Comments on: Are teachers in your building parallel players? http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:15:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54692 Wesley Fryer Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:16:48 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54692 I've created a new page on my blog titled <a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/resources/learning-communities/" rel="nofollow">Learning Communities</a> which includes links to many of these sites. If I'm missing some you really like please let me know by commenting! :-) I’ve created a new page on my blog titled Learning Communities which includes links to many of these sites. If I’m missing some you really like please let me know by commenting! :-)

]]> By: Jane Krauss http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54570 Jane Krauss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:39:34 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54570 This whole area of teacher-to-teacher discourse fascinates me. I imagine the new ways we interact with each other has to rub off on how we interact with students, too. The shift to more student-centered, inquiry-based learning experiences requires new behaviors on our part-- new patterns of dialogue practiced peer-to-peer can help us change the way we teach. This whole area of teacher-to-teacher discourse fascinates me. I imagine the new ways we interact with each other has to rub off on how we interact with students, too. The shift to more student-centered, inquiry-based learning experiences requires new behaviors on our part– new patterns of dialogue practiced peer-to-peer can help us change the way we teach.

]]> By: Pat http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54567 Pat Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:19:47 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54567 This was a great article. Now that I retired from public school and teaching university level courses and some consulting work, was worried that I would be so isolated from other educational professionals. Through online chats and shows at edtechtalk, as well as connecting with others on Twitter, I feel less isolated. The need to stay connected is so important to me and I don't want to just be a "parallel player!" This was a great article. Now that I retired from public school and teaching university level courses and some consulting work, was worried that I would be so isolated from other educational professionals. Through online chats and shows at edtechtalk, as well as connecting with others on Twitter, I feel less isolated. The need to stay connected is so important to me and I don’t want to just be a “parallel player!”

]]> By: Suzie Boss http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54566 Suzie Boss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:36:49 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54566 Hi Wes, Thanks for your thoughtful comment. In the short year since I wrote this article, we've seen an explosion of opportunities for teachers to connect with peers. Classroom 2.0 was just a few months old last June. Now it's an active community--a busy playground, if you will--of nearly 9,000 educators. Smaller scale but no less significant events are happening, too, such as Bud Hunt's CyberCamp, Darren Draper's Open PD, and the others you mention. I think we're seeing a seismic shift away from top-down (mandated) professional development and toward a new conversation that's initiated and directed by teachers, for teachers. Powerful--and sometimes playful, too. I look forward to continuing this conversation at EduBloggerCon. Maybe a new session topic? See you there! Thanks, Suzie Hi Wes,
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. In the short year since I wrote this article, we’ve seen an explosion of opportunities for teachers to connect with peers. Classroom 2.0 was just a few months old last June. Now it’s an active community–a busy playground, if you will–of nearly 9,000 educators. Smaller scale but no less significant events are happening, too, such as Bud Hunt’s CyberCamp, Darren Draper’s Open PD, and the others you mention. I think we’re seeing a seismic shift away from top-down (mandated) professional development and toward a new conversation that’s initiated and directed by teachers, for teachers. Powerful–and sometimes playful, too.
I look forward to continuing this conversation at EduBloggerCon. Maybe a new session topic? See you there!
Thanks,
Suzie

]]> By: Chris Rodgers http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54555 Chris Rodgers Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:39:56 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/06/18/are-teachers-in-your-building-parallel-players/#comment-54555 Hi Wesley, I really enjoyed the post and just want to underscore your point about change happening through conversations. As a management consultant, I view organizations as networks of conversations, through which people make sense of their world and decide how they are going to act. Outcomes emerge from the interplay of these formal and - most importantly - INFORMAL conversations, and the actions that flow from them. As the content and patterns of conversation change, so does the organization. The more scope that individuals have for meaningful conversation with others, the more likely it is that novel perspectives will emerge and new behaviours take hold, as people coalesce informally around these emergent themes. Hi Wesley,

I really enjoyed the post and just want to underscore your point about change happening through conversations.

As a management consultant, I view organizations as networks of conversations, through which people make sense of their world and decide how they are going to act. Outcomes emerge from the interplay of these formal and - most importantly - INFORMAL conversations, and the actions that flow from them. As the content and patterns of conversation change, so does the organization.

The more scope that individuals have for meaningful conversation with others, the more likely it is that novel perspectives will emerge and new behaviours take hold, as people coalesce informally around these emergent themes.

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