Comments on: The Great Divide http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2006/11/01/the-great-divide/ Personal Reflections on Technology in the Classroom Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:15:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Podcast98v: Reflections from Hawaii on our Information Landscape http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2006/11/01/the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Podcast98v: Reflections from Hawaii on our Information Landscape Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:52:21 +0000 http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2006/11/01/the-great-divide/#comment-7 [...] Freida Foxworth’s post on “The Great Divide [...] [...] Freida Foxworth’s post on “The Great Divide [...]

]]> By: Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Podcast98: Reflections from Hawaii on our Information Landscape http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2006/11/01/the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Podcast98: Reflections from Hawaii on our Information Landscape Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:50:00 +0000 http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2006/11/01/the-great-divide/#comment-6 [...] Freida Foxworth’s post on “The Great Divide [...] [...] Freida Foxworth’s post on “The Great Divide [...]

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2006/11/01/the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:07:01 +0000 http://friedafoxworth.edublogs.org/2006/11/01/the-great-divide/#comment-4 Freida: I won't claim to have the answers, but I think focusing on writing and student communication skills is a powerful way to get teachers involved in web 2.0. Helping students write better so they can pass standardized assessments on writing is something teachers are familiar with, and by using blogs to expand the audience for students and increase student motivation to write-- often we find students writing more often and therefore learning to write better. I think student writing is a great place to start for web 2.0 in the elementary classroom. Blogging can lead to podcasting, which I see as a subset of digital storytelling. I agree that a "rigid" curriculum is absolutely NOT what we need in our 21st century flat world. Thanks btw for your great presentation for K-12 Online. I <a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/11/08/feedback-on-cultivating-digital-educators/" rel="nofollow">posted some text comments and reflections</a> last night after watching your preso, as well as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Gr4TjCy1Y" rel="nofollow">some video feedback on YouTube</a>! Freida: I won’t claim to have the answers, but I think focusing on writing and student communication skills is a powerful way to get teachers involved in web 2.0. Helping students write better so they can pass standardized assessments on writing is something teachers are familiar with, and by using blogs to expand the audience for students and increase student motivation to write– often we find students writing more often and therefore learning to write better. I think student writing is a great place to start for web 2.0 in the elementary classroom. Blogging can lead to podcasting, which I see as a subset of digital storytelling. I agree that a “rigid” curriculum is absolutely NOT what we need in our 21st century flat world.

Thanks btw for your great presentation for K-12 Online. I posted some text comments and reflections last night after watching your preso, as well as some video feedback on YouTube!

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