Comments on: The Future of Work– http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-31178 Rich Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:53:27 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-31178 Relevant to the "Future of work" post ..... The Greenbsuh Education Service Center is working on a "3D virual classroom" project .. the simulation is a free donload here http://edusim.greenbush.us and is buiult using Croquet (an opensource peer to peer virtual environment) Regards, Rich http://labs.greenbush.us ==== Relevant to the “Future of work” post ….. The Greenbsuh Education Service Center is working on a “3D virual classroom” project .. the simulation is a free donload here http://edusim.greenbush.us and is buiult using Croquet (an opensource peer to peer virtual environment)

Regards,
Rich
http://labs.greenbush.us

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]]> By: nancy http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30837 nancy Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:20:30 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30837 I emailed you but you must be busy. If I were going to read some books on the future of schools which titles would you reccommend? I emailed you but you must be busy. If I were going to read some books on the future of schools which titles would you reccommend?

]]> By: Il futuro del lavoro at Anto’stuff http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30657 Il futuro del lavoro at Anto’stuff Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:06:01 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30657 [...] Will Richardson riporta un articolo da Business Week sul futuro del lavoro, nel quale si sostengono alcune tesi interessanti, anche se non particolarmente innovative. Guarda caso, proprio in questi giorni sto rapidamente rileggendo Se tre milioni vi sembrano pochi di Luciano Gallino e sono stupito di quanto sia ancora (purtroppo..) attuale questo libro di quasi quindici anni fa! [...] [...] Will Richardson riporta un articolo da Business Week sul futuro del lavoro, nel quale si sostengono alcune tesi interessanti, anche se non particolarmente innovative. Guarda caso, proprio in questi giorni sto rapidamente rileggendo Se tre milioni vi sembrano pochi di Luciano Gallino e sono stupito di quanto sia ancora (purtroppo..) attuale questo libro di quasi quindici anni fa! [...]

]]> By: Maryann M. http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30614 Maryann M. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:30:39 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30614 I have fine-tuned my learning environment a bit each year since I began teaching in 2000. I feel like I have gotten to the point, through planning and the use of new technologies, where my "classroom" includes more than just my students and their teacher. I have seen parents energized by projects and participating at home in advancing their own and their child's learning. Children are bringing in related newspaper articles, books, or info. from the Web. Parents email me related Web sites and share comments about how exciting their children's learning is. We are able to include authors and others who are experts in their field through webinars and virtual field trips. Our classrooms are also more inclusive, and many students come and go for different learning purposes (such as the gifted program or English language learning classes). Through inclusion, children are learning to work with a variety peers who don't all look alike, think alike, talk alike, or act alike. They can really pull together and get things done though. One year I had a parent who was the head of an MBA program at a local university. She commented that her son was coming home discussing a group project he was struggling with. His group was having major cooperation difficulties that they had to work out themselves. But, she was listening to what he was doing (had to do) to get the work completed. She said that many of the MBA students could not function as well as my second graders were learning to do. I hope these young children will build on their skills each year and will be able to fit in to whatever learning or work environment is in their future. As for not going to college-- My daughter will be a freshman in college next year. She has told me about a few of her friends who were discouraged by parents from going to college because the parents think their children can be successful (in business) without a college education. They are working in family business and are hugely sucessful already, some taking over very profitable businesses and expanding them. These are teens! I truly believe that not every person has to go to college right out of high school. There are so many options that it is an exciting time to explore. I do hope, however, that many of these young people will eventually give higher ed. a try because you don't always know what you don't know. And, there certain is more to college than learning to have a successful business. These life-learners bring a great deal of knowledge to the classroom while they benefit from a different way of thinking. I have fine-tuned my learning environment a bit each year since I began teaching in 2000. I feel like I have gotten to the point, through planning and the use of new technologies, where my “classroom” includes more than just my students and their teacher. I have seen parents energized by projects and participating at home in advancing their own and their child’s learning. Children are bringing in related newspaper articles, books, or info. from the Web. Parents email me related Web sites and share comments about how exciting their children’s learning is. We are able to include authors and others who are experts in their field through webinars and virtual field trips. Our classrooms are also more inclusive, and many students come and go for different learning purposes (such as the gifted program or English language learning classes). Through inclusion, children are learning to work with a variety peers who don’t all look alike, think alike, talk alike, or act alike. They can really pull together and get things done though. One year I had a parent who was the head of an MBA program at a local university. She commented that her son was coming home discussing a group project he was struggling with. His group was having major cooperation difficulties that they had to work out themselves. But, she was listening to what he was doing (had to do) to get the work completed. She said that many of the MBA students could not function as well as my second graders were learning to do. I hope these young children will build on their skills each year and will be able to fit in to whatever learning or work environment is in their future. As for not going to college– My daughter will be a freshman in college next year. She has told me about a few of her friends who were discouraged by parents from going to college because the parents think their children can be successful (in business) without a college education. They are working in family business and are hugely sucessful already, some taking over very profitable businesses and expanding them. These are teens! I truly believe that not every person has to go to college right out of high school. There are so many options that it is an exciting time to explore. I do hope, however, that many of these young people will eventually give higher ed. a try because you don’t always know what you don’t know. And, there certain is more to college than learning to have a successful business. These life-learners bring a great deal of knowledge to the classroom while they benefit from a different way of thinking.

