Comments on: Resistance and the Promised Land http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Second Life Times » Blog Archive » Second Life - Reading and Writing with RSS http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6584 Second Life Times » Blog Archive » Second Life - Reading and Writing with RSS Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:33:24 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6584 [...] Resistance and the Promised Land “We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.)That might be the most depressing thing I’ve heard in a long time, but it epitomizes, I think, the […] [...] [...] Resistance and the Promised Land “We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.)That might be the most depressing thing I’ve heard in a long time, but it epitomizes, I think, the […] [...]

]]> By: Second Life Times » Blog Archive » http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6568 Second Life Times » Blog Archive » Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:24:17 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6568 [...] Resistance and the Promised Land“We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.)That might be the most depressing thing I’ve heard in a long time, but it epitomizes, I think, the […] [...] [...] Resistance and the Promised Land“We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.)That might be the most depressing thing I’ve heard in a long time, but it epitomizes, I think, the […] [...]

]]> By: Second Life Times » Blog Archive » Second Life - Resistance and the Promised Land http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6565 Second Life Times » Blog Archive » Second Life - Resistance and the Promised Land Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:13:14 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6565 [...] Resistance and the Promised Land“We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.)That might be the most depressing thing I’ve heard in a long time, but it epitomizes, I think, the […] [...] [...] Resistance and the Promised Land“We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.)That might be the most depressing thing I’ve heard in a long time, but it epitomizes, I think, the […] [...]

]]> By: The 21st Century Part II « Education and Techonolgy http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 The 21st Century Part II « Education and Techonolgy Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:47:55 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6499 [...]  We’ve had some interesting commentary on my last blog about teachers coming into the 21st century with their teaching methods. I thought long and hard about some of the reply’s, emails and even a trackback about the post. So as I was reading Will Richardson’s Weblogg-ed blog today this quote from one of his posts from Tuesday, October 10th struck me with interest. “We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.) [...] [...]  We’ve had some interesting commentary on my last blog about teachers coming into the 21st century with their teaching methods. I thought long and hard about some of the reply’s, emails and even a trackback about the post. So as I was reading Will Richardson’s Weblogg-ed blog today this quote from one of his posts from Tuesday, October 10th struck me with interest. “We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.” (Comment heard during a recent workshop.) [...]

]]> By: Renee Moore http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6483 Renee Moore Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:55:39 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6483 Some of us may need to continue writing (and teaching) with paper and pencil because there are still large numbers of students who still do not have access to the Web at all or very limited access. That may seem hard for some to believe, but those are probably the same people who didn't realize there were so many poor people in New Orleans until after the levee broke. Some of us may need to continue writing (and teaching) with paper and pencil because there are still large numbers of students who still do not have access to the Web at all or very limited access. That may seem hard for some to believe, but those are probably the same people who didn’t realize there were so many poor people in New Orleans until after the levee broke.

]]> By: Will Richardson http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6465 Will Richardson Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:17:30 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6465 David...nothing wrong with writing on paper, but if that's the only reason we continue to teach it, that's depressing. It's the idea that the test is always hanging over our heads that is really depressing. Just for the record, I write on paper too, but you have to admit, that it's much less flexible than writing digitally. David…nothing wrong with writing on paper, but if that’s the only reason we continue to teach it, that’s depressing. It’s the idea that the test is always hanging over our heads that is really depressing.
Just for the record, I write on paper too, but you have to admit, that it’s much less flexible than writing digitally.

]]> By: David Barnes http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6464 David Barnes Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:45:37 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6464 "We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam." I don't get why this is depressing. Are you saying that we DON'T need to teach children to write with a pen and paper anymore? Writing with pen and paper is FANTASTIC! I've finally realized this at the age of 27, having done nearly all my writing since the age of 11 on word processors. I carry a notebook around with me all the time and can't get enough of it. “We need to keep teaching writing with pen and paper if for no other reason that the kids need to have the physical strength to handwrite the 90 minute Regents exam.”

I don’t get why this is depressing. Are you saying that we DON’T need to teach children to write with a pen and paper anymore?

Writing with pen and paper is FANTASTIC! I’ve finally realized this at the age of 27, having done nearly all my writing since the age of 11 on word processors. I carry a notebook around with me all the time and can’t get enough of it.

]]> By: Kimberly Moritz http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-6459 Kimberly Moritz Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:35:50 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/resistance-and-the-promised-land/#comment-6459 It absolutely is not true, unless we're all 83 years old. Why can't we fold this in? Why can't we make it happen? It's what we all do that's the answer: education. Nobody knows better than I do that teachers resist change. And I started talking about the read/write web at a principals' meeting last week and admit that only a few seemed to get me at all. Sometimes it seems hard to even explain the change necessary, but what choice do we have? I didn't become a principal to bury my head in the sand and follow the status quo. I did it to effect real change for a larger group of students than I could get to in the classroom. We do exactly what Terry says in the post, we follow our gut and make it happen. One day at a time. It absolutely is not true, unless we’re all 83 years old. Why can’t we fold this in? Why can’t we make it happen? It’s what we all do that’s the answer: education. Nobody knows better than I do that teachers resist change. And I started talking about the read/write web at a principals’ meeting last week and admit that only a few seemed to get me at all. Sometimes it seems hard to even explain the change necessary, but what choice do we have? I didn’t become a principal to bury my head in the sand and follow the status quo. I did it to effect real change for a larger group of students than I could get to in the classroom. We do exactly what Terry says in the post, we follow our gut and make it happen. One day at a time.

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