tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72009976811650404022024-02-07T01:50:41.599-08:00Todd's YC EDU 255 BlogThis is going to be great!Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-42169931307408516202011-12-01T11:52:00.001-08:002011-12-01T11:52:49.071-08:00QikPad<iframe src='http://qikpad.co.uk/p/Maha?showControls=true&showChat=true&showLineNumbers=true&useMonospaceFont=false' width=600 height=400></iframe>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-2630993214063566632011-10-28T15:30:00.001-07:002011-10-28T15:30:58.891-07:00test<div style="background:#fff;padding:3px"><iframe src="http://quizlet.com/1147749/familiarize/embed/?hideLinks" height="310" width="100%" style="border:0;" scrolling="no"></iframe><select style="float:right;margin-right:3px" onchange="var quizlet_s=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;var quizlet_f=this;while(quizlet_f.nodeName.toLowerCase()!='iframe')quizlet_f=quizlet_f.previousSibling;quizlet_f.src=quizlet_s.slice(0,-3);quizlet_f.height=quizlet_s.slice(-3);this.value=0"><option value="0" selected="selected">Choose a Study Mode</option><option value="http://quizlet.com/1147749/scatter/embed/?hideLinks&height=410">Scatter</option><option value="http://quizlet.com/1147749/learn/embed/?hideLinks&height=315">Learn</option><option value="http://quizlet.com/1147749/familiarize/embed/?hideLinks&height=310">Flashcards</option></select><div style="float:left;font-size:11px;padding-top:2px"><a style="float: left;margin: -2px 6px 0pt 2px;" href="http://quizlet.com/"><img src="http://quizlet.com/a/i/quizlet-embed-logo.CqKH.png" border="0" title="Quizlet.com, home of free online educational games" alt="Quizlet.com, home of free online educational games" /></a> <a href="http://quizlet.com/1147749/biology-201-the-human-body-an-orientation-cp-1-flash-cards/">Study these flash cards</a> | <a href="http://quizlet.com/subject/anatomy/">Study anatomy flash cards</a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-5703116240788255502011-08-01T16:17:00.001-07:002011-08-01T16:33:21.867-07:00<a href="http://www.screencast.com/t/NafABUEG" onclick="window.open('http://www.screencast.com/t/NafABUEG','popup','width=500,height=500,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=30,top=30'); return false"><img src="http://cvcl.mit.edu/hybrid/cat2.jpg" alt="some_text"/></a>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-12450225778429255382011-05-13T14:49:00.000-07:002011-05-13T14:49:31.631-07:00Diigo Tagrolls<div class="diigo-tags"><div class="diigo-banner sidebar-title" style="font: bold 12px arial;margin-bottom:5px;"><a href="http://www.diigo.com"><img src="http://www.diigo.com/images/ii_blue.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="diigo"/></a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/cloud/toddconaway">My Diigo Tags</a></div><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.diigo.com/tools/tagrolls_script/toddconaway?icon;size=11-23;color=87ceeb-0000ff;title=My%20Diigo%20Tags;name;showadd;v=3"></script></div>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-47508668614199284872011-05-12T10:56:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:41:09.652-07:00Live Facebook Event<iframe width="560" height="340" src="http://cdn.livestream.com/embed/facebookdclive?layout=4&autoplay=false" style="border:0;outline:0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><div style="font-size: 11px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:560px"><a href="http://www.livestream.com/facebookdclive?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks" title="Watch facebookdclive">facebookdclive</a> on livestream.com. <a href="http://www.livestream.com/?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks" title="Broadcast Live Free">Broadcast Live Free</a></div>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-74141642066789265602011-04-07T10:02:00.000-07:002011-04-07T19:39:04.552-07:00Recording from my "phone"This recording was done using my Droid phone in our TELS office on the Verde Campus. I recorded the video and it then placed it here. Pretty interesting. I am currently involved in a mobile learning class and I am interested in just what ways a phone might be useful in a class. Still wondering and trying things out. There are still big access barriers and skill barriers. I think we said that about cars and toaster ovens at one time too. At least TV.<br />
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So here you go. me in the office. With my "phone."<br />
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One of the speakers was Lawrence Lessig. He is a founder of Creative Commons and an outspoken critic of copyright law. Here he is.<br />
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I have found the first couple comments about wikis in this week's discussion board interesting in that they have a sense of feeling behind in them. Instinctively I recoil and think, "We can only be where we are, and then begin." That must be the teacher in me. We will never all be in the same place at the same time. That is just the way it is. I think.<br />