]]> By: Dennis Harter http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30561 Dennis Harter Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:53:41 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30561 The co-creating of knowledge just isn't happening enough, nor is it the focus of most school curricula. We find ourselves beholden to content knowledge based curriculum where "co-creation" of new knowledge is not valued and regurgitation of existing knowledge is. Until curricula focus on thinking skills needed for a future of work we know is coming, we are under-serving our kids. The co-creating of knowledge just isn’t happening enough, nor is it the focus of most school curricula. We find ourselves beholden to content knowledge based curriculum where “co-creation” of new knowledge is not valued and regurgitation of existing knowledge is.

Until curricula focus on thinking skills needed for a future of work we know is coming, we are under-serving our kids.

]]> By: Thinking Allowed. » Blog Archive » Will Richardson wonders about some good stuff… http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30559 Thinking Allowed. » Blog Archive » Will Richardson wonders about some good stuff… Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:45:16 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30559 [...] Will Richardson has a much larger readership than I do, so if you find his post through me, something is amiss.   I loved what he said at the end of his post on a recent cover story from Business Week on “The Future of Work” which he shares highlights from. I wonder how many teachers are getting ready for the new school year by developing a deeply collaborative curriculum, one in which they model for their students not just connections with other teacher/learners but co-creation of knowledge, in whatever forms that takes. I wonder how many of them are being supported in that effort. We have the capability to create these types of environments; what we need is to provide more and more opportunities for teachers to connect and learn with other educators and professionals from around the globe. [...] [...] Will Richardson has a much larger readership than I do, so if you find his post through me, something is amiss.   I loved what he said at the end of his post on a recent cover story from Business Week on “The Future of Work” which he shares highlights from. I wonder how many teachers are getting ready for the new school year by developing a deeply collaborative curriculum, one in which they model for their students not just connections with other teacher/learners but co-creation of knowledge, in whatever forms that takes. I wonder how many of them are being supported in that effort. We have the capability to create these types of environments; what we need is to provide more and more opportunities for teachers to connect and learn with other educators and professionals from around the globe. [...]

]]> By: Christy Tucker http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30476 Christy Tucker Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:41:55 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30476 Does the decline in the number of students with bachelors degrees actually reflect less education, or just a different type of education? I wonder how many students have associate degrees or degrees from career colleges, or just hands on experience with technology that qualifies them for jobs. Is it possible that that stat reflects a change in whether the education is a traditional formal degree and not an overall reduction in education? Does the decline in the number of students with bachelors degrees actually reflect less education, or just a different type of education? I wonder how many students have associate degrees or degrees from career colleges, or just hands on experience with technology that qualifies them for jobs. Is it possible that that stat reflects a change in whether the education is a traditional formal degree and not an overall reduction in education?

]]> By: Mary http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30470 Mary Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:56:03 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30470 Again TIME is the operative word. It takes time for teachers (and anyone) to become comfortable with a different way of doing things. It takes time to collaborate well enough to create worthy lessons. I have been collaborating with an environmental group this summer to develop an in depth unit for my students but it is difficult to get the time to explain to other teachers how this can then be used in their classroom. I am going to attempt to have our math teachers use out data in their graphing units. Maybe that is a good place to start. My students are also learning the importance of working with others but many are having difficulty with the idea of not having ONE correct answer. The process is sometimes lost on them. Again TIME is the operative word. It takes time for teachers (and anyone) to become comfortable with a different way of doing things. It takes time to collaborate well enough to create worthy lessons.
I have been collaborating with an environmental group this summer to develop an in depth unit for my students but it is difficult to get the time to explain to other teachers how this can then be used in their classroom. I am going to attempt to have our math teachers use out data in their graphing units. Maybe that is a good place to start.
My students are also learning the importance of working with others but many are having difficulty with the idea of not having ONE correct answer. The process is sometimes lost on them.

