Comments on: Writing to “Build the Larger Conversation” http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Essay Blog » Blog Archive » Writing to “Build the Larger Conversation” http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-68161 Essay Blog » Blog Archive » Writing to “Build the Larger Conversation” Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:35:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-68161 [...] Source: Will Richardson [...] [...] Source: Will Richardson [...]

]]> By: Honor Moorman http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67999 Honor Moorman Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:12:03 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67999 The links I meant to include above are: http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Magazine/CC0183PresAddr.pdf and http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html The links I meant to include above are:
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Magazine/CC0183PresAddr.pdf
and
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html

]]> By: Honor Moorman http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67998 Honor Moorman Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:08:33 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67998 Thanks so much for interviewing Kathleen Blake Yancey. I’m a fan of hers, too. I thought her Presidential Address at the NCTE Annual Convention last November was absolutely brilliant—two different slide shows running simultaneously to complement her remarks (available here). Your comment in the third segment that, “publication is not the end of the process any longer . . . it’s the conversation that occurs after we publish those things where that real networking and continued learning occurs” reminded me of a TED Talks video I stumbled across recently. In Johnny Lee’s “Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote” presentation, he concludes by saying: “more interesting than either of these two projects is how people actually found out about them. YouTube has really changed the speed at which a single individual can actually spread an idea around the world . . . Within the first week a million people had seen this work, and literally within days engineers, teachers, and students from around the world were already posting their own YouTube videos of them using my system or derivatives this work. So I hope to see more of that in the future and hope online video distribution to be embraced by the research community.” I’m really curious to see what will happen to traditional notions of scholarly research and publication in the face of all these new literacies—new, and often better ways, of sharing and building on each other’s ideas. With a faster rate of exchange and more people participating in the conversation, it seems the discourse is becoming more democratic and more dynamic. Thanks so much for interviewing Kathleen Blake Yancey. I’m a fan of hers, too. I thought her Presidential Address at the NCTE Annual Convention last November was absolutely brilliant—two different slide shows running simultaneously to complement her remarks (available here).

Your comment in the third segment that, “publication is not the end of the process any longer . . . it’s the conversation that occurs after we publish those things where that real networking and continued learning occurs” reminded me of a TED Talks video I stumbled across recently.

In Johnny Lee’s “Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote” presentation, he concludes by saying:
“more interesting than either of these two projects is how people actually found out about them. YouTube has really changed the speed at which a single individual can actually spread an idea around the world . . . Within the first week a million people had seen this work, and literally within days engineers, teachers, and students from around the world were already posting their own YouTube videos of them using my system or derivatives this work. So I hope to see more of that in the future and hope online video distribution to be embraced by the research community.”

I’m really curious to see what will happen to traditional notions of scholarly research and publication in the face of all these new literacies—new, and often better ways, of sharing and building on each other’s ideas. With a faster rate of exchange and more people participating in the conversation, it seems the discourse is becoming more democratic and more dynamic.

]]> By: Honor Moorman http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67997 Honor Moorman Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:04:54 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67997 Thanks so much for interviewing Kathleen Blake Yancey. I’m a fan of hers, too. I thought her Presidential Address at the NCTE Annual Convention last November was absolutely brilliant—two different slide shows running simultaneously to complement her remarks (available <a href="http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Magazine/CC0183PresAddr.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>). Your comment in the third segment that, “publication is not the end of the process any longer . . . it’s the conversation that occurs after we publish those things where that real networking and continued learning occurs” reminded me of a TED Talks video I stumbled across recently. In Johnny Lee’s “Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote” <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html" rel="nofollow">presentation</a>, he concludes by saying: “more interesting than either of these two projects is how people actually found out about them. YouTube has really changed the speed at which a single individual can actually spread an idea around the world . . . Within the first week a million people had seen this work, and literally within days engineers, teachers, and students from around the world were already posting their own YouTube videos of them using my system or derivatives this work. So I hope to see more of that in the future and hope online video distribution to be embraced by the research community.” I’m really curious to see what will happen to traditional notions of scholarly research and publication in the face of all these new literacies—new, and often better ways, of sharing and building on each other’s ideas. With a faster rate of exchange and more people participating in the conversation, it seems the discourse is becoming more democratic and more dynamic. Thanks so much for interviewing Kathleen Blake Yancey. I’m a fan of hers, too. I thought her Presidential Address at the NCTE Annual Convention last November was absolutely brilliant—two different slide shows running simultaneously to complement her remarks (available here).

Your comment in the third segment that, “publication is not the end of the process any longer . . . it’s the conversation that occurs after we publish those things where that real networking and continued learning occurs” reminded me of a TED Talks video I stumbled across recently.