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That sense of urgency to catch up can bring on needed adrenaline or whatever to help. But it can also block us, making us paralyzed with fear. I know I have witnessed that more than once with teachers using computers. <br />
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So for this post I wish you a serene yet challenging voyage. I hope you bask in the sunny knowledge that everything is in the right place and that includes you. Performance anxiety will not help. All is well. That is all I have to say.Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-87002107665960559382011-02-13T18:10:00.000-08:002011-02-13T18:12:08.308-08:00Blogging Ideas and Conversations from TwitterTonight I came across a very active Twitter chat, or conversation if that is possible, that was very active. Being that it related to blogs I thought I would add it here!<br />
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I wrote the text below pondering writing a poem about my teaching ideas rather than paragraphs. Then I thought I might use a picture, but that seemed like cheating. I don’t know why. Pictures are very expressive. A picture paints a….<br />
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I could never that many words.<br />
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I want simpler. I want simple communication. I do not care if the communications is done via email, YouTube, or in a car. I want good, honest communication that moves me.<br />
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I want simple. That has nothing to do with tools like cables, airplanes, computers, or TVs. I want a simple path that is clear to the users. A path that is kind and curious. One that is directed towards an honorable goal. The path does not have to be free of clutter and stuff to be beautiful and necessary.<br />
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I want simplicity. Simplicity comes from within and is not distracted by the stuff of the day.<br />
I want less stuff that shares more. I want three shirts that have meaning and history rather than my stacks of them. I want all the books I have read about education to be clear in my head: In a simple form in a simple word or two.<br />
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I want. Perhaps that is my philosophy of education. I desire more, but I am learning to pick and choose, to weigh and ponder, the need, and the use of the things around me.<br />
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I want to learn. I am not so sure my ideas about teaching are any different at all than my ideas about living.<br />
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Well, if I had to dig “deeper” I might say things like I want to utilize Montessori practices in all grade levels including college. I want the ratio of “in-school-buildings” work to work done outside of school walls to be split 50/50. Perhaps even 30/70. I want to the investment in schooling to go beyond money and taxes and compensation and test scores. I want the rest of the world to pour into all spaces used as “learning places/spaces/tools.” I want more parental involvement in the K12 community and beyond. I want reflection to play a much larger role in the evaluation process and for students to be given more responsibility in directing themselves. And then held accountable for getting themselves there, wherever that may be. I want class size to be measured by “the best case scenario” rather than budget. I want our culture to move from counting quality to using quality. And for all these things, there is exceptional evidence that it works.Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-29059812727449682512011-02-02T13:12:00.000-08:002011-02-02T13:13:35.022-08:00Spring EDU 255 Welcome on a Freezing Day!This class has so many of the elements that I enjoy about the internet on it. We explore, we share, we wonder and get lost, we get nervous and frustrated, we calm and let go, and we go as a group into the world of this thing called the web. Good stuff.<br />
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I am currently involved in a very new adventure in online learning myself. I have been working in an online course about Digital Storytelling. The class is offered from a fellow named <a href="http://jimgroom.net/">Jim Groom</a> at the University of Mary Washington. The course is offered face to face, as a hybrid like this course, and as an open course. Or a MOOC (massive open online course). It has been an amazing experience these past three weeks. So many new connections and people who do great things in education! <a href="http://ds106.us/">Here is the course</a>. Here is <a href="http://paganpiratearchives.wordpress.com/">my blog for the course</a>. Here is a description of a MOOC.<br><br />
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The class has been very interesting as I see this thing called education expand into new environments. Blackboard being one of them. Blogs and wikis are others. What will we do with these things? Are they opportunities?<br />
