Comments on: Two Questions…. http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/ all the joy of junior high in one small package Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:09:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Podcast 22 Conversations on Change http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Podcast 22 Conversations on Change Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:34:55 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2163 [...] Post asking students about their learning [...] [...] Post asking students about their learning [...]

]]> By: Mr. harbeck http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2156 Mr. harbeck Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:37:15 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2156 I would like to let Elaine Know that I used her reflective response to help get a conversation started about using 2.0 technologies in the classroom. I would link back to her blog but her link is at gabbly.com? I would like to thank this entire class for taking a risk and learning using all the tools at your disposal. Keep on having fun. Thanks for creating such wonderful work to read. You have an audience. It appreciates you hard work. Mr. Harbeck Sargent Park School sargentparkmathzone.blogspot.com makeitinteresting.blogspot.com I would like to let Elaine Know that I used her reflective response to help get a conversation started about using 2.0 technologies in the classroom. I would link back to her blog but her link is at gabbly.com?

I would like to thank this entire class for taking a risk and learning using all the tools at your disposal. Keep on having fun. Thanks for creating such wonderful work to read.

You have an audience. It appreciates you hard work.
Mr. Harbeck
Sargent Park School
sargentparkmathzone.blogspot.com
makeitinteresting.blogspot.com

]]> By: Our Class Blog » Blog Archive » Thinking about year nine http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2154 Our Class Blog » Blog Archive » Thinking about year nine Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:19:38 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2154 [...] Have a look at the students’ writing in the comments of this post. Here they are reflecting on whether blogging is different to writing with pen and paper. Have a read of the comments and write in your blog what you think about what the students have said. Don’t forget to link to the student’s blog if you refer to them. It’s only polite to do that. [...] [...] Have a look at the students’ writing in the comments of this post. Here they are reflecting on whether blogging is different to writing with pen and paper. Have a read of the comments and write in your blog what you think about what the students have said. Don’t forget to link to the student’s blog if you refer to them. It’s only polite to do that. [...]

]]> By: mr-fisher http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2150 mr-fisher Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:50:52 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2150 Yes I do think it’s different then writing on paper because it’s faster it has spell check and it doesn’t need as much thought. I also think its different because its easyer. i can also put pictures in. I think the advantage is that you gett to read what you like and not what evry one else tells you to read. i also like it because i get to find my own stuff. Kate Yes I do think it’s different then writing on paper because it’s faster it
has spell check and it doesn’t need as much thought. I also think its
different because its easyer. i can also put pictures in.

I think the advantage is that you gett to read what you like and not what
evry one else tells you to read. i also like it because i get to find my own
stuff.

Kate

]]> By: mr-fisher http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2149 mr-fisher Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:50:01 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2149 (1) Yes it is differnet from writing on normal paper because you can put pictures in it, some links to other sites, and you get spell check. On normal paper you can wtite and draw pictures. (2) It is good because I can add new people when I want to, and I can delete people when ever I want to. Also I can leave comments when ever I want and read them too. It makes learning different because you can go to a lot of different sites by links. It is ok that we are learning different things and reading new stuff too because we learn new stuff which is good and fun. No classrooms are not supposed learn all the same stuff. Because then we can know all different stuff and then shared what we all got. By Randy (1) Yes it is differnet from writing on normal paper because you can put
pictures in it, some links to other sites, and you get spell check. On
normal paper you can wtite and draw pictures.

(2) It is good because I can add new people when I want to, and I can delete
people when ever I want to. Also I can leave comments when ever I want and
read them too. It makes learning different because you can go to a lot of
different sites by links. It is ok that we are learning different things and
reading new stuff too because we learn new stuff which is good and fun. No
classrooms are not supposed learn all the same stuff. Because then we can
know all different stuff and then shared what we all got.

By Randy

]]> By: mr-fisher http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 mr-fisher Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:59:18 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2144 1. I think it is a little bit different because I can type faster than I can wright, and you can add pictures to it... I mean you can add pictures to paper to but they wont be as good as the ones that you draw on paper, also you can add links to it and when you add a link to your typing you can go to a site that could explain other things to you about what you are typing. 2. The advantage of having a PLN is a good thing because if you are ever looking for a person and canot find him if/when you do find him subscribe him and then whenever you need to talk to him or find him for somthing just go to bloglines and click on him. i dont know actually ... Yes, it is ok that we are reading different things and learning. No classroms arenot about everyone learning the same things. 1. I think it is a little bit different because I can type faster than I can wright, and you can add pictures to it… I mean you can add pictures to paper to but they wont be as good as the ones that you draw on paper, also you can add links to it and when you add a link to your typing you can go to a site that could explain other things to you about what you are typing.

