Comments for A Piece of My Mind http://scottsfloyd.com my ideas, thoughts, experiences, and lessons learned in education Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:22:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on The DNA of 21st Century Students by @MikeGras http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/09/07/the-dna-of-21st-century-students/comment-page-1/#comment-366 @MikeGras Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:22:30 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/09/07/the-dna-of-21st-century-students/#comment-366 The DNA construct seems a good model except that we need change faster than that construct would provide. Social systems, as a rule, change very slowly and rarely from within. I see no top down forces that will build the environment predicted in the video. What will be deconstructed is the current brick and mortar environment. I believe the current educational system will fail due to brain drain as the best teachers and students find new ways to work and learn together. The DNA construct seems a good model except that we need change faster than that construct would provide. Social systems, as a rule, change very slowly and rarely from within. I see no top down forces that will build the environment predicted in the video. What will be deconstructed is the current brick and mortar environment. I believe the current educational system will fail due to brain drain as the best teachers and students find new ways to work and learn together.

]]> Comment on Drowning in Rice and Other Deep Subjects From CMK 08 by Bernice http://scottsfloyd.com/2008/07/28/drowning-in-rice-and-other-deep-subjects-from-cmk-08/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Bernice Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:00:20 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/07/28/drowning-in-rice-and-other-deep-subjects-from-cmk-08/#comment-360 Thinking, now that is an interesting concept. Putting the brain in gear before engaging the mouth, etc. I am so glad for the thinkers who have made our world a better place to live in. For those who have too much time on their hands to do anything but I wish they would find something to do besides make our lives miserable, read politicians. Bernice Thinking, now that is an interesting concept. Putting the brain in gear before engaging the mouth, etc. I am so glad for the thinkers who have made our world a better place to live in. For those who have too much time on their hands to do anything but I wish they would find something to do besides make our lives miserable, read politicians. Bernice

]]> Comment on Tech for the heck of it? by woscholar http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/08/06/tech-for-the-heck-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-359 woscholar Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:13:45 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/?p=250#comment-359 Thanks, Nina. Somehow, things like these just bring out the sarcastic side of me. ;) I just decided to try to put a nicer spin on what I was really thinking. Thanks, Nina. Somehow, things like these just bring out the sarcastic side of me. ;) I just decided to try to put a nicer spin on what I was really thinking.

]]> Comment on Tech for the heck of it? by Nina Peery http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/08/06/tech-for-the-heck-of-it/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Nina Peery Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:47:35 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/?p=250#comment-358 I love your postings. How clever you are! Does that brain of yours ever stop? I love your postings. How clever you are! Does that brain of yours ever stop?

]]> Comment on Safe Blogging as a Class/Learning Community by Lecturas que recomiendo…..21 August 2009 | SerCompetitivos.Com http://scottsfloyd.com/2009/08/19/safe-blogging-as-a-classlearning-community/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Lecturas que recomiendo…..21 August 2009 | SerCompetitivos.Com Thu, 06 May 2010 14:43:55 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2009/08/19/safe-blogging-as-a-classlearning-community/#comment-353 [...] Safe Blogging as a Class/Learning Community (via feedly) [...] [...] Safe Blogging as a Class/Learning Community (via feedly) [...]

]]> Comment on A Paradigm Shift in Classroom Design by woscholar http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/19/a-paradigm-shift-in-classroom-design/comment-page-1/#comment-348 woscholar Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:49:39 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/19/a-paradigm-shift-in-classroom-design/#comment-348 I completely agree with you. I have no idea why school designers have not caught on to that. It would also be an easy conversion for current school buildings. Just go into any of those Children's Museums. Most everything they have their was built to fit the space they have. In other words, it was an add on. Schools can do that. Some company (or zealous individual) should be marketing the items or the plans to create the items. I completely agree with you. I have no idea why school designers have not caught on to that. It would also be an easy conversion for current school buildings. Just go into any of those Children’s Museums. Most everything they have their was built to fit the space they have. In other words, it was an add on. Schools can do that. Some company (or zealous individual) should be marketing the items or the plans to create the items.

]]> Comment on A Paradigm Shift in Classroom Design by techleslie http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/19/a-paradigm-shift-in-classroom-design/comment-page-1/#comment-347 techleslie Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:54:04 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/19/a-paradigm-shift-in-classroom-design/#comment-347 For a few years now, I've wondered why at least Elementary schools aren't just big Children's museums, like those in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, etc. http://www.flickr.com/photos/techleslie/4509665328/ I love the guy's purple shirt in that video. For a few years now, I’ve wondered why at least Elementary schools aren’t just big Children’s museums, like those in Austin, Houston, San Antonio, etc.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/techleslie/4509665328/

I love the guy’s purple shirt in that video.

]]> Comment on Area 7 TCEA Technology Conference coming soon! by woscholar http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/18/area-7-tcea-technology-conference-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-346 woscholar Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:43:26 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/18/area-7-tcea-technology-conference-coming-soon/#comment-346 That would be great! We have a Smart board in one of our math classes there. We can get you hooked up and ready to go. Please feel free to fill out the submission form and I will get your session added to the program. ComputerLand is also a sponsor for our event, so they would love to have someone demonstrating Smart in use. Thanks for the offer! That would be great! We have a Smart board in one of our math classes there. We can get you hooked up and ready to go. Please feel free to fill out the submission form and I will get your session added to the program. ComputerLand is also a sponsor for our event, so they would love to have someone demonstrating Smart in use. Thanks for the offer!

]]> Comment on Area 7 TCEA Technology Conference coming soon! by Becky Poe http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/18/area-7-tcea-technology-conference-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Becky Poe Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:09:20 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/04/18/area-7-tcea-technology-conference-coming-soon/#comment-345 Would you be interested in someone doing a SmartBoard presentation on Smart's new MathTools? If all I had to bring was my laptop, I'd sure be willing/interested. Would you be interested in someone doing a SmartBoard presentation on Smart’s new MathTools? If all I had to bring was my laptop, I’d sure be willing/interested.

]]> Comment on My Thoughts on Literacy and Publishing to the Web by David Phillips http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/02/05/my-thoughts-on-literacy-and-publishing-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-342 David Phillips Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:44:42 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.com/2010/02/05/my-thoughts-on-literacy-and-publishing-to-the-web/#comment-342 Here's an idea for editing blog posts. If you have access to an intranet with a little storage space, how about setting up a folder for these blog posts. Students could draft them in Word, if they have it available, save them to the folder, have a peer editor open it from the folder, comment using "track changes" and then save it back to the folder. Then the original poster could choose to accept or reject the changes. Of course, you could do much the same editing using the shared option on Google Docs and the intranet would not be required. After going through the editing procedure, then students could copy their post from Word or Docs and then paste it into the blog. This would be an extra step in the posting process, but it would bring in an important collaborative opportunity for your class. Here’s an idea for editing blog posts. If you have access to an intranet with a little storage space, how about setting up a folder for these blog posts. Students could draft them in Word, if they have it available, save them to the folder, have a peer editor open it from the folder, comment using “track changes” and then save it back to the folder. Then the original poster could choose to accept or reject the changes.
Of course, you could do much the same editing using the shared option on Google Docs and the intranet would not be required.
After going through the editing procedure, then students could copy their post from Word or Docs and then paste it into the blog. This would be an extra step in the posting process, but it would bring in an important collaborative opportunity for your class.

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