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Welcome to the class and I am super excited to be a part of it!Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-43489131414852213292010-10-19T11:17:00.000-07:002010-10-19T11:17:47.125-07:00Video Is MovingVideo can be a very powerful medium. I mean, look at what the television has done. So in this day and age we can revisit old video from past events or send a video to our aunt wishing her a happy birthday. All well and good. Here is Sir Ken Robinson. <br />
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I would like to bring together the worlds of tools and teaching and technology into one idea, one event, one practice. I'm not sure "best practice" are the words I want to use and what is good for one may not be best practice for another. That is something I am working on. So it the <a href="http://www.prezi.com/">Prezi</a> below. <br />
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</noscript>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-70981985235736297362010-09-24T20:35:00.000-07:002010-09-25T18:58:46.146-07:00A Look Ahead: So What is a RSS Feed?Next week we will be looking at wikis and reading a chapter on RSS feeds. In this class we have not really covered RSS feeds as it seems the class is always over whelmed with all the other stuff anyway. But, I figured I would give you a look at two RSS items. One is a video about RSS feeds and the other is an RSS feed from my Google Reader, which is an RSS feed "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">aggregator</span>."<br />
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If you can imagine adding a single item on your blog or on your website, Blackboard perhaps, that automatically updates with the latest information from your favorite online journal or magazine. That is one way to look at an RSS feed. You put it somewhere once and it goes and retrieves information for you. Forever I guess.<br />
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</script>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-62470886569882399832010-09-15T08:26:00.001-07:002010-09-15T08:43:29.500-07:00My Living Philosophy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbt2sADoRZpHqo1_45wsJ9BGO4TfcifcezSY3jciiCwu2WOvBMJi8lp58KLrEyl5ktzg4aCA1PadoB_XK3ljLybAPMEYeu19naKq0NzigqJiVS3Ro6kQgOIeV8UxGRrMX4p8OSdGCyww/s1600/sengai1.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbt2sADoRZpHqo1_45wsJ9BGO4TfcifcezSY3jciiCwu2WOvBMJi8lp58KLrEyl5ktzg4aCA1PadoB_XK3ljLybAPMEYeu19naKq0NzigqJiVS3Ro6kQgOIeV8UxGRrMX4p8OSdGCyww/s320/sengai1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517163324893200482" /></a><br /><div>I wrote the text below pondering writing a poem about my teaching ideas rather than paragraphs. Then I thought I might use a picture, but that seemed like cheating. I don’t know why. Pictures are very expressive. A picture paints a….</div><div><br /></div><div>I could never that many words. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>I want simpler. I want simple communication. I do not care if the communications is done via email, YouTube, or in a car. I want good, honest communication that moves me. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I want simple. That has nothing to do with tools like cables, airplanes, computers, or TVs. I want a simple path that is clear to the users. A path that is kind and curious. One that is directed towards an honorable goal. The path does not have to be free of clutter and stuff to be beautiful and necessary.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>I want simplicity. Simplicity comes from within and is not distracted by the stuff of the day.</i></div><div><i> </i></div><div><i>I want less stuff that shares more. I want three shirts that have meaning and history rather than my stacks of them. I want all the books I have read about education to be clear in my head: In a simple form in a simple word or two.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>I want. Perhaps that is my philosophy of education. I desire more, but I am learning to pick and choose, to weigh and ponder, the need, and the use of the things around me.</div><div><br /></div><div> I want to learn. I am not so sure my ideas about teaching are any different at all than my ideas about living.