2. The advantage of having a PLN is a good thing because if you are ever looking for a person and canot find him if/when you do find him subscribe him and then whenever you need to talk to him or find him for somthing just go to bloglines and click on him. i dont know actually … Yes, it is ok that we are reading different things and learning. No classroms arenot about everyone learning the same things.

]]> By: elaine http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 elaine Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:42:34 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2143 Hi Mr. Fisher, here are my answers to your questions. 1) Indeed I think that blogging is different from writing on paper. Why I think this is because that you know that you will be sharing your knowledge and what you have to say, with the rest of the world on your blog making you want to do the best you can and put as much information as you can on your post.Also to find this information to make this blog , while surfing the net you learn to tell the difference between false and true information. 2) The advasntage of having a pln learning network is that you have the chance to explore sitwes and other blogs from all over the world and to leanr about there culture, recent weather, there nation weather and issues and the list goes on and on. the part i like baest are the photography on the blogs of other places from all over the world and get the chance to see the way there cities, towns live and opperate. this can make learning differnet and defintly no tin a bad way. it makes learning different and funner this way.giving you the oppertunitie to share our thoughts, opinions with one another. letting us leave the classroom and across the world to share our ideas and learning experiences. i personaly think this is totally ok that we arnet learning that exact same thing but actuallly when you think about it we are almosrt learning the same thing. we read our pln networks write anout what we learnedon a post. the rest of the class goes and reads it and learns from it. so no not all classrooms are about learning the same thing at once you can say. i would say that reading and writing blogs from all over the world and sharing our learning experiences is a heck of a lot better than reading a text book...what do yuo think? Hi Mr. Fisher, here are my answers to your questions.

1) Indeed I think that blogging is different from writing on paper. Why I think this is because that you know that you will be sharing your knowledge and what you have to say, with the rest of the world on your blog making you want to do the best you can and put as much information as you can on your post.Also to find this information to make this blog , while surfing the net you learn to tell the difference between false and true information.

2) The advasntage of having a pln learning network is that you have the chance to explore sitwes and other blogs from all over the world and to leanr about there culture, recent weather, there nation weather and issues and the list goes on and on. the part i like baest are the photography on the blogs of other places from all over the world and get the chance to see the way there cities, towns live and opperate. this can make learning differnet and defintly no tin a bad way. it makes learning different and funner this way.giving you the oppertunitie to share our thoughts, opinions with one another. letting us leave the classroom and across the world to share our ideas and learning experiences. i personaly think this is totally ok that we arnet learning that exact same thing but actuallly when you think about it we are almosrt learning the same thing. we read our pln networks write anout what we learnedon a post. the rest of the class goes and reads it and learns from it. so no not all classrooms are about learning the same thing at once you can say. i would say that reading and writing blogs from all over the world and sharing our learning experiences is a heck of a lot better than reading a text book…what do yuo think?

]]> By: Hillary http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Hillary Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:26:44 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2142 1.) Yeah I think blogging is different than writing on looseleaf. I think this for a few reasons. I think this becuase when you are blogging everyone all over can see what you are writing. You don't just hand it to your teacher then get it back, people from Asia and China can read this even though we are way down here in a bush. Its the same as writing on paper becuase you are wirting. But your not like doing math questions on your blog, like you would do on paper. You are doing many things on the blog that you might not do on paper, and chances are you do more stuff on paper that you would not do a blog like science pictures or math questions. Yes you may write a couple things about that topic but you arre not doing some stuff. 2.) Wow another PLN conference! I am rather excited and if that sounded sarcastic it wasn't supposed to! =D. I think that the advantage is that you are able to read what you want. Its different thatn reading stuff not online, because you do some different things on here =D. You are able to read what you want and if you dont like something you dont have to read it you can just delete it, and nobody is forcing you to read something you don't want to. The thing is when you have PLNS in school you have to make sure that the things you are subscribing to are school appropriate! I think it is making learning different, becasue people who like to write like me are wrting more, and I even have to say that some people are doing more of their homework! Doing PLNS help us learn to read better and all that sort of stuff! Of course it is okay that we are reading and learning different things. That is why we come to school, if we only came to school to do math, how fun would that be, or what would we learn? I dont think that everyone whould be learning the same thing in the classroom. When I am in school I think its really cool that we are all doing different things. In Social we got to do different topics than everyone else, and we got to pick a form of representation. I feel that I learned more, and was more interested in the topic when I did it on my own and not everyone was doing it! Anyways! Awesome blog keep up the great work!!! p.s I do not like the A's on this font =P 1.) Yeah I think blogging is different than writing on looseleaf. I think this for a few reasons. I think this becuase when you are blogging everyone all over can see what you are writing. You don’t just hand it to your teacher then get it back, people from Asia and China can read this even though we are way down here in a bush.
Its the same as writing on paper becuase you are wirting. But your not like doing math questions on your blog, like you would do on paper. You are doing many things on the blog that you might not do on paper, and chances are you do more stuff on paper that you would not do a blog like science pictures or math questions. Yes you may write a couple things about that topic but you arre not doing some stuff.

