I was happy to hear this recording was introduced by Couro because I really enjoy the enthusiasm in his voice which is so important for these kind of observations. He joked that his guest Dean Shareski put the share in Shareski. Something funny was mentioned; he said that no matter where you are in the world, you can still be part of this class. Which not only made me think of people who are living on different parts of the world, but of people like me who are collaborating a year later by listening. I wish I could write a whole post on Shareski’s quote, “live a balanced life-learn some think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” It really reminded me of Pink’s six senses when he describes Play. I’d like to do a jumping picture as well. I have to say I enjoyed Shareski more than Couro J I don’t think I’ve ever seen preschoolers and kindergartners as sophisticated ,but after listening to Shareski I must say how much more advanced they are than the rest of society. Kids learn to get along, interact with people, and share things with one another. As grown-ups we get caught up on our own lives and not only forget others but disregard their existence sometimes. Sharing stops being as important as it once was, unfortunately now a days consecutiveness has now become more useful than knowing things. Although I’ve personally never had too many problems sharing with the people around me who are actually in my life, I’ve always found it difficult to share myself with people who are different than me. I’ve concluded that it’s pretty selfish of me to deprive others of my personality, strengths, and humor not to mention connectivity.
Friday, December 21, 2012
On Alec Couro’s “Social Media and Open Education”
This recording was way better than the one I observed before. It’s a bit longer than the other one, and I’m assuming they all will be, However, I must say that I found it quite enjoyable. Another thing that I found sweet was that a Google Doc was provided for us so that the listeners/speakers could use as guides. I’m a visual learner, and therefore found it fantastic. Again, I felt that the main drive for social networking is experimentation. After watching this video and learning that this instructor requires his students to have a blog, I’m wondering whether I should join a network. I truly feel like I have the skills necessary to do so. I specifically loved the way the speaker explains how he created a blog bundle for his class. He subscribes to every student’s blog by using Google reader, creates a folder and then creates a bundle that allows people to subscribe to a package of resources. This is what I’d like to do with my future students, I’d really like for my students to coexist the way we did in Educ 578 for Jeff Heil’s class. I was also surprised to hear the reader touch up on “What makes an engaging blog post,” particularly because my instructor used a pin on that very subject to teach me how to tweet through Pinterest. I was also very grateful to hear the speaker answer questions to people who ask questions, even though I can’t hear the questions, I learn so much by the speaker’s comments. It’s almost like a regular classroom, when a student is relieved that another student asked a question because they too needed clarification. He also mentioned that even though we may not be network professionals, that shouldn’t stop us from retweeting and redistributing information, even videos. A girl said something a little before the end of the recording that stood out to me, she mentioned something about the more of an EXPERIENCE we have with twitter the safer she felt, or better yet the more she trusted the tool. I found this especially interesting because I just participated on my first Ed chat yesterday and was very happy to see that I fell into the right hands of people who were extremely welcoming. It is because of that initial welcoming that I will most definitely participate in the next Ed Chat two weeks after winter break J I enjoyed this recording way better.
On Stephen Downes’ “The Role of an Educator in a Networked World”
First I’d like to say that this videos was super long. And even though the information being shared was interesting, the voice of the speakers made me doze off once in a while. I did however, notice that the chat was a lot like the one we had online as a class the second time we had a conference. I found a great connection between the emphasis being put on the role of engagement in the classroom as a community rather than acquired knowledge and things I’ve observed on our assigned videos and in our classroom. I have seen this idea twice before: Once, when viewing the video on Learning Environments and twice with my Professor at USD. Throughout the semester he encouraged us to cultivate our own PLN and tried to take as little role in my learning as possible. He was there simply for guidance and support and left my learning experience entirely up to me. I’ve never had that before, and I struggled at first, but now I think it has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. I have noticed that the role of an educator in a networked world may work for an educator out in actual classrooms as well. It is not necessarily that we are allowing them to construct their own curriculum and standards, but we should allow them to make decisions as to which tools they’ll use to grow in knowledge.
Pastel de tres leches
On Making Toni's Chile Verde
http://pinterest.com/pin/500251471078689398/
On Making Flour Tortillas
These are the videos I followed:
(pinned this one from youtube): http://pinterest.com/pin/500251471078689343/
(and considered this one as well): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM5Jl3n7iP8
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