Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Assignment 11
After looking at the information about School 2.0 I have to say that I think there is a very big piece missing that people would argue. I love the ideas and the wealth of information that are available to my students, colleagues , and myself at a speed that's faster than even Superman envisioned. I am amazed by people who have the ability to think so far outside the box that the box itself isn't even visible. I am such a huge fan of the ease that we can collaborate in an effectively boundriless (don't think it's a word) world with people whose very life experiences can enrich my teaching in ways I never thought possible but........ I LOVE people. I love laughing with people, getting excited with peoples ideas, crying with people, just basically "being" with people. I think that all too often in the world of technology the people part is lacking. The supportive hug, the encouraging back pat, or even the hair tussle sum up the need for the human tough on so many levels especially when you are dealing with kids. I can care about them in cyberspace but I think that value it more qwhen I am standing by their side cheering them on. If that's old fashioned them I am just OK with the label.
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I agree with you Diane that we need the people part too. I am very excited about all the possibilities of on-line collaboration but we do still need to make sure that students can hold face to face meaningful conversations.
I also agree with both of you. We need to keep contact with other people, it's a basic human need. We just need to find that perfect balance of human/technology learning. Once that's mastered ~ we're golden.
I agree. I sometimes think that kids are so tuned into the Internet that they don't understand live human interaction which I think is important too. I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes a computer (even with another person on the other side) is just no match for a live person with arms and hands and a face.
I agree. I sometimes think that kids are so tuned into the Internet that they don't understand live human interaction which I think is important too. I don't know about anyone else, but sometimes a computer (even with another person on the other side) is just no match for a live person with arms and hands and a face.
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