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, if I had to dig “deeper” I might say things like I want to utilize Montessori practices in all grade levels including college. I want the ratio of “in-school-buildings” work to work done outside of school walls to be split 50/50. Perhaps even 30/70. I want to the investment in schooling to go beyond money and taxes and compensation and test scores. I want the rest of the world to pour into all spaces used as “learning places/spaces/tools.” I want more parental involvement in the K12 community and beyond. I want reflection to play a much larger role in the evaluation process and for students to be given more responsibility in directing themselves. And then held accountable for getting themselves there, wherever that may be. I want class size to be measured by “the best case scenario” rather than budget. I want our culture to move from counting quality to using quality. And for all these things, there is exceptional evidence that it works. </div>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-25045405416349177572010-09-08T12:28:00.000-07:002010-09-08T12:49:49.283-07:00Welcome EDU 255<p class="MsoNormal">Well, here we go again. This class is so exciting because I think that much like the book, the copier, the camera, and chalkboard changed the way we create educational opportunities, the internet has changed the way we can learn stuff. I think we do a good job in this class of presenting an online/hybrid course delivered in Blackboard. The class is well organized, clear to users, and it has a good blend of “doing” “reading” “writing” and sharing of the stuff. The course utilizes audio, video, text, and hands on activities. I think this class also is on the verge of becoming “open” as we explore the use of the blog in delivery of content. That is exciting. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I thought for this week I would share a recent creation by some of the Maricopa Community College instructors and instructional designers. This video was created as part of a conference presentation. The first speaker in the video is <a href="http://alisacooper.com/">Dr. Alisa Cooper</a>. Dr. Cooper was our keynote speaker at the Yavapai College Winter Institute last year. She has explored the uses of mobile tools in education and the uses of “social media” in educational settings. In the EDU 255 class we will be looking at some of these tools and exploring the potential they have in academic settings. <o:p></o:p></p><br /><object width="600" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5QEOqBlPyE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V5QEOqBlPyE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="385"></embed></object>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-18419799642784423772010-03-10T07:45:00.000-08:002010-03-10T10:06:47.595-08:00All a Twitter on Wednesday MorningWith all the budget challenges these days and all the great advances in education, I was happy to see so much action on twitter this morning about leaps in thinking and critical analysis in 140 words. So for the great leaps in thinking about education I offer this titdbit: <div><br /><i>“Students are asked to do progressively more challenging things, and although that may sound obvious, it’s a real breakthrough,” said Michael Cohen, a former Clinton Administration </i><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/education_department/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about the U.S. Department of Education." class="meta-org" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: underline; "><i>Education Department</i></a><i> official who is president of Achieve.</i></div><div><br />That was taken from a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/education/11educ.html?sudsredirect=true">NY Times article</a> about the newly released <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/">Common Core State Standards</a>. Thank goodness somebody is getting paid to think so deeply. It took them a rather long time to figure that all fifth graders should be able to do math. And then some more time to decide that all fifth graders should be able to do division. And more time to decide that all children in all states should be able to do long division. I guess now all that s left to decide is how to implement all these breakthroughs and I am sure that will take no time at all and cost even less.<br /><br />Back to Twitter. The one size fits all works perfect in my sock drawer. Ah, well, except for the socks that have no match. Why do I keep those? One size fits all education. Now there is a top seller! The article in the times was a tweet by the author of our book <a href="http://weblogg-ed.com/">Will Richardson</a>. One of the responses he got was from the good <a href="http://cogdogblog.com/">Alan Levine</a>. Just a video, it is below. For more expensive banter, see <a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/03/10/25common_ep.h29.html?tkn=PT[Frk9ONR0FFpbPig2Tf0URmh0Dipn4dBaB&cmp=clp-edweek">EdWeek article</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>I love the smell of Twitter in the morning.<br /><br /><object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/PmMF9mJkZpU_yAAch_4SAA"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/PmMF9mJkZpU_yAAch_4SAA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"></embed></object></div>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-65877449288369504822010-03-07T19:14:00.000-08:002010-03-07T19:23:31.923-08:00Sharing and Participating/ Connecting with Family Far AwayThese blogs offer us a really different way to share words, pictures, and video. What other medium has that capability? None. A letter can carry words and pictures. A DVD can carry video. But neither of those can be reflected on by the creator of the content in the form of conversations in the "comments" area of a post. Imagine this blog being a narrative of a summer trip, or a family album. It could contain a lot of memories.