2.) Wow another PLN conference! I am rather excited and if that sounded sarcastic it wasn’t supposed to! =D. I think that the advantage is that you are able to read what you want. Its different thatn reading stuff not online, because you do some different things on here =D. You are able to read what you want and if you dont like something you dont have to read it you can just delete it, and nobody is forcing you to read something you don’t want to. The thing is when you have PLNS in school you have to make sure that the things you are subscribing to are school appropriate!
I think it is making learning different, becasue people who like to write like me are wrting more, and I even have to say that some people are doing more of their homework! Doing PLNS help us learn to read better and all that sort of stuff!
Of course it is okay that we are reading and learning different things. That is why we come to school, if we only came to school to do math, how fun would that be, or what would we learn?
I dont think that everyone whould be learning the same thing in the classroom. When I am in school I think its really cool that we are all doing different things. In Social we got to do different topics than everyone else, and we got to pick a form of representation. I feel that I learned more, and was more interested in the topic when I did it on my own and not everyone was doing it!

Anyways! Awesome blog keep up the great work!!!

p.s I do not like the A’s on this font =P

]]> By: Darren http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Darren Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:26:23 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2141 Hello Mr. fisher, To me bloging and writing on normal paper are two very different things. Writing on paper makes me think of a time before computers where it was comsidered that paper should not be wasted upon children because it was very rare and hard to make. Writing on paper it old and boring way to write down your answers to homework and whatever else you want to say to the world. I live for and in the moment and I love to try new things so this is why I prefer writing on the computer any day compared to writing stuff out. And now for your second question. The advantage of being able to go and see the kinds of things that you are interested in makes the computer a whole lot funner and more interesting. It helps me learn differently from the rest of the class because I am learning things that the kids that i already know cannot tell me because of lack of experiance or knowledge. I even learn things that many of the adults and other people that i know wouldn't be adle to teach me. I think that is great for a kid to eventually move away from his/her peers and learn new and fun things so that he or she will be able to share it with his or her friends so that the knowledge that the kid has learned will be spread wide and far. In classrooms for the younger kids in elementary school it, I think, is very important to learn everything as a group. But as the kids get older, they should need to rely upon things know as a class less and start to learn things on their own, to a reasonable extent. Hello Mr. fisher, To me bloging and writing on normal paper are two very different things. Writing on paper makes me think of a time before computers where it was comsidered that paper should not be wasted upon children because it was very rare and hard to make. Writing on paper it old and boring way to write down your answers to homework and whatever else you want to say to the world. I live for and in the moment and I love to try new things so this is why I prefer writing on the computer any day compared to writing stuff out.

And now for your second question. The advantage of being able to go and see the kinds of things that you are interested in makes the computer a whole lot funner and more interesting. It helps me learn differently from the rest of the class because I am learning things that the kids that i already know cannot tell me because of lack of experiance or knowledge. I even learn things that many of the adults and other people that i know wouldn’t be adle to teach me. I think that is great for a kid to eventually move away from his/her peers and learn new and fun things so that he or she will be able to share it with his or her friends so that the knowledge that the kid has learned will be spread wide and far. In classrooms for the younger kids in elementary school it, I think, is very important to learn everything as a group. But as the kids get older, they should need to rely upon things know as a class less and start to learn things on their own, to a reasonable extent.

]]> By: MIKE http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 MIKE Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:24:40 +0000 http://mr-fisher.edublogs.org/2006/12/01/two-questions/#comment-2140 Bloging is different from writing because it is funnier, what I mean is with bloging I find you can expresses more then you can by just writing something. Also with bloging you do have to do have to put abit more work into it but you also can do more things to make it better then a written piece, you can add movies, pictures, and emotions icons to it. When having a PLN for are blogs it is different then having a teacher just telling you what you have to read or do. By having are PLN we are able to chouse the things that we learn or want to learn but were are still told sometimes want we have to right or do but with the PLN it makes it easier and funnier. Bloging is different from writing because it is funnier, what I mean is with bloging I find you can expresses more then you can by just writing something. Also with bloging you do have to do have to put abit more work into it but you also can do more things to make it better then a written piece, you can add movies, pictures, and emotions icons to it.

When having a PLN for are blogs it is different then having a teacher just telling you what you have to read or do. By having are PLN we are able to chouse the things that we learn or want to learn but were are still told sometimes want we have to right or do but with the PLN it makes it easier and funnier.

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