]]> By: John Pederson http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30465 John Pederson Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:15:01 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30465 Just started my newest big "project" here in Wisconsin. One of my (very few) non-negotiables was that the teachers do the project as a group and produce a single project for their district. Small step. Probably not noticed by most. But important in my mind. Interesting to watch as they tried to fight it today. 2nd grade teachers insisting they couldn't work with high school teachers, etc. :) Just started my newest big “project” here in Wisconsin. One of my (very few) non-negotiables was that the teachers do the project as a group and produce a single project for their district. Small step. Probably not noticed by most. But important in my mind.

Interesting to watch as they tried to fight it today. 2nd grade teachers insisting they couldn’t work with high school teachers, etc. :)

]]> By: BusinessWeek: The Future of Work at Newly Ancient http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30457 BusinessWeek: The Future of Work at Newly Ancient Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:08:51 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30457 [...] This post was inspired by Will. [...] [...] This post was inspired by Will. [...]

]]> By: Pamela Carr http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30455 Pamela Carr Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:34:29 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30455 The important thing that I need to stay focused on is that I can no longer blame my lack of collaboration on my district administrators (even though they really do not offer us many opportunities for it). I now have a vast supply of other educators thirsty to collaborate with me...I just need to reach out to them via the web. What I now have to focus on is how I can model this for my students so that they learn how to tap this resource in a responsible and effective way. Man, that is the part that scares me! But I'm getting there!! The important thing that I need to stay focused on is that I can no longer blame my lack of collaboration on my district administrators (even though they really do not offer us many opportunities for it). I now have a vast supply of other educators thirsty to collaborate with me…I just need to reach out to them via the web. What I now have to focus on is how I can model this for my students so that they learn how to tap this resource in a responsible and effective way. Man, that is the part that scares me! But I’m getting there!!

]]> By: a. woody delauder http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30440 a. woody delauder Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:12:27 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30440 Will, I have a new position as the Science resource teacher at an elementary school. I have the opportunity to teach grades 3-5 along with being a resource for K-2. Today was a very productive day. I spent my time creating the template for the students' science class wiki... individual pages for each grade. This will serve as one of their "products" for parents to view and for students to use as a collaborative informational resource along the way. Wiki link http://evaturnerscience.wikispaces.com/ Tomorrow I plan on setting up grade level feed aggregators with current science related feeds for student use. My focus, however, is to introduce and communicate to the students the new literacy's and how a global community can come together and learn from each other. I am looking forward to creating this type of environment in my classroom. Will,
I have a new position as the Science resource teacher at an elementary school. I have the opportunity to teach grades 3-5 along with being a resource for K-2. Today was a very productive day. I spent my time creating the template for the students’ science class wiki… individual pages for each grade. This will serve as one of their “products” for parents to view and for students to use as a collaborative informational resource along the way.

Wiki link
http://evaturnerscience.wikispaces.com/

Tomorrow I plan on setting up grade level feed aggregators with current science related feeds for student use.
My focus, however, is to introduce and communicate to the students the new literacy’s and how a global community can come together and learn from each other. I am looking forward to creating this type of environment in my classroom.

]]> By: » Working Together G-Town Talks http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/comment-page-1/#comment-30435 » Working Together G-Town Talks Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:09:41 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/the-future-of-work/#comment-30435 [...] Maybe it’s my personal staff development in Thoughtful Classroom training with Harvey Silver this summer. Maybe it’s my own style of management that includes processing ideas in discussions with others and sharing decision making. Maybe it’s all of the reading I’m doing on-line and in educational journals this summer. [...] [...] Maybe it’s my personal staff development in Thoughtful Classroom training with Harvey Silver this summer. Maybe it’s my own style of management that includes processing ideas in discussions with others and sharing decision making. Maybe it’s all of the reading I’m doing on-line and in educational journals this summer. [...]

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