Comments for Tech Happy http://adam547.edublogs.org A Blog About Using Technology in the Classroom Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:19:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Whose lead? by Tina Coffey http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/06/03/whose-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Tina Coffey Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:19:11 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/?p=20#comment-17 I think with anything, this is a case by case basis...some newer teachers can handle it and it allows them to reciprocate the assistance they are receiving from more experienced teachers in other areas. I don't think we should ever assume, though, that new teachers are more comfortable with technology than older teachers. While this is sometimes true, it's not always the case. It really has more to do with a person's willingness to learn and to make mistakes. But that's true about most anything, isn't it? Great blog you have here...glad to have found it. I love your W.O.W. resources! I think with anything, this is a case by case basis…some newer teachers can handle it and it allows them to reciprocate the assistance they are receiving from more experienced teachers in other areas. I don’t think we should ever assume, though, that new teachers are more comfortable with technology than older teachers. While this is sometimes true, it’s not always the case. It really has more to do with a person’s willingness to learn and to make mistakes. But that’s true about most anything, isn’t it?

Great blog you have here…glad to have found it. I love your W.O.W. resources!

]]> Comment on New Tricks? by Whose lead? | Tech Happy http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Whose lead? | Tech Happy Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:27:01 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/#comment-16 [...] up in a few other blogs I’ve read as well as in comments to previous posts on my blog (see New Tricks). It seems many schools want to depend on younger teachers to take the lead in technology [...] [...] up in a few other blogs I’ve read as well as in comments to previous posts on my blog (see New Tricks). It seems many schools want to depend on younger teachers to take the lead in technology [...]

]]> Comment on W.o.W! by anne marie http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/29/wow-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15 anne marie Sat, 31 May 2008 14:28:29 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/?p=19#comment-15 Hey Adam- Great site- thanks for sharing. Have it on my list of summer sites to create new lessons for the fall. Have a great weekend. anne marie Hey Adam-
Great site- thanks for sharing. Have it on my list of summer sites to create new lessons for the fall.
Have a great weekend.
anne marie

]]> Comment on New Tricks? by Nedra http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Nedra Sat, 31 May 2008 05:32:05 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/#comment-14 First of all I want to say thanks for the site and the great looking links. It's too late to check them out now but I'll be back. I am trying to catch up on some of the comment challenges. Tonight I started at a blog I read frequently and then clicked on a new blog link, read some entries and then clicked on another-repeat 3 times. Your blog was the 3rd one out and is a good find. I think trying to get teachers of any age to learn about, see the value and use new tools in a meaningful way is a challenge, at least in my district. But it's worth the battle! I have two teachers that are willing to try new things next year and I feel that's a least a small step in the right direction. First of all I want to say thanks for the site and the great looking links. It’s too late to check them out now but I’ll be back. I am trying to catch up on some of the comment challenges. Tonight I started at a blog I read frequently and then clicked on a new blog link, read some entries and then clicked on another-repeat 3 times. Your blog was the 3rd one out and is a good find.

I think trying to get teachers of any age to learn about, see the value and use new tools in a meaningful way is a challenge, at least in my district. But it’s worth the battle! I have two teachers that are willing to try new things next year and I feel that’s a least a small step in the right direction.

