Comments on: Think before you jump! http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/ Technology changes learning by design - not accident Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Blogging on the Bay | Weekly Round Up http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-605 Blogging on the Bay | Weekly Round Up Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:55:16 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-605 [...] Think Before You Jump [...] [...] Think Before You Jump [...]

]]> By: pjhiggins http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-597 pjhiggins Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:59:10 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-597 Well done, Dean. In looking at your list, I see so many of the roadblocks that not only our students face in their own learning, but our teachers as well. Your message is clear: take control of your own learning, and that permeates into both student learning and teacher learning. I'll be referencing this one many times over the course of the next few months. Thanks for the insight! Well done, Dean. In looking at your list, I see so many of the roadblocks that not only our students face in their own learning, but our teachers as well. Your message is clear: take control of your own learning, and that permeates into both student learning and teacher learning.

I’ll be referencing this one many times over the course of the next few months. Thanks for the insight!

]]> By: Daily Diigo Links 10/07/2008 « Chalkdust101 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-595 Daily Diigo Links 10/07/2008 « Chalkdust101 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:33:34 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-595 [...] Think before you jump! « Effective Digital Classrooms - Annotated [...] [...] Think before you jump! « Effective Digital Classrooms – Annotated [...]

]]> By: Frank's Blog http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-594 Frank's Blog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:50:36 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-594 Thanks for this post ... I think the 1st step (and Vick Davis always says this in her Flat World talks) is to start with you (the teacher) first (of course with the learners' needs at the front of that thinking). It is a huge assumption to think that the teacher is already there, ie ready ... here where I am the students are ahead of the teachers in terms of using technology. Kids power down when they go to school. Teachers getting comfortable with using technology to pedagogically support 21st century learning skills ..I think comes before starting with the students, one by one. Step 1: Start with yourself first Thanks for this post … I think the 1st step (and Vick Davis always says this in her Flat World talks) is to start with you (the teacher) first (of course with the learners’ needs at the front of that thinking).

It is a huge assumption to think that the teacher is already there, ie ready … here where I am the students are ahead of the teachers in terms of using technology. Kids power down when they go to school. Teachers getting comfortable with using technology to pedagogically support 21st century learning skills ..I think comes before starting with the students, one by one.

Step 1: Start with yourself first

]]> By: Dave Truss http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-593 Dave Truss Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:45:35 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-593 This is one of the best 'how to get started' posts I've seen! I shared this on an Angela Maiers post http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/09/are-you-a-21st.html recently: ----- I built a presentation called "Project 2-point-oh-Yeah" for a Pro-D session with 1:1 teachers. I changed it a bit to use as an add-on to a presentation I did in Boston... but then didn't use it in the presentation:-( Here are some questions to ask yourself before you start a project... scaffolding to help you build a great project: http://www.slideshare.net/datruss/project-2-point-oh-yeah/ I think that for the ultra-newbie, the best advice I can give is to find a tool that makes your life easier, such as delicious or diigo and use it yourself! Find the value in a tool for YOU, then when you can't live without it anymore you will see the value of also showing it to your students as well. Oh, and one more thing... collaborate! Find a mentor, ask for help, don't try to do it on your own, there are many people willing to help you on your journey! ----- Thanks again for sharing this great post! This is one of the best ‘how to get started’ posts I’ve seen!

I shared this on an Angela Maiers post http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/09/are-you-a-21st.html recently:
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I built a presentation called “Project 2-point-oh-Yeah” for a Pro-D session with 1:1 teachers. I changed it a bit to use as an add-on to a presentation I did in Boston… but then didn’t use it in the presentation:-( Here are some questions to ask yourself before you start a project… scaffolding to help you build a great project:

http://www.slideshare.net/datruss/project-2-point-oh-yeah/

I think that for the ultra-newbie, the best advice I can give is to find a tool that makes your life easier, such as delicious or diigo and use it yourself! Find the value in a tool for YOU, then when you can’t live without it anymore you will see the value of also showing it to your students as well.

Oh, and one more thing… collaborate! Find a mentor, ask for help, don’t try to do it on your own, there are many people willing to help you on your journey!
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Thanks again for sharing this great post!

]]> By: AngelaC http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-591 AngelaC Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:26:16 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-591 That is a clearly articulated plan to enable and support a teacher looking to change their practice, and refelcts my experience over the last 12 months. It also points out some steps those in management positions can take to understand what their innovative teachers are doing, and how 'management' can support them. That is a clearly articulated plan to enable and support a teacher looking to change their practice, and refelcts my experience over the last 12 months.

It also points out some steps those in management positions can take to understand what their innovative teachers are doing, and how ‘management’ can support them.

]]> By: Part 4: Action! Let’s get Web 2.0 into our classrooms! « Once a Teacher…. http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-589 Part 4: Action! Let’s get Web 2.0 into our classrooms! « Once a Teacher…. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:48:06 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-589 [...] Dean Groom offers some tips for teachers who are ready to ‘jump in’ and reports on how integrating on-line tools helped the collaborative efforts for a group [...] [...] Dean Groom offers some tips for teachers who are ready to ‘jump in’ and reports on how integrating on-line tools helped the collaborative efforts for a group [...]

]]> By: Judy O'Connell http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-588 Judy O'Connell Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:46:50 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-588 NIcely put - glad to see you are singing from the same song sheet :-) NIcely put – glad to see you are singing from the same song sheet :-)

]]> By: Sarah Stewart http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-587 Sarah Stewart Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:43:36 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-587 Great post. You've summarized my experiences really well. The one thing I really must do is get an ipod :) Great post. You’ve summarized my experiences really well. The one thing I really must do is get an ipod :)

]]> By: soulcradler http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/think-before-you-jump/#comment-586 soulcradler Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:11:52 +0000 http://deangroom.wordpress.com/?p=587#comment-586 This possibly the most sensible post I've read for a while Dean, well done. it also made me ask myself some difficult questions, which is what we should be doing. This possibly the most sensible post I’ve read for a while Dean, well done. it also made me ask myself some difficult questions, which is what we should be doing.

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