Comments on: Learning Isn’t Scripted http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:21:32 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Learning Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on eLearning - Powered by SocialRank http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/comment-page-1/#comment-51764 Learning Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on eLearning - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:52:58 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/#comment-51764 [...] Learning Isn’t Scripted [...] [...] Learning Isn’t Scripted [...]

]]> By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/comment-page-1/#comment-50195 Doug Noon Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:02:57 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/#comment-50195 Hi Mary, It's fun to hear from a neighbor. I'm curious about the "courtesy placement" that isn't through the university, and what your plans for teaching might be. Most everything I do is a work in progress. Planning has it's benefits, but observation and revision are underrated as skill set components in teacher education training. It wasn't until I got past being observed every day as a student teacher that I realized everything doesn't have to "go well" and that one part of teaching well is building on what I've been doing, making it better, whatever that might be. Hi Mary, It’s fun to hear from a neighbor. I’m curious about the “courtesy placement” that isn’t through the university, and what your plans for teaching might be.

Most everything I do is a work in progress. Planning has it’s benefits, but observation and revision are underrated as skill set components in teacher education training. It wasn’t until I got past being observed every day as a student teacher that I realized everything doesn’t have to “go well” and that one part of teaching well is building on what I’ve been doing, making it better, whatever that might be.

]]> By: Mary http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/comment-page-1/#comment-50158 Mary Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:04:05 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/#comment-50158 I'm in my fourth week student teaching at Barnette - a 12 week courtesy placement, not through UAF - and on reading this post, I realized that I've been letting lesson plans that don't *go* to plan get me down. I totally understand the need - at this stage in my game - to get the standards, details, differentiation, objectives, etc ironed out and try my best to stick with them. Those foundations are key. But knowing the flexibility of 'Beta' lessons, the joint-learning and true discovery are there waiting on the other side of all this is heartening. Thanks. I’m in my fourth week student teaching at Barnette – a 12 week courtesy placement, not through UAF – and on reading this post, I realized that I’ve been letting lesson plans that don’t *go* to plan get me down. I totally understand the need – at this stage in my game – to get the standards, details, differentiation, objectives, etc ironed out and try my best to stick with them. Those foundations are key. But knowing the flexibility of ‘Beta’ lessons, the joint-learning and true discovery are there waiting on the other side of all this is heartening. Thanks.

]]> By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/comment-page-1/#comment-50008 Doug Noon Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:09:56 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/#comment-50008 I get this image of a siamese fighting fish from thinking, "It's OK to be beta." Always in beta, yeah. I get this image of a siamese fighting fish from thinking, “It’s OK to be beta.” Always in beta, yeah.

]]> By: Melissa Garner http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/comment-page-1/#comment-49960 Melissa Garner Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:45:25 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/09/learning-isnt-scripted/#comment-49960 Just so you know, I'm pointing to this post as a perfect example of a phrase that I hope we'll be using as the slogan for our instructional technology teachers group: It's OK to be beta. I stole it from the presentation at NECC called "Information fluency meets Web 2.0". It's available as a podcast if you're interested. Keep up the good work, Doug! It's great to visit your classroom through your thoughts. And I, too, appreciate the comments. Everything I read helps me connect more to good instructional practice. Thanks. Just so you know, I’m pointing to this post as a perfect example of a phrase that I hope we’ll be using as the slogan for our instructional technology teachers group: It’s OK to be beta. I stole it from the presentation at NECC called “Information fluency meets Web 2.0″. It’s available as a podcast if you’re interested.

Keep up the good work, Doug! It’s great to visit your classroom through your thoughts. And I, too, appreciate the comments. Everything I read helps me connect more to good instructional practice. Thanks.

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