Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thing #4
Blog language varies from informal & chatty to professional & academic. I found my attention or focus would drift missing the point of the conversation as I plowed through the many entries. Reading blogs requires a new set of skills-a set I do not have at this time but will need to develop. The main point of the blog conversations seems to shift and a few digress (makes me think of the epic form with its many voices and many digressions and many catalogs). As I create this blog, I am writing my way into meaning. What do I know or how much do I not know? A "blog literacy" is developing with a set of skills and strategies.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thing #2
Information overload, the 24/7 cacophony of talking heads, data, observations, and new products, requires 21st century digital learners to be critical thinkers with the ability to filter and sort the important from the mundane. The digital age has changed my professional practice. Now I have the ability to preview the content of multiple resources online and obtain information to clarify areas of confusion or concern. This is the digital way to sort those that will be helpful from those that I used to trash. But this brings up the issue of who has the access. Do all citizens/students have equal access? Will this fuel an "achievement gap" based on access (which is linked to money)?
The digital classroom is necessary and fundamental to the future prosperity of all students. The programs that placed books in the hands of all children will now become placing digital tools in the hands of all children. These digital natives will learn to access and process information to create new learning. I hope my expanding vision and knowledge of these tools will enable students to engage in learning. Learning from the past by applying the tools of present.
Information overload, the 24/7 cacophony of talking heads, data, observations, and new products, requires 21st century digital learners to be critical thinkers with the ability to filter and sort the important from the mundane. The digital age has changed my professional practice. Now I have the ability to preview the content of multiple resources online and obtain information to clarify areas of confusion or concern. This is the digital way to sort those that will be helpful from those that I used to trash. But this brings up the issue of who has the access. Do all citizens/students have equal access? Will this fuel an "achievement gap" based on access (which is linked to money)?
The digital classroom is necessary and fundamental to the future prosperity of all students. The programs that placed books in the hands of all children will now become placing digital tools in the hands of all children. These digital natives will learn to access and process information to create new learning. I hope my expanding vision and knowledge of these tools will enable students to engage in learning. Learning from the past by applying the tools of present.
Thing #1
Reflections on Lifelong Learning.
The most important habit I must develop is "play" into learning. Moving from "perfection" to "play" offers a sense of adventure and excitement about the unknown and unexplored digital world.Play allows mistakes to be just that mistakes not failure. I have made a few mistakes in the process of #1, #2, and #3 Things assignments. One was not writing down a particular password, but after several tries the one I was so clever in creating reappeared in my brain.
The easiest habit "responsible for my own learning" seems clear. I signed myself up for the course. I am determined to complete the course. I am focused on having fun. That last statement does not appear to be a playful statement, but I am working on that.
The most challenging is linked to the most important. Playing with digital technology will increase my confidence as a digital learner. I want to move beyond the surface of the 23Things into application of the Things into my current position.
The most important habit I must develop is "play" into learning. Moving from "perfection" to "play" offers a sense of adventure and excitement about the unknown and unexplored digital world.Play allows mistakes to be just that mistakes not failure. I have made a few mistakes in the process of #1, #2, and #3 Things assignments. One was not writing down a particular password, but after several tries the one I was so clever in creating reappeared in my brain.
The easiest habit "responsible for my own learning" seems clear. I signed myself up for the course. I am determined to complete the course. I am focused on having fun. That last statement does not appear to be a playful statement, but I am working on that.
The most challenging is linked to the most important. Playing with digital technology will increase my confidence as a digital learner. I want to move beyond the surface of the 23Things into application of the Things into my current position.
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