Comments on: Changing our perspective? http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/changing-our-perspective/ technology, libraries, and schools Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Derrall Garrsion http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/changing-our-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Derrall Garrsion Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:26:02 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/changing-our-perspective/#comment-1489 This post and your other one on the beginner's mind really reinforce for me the importance of us as supposed experts needing to maintain an openness, a sense of childlike wonder as we teach students or teachers. This is not an easy perspective to maintain because In trying to teach the multiple steps on using some of these tools, we must solve through handouts or a screencast how to achieve an end result. It is a closed path with a beginning, middle and end because we must be prepared to show our approach and solution. We need to remember that usually the programs themselves have multiple paths to achieve the same results and even though some teachers prefer to just be told how to do something, it is the balance between guiding them over critical steps but leaving the possibility that they discover a unique sequence, of accomplishing something that gives them the thrill of a solution and allows for the differences in learning modalities and levels of knowledge. This post and your other one on the beginner’s mind really reinforce for me the importance of us as supposed experts needing to maintain an openness, a sense of childlike wonder as we teach students or teachers. This is not an easy perspective to maintain because In trying to teach the multiple steps on using some of these tools, we must solve through handouts or a screencast how to achieve an end result. It is a closed path with a beginning, middle and end because we must be prepared to show our approach and solution. We need to remember that usually the programs themselves have multiple paths to achieve the same results and even though some teachers prefer to just be told how to do something, it is the balance between guiding them over critical steps but leaving the possibility that they discover a unique sequence, of accomplishing something that gives them the thrill of a solution and allows for the differences in learning modalities and levels of knowledge.

]]> By: diane http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/changing-our-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 diane Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:47:32 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/2007/12/13/changing-our-perspective/#comment-1488 Carolyn, I like your idea of student/teacher partnered workshops. It might encourage some educators to approach new challenges with more of a professional attitude while being observed by their students! I know that Arthus is trying to raise funds for a trip to NECC. Are there any youth scholarships available? Is this something we could work on in the future? As much as I value our online interaction, I'm still old-fashioned enough to desire occasional face to fact contact. Conference expenses, difficult enough for a working adult, might be out of reach for a student. We need to continue to hear their voices. They are our future. diane Carolyn,

I like your idea of student/teacher partnered workshops. It might encourage some educators to approach new challenges with more of a professional attitude while being observed by their students!

I know that Arthus is trying to raise funds for a trip to NECC. Are there any youth scholarships available? Is this something we could work on in the future?

As much as I value our online interaction, I’m still old-fashioned enough to desire occasional face to fact contact. Conference expenses, difficult enough for a working adult, might be out of reach for a student.

We need to continue to hear their voices. They are our future.

diane

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