This is one of the reasons it is hard to implement large scale change in this area and why I believe in working with small groups of teachers to slowly build awareness and interest in developing networks. Networking with colleagues that we know is a little less intimidating than sharing our thoughts with the whole world, at least for those unfamiliar with any use of the computer for socializing.
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Will RichardsonIt’s been a few days since John Pederson posted this Tweet, but I’ve been thinking about that phrasing a lot ever since. It’s pretty obvious that as my professional life has changed, my interest has been moving away from classroom practice more toward ind
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William FerriterOur continued emphasis on tools in pd misses that larger point, obviously, because the power of the Read/Write web is not the ability to publish; it’s the ability to connect. Broken record, I know, but tools are easy; connections are hard. And so the ques
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25 May 09
André RouxCommunity building is the new professional development. We forgot that and taught Web 2.0 tools
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The challenge is, of course, that “continual, collaborative, on the job” learning isn’t very convenient for professional developers or for teachers in classrooms. It means re-thinking what learning looks like, and that’s a scary place still for most in education.
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11 May 09
Josh AllenThe power of the read/write web is in it's ability to connect, not just publish.
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Our continued emphasis on tools in pd misses that larger point, obviously, because the power of the Read/Write web is not the ability to publish; it’s the ability to connect. Broken record, I know, but tools are easy; connections are hard. And so the question becomes how to best help educators realize these potentials in the learning sense first. Because at the end of the day, community building has to become an integral part of what we do in our classrooms with our students, as well. We have to be able to model those connections for them and understand them in ways that are meaningful to our own learning practice.
The challenge is, of course, that “continual, collaborative, on the job” learning isn’t very convenient for professional developers or for teachers in classrooms. It means re-thinking what learning looks like, and that’s a scary place still for most in education.
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Add Sticky NoteIt’s difficult to understand the impact that online learning networks and communities can bring (and their potential downsides) without being a part of them
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Add Sticky NoteWow, our teachers are going to need a lot more ‘training.’”
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I don't like the term "training" either. I also don't think this model of continual, collaborative learning should be limited to technology skills. I have long believed that whatever technology training we do shoud be consistent with overall professional development goals of our school, and I believe that we should be expected to be "lifelong learners" in much more than just technology tools.
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Jeff UtechtSo when John Tweeted “Community building is the new professional development” it really resonated, because it suggests that unlike most so-called pd that schools offer, getting our heads and our practice around this is a process, not an event.
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03 May 09
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And it’s in knowing how to effectively navigate those interactions where the value lives, not in effectively navigating the tools.
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Our continued emphasis on tools in pd misses that larger point, obviously, because the power of the Read/Write web is not the ability to publish; it’s the ability to connect.
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how to best help educators realize these potentials in the learning sense first. Because at the end of the day, community building has to become an integral part of what we do in our classrooms with our students, as well. We have to be able to model those connections for them and understand them in ways that are meaningful to our own learning practice.
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01 May 09
Silvia Rosenthal TolisanoCommunity building is the new professional development
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Shelley K.Our continued emphasis on tools in pd misses that larger point, obviously, because the power of the Read/Write web is not the ability to publish; it’s the ability to connect. Broken record, I know, but tools are easy; connections are hard. And so the ques
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30 Apr 09
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While we have debated the “tools first” approach on the periphery, I’m still convinced that while we need an understanding of tools to make the connections, the personal shift around those tools drives the pedagogical shift
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