]]> Comment on Pedagogic Value? by Robert Pleasants http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/pedagogic-value/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Robert Pleasants Wed, 28 May 2008 14:15:30 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/pedagogic-value/#comment-13 Thanks for your interest in what we're doing at Raybook! I thought I'd offer a quick (though belated) response to your post. When using the older click wheel iPods with students, we found that relatively simple flash cards have been the most pedagogically effective way to deliver information to students with the relatively limited capabilities of these devices. The iPhone and iPod Touch, however, have opened the door to so many possibilities, many of which have revealed with the release of the Apple iPhone SDK in the weeks after my interview with T.H.E. Journal. At Raybook, we are now leveraging the many capabilities of the iPhone and iPod Touch (searchability, quiz modes, web linking, interactivity, maps, etc.), but we're still also trying to make sure that pedagogical value and effectiveness doesn't get lost as a result of adding new features that have the potential to be more distracting than useful if not used appropriately. I hope I haven't undersold our products by making them sound like they are just electronic versions of paper flash cards. Thanks again for your interest, and we look forward to hearing more feedback on our products when we release iPhone and iPod Touch products through Apple's App Store this summer. Thanks for your interest in what we’re doing at Raybook! I thought I’d offer a quick (though belated) response to your post. When using the older click wheel iPods with students, we found that relatively simple flash cards have been the most pedagogically effective way to deliver information to students with the relatively limited capabilities of these devices. The iPhone and iPod Touch, however, have opened the door to so many possibilities, many of which have revealed with the release of the Apple iPhone SDK in the weeks after my interview with T.H.E. Journal. At Raybook, we are now leveraging the many capabilities of the iPhone and iPod Touch (searchability, quiz modes, web linking, interactivity, maps, etc.), but we’re still also trying to make sure that pedagogical value and effectiveness doesn’t get lost as a result of adding new features that have the potential to be more distracting than useful if not used appropriately. I hope I haven’t undersold our products by making them sound like they are just electronic versions of paper flash cards. Thanks again for your interest, and we look forward to hearing more feedback on our products when we release iPhone and iPod Touch products through Apple’s App Store this summer.

]]> Comment on New Tricks? by azrunner http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-12 azrunner Mon, 26 May 2008 18:21:39 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/#comment-12 @Mrs C Thanks for your comment! I think sometimes one of the challenges new teachers face is that, even though they just graduated, they're really only beginning to learn about teaching. So it can be a hard sell sometimes to get them to see that a PD workshop is going to be something other than a quickie version of their college class. The trick is getting the new teachers, who probably have more experience using some of these tools in their personal life, to see how they can be used in class (and actually start using them!) Ideas? @Mrs C
Thanks for your comment! I think sometimes one of the challenges new teachers face is that, even though they just graduated, they’re really only beginning to learn about teaching. So it can be a hard sell sometimes to get them to see that a PD workshop is going to be something other than a quickie version of their college class. The trick is getting the new teachers, who probably have more experience using some of these tools in their personal life, to see how they can be used in class (and actually start using them!)

Ideas?

]]> Comment on New Tricks? by Mrs C http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Mrs C Sun, 25 May 2008 23:12:37 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/#comment-11 Great post. I am often frustrated by young teachers at school who won't attend training on Web 2.0 tools because they "did that at uni" but they won't use the tools in the classroom either! The only ones I can get to have a go are the teachers who, like me, have been around for 15+ years. Great post. I am often frustrated by young teachers at school who won’t attend training on Web 2.0 tools because they “did that at uni” but they won’t use the tools in the classroom either! The only ones I can get to have a go are the teachers who, like me, have been around for 15+ years.

]]> Comment on New Tricks? by Fran http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Fran Sun, 25 May 2008 00:56:43 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/new-tricks/#comment-10 Thanks for standing up for us boomers! I am coming to the close of my 31st year in education and am a techlover. If we are to reach our students, we must be willing to change our strategies and techniques. I try to promote Web 2.0 tools that will enhance the student learning experience. This old dog has to learn new tricks to stay up with the young folks! Thanks for standing up for us boomers! I am coming to the close of my 31st year in education and am a techlover. If we are to reach our students, we must be willing to change our strategies and techniques. I try to promote Web 2.0 tools that will enhance the student learning experience. This old dog has to learn new tricks to stay up with the young folks!

]]> Comment on W.o.W! by tracy http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/23/wow/comment-page-1/#comment-9 tracy Sat, 24 May 2008 16:56:38 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/2008/05/23/wow/#comment-9 Fun! Thanks for link. I like the conversation this site has with the relationship between learning and play. That could be another good basis for class discussion as well. Fun! Thanks for link.

I like the conversation this site has with the relationship between learning and play. That could be another good basis for class discussion as well.

]]> Comment on W.o.W! by Daily Blog Post 05/24/2008 | Clif's Notes http://adam547.edublogs.org/wow/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Daily Blog Post 05/24/2008 | Clif's Notes Sat, 24 May 2008 11:34:53 +0000 http://adam547.edublogs.org/wow/#comment-5 [...] W.o.W! Website of the Week - Tech Happy [...] [...] W.o.W! Website of the Week – Tech Happy [...]

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