Comments for The Round Table http://ackms.edublogs.org Middle School Administration Looks At Education Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:55:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Reflections on Washington, DC 2008 by jash http://ackms.edublogs.org/2008/04/25/reflections-on-washington-dc-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-9 jash Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:55:52 +0000 http://ackms.edublogs.org/2008/04/25/reflections-on-washington-dc-2008/#comment-9 Nice Essay Mr.Richards, I think that it was nice how you explained almost everything that we did on the Washington trip. I enjoyed going and seeing all of the different monuments, and museums, statues,etc. I liked the cruise on the Potomac River, it was fun. I think that it is great how we get to go on big trips like that. I bet everyone that goes has a fun time. Everything was interesting to learn about. I will always remember the trip there with the whole eight grade. I had a great time. Nice Essay Mr.Richards,
I think that it was nice how you explained almost everything that we did on the Washington trip. I enjoyed going and seeing all of the different monuments, and museums, statues,etc. I liked the cruise on the Potomac River, it was fun. I think that it is great how we get to go on big trips like that. I bet everyone that goes has a fun time. Everything was interesting to learn about. I will always remember the trip there with the whole eight grade. I had a great time.

]]> Comment on Reflections on Washington, DC 2008 by » Check out your Principal’s Site Mr. Biche’s Science Class: Investigate Collaborate Learn http://ackms.edublogs.org/2008/04/25/reflections-on-washington-dc-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-8 » Check out your Principal’s Site Mr. Biche’s Science Class: Investigate Collaborate Learn Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:20:29 +0000 http://ackms.edublogs.org/2008/04/25/reflections-on-washington-dc-2008/#comment-8 [...] Check out your Principal’s Site Posted in April 27th, 2008 by Mr. Biche in Uncategorized Although I was unable to participate in the DC trip this year I enjoyed hearing about your adventures on Ms. Anderson’s Blog. And now Mr. Richard has written a reflection as well. Be sure to leave a comment for when you check it out here. [...] [...] Check out your Principal’s Site Posted in April 27th, 2008 by Mr. Biche in Uncategorized Although I was unable to participate in the DC trip this year I enjoyed hearing about your adventures on Ms. Anderson’s Blog. And now Mr. Richard has written a reflection as well. Be sure to leave a comment for when you check it out here. [...]

]]> Comment on Initial Thoughts by Ms. Anderson http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Ms. Anderson Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:03:22 +0000 http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/#comment-6 "opening up my thoughts and ideas to the world" Kevin, I am excited that you are on board with what your staff is doing. The success of our school lies in dedicated professionals as yourself who are willing to try new things and expand outside of their comfort zone. Although I am pretty comfortable talking about anything to anyone anywhere, my students are not. For my students, having a class blog, google reader, and using google docs has helped the students succeed not only in my classroom but they have built tools they will use in the future. All students feel they can succeed on the computers and are handing in work far more intelligent than ever seen before. So, as educators it is our job to open our minds, try out things beyond our comfort zones and dive into the Web 2.0 world. We need to do this because that is what our students are asking us to do. If we cannot come out of our shell how can we ask our students to? So, welcome to the world of blogging! “opening up my thoughts and ideas to the world”
Kevin, I am excited that you are on board with what your staff is doing. The success of our school lies in dedicated professionals as yourself who are willing to try new things and expand outside of their comfort zone. Although I am pretty comfortable talking about anything to anyone anywhere, my students are not. For my students, having a class blog, google reader, and using google docs has helped the students succeed not only in my classroom but they have built tools they will use in the future. All students feel they can succeed on the computers and are handing in work far more intelligent than ever seen before. So, as educators it is our job to open our minds, try out things beyond our comfort zones and dive into the Web 2.0 world. We need to do this because that is what our students are asking us to do. If we cannot come out of our shell how can we ask our students to? So, welcome to the world of blogging!

