Rethinking Learning

Rethinking Learning

conversations about the future of teaching and learning

Barbara Bray

be creative, innovate, take risks, unlearn to learn

Oakland, CA

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Change? Future? What are we really talking about?
By Barbara Bray May 27, 2007 -- 08:28 AM
In some classrooms around the country technology changes the way teachers interact with students. Isn�t this still using traditional methods? Okay - there are laptop classrooms with one-to-one initiatives. Students are in groups doing collaborative work. That�s cool! But are we tapping into the way technology is changing everything else in our world? How about looking at what students are doing now? Our college, high school, and middle school students are using social networks like MySpace and FaceBook. I�ve talked to my niece who txt msgs and has more social time in FaceBook with ... more...

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Technology and Culture
By Barbara Bray May 25, 2007 -- 08:53 PM
So this is the theme for my next article. Decided to brainstorm here and figured that I might get some ideas from you. The world is smaller now than it ever has been. And flat... You can produce your own books, publish your writings, and connect with a student in India as your tutor. mmmm... culture? What does that mean now? So more people speak English but now more people in China speak in their first language on the Internet. How do we connect with each other? Do all of our communications go through a translation program first? With the discussion of digital immigrants vs digital natives, I