http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/comment-page-1/#comment-17765 Teaching Generation Z » Blog Archive » Questions Spawning Questions Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:38:54 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/#comment-17765 [...] Stephen Downes challenges me straight out of the blocks with some telling questions of his own. I’ll try answering them shortly. Nancy McKeand gave me a great personal anecdote that empathised with my point of view but I found her more indepth reflections on the question over on her blog. She also refined my question and asked another of her own. I’ll have a go at those as well. Joost Robben suggests a focus on pedagogy, as opposed to technology and Doug Noon also links over to his take and offers some suggestions on how to obtain some varied answers. Franki offers a short personal answer and some encouragement while Sarah Puglisi’s reflective answer (worthy of a blog post on its own) also offers her perspective in answering my question as it stands. This is my favourite part of her response: I think teachers develop on-line work for a variety of reasons, and the why do it question is that self check, that arrival of the cold morning after the night of enjoying the rush of creating. It’s the duality of all things we do. I frankly will answer you as I would to kids. I think it’s better to be a maker than to be a critic or deconstructor. I truely think this is what at heart gives me the energy to go ahead and learn more, create a blog, read, explore, process and find meaning in this form. [...] [...] Stephen Downes challenges me straight out of the blocks with some telling questions of his own. I’ll try answering them shortly. Nancy McKeand gave me a great personal anecdote that empathised with my point of view but I found her more indepth reflections on the question over on her blog. She also refined my question and asked another of her own. I’ll have a go at those as well. Joost Robben suggests a focus on pedagogy, as opposed to technology and Doug Noon also links over to his take and offers some suggestions on how to obtain some varied answers. Franki offers a short personal answer and some encouragement while Sarah Puglisi’s reflective answer (worthy of a blog post on its own) also offers her perspective in answering my question as it stands. This is my favourite part of her response: I think teachers develop on-line work for a variety of reasons, and the why do it question is that self check, that arrival of the cold morning after the night of enjoying the rush of creating. It’s the duality of all things we do. I frankly will answer you as I would to kids. I think it’s better to be a maker than to be a critic or deconstructor. I truely think this is what at heart gives me the energy to go ahead and learn more, create a blog, read, explore, process and find meaning in this form. [...]

]]> http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/comment-page-1/#comment-17520 Liz Ditz Mon, 01 Jan 2007 15:28:09 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/#comment-17520 A bit of a subject hijack here, but I just wanted to say: Happy New Year to you and yours. I wish you all the best for 2007. A bit of a subject hijack here, but I just wanted to say: Happy New Year to you and yours. I wish you all the best for 2007.

]]> http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/comment-page-1/#comment-17282 JAronson Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:33:08 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/#comment-17282 A toothbrush is a small, but important tool used to maintain other more important (quality of life) tools. A toothbrush is a small, but important tool used to maintain other more important (quality of life) tools.

]]> http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/comment-page-1/#comment-17244 Graham Wegner Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:25:33 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/#comment-17244 One of the other unique qualities of blogging is when a post from somewhere on your network triggers something worth exploring in your brain. It doesn't even have to directly relate to the topic of the post, but the next thing it has triggered a string of thoughts that open up new perspective. And that new perspective may never have been opened up without someone else's question, issues or ideas. Glad my question was able to do that for you. Now I have to get back to addressing <a href="http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2006/12/27/maybe-the-wrong-question/#8214" rel="nofollow">Stephen's questions</a>! One of the other unique qualities of blogging is when a post from somewhere on your network triggers something worth exploring in your brain. It doesn’t even have to directly relate to the topic of the post, but the next thing it has triggered a string of thoughts that open up new perspective. And that new perspective may never have been opened up without someone else’s question, issues or ideas. Glad my question was able to do that for you. Now I have to get back to addressing Stephen’s questions!

]]> http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/comment-page-1/#comment-17107 Sarah Mcintosh Puglisi Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:43:55 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/28/my-trail-of-breadcrumbs/#comment-17107 There are those that do and those that explain. There are those that do and those that explain.

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