Comments on: Convention Reflection http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/convention-reflection/ Musings on Technology and Education Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carla http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/convention-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Carla Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:39:41 +0000 http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/04/convention-reflection/#comment-30 Hi, Bill! I would like to speak a word in defense of these recurring workshops. You have been to the last 4 NCTEs, as have many of us; but the majority of teachers have not. One reason NCTE moves the convention around is to let teachers from different parts of the country attend. Many of the East Coast teachers who were able to attend the New York NCTE most likely will not be able to attend next year's San Antonio convention, for example. So, while the subject is old to you, it is still new to many teachers. This year I am, like you, doing a great deal of professional development. When I start my blog workshop by asking, "Who here already blogs?" I might get one hand, two at most. And it's always personal blogging. Blogs are still new classroom fodder for most teachers. I agree with you that it would be nice to see some "Blogs 301" workshops, something more advanced for those of us have already waded into the shallow end of the pool. When are NCTE proposals due? Perhaps it's not too late for next year's convention. :) Carla Beard Web English Teacher Hi, Bill!

I would like to speak a word in defense of these recurring workshops. You have been to the last 4 NCTEs, as have many of us; but the majority of teachers have not. One reason NCTE moves the convention around is to let teachers from different parts of the country attend. Many of the East Coast teachers who were able to attend the New York NCTE most likely will not be able to attend next year’s San Antonio convention, for example. So, while the subject is old to you, it is still new to many teachers. This year I am, like you, doing a great deal of professional development. When I start my blog workshop by asking, “Who here already blogs?” I might get one hand, two at most. And it’s always personal blogging. Blogs are still new classroom fodder for most teachers.

I agree with you that it would be nice to see some “Blogs 301″ workshops, something more advanced for those of us have already waded into the shallow end of the pool. When are NCTE proposals due? Perhaps it’s not too late for next year’s convention. :)

Carla Beard
Web English Teacher

]]> By: Debra Baker http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/convention-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Debra Baker Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:13:15 +0000 http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/04/convention-reflection/#comment-29 Hi Bill. It's Debra. Thanks for mentioning me in your blog (and for getting the name correct :)). While I read several blogs about technology, this is the very first time that I have ever posted a comment. Did Melissa tell you about our frustrating all-day technology workshop at NCTE? It was exactly what you were describing--what's a wiki, what's a blog, etc. That, coupled with the fact that there were technology snafus during the technology workshop, made it even more frustrating. And this was all run (poorly run) by the technology branch of NCTE! Disappointing. Ten minutes at the end were reserved for teachers to converse about application in the classroom. I think there should be a forum by which St. Louis area teachers across school districts could talk about practical applications. I would love to know how other middle school and high school language arts teachers in the area are using technology (and then maybe even get permission from my principal to go observe). Wouldn't that be great? Anyway, hope to see you soon. Hi Bill. It’s Debra. Thanks for mentioning me in your blog (and for getting the name correct :) ). While I read several blogs about technology, this is the very first time that I have ever posted a comment.

Did Melissa tell you about our frustrating all-day technology workshop at NCTE? It was exactly what you were describing–what’s a wiki, what’s a blog, etc. That, coupled with the fact that there were technology snafus during the technology workshop, made it even more frustrating. And this was all run (poorly run) by the technology branch of NCTE! Disappointing. Ten minutes at the end were reserved for teachers to converse about application in the classroom. I think there should be a forum by which St. Louis area teachers across school districts could talk about practical applications. I would love to know how other middle school and high school language arts teachers in the area are using technology (and then maybe even get permission from my principal to go observe). Wouldn’t that be great? Anyway, hope to see you soon.

]]> By: Sitti Maesuri Patahuddin http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/convention-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Sitti Maesuri Patahuddin Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:14:17 +0000 http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/04/convention-reflection/#comment-28 This is a very interesting reflection. This should be an interesting area for research. One question might be, how the technology could be used to challenge teacher's belief and knowledge to support the rich learning practices. This is a very interesting reflection. This should be an interesting area for research.
One question might be, how the technology could be used to challenge teacher’s belief and knowledge to support the rich learning practices.

]]> By: Dave Powers http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/convention-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Dave Powers Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:13:20 +0000 http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/04/convention-reflection/#comment-27 I just noticed that the time on you edublogs blog is off by 6 hours. It should be changes so people like me don't look crazy for posting replies at 5:00 am . For what it is worth, it is 11:11pm right now. Dave I just noticed that the time on you edublogs blog is off by 6 hours. It should be changes so people like me don’t look crazy for posting replies at 5:00 am . For what it is worth, it is 11:11pm right now.

Dave

]]> By: Dave Powers http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/convention-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Dave Powers Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:10:18 +0000 http://blog.mrbassonline.com/2007/12/04/convention-reflection/#comment-26 Bill, My name is Dave Powers. I work with you friend Debra who sent me this article because she knew that I would enjoy it. I feel the exact same way that you do about both the professional development and the conferences. It seems like the one thing holding everything back with the "no what should we do with this technology" conversations is the fact that our students are not carrying around laptop computers with wi-fi internet access during the school day. This means that the teachers have to sign up for the lab, which means everything has to be planned way in advance, which means that it probably will not happen. That is not the nature of this technology era. While I believe that successes can occur for some teachers here and there within a building, computers and the internet have to be available 24-7-365 to really pull off wikis, blogs, and web 2.0 on a grand scale like an entire school. I just subscribed to your blog so keep posting and I will try to comment when I can. I am setting up a blog for the clayton school district tech committee. Currently there is only one post, but I hope the idea starts to catch on with the rest of the committee. If you want to visit, the address is sdctechnologycommittee.edublogs.org Thanks for the article Dave Bill,

My name is Dave Powers. I work with you friend Debra who sent me this article because she knew that I would enjoy it.

I feel the exact same way that you do about both the professional development and the conferences.

It seems like the one thing holding everything back with the “no what should we do with this technology” conversations is the fact that our students are not carrying around laptop computers with wi-fi internet access during the school day. This means that the teachers have to sign up for the lab, which means everything has to be planned way in advance, which means that it probably will not happen. That is not the nature of this technology era.

While I believe that successes can occur for some teachers here and there within a building, computers and the internet have to be available 24-7-365 to really pull off wikis, blogs, and web 2.0 on a grand scale like an entire school.

I just subscribed to your blog so keep posting and I will try to comment when I can.

I am setting up a blog for the clayton school district tech committee. Currently there is only one post, but I hope the idea starts to catch on with the rest of the committee.

If you want to visit, the address is sdctechnologycommittee.edublogs.org

Thanks for the article

Dave

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