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/g7FK9%2BpEAg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="350" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><div><br /></div><div>And some of them may be in the form of pictures!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2FToddConaway%2Falbumid%2F5236433563870432801%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-90321284768591993782010-03-02T15:55:00.000-08:002010-03-02T16:09:26.556-08:00Twubs a' Twitter & Ning a ling & what?Well, from that ominous sounding title you'd think I was going to either be laying down some crazy rap or maybe some ee cummings lines (dr seuss, perhaps) but no, just an embedded <a href="http://twubs.com/">twub</a>. Who are all these people Twittering hopefully and brightly in the cold cyber atmosphere? But not alone they are: you are here with them, hoping, waiting, wondering. Social network.<div><br /><iframe src="http://twubs.com/ajax360/embed/edtech/?headerBgColor=%2300070a&headerTextColor=%23FFFFFF&" width="400" height="450" frameborder="0"><a href="http://twubs.com/edtech">#<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">edtech</span></a></iframe></div>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-22753354664257146092010-02-11T12:14:00.000-08:002010-02-11T12:25:39.237-08:00What I Hope I Know About "Teaching" and Stuff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://nathaliesnotes.typepad.com/nathalies_notes/images/live_with_intention_1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 381px;" src="http://nathaliesnotes.typepad.com/nathalies_notes/images/live_with_intention_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><p>This sounds pretty lame, but I am not sure what I think about teaching. That sounds even sillier when I consider my job. Or what I am supposed to be doing for money. But it is the truth. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">What do I know then? I know I need to learn more about what works and does not. I know I need to pay more attention to what happens when I am in a classroom. I know I can improve if I work hard. I know that what works for one person may or may not work for another person. I know that I am usually “doing” more than I should when I teach and I should get the students to “do” more. I know I am secretly a control freak. I know I’ll never admit that. I know learner engagement can be difficult to develop/create/prolong and that there are many reasons why anyone may become engaged in a task. I know that learning is different than a letter grade or a diploma and that there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. I know failure is more useful than I understand. I know that any learning experience involves more than a brain and thinking, and way more than words can convey. I know that our bodies can remember things just like the words in our heads. I know some things work better than others. Sometimes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But I could be wrong. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think we face a pretty big challenge these days in “educating” the people on the planet. There are many and there are challenging structures in place that are often not really conducive to allowing one human to explore, imagine, create, and experience many things that will help them along the path to, ah, what? Living responsibly on the planet? Making lots of money? Being polite? Kind? </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know I am luck to work with people who want to help others. And that is one thing I am sure of. Maybe I am role modeling being lucky. And I think role modeling can be a useful teaching tool.</p>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200997681165040402.post-87772035716436415622010-02-05T09:39:00.000-08:002010-02-05T10:01:32.304-08:00Interaction & the Dang ComputerInteraction is a hug. Interaction is talking in a bar, or screaming at your neighbor. Interaction is writing a letter and including a picture in the envelope. Interaction is noticing the wind and telling someone. Interaction has many qualities and can happen in various spaces and over different mediums. Is text messaging interaction? Of course it is. Is a poll like the one below interaction? Of course.<br><br><script language="javascript" src="http://www.polleverywhere.com/polls/MTY0MDYzNzc0Mw/chart_widget.js?height=320&results_count_format=percent&width=400" type="text/javascript"></script><div style="font-size: 0.75em">Try this <a href="http://www.polleverywhere.com/audience-response-system">audience polling system</a> at <a href="http://www.polleverywhere.com/">Poll Everywhere</a><br /></div>Todd Conawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072877135202170621noreply@blogger.com0