Comments on: Inspiring students to find their muse http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/inspiring-students-to-find-their-muse/ technology, libraries, and schools Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott Schwister http://futura.edublogs.org/2009/02/10/inspiring-students-to-find-their-muse/comment-page-1/#comment-2047 Scott Schwister Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:14:10 +0000 http://futura.edublogs.org/?p=763#comment-2047 Konrad's comment about co-traveling with and learning alongside students as more experienced peers dovetails with the findings from the Digital Youth Project about how adults' roles are shifting. Especially the section devoted to "geeking out," where adults aren't the default resident experts. That moniker goes to whoever knows their stuff, regardless of age. And, as you suggest, by acting as astonishment-voice teacher (is there a diction of strange seizures?) to help students over the freeze-up hurdles. And modeling "giving voice to astonishment" is a good way to start. Speaking of Dillard and astonishing writing, do you know Dina Strasser (http://theline.edublogs.org/)? You probably do. I like to think of her as my own private Annie Dillard. *sigh.* Guess I have to share. Konrad’s comment about co-traveling with and learning alongside students as more experienced peers dovetails with the findings from the Digital Youth Project about how adults’ roles are shifting. Especially the section devoted to “geeking out,” where adults aren’t the default resident experts. That moniker goes to whoever knows their stuff, regardless of age. And, as you suggest, by acting as astonishment-voice teacher (is there a diction of strange seizures?) to help students over the freeze-up hurdles. And modeling “giving voice to astonishment” is a good way to start.

Speaking of Dillard and astonishing writing, do you know Dina Strasser (http://theline.edublogs.org/)? You probably do. I like to think of her as my own private Annie Dillard. *sigh.* Guess I have to share.

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