In Johnny Lee’s “Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote” presentation, he concludes by saying:
“more interesting than either of these two projects is how people actually found out about them. YouTube has really changed the speed at which a single individual can actually spread an idea around the world . . . Within the first week a million people had seen this work, and literally within days engineers, teachers, and students from around the world were already posting their own YouTube videos of them using my system or derivatives this work. So I hope to see more of that in the future and hope online video distribution to be embraced by the research community.”

I’m really curious to see what will happen to traditional notions of scholarly research and publication in the face of all these new literacies—new, and often better ways, of sharing and building on each other’s ideas. With a faster rate of exchange and more people participating in the conversation, it seems the discourse is becoming more democratic and more dynamic.

]]> By: Carolyn Foote http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67789 Carolyn Foote Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:33:35 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67789 School Library Journal had an article about NCTE's work on writing. I have to confess I was interviewed for it, and what interested me was how writing has changed in the library. Students are writing all the time now, not just when they have a "research paper"--because they are writing on the internet, facebook, blogs, forums, email, etc. They think through their writing. In the library of 18 years ago, they wrote when they had to fill out notecards, or type up their papers. Other than that, their time in the library was spent talking or reading. So, I think there's an argument for fluency there--that the way students fill their "downtime" in the school day is fundamentally different, and possibly more writing/reading is going on than before. School Library Journal had an article about NCTE’s work on writing. I have to confess I was interviewed for it, and what interested me was how writing has changed in the library. Students are writing all the time now, not just when they have a “research paper”–because they are writing on the internet, facebook, blogs, forums, email, etc. They think through their writing. In the library of 18 years ago, they wrote when they had to fill out notecards, or type up their papers. Other than that, their time in the library was spent talking or reading.

So, I think there’s an argument for fluency there–that the way students fill their “downtime” in the school day is fundamentally different, and possibly more writing/reading is going on than before.

]]> By: Grown Up Digital » Best Buy and Web 2.0 tools to empower employees « My Blog http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67466 Grown Up Digital » Best Buy and Web 2.0 tools to empower employees « My Blog Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:06:49 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67466 [...] 13, 2009 by brholland Recently, I shared Will Richardson’s post Writing to Build a “Larger Conversation” with our faculty. There had been quite the maelstrom after our division head posted Tweeting vs [...] [...] 13, 2009 by brholland Recently, I shared Will Richardson’s post Writing to Build a “Larger Conversation” with our faculty. There had been quite the maelstrom after our division head posted Tweeting vs [...]

]]> By: stevendkrause.com » Friday night link round-up http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67341 stevendkrause.com » Friday night link round-up Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:02:18 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67341 [...] Will Richardson interviewed Kathy Yancey– one of those things to come back to later. [...] [...] Will Richardson interviewed Kathy Yancey– one of those things to come back to later. [...]

]]> By: Writing today « English Teacher 2.0 http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67326 Writing today « English Teacher 2.0 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:27:32 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67326 [...] Jump to Comments Also, I wanted to pass along this note on writing today. I find an interesting note here about teachers thinking on a “practical and pedagogical [...] [...] Jump to Comments Also, I wanted to pass along this note on writing today. I find an interesting note here about teachers thinking on a “practical and pedagogical [...]

]]> By: Chris Pocock http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67293 Chris Pocock Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:39:40 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67293 I watched the beginning of the interview with Kathleen Blake Yancey on uStream. Thanks for embedding these clips. What an interesting shift in the utility of writing! I have started to digest Yancey's "Writing in the 21st Century" and find it to be incredibly insightful. As a history teacher, I am engrossed with changes in writing style and purpose across historical periods. I am most interested in the progressive impact in the early 20th century and how science changed writing. It seems like we may be experiencing the same sort of scientific writing shift, but this time it is the medium. BTW-uStream is great! I watched the beginning of the interview with Kathleen Blake Yancey on uStream. Thanks for embedding these clips. What an interesting shift in the utility of writing!

I have started to digest Yancey’s “Writing in the 21st Century” and find it to be incredibly insightful. As a history teacher, I am engrossed with changes in writing style and purpose across historical periods. I am most interested in the progressive impact in the early 20th century and how science changed writing. It seems like we may be experiencing the same sort of scientific writing shift, but this time it is the medium.

BTW-uStream is great!

]]> By: Remainders: And now we will pause for a short spring break | GothamSchools http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/writing-to-build-the-larger-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-67289 Remainders: And now we will pause for a short spring break | GothamSchools Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:10:39 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/?p=3191#comment-67289 [...] 21st century writing expert says writing is “newly technologized, socialized and [...] [...] 21st century writing expert says writing is “newly technologized, socialized and [...]

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