Comments on: Putting Something Back http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-53624 Doug Noon Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:52:00 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-53624 Barbara, I'm not holding out for the "need to completely renovate" solution because I'm pretty sure we'd just put the same old thing back. I'm trying to focus on my own part, but I still find myself making speeches to whoever will listen. So I guess I have a ways to go. :) Good to hear from you. Oh, yeah. I'm in Fairbanks. Been here a long long time. Barbara, I’m not holding out for the “need to completely renovate” solution because I’m pretty sure we’d just put the same old thing back. I’m trying to focus on my own part, but I still find myself making speeches to whoever will listen. So I guess I have a ways to go. :)

Good to hear from you. Oh, yeah. I’m in Fairbanks. Been here a long long time.

]]> By: Barbara Stahlhut http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-53559 Barbara Stahlhut Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:24:44 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-53559 Thank you Doug for your post. I have been involved with staff development for the past two years at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. I still struggle with the balance between 'throwing out' the old and 'modifying' the old. At present, I am leaning toward the need to completely renovate the structure of "school". I picture an educational system with no walls (connected globally to the world) and no hours (continual learning). I am not sure those concepts are possible in the current educational structure which involves high stake testing, lack of adequate funding, and people who are sometimes slow to embrace the need to change. Your idea that blogging “is a way of caring for and contributing to a community of practice.” is wonderful. I have added your blog to my Google Reader. You can count on me as one of your regular readers. BTW, where in Alaska are you? Thank you Doug for your post. I have been involved with staff development for the past two years at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. I still struggle with the balance between ‘throwing out’ the old and ‘modifying’ the old. At present, I am leaning toward the need to completely renovate the structure of “school”. I picture an educational system with no walls (connected globally to the world) and no hours (continual learning). I am not sure those concepts are possible in the current educational structure which involves high stake testing, lack of adequate funding, and people who are sometimes slow to embrace the need to change.

Your idea that blogging “is a way of caring for and contributing to a community of practice.” is wonderful. I have added your blog to my Google Reader. You can count on me as one of your regular readers. BTW, where in Alaska are you?

]]> By: Mark Ahlness http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-51906 Mark Ahlness Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:41:06 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-51906 Doug, I hope your course goes well. Those seeds you plant this week will come back when and how they choose. Being able to cast away expectations of return is one of the rewards of truly and simply giving something away. I look forward to hearing more - Mark Doug, I hope your course goes well. Those seeds you plant this week will come back when and how they choose. Being able to cast away expectations of return is one of the rewards of truly and simply giving something away. I look forward to hearing more - Mark

]]> By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-51694 Doug Noon Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:40:00 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-51694 I'll have a look at your site. I'm gathering resources at the moment, so your work there may come in handy for what I've got in mind. I'll be writing more about this in the next few weeks, as things develop. thanks I’ll have a look at your site. I’m gathering resources at the moment, so your work there may come in handy for what I’ve got in mind. I’ll be writing more about this in the next few weeks, as things develop. thanks

]]> By: Kristian Still http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-51692 Kristian Still Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:40:10 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/09/29/putting-something-back/#comment-51692 Doug, I wonder if you would like to join Mary and I. We have tried to collaborate and put together an introduction to edtech tools. (We dont have that term here in the UK). Its based around a wiki and we would love to hear from you and your contributors / fellow educators. Hopefully you will give it some consideration. http://educationaltechology101.wikispaces.com/ Doug, I wonder if you would like to join Mary and I. We have tried to collaborate and put together an introduction to edtech tools. (We dont have that term here in the UK).

Its based around a wiki and we would love to hear from you and your contributors / fellow educators. Hopefully you will give it some consideration.

http://educationaltechology101.wikispaces.com/

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