Comments on: Audience reflections on School 2.0 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/26/audience-reflections-on-school-20/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:23:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sherry Crofut http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/26/audience-reflections-on-school-20/comment-page-1/#comment-37290 Sherry Crofut Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:54:59 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/26/audience-reflections-on-school-20/#comment-37290 Wes, Thank you for having your presentation online. It won't be the same as being there. I spent Tuesday in bed sick, so I missed a whole day of the conference. I am still bummed. I am just starting to become a blogger, but I need to get proficient fast as I intend to have my 8th grade English class all blogging this fall and I see possibilities for wikis in the classroom, too. Thanks for the inspiration! Wes,

Thank you for having your presentation online. It won’t be the same as being there. I spent Tuesday in bed sick, so I missed a whole day of the conference. I am still bummed. I am just starting to become a blogger, but I need to get proficient fast as I intend to have my 8th grade English class all blogging this fall and I see possibilities for wikis in the classroom, too. Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: Page http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/26/audience-reflections-on-school-20/comment-page-1/#comment-37246 Page Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:09:50 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/26/audience-reflections-on-school-20/#comment-37246 Wesley - I just want to comment that I think (and agree with Scott) that this quote is key - "using a blog for participant comments like this needs to become a “best practice” for professional development sessions. " I am planning a professional development day in August for teachers and I am going to set up a "fishbowl discussion" where there will be f2f discussion going on at the same time as a chat/skype/blog discussion (i haven't figured out which tool yet). Too often there are complaints of not enough time for discussions - I hope this will get to that problem. Thanks for your insights here. Wesley - I just want to comment that I think (and agree with Scott) that this quote is key - “using a blog for participant comments like this needs to become a “best practice” for professional development sessions. ” I am planning a professional development day in August for teachers and I am going to set up a “fishbowl discussion” where there will be f2f discussion going on at the same time as a chat/skype/blog discussion (i haven’t figured out which tool yet). Too often there are complaints of not enough time for discussions - I hope this will get to that problem. Thanks for your insights here.

]]> By: Scott McLeod http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/26/audience-reflections-on-school-20/comment-page-1/#comment-37231 Scott McLeod Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:14:39 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/06/26/audience-reflections-on-school-20/#comment-37231 Wesley, you say "using a blog for participant comments like this needs to become a 'best practice' for professional development sessions." Like you, much of my work is with teacher and administrator audiences, primarily in their schools (the auditorium, the media center...). I rarely, if ever, see laptops. In fact, I just had 50 participants in a session at the state secondary principals conference and there was nary a laptop in the room. Sort of puts a damper on using blog comments as reflective feedback devices! Sure, some people might log in later and post but... Thanks for the thought. I believe I may start asking sponsoring organizations to encourage participants to bring laptops to my presentations. Wesley, you say “using a blog for participant comments like this needs to become a ‘best practice’ for professional development sessions.”

Like you, much of my work is with teacher and administrator audiences, primarily in their schools (the auditorium, the media center…). I rarely, if ever, see laptops. In fact, I just had 50 participants in a session at the state secondary principals conference and there was nary a laptop in the room. Sort of puts a damper on using blog comments as reflective feedback devices! Sure, some people might log in later and post but…

Thanks for the thought. I believe I may start asking sponsoring organizations to encourage participants to bring laptops to my presentations.

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