Comments on: Overload? http://www.jeffreygene.net/2009/09/overload/ reflections from a practitioner venturing into the world of research Sat, 29 May 2010 03:46:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Wesley Fryer http://www.jeffreygene.net/2009/09/overload/#comment-94 Wesley Fryer Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:37:11 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=134#comment-94 Jeff: I hear you on many of your points. To the issue of being too "tooly," it's an easy trap to fall into. We have to remember that many teachers have not heard of some of these tools, however, so building an "awareness level" about tools CAN be a very positive and important thing. That said, there also should definitely be lots of sharing about pedagogy and instructional use examples. On that note, have you participated in the K-12 Online Conference? I think you'll find many like-minded folks there, in those presentations and in the comments on sessions, and that may be a good PD source for you in the weeks and months to come. Try starting with Clarence Fisher's keynote from 2007: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=150 Also check out "More Than Cool Tools" http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=149 Design Matters http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=174 and Initiating and Sustaining Conversations: Assessment and Evaluation in the Age of Networked Learning http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=166 I'll be sharing a session tomorrow at the conference in the last session at 2 pm about K12Online, and hopefully providing time to discuss how blended PD from a source like K12online can provide an even deeper and richer PD experience in many ways from a F2F conference like we're having this week in Hong Kong. Jeff: I hear you on many of your points.

To the issue of being too “tooly,” it’s an easy trap to fall into. We have to remember that many teachers have not heard of some of these tools, however, so building an “awareness level” about tools CAN be a very positive and important thing. That said, there also should definitely be lots of sharing about pedagogy and instructional use examples.

On that note, have you participated in the K-12 Online Conference? I think you’ll find many like-minded folks there, in those presentations and in the comments on sessions, and that may be a good PD source for you in the weeks and months to come. Try starting with Clarence Fisher’s keynote from 2007:
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=150

Also check out “More Than Cool Tools”
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=149

Design Matters
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=174

and

Initiating and Sustaining Conversations: Assessment and Evaluation in the Age of Networked Learning
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=166

I’ll be sharing a session tomorrow at the conference in the last session at 2 pm about K12Online, and hopefully providing time to discuss how blended PD from a source like K12online can provide an even deeper and richer PD experience in many ways from a F2F conference like we’re having this week in Hong Kong.

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