Comments for On the Other Side of the Brain http://www.jeffreygene.net reflections from a practitioner venturing into the world of research Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:04:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on About Me by Craig http://www.jeffreygene.net/about/#comment-2998 Craig Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:04:37 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?page_id=2#comment-2998 MR. PIERCE! I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD WEBSITE!!! (dont ask why i searched your name up along with hkis in google, we were searching up all our teachers... once) MR. PIERCE! I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD WEBSITE!!!
(dont ask why i searched your name up along with hkis in google, we were searching up all our teachers… once)

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]]> Comment on Laptop as a Big iTouch by Anonymus http://www.jeffreygene.net/2011/05/laptop-as-a-big-itouch/#comment-1946 Anonymus Sat, 21 May 2011 13:15:12 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=176#comment-1946 Wish I had a Smartboard.....:P Wish I had a Smartboard…..:P

]]> Comment on The Ivory Tower, Part One by Hiya! http://www.jeffreygene.net/2009/07/the-ivory-tower-part-one/#comment-988 Hiya! Sat, 29 May 2010 03:46:04 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=15#comment-988 um... mr.pierce? is SC in Core ABC or D? um… mr.pierce? is SC in Core ABC or D?

]]> Comment on Open Space by Hiya! http://www.jeffreygene.net/2010/01/open-space/#comment-987 Hiya! Sat, 29 May 2010 03:43:27 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=180#comment-987 guess what? this is actually cool! lololol lawl guess what? this is actually cool! lololol lawl

]]> Comment on Open Space by guess who? http://www.jeffreygene.net/2010/01/open-space/#comment-726 guess who? Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:59:33 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=180#comment-726 good idea mr pierce good idea mr pierce

]]> Comment on What Gets My Goat by Jeff Pierce http://www.jeffreygene.net/2009/08/what-gets-my-goat/#comment-100 Jeff Pierce Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:34:22 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=118#comment-100 Don't worry, Rob. I just like to have a nice whinge-session every now and then. I'll be around a bit longer I think. Don’t worry, Rob. I just like to have a nice whinge-session every now and then. I’ll be around a bit longer I think.

]]> Comment on What Gets My Goat by Rob Ferrin http://www.jeffreygene.net/2009/08/what-gets-my-goat/#comment-96 Rob Ferrin Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:33:46 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=118#comment-96 Interesting piece. About two years ago I ran into this ( http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/education/10education.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1 ) bit in the NYT and had a similar reaction of "despair", but more for those quarantined without formal charges. The ratio cited helps put it in perspective: an average of 760 teachers out of roughly 80,000 are in the Rubber Room at any given time. All things considered, that's not too shabby. Less than 1%. I would put those numbers up against most other professions...Catholic priests included. And if you got out out out of the teaching profession Mr. Pierce, that ratio would edge a wee bit little bit closer to 1%. Interesting piece. About two years ago I ran into this ( http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/education/10education.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1 ) bit in the NYT and had a similar reaction of “despair”, but more for those quarantined without formal charges. The ratio cited helps put it in perspective: an average of 760 teachers out of roughly 80,000 are in the Rubber Room at any given time. All things considered, that’s not too shabby. Less than 1%. I would put those numbers up against most other professions…Catholic priests included. And if you got out out out of the teaching profession Mr. Pierce, that ratio would edge a wee bit little bit closer to 1%.

]]> Comment on Overload? 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.

]]> Comment on Manifesto by Jeff Pierce http://www.jeffreygene.net/2009/08/manifesto/#comment-44 Jeff Pierce Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:54:02 +0000 http://www.jeffreygene.net/?p=62#comment-44 Hmm. I don't know if I expect the two worlds to mix much. One reason for being open about it at work is that I want to cover my back and let my supervisors know about this blog, in the off chance that anything on here is misread by someone. If I do that, I feel that I can be more free and authentic here on this blog. I've got nothing to hide if my work colleagues know that this blog exists. Hmm. I don’t know if I expect the two worlds to mix much. One reason for being open about it at work is that I want to cover my back and let my supervisors know about this blog, in the off chance that anything on here is misread by someone.

If I do that, I feel that I can be more free and authentic here on this blog. I’ve got nothing to hide if my work colleagues know that this blog exists.

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