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Comment on Principals as Teachers Part II – Early feedback by nashworld

nashworld — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:01:08 +0000

Debbie….. I sure miss your voice of reason.

Comment on Principals as Teachers Part II – Early feedback by nashworld

nashworld — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:00:13 +0000

Looking back a couple of years… how did/is that go/going?

Comment on The Curse of… “Default Settings?” by Memorization Is For The Birds, Or Rather, For The Fish — nashworld

Memorization Is For The Birds, Or Rather, For The Fish — nashworld — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:43:20 +0000

[...] a great tool for families, but so is Instagram, right? We started off by kicking the tires on SPS just to see what it could do. All of my students have a 32GB 3rd Generation iPad. We were quickly taken aback by the speed and [...]

Comment on Ready To Set Sail! by Guest blogging for Nashworld: TPACK video | Punya Mishra's Web

Guest blogging for Nashworld: TPACK video | Punya Mishra's Web — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:17:28 +0000

[...] over at Nashworld asked me to guest blog for this week while he is out with his students doing some really cool stuff [...]

Comment on A TPACK video mashup! by Exciting new possibility & an invitation | Punya Mishra's Web

Exciting new possibility & an invitation | Punya Mishra's Web — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:27:47 +0000

[...] had posted this as a guest blog post on Nashworld. You can see my original post [...]

Comment on iOS as an Art Teacher by nashworld

nashworld — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:25:14 +0000

Thanks, Laura. It made more sense to post a response at your place. It’s also fun to think about how the particular benefits and limitations of this little technology relates to how we communicate and build little communities of practice, isn’t it?

Comment on iOS as an Art Teacher by nashworld

nashworld — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:21:46 +0000

Emotion is everything. I couldn’t agree more. I realized that very early on as an educator when diving into topics along the lines of ecology. As a early-twenty-something male I would have read this line of discussion and assumed “emotion” had to do with the mishy-squishy end of the emotional spectrum only. I quickly learned that kids hooked into things that were happening to their planet with a very real and ripe set of emotions. Those things were cemented in reality within their brains.

I became rather infatuated with Bloom’s affective domain back in the early 90′s. We’ve long been aware of the power of emotion as it relates to learning. Bloom’s team knew it in the 50′s and yet we still haven’t developed that domain out to the level of the cognitive domain. I suppose that might be due to an area that is a bit messier for research.

Comment on iOS as an Art Teacher by Laura Coughlin

Laura Coughlin — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:17:18 +0000

This post is interesting for me to read after my most recent post about my own children ( http://sjsdblogs.com/coughlin/2012/07/16/being-mindful-of-the-individual-child-when-teaching-with-tech/ ).

As the child of an educator (an art teacher, I might add , the wife of an educator, and an educator myself, there is definitely some over-analysis of my own children’s learning going on in my house – my own micro case studies. However, I do think that my students at school benefit from the insights I can get only from observing my own children, who I know so much more deeply than I ever get the opportunity to know my students.

And yes, I think the synergy of attentive parent (and/or teacher) and an open window to the world through technology is definitely something.

Thanks for the post!

Comment on iOS as an Art Teacher by Jennifer Taylor

Jennifer Taylor — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:11:42 +0000

My little girl is just now one. It has been an exciting ride so far. It is amazing how quickly they learn and how exciting it is to see the smallest change all the while wondering where that newborn went. I think Caleb makes a good point. It is when emotional connections are made that some real learning happens. Technology aside and included, relationships in learning are so important. We see this in the classroom with our students and see how well the students do who have good and supportive relationships at home as well.

Comment on There is no WHY in science? by Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:41:56 +0000

I was referring back to the “I’ll tell you when you’re older” comment. Some topics that might be seen as controversial are still science, so that’s why I’d be interested in seeing the diagram. As long as it’s not just opinion and has evidence, I don’t see a problem. I guess that’s where a teacher would have to have a firm grasp as you’ve said.

Maybe like a “WHY?” and “HOW?” sign in a classroom..

Hmmm..