]]> Comment on Initial Thoughts by Sylvie http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sylvie Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:31:06 +0000 http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/#comment-5 "anxious about... opening up my thoughts and ideas to the world" . I've read these concerns in many of our opening posts. It strikes me that these are the same kinds of risks we hope that our students will take every day, on paper and in conversations. As teachers, many of us have become so comfortable expressing ourselves in classrooms that we have forgotten how much confidence and comfort doing so requires of our students. This blogging endeavor seems to me to provide us the rare opportunity to take ourselves out of our comfort zones, learning and writing to an audience not only of our peers, but of the world at large. The risks we take to participate in the blogging world will clearly pay off in innumerable, unexpected ways as we hook in to a web of ideas and inspiration far beyond what is available within the physical limits of our building. Furthermore, I hope our students will benefit not only from the technological tools we are exploring, but also from the humility we may be experiencing! “anxious about… opening up my thoughts and ideas to the world” .

I’ve read these concerns in many of our opening posts. It strikes me that these are the same kinds of risks we hope that our students will take every day, on paper and in conversations. As teachers, many of us have become so comfortable expressing ourselves in classrooms that we have forgotten how much confidence and comfort doing so requires of our students. This blogging endeavor seems to me to provide us the rare opportunity to take ourselves out of our comfort zones, learning and writing to an audience not only of our peers, but of the world at large. The risks we take to participate in the blogging world will clearly pay off in innumerable, unexpected ways as we hook in to a web of ideas and inspiration far beyond what is available within the physical limits of our building.

Furthermore, I hope our students will benefit not only from the technological tools we are exploring, but also from the humility we may be experiencing!

]]> Comment on Initial Thoughts by Hawk http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Hawk Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:46:18 +0000 http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/#comment-4 Often the "cynical minority" are folks who are more afraid of the new than we are of their distructive criticism. The wall that they can erect stops us from pushing them to face their challenges, they are protecting themselves. I think the most important thing we can do is to push them to challenge themselves, if they won't change then perhaps they will learn to keep their criticism to themselves. Often the “cynical minority” are folks who are more afraid of the new than we are of their distructive criticism. The wall that they can erect stops us from pushing them to face their challenges, they are protecting themselves. I think the most important thing we can do is to push them to challenge themselves, if they won’t change then perhaps they will learn to keep their criticism to themselves.

]]> Comment on Initial Thoughts by Diane Hammond http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Diane Hammond Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:34:49 +0000 http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/#comment-3 You will be amazed at the opportunities that will become available to you through the connections, i.e. network, you can create through blogging. Here's one small example. I run a google search for my name, my projects and their urls. I pull the search results into my RSS reader. Yesterday that feed led me to Mr. Biche's class blog where he told his students people were blogging with astronauts on the International Space Station. That's our project. I commented on Mr. Biche's blog, and to make a long story short, his class will now be joining us as we learn about living and working in orbit. Rick and I have added each other to our Twitter list and in essence to our personal learning networks. All from a blog post! BTW, don't worry about the students being ahead - they're not. They aren't afraid of the technology; they know which buttons do what; but they need teachers to help them learn how to learn. Diane Diane Hammond Curriculum Consultant YES I Can! Science McMaster University You will be amazed at the opportunities that will become available to you through the connections, i.e. network, you can create through blogging.

Here’s one small example. I run a google search for my name, my projects and their urls. I pull the search results into my RSS reader. Yesterday that feed led me to Mr. Biche’s class blog where he told his students people were blogging with astronauts on the International Space Station. That’s our project. I commented on Mr. Biche’s blog, and to make a long story short, his class will now be joining us as we learn about living and working in orbit. Rick and I have added each other to our Twitter list and in essence to our personal learning networks. All from a blog post!

BTW, don’t worry about the students being ahead – they’re not. They aren’t afraid of the technology; they know which buttons do what; but they need teachers to help them learn how to learn.

Diane

Diane Hammond
Curriculum Consultant
YES I Can! Science
McMaster University

]]> Comment on Initial Thoughts by Introducing the KMS Bloggers–A Teacher’s Thoughts http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Introducing the KMS Bloggers–A Teacher’s Thoughts Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:09:28 +0000 http://ackms.edublogs.org/2007/10/17/initial-thoughts/#comment-2 [...] at The Round Table sums up much of the excitement and trepidation in his first blog post: Excited about the professional opportunities that will abound through technology, but anxious [...] [...] at The Round Table sums up much of the excitement and trepidation in his first blog post: Excited about the professional opportunities that will abound through technology, but anxious [...]

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