Comments for Opening shots across the bow http://mouse.edublogs.org Sharing professional reflections with my community Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:20:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Why blog? by Artichoke http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/10/03/why-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Artichoke Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:20:21 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/10/03/why-blog/#comment-14 You are back ... in a Vasco Pyjama like response "blessings and warm salutations " You are back … in a Vasco Pyjama like response “blessings and warm salutations “

]]> Comment on New Zealand’s First Online ICT PD Conference by Simon http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/29/new-zealands-first-online-ict-pd-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Simon Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:45:04 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/29/new-zealands-first-online-ict-pd-conference/#comment-12 I too am excited about NZ Online conference. Its exciting to know that NZ educators are really pushing the boundaries for this type of thing. I too am excited about NZ Online conference. Its exciting to know that NZ educators are really pushing the boundaries for this type of thing.

]]> Comment on So many posts written but never published by mouse http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/so-many-posts-written-but-never-published/comment-page-1/#comment-11 mouse Thu, 31 May 2007 12:01:37 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/so-many-posts-written-but-never-published/#comment-11 Rachel thanks for the words of encouragement. A further note to self is to ensure I begin replying to others comments. This blog was meant as personal/professional reflective diary/journal. Eventually it may morph into a technological resource for myself; but for now I need to begin on the path... Rachel thanks for the words of encouragement.

A further note to self is to ensure I begin replying to others comments. This blog was meant as personal/professional reflective diary/journal. Eventually it may morph into a technological resource for myself; but for now I need to begin on the path…

]]> Comment on So many posts written but never published by Rachel Boyd http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/so-many-posts-written-but-never-published/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Rachel Boyd Thu, 31 May 2007 10:01:17 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/28/so-many-posts-written-but-never-published/#comment-10 This post struck a chord with me: it sounds like me about 6 months ago! Back then I think I felt that every post I made had to be perfect, well researched and intelligent. I had to quickly get over that because I, like you, had a lot of posts in draft form: started but now completed. I went through, quickly completed the most informative/interesting ones and with bravery deleted the rest. From then on I made a decision not to do that again.... to accept that my posts would never be perfect, now I just wanted to capture what was inspiring me. Good luck! Kind regards, Rachel, Nelson, NZ This post struck a chord with me: it sounds like me about 6 months ago! Back then I think I felt that every post I made had to be perfect, well researched and intelligent. I had to quickly get over that because I, like you, had a lot of posts in draft form: started but now completed. I went through, quickly completed the most informative/interesting ones and with bravery deleted the rest. From then on I made a decision not to do that again…. to accept that my posts would never be perfect, now I just wanted to capture what was inspiring me.

Good luck!

Kind regards, Rachel, Nelson, NZ

]]> Comment on New Zealand’s First Online ICT PD Conference by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/29/new-zealands-first-online-ict-pd-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Tue, 29 May 2007 13:29:55 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/29/new-zealands-first-online-ict-pd-conference/#comment-9 I do hope you join in the forum discussion. I am eager to hear your thoughts! I do hope you join in the forum discussion. I am eager to hear your thoughts!

]]> Comment on 1971 and it’s Web2.0 by Artichoke http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/13/1971-and-its-web20/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Artichoke Mon, 28 May 2007 21:17:01 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/05/13/1971-and-its-web20/#comment-8 Illich continues to mesmerise - I am guilty of building a collection of all his writing (using Alibris and Amazon second hand books) - and you are right - so much of his insight is regurgitated as new and profound 30 years later. Illich continues to mesmerise – I am guilty of building a collection of all his writing (using Alibris and Amazon second hand books) – and you are right – so much of his insight is regurgitated as new and profound 30 years later.

]]> Comment on Rock Buster! by Artichoke http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/08/rock-buster/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Artichoke Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:42:06 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/08/rock-buster/#comment-7 Then again there is dana's post on the latest gen-thing book - <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/04/29/generation_me.html" rel="nofollow">Generation me</a> suggesting that you can generalise the complexity of what it is to be human in simplistic ways/ behaviours Then again there is dana’s post on the latest gen-thing book – Generation me suggesting that you can generalise the complexity of what it is to be human in simplistic ways/ behaviours

]]> Comment on Rock Buster! by Artichoke http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/08/rock-buster/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Artichoke Mon, 30 Apr 2007 06:23:13 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/08/rock-buster/#comment-6 Interesting post ... reckon you should check out the "Forer Effect" when reading these generalisations ... <i>“People have a tendency to accept a vague and general personality description as uniquely applicable to themselves without realizing that the same description could be applied to just about anyone. Psychologist B. R. Forer gave a personality test to his students, ignored their answers, and gave the same assessment to each student. He asked them to grade their assessment on a scale of 0 to 5, with 5 being very accurate. The evaluation average was 4.26. The test has been repeated hundreds of time and the average remains around 4.2. The Forer effect may be why many people believe in astrology, biorhythms, fortune telling, graphology, palm reading, and other such methods of character analysis. Forer thought that gullibility could account for the customers’ tendency to accept identical personality assessments.</i> (Carroll 2003: 147). Becoming a Critical Thinker ©2004 Robert Todd Carroll Forer kneecaps all this Gen Y stuff and that learning styles stuff ...Check out <a href="http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2005/12/learning_styles_1.html" rel="nofollow"> Learning styles: seduction and Gullibility</a> Interesting post … reckon you should check out the “Forer Effect” when reading these generalisations …

“People have a tendency to accept a vague and general personality description as uniquely applicable to themselves without realizing that the same description could be applied to just about anyone. Psychologist B. R. Forer gave a personality test to his students, ignored their answers, and gave the same assessment to each student. He asked them to grade their assessment on a scale of 0 to 5, with 5 being very accurate. The evaluation average was 4.26. The test has been repeated hundreds of time and the average remains around 4.2.

The Forer effect may be why many people believe in astrology, biorhythms, fortune telling, graphology, palm reading, and other such methods of character analysis. Forer thought that gullibility could account for the customers’ tendency to accept identical personality assessments. (Carroll 2003: 147). Becoming a Critical Thinker ©2004 Robert Todd Carroll

Forer kneecaps all this Gen Y stuff and that learning styles stuff …Check out
Learning styles: seduction and Gullibility

]]> Comment on Nigerian students power up their laptops by Artichoke http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/14/nigerian-students-power-up-their-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Artichoke Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:01:27 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/14/nigerian-students-power-up-their-laptops/#comment-5 And the link seems to have fallen off in translation - try http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/04/negroponte-levering-children.html And the link seems to have fallen off in translation – try http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/04/negroponte-levering-children.html

]]> Comment on Nigerian students power up their laptops by Artichoke http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/14/nigerian-students-power-up-their-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Artichoke Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:59:17 +0000 http://mouse.edublogs.org/2007/04/14/nigerian-students-power-up-their-laptops/#comment-4 Suspect that you may enjoy Bill Kerr's post</a> on the OLPC initiative. Bill is always intersting in his analysis - he argues <i>"It's clear that OLPC is a well thought out radical approach to education, not just trying to mimic the deplorable dumbed down way in which we generally use computers in education in developed countries. This follows from the core principles of the project - child ownership, low aged, saturation, connection and free & open source. </i> Suspect that you may enjoy Bill Kerr’s post on the OLPC initiative.

Bill is always intersting in his analysis – he argues “It’s clear that OLPC is a well thought out radical approach to education, not just trying to mimic the deplorable dumbed down way in which we generally use computers in education in developed countries. This follows from the core principles of the project – child ownership, low aged, saturation, connection and free & open source.

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