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Comment on Towards defining a research interest… by Hhrlcldh

Hhrlcldh — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:44:08 +0000

Thanks!,

Comment on Disruptive Innovation in Education by Harold Jarche

Harold Jarche — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:32:26 +0000

I think that we will see a lot of disruption in this field, but what I’ve read so far is that Christensen and team don’t understand the whole learning field and have only looked at public education, not higher education which feeds them. Real disruption is when school is seen as only one learning option amongst many.

http://www.jarche.com/2008/10/academic-upstarts/

Comment on Towards a General/Robust Definition of Educational “Technology” by genevieve cagande

genevieve cagande — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:40:19 +0000

great website , give further and perfect examples and explanations specially to all primary,secondary teachers,college instructors and instructress what is the main goals of each student why they want to study, to learn in the easy way of teaching to reach they goal of success.So exactly they must know the specific way of teaching.

Comment on Disruptive Education Point #3 by Alex Ragone

Alex Ragone — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:35:10 +0000

With all of the budget cuts coming over the next few years along with the teacher retirements that are going to happen, I wonder if having online options will be necessary in some situations.

Hmmm.

Listened to some of these podcasts today: http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/10/great-education.html

Check out the one of from Richard Elmore’s. Powerful.

Comment on Do Children Learn in Different Ways? by Alex Ragone

Alex Ragone — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:26:00 +0000

June — Point 5 is definitely what I took away from the book. I’m thinking of it as more of a differentiated instruction model than a multiple intelligences model. I think they might have done better to look at a strengths finder index or a Myers-Briggs index. The problem with any assessment like that is that they change over time depending on what your experiences are. So, I think we must find what engages our students, help them learn it in the style that works for them and then make sure that they meet specific standards however they get ther. Not easy at all.

I do then that starting a school from scratch makes all of this change easier.

Comment on Disruptive Education Point #3 by Rika Marais

Rika Marais — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:51:36 +0000

I fully agree. On parents’ request, I have been homeschooling their special needs child since last January 08. (She was in my class last year.) I cannot express enough how much she has benefited from this one to one attention. She seems to have learnt more the past 7 months, than in her entire school career. (She is 13) As I am a teacher, we do not use an online school, although I am sure online schools could be an option. Parents should perhaps also consider employing a teacher to do the teaching instead of equally costly online teaching. I love my job and do this because it is a great challenge and yet it is not a stressful job: no meetings, no meetings, no noise, no break duty, no H.O.D. and other red tape. Just simple teaching for the love of teaching. (We are registered with the South African Department of Education and comply with their requirements though.) I am sure there are other teachers out there who would jump at the opportunity to home school someone else’s children.

Comment on Do Children Learn in Different Ways? by DesertDew

DesertDew — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:59:51 +0000

Thank you for your comments on MI. This is in many ways a breath of fresh air… Being a neophyte teacher all of this is very interesting. I received the dogma of MI during my teacher training. However, I have also raised four children (Engineer, Systems Analyst, Soil Scientist, and Executive Assistant); thinking of them and my students – I can assure you that indeed multiple intelligences are always present in most students.

Comment on Disruptive Innovation in Education by Disruptive Education Point #2 « Praxis Makes Perfect

Disruptive Education Point #2 « Praxis Makes Perfect — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:05:46 +0000

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Comment on Do Children Learn in Different Ways? by junea

junea — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:56:26 +0000

Hi Nasreen, thanks so much for the clarification. Although I agree with you, that the “kinesthetic” learning type is hard to conceptualize in a virtual environment. I don’t buy creating something in Photoshop as kinesthetic just yet (unless moving a mouse counts), because writing in a workbook could then be called kinesthetic.

Hence my issues with Multiple Intelligence theory. Some things just seek hokey. Anyhow, thank you for the info!!

Comment on Do Children Learn in Different Ways? by Nasreen

Nasreen — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:09:39 +0000

Pardon my intrusion, I’ve been reading your blog for a short time, but recently wrote a paper on Multiple Intelligences and thought I could insert my few cents.

The way I understand Gardner’s MI Theory is that everyone possesses all of the intelligences, just to differing degrees. Just because someone is an amazing artist does not mean they are terrible at sports.

How would you design online resources for a kid who is a “physical learner”?
This falls under the “bodily-kinesthetic” intelligence, so it could even include playing an online game or creating something using Photoshop. It is definitely much harder to incorporate this, but with technology like the Wii, we might get something geared toward the classroom soon.

I think you said it best with your last comment. There isn’t just one way that each student learns. All learners need to see things in different ways and technology is opening many exciting ways for doing so.