reinvented myself. I now have several blogs (for several different purposes) and have turned about a half a dozen others towards the opportunities that blogging presents. One is a library blog that a library media specialist set up and within a week had students blogging by responding to questions from peers as well as the author of the book.

]]> By: Struan http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/comment-page-1/#comment-2322 Struan Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:58:14 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/#comment-2322 Being very new to blogging it feels strange welcoming you to wordpress, but welcome none the less! In talking about taking the conversation outside the realm of existing bloggers, you have inspired me to see if I can get some RSS feeds on my schools intranet homepage. Giving a non-blogging audience the opportunity to read a blog or two whenever they fire up internet explorer. Enjoy the Smörgåsbord! Being very new to blogging it feels strange welcoming you to wordpress, but welcome none the less! In talking about taking the conversation outside the realm of existing bloggers, you have inspired me to see if I can get some RSS feeds on my schools intranet homepage. Giving a non-blogging audience the opportunity to read a blog or two whenever they fire up internet explorer. Enjoy the Smörgåsbord!

]]> By: Rob Wall http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/comment-page-1/#comment-2321 Rob Wall Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:21:02 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/#comment-2321 Its great to have you in the Wordpress-iverse, Will. Being able to leave a comment on your writing is indeed a pleasure. After many years of talking at the computer screen while reading you, I can finally put the words down where you can see them! (That "login to comment" process never worked for me - it disrupts the mental flow too much) Enjoy your recharging period - we all need them periodically, and I feel like yours is long overdue. We all look forward to reading what you have to say when you get back. And commenting - oh yes, that will be good too! Its great to have you in the WordPress-iverse, Will. Being able to leave a comment on your writing is indeed a pleasure. After many years of talking at the computer screen while reading you, I can finally put the words down where you can see them! (That “login to comment” process never worked for me – it disrupts the mental flow too much)

Enjoy your recharging period – we all need them periodically, and I feel like yours is long overdue. We all look forward to reading what you have to say when you get back. And commenting – oh yes, that will be good too!

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 Wesley Fryer Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:39:55 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/reinvention-chapter-3-moving-dayspring-break/#comment-2320 Will: Enjoy the trip and a well deserved break! I heartily agree that we must extend this conversation outside the blogosphere, which can often seem like an echo chamber. I'm confident you will be doing exactly that as you speak to many around the nation and globe, and more folks read your book. I think the key action steps are what you are doing and proposing: 1- Inviting more people to the ongoing conversation about teaching and learning taking place in the blogosphere, and 2- Showcasing the great work students and teachers are doing in the classroom, in part empowered by read/write web tools. I agree that society will continue to change much faster than schools will, but we can't give up on them. The kids in them are too important! I am not sure any of us can fully appreciate the scale of change in publishing and idea sharing taking place in the era in which we are living. It is exciting to realize how many more people can and need to be invited into this conversation, and your work showcasing the successes as well as failures of teachers and students in the field is pivotal. We all need continual professional development to learn more and transform our own teaching and learning practices, to further engage kids and get them excited about acquiring literacy skills inside and outside of the classroom. I think this is what the conversation is all about, and you don't have to look far in the real world of education to see how important it is that we draw many, many more people into the dialog. Will: Enjoy the trip and a well deserved break! I heartily agree that we must extend this conversation outside the blogosphere, which can often seem like an echo chamber. I’m confident you will be doing exactly that as you speak to many around the nation and globe, and more folks read your book. I think the key action steps are what you are doing and proposing: 1- Inviting more people to the ongoing conversation about teaching and learning taking place in the blogosphere, and 2- Showcasing the great work students and teachers are doing in the classroom, in part empowered by read/write web tools. I agree that society will continue to change much faster than schools will, but we can’t give up on them. The kids in them are too important! I am not sure any of us can fully appreciate the scale of change in publishing and idea sharing taking place in the era in which we are living. It is exciting to realize how many more people can and need to be invited into this conversation, and your work showcasing the successes as well as failures of teachers and students in the field is pivotal. We all need continual professional development to learn more and transform our own teaching and learning practices, to further engage kids and get them excited about acquiring literacy skills inside and outside of the classroom. I think this is what the conversation is all about, and you don’t have to look far in the real world of education to see how important it is that we draw many, many more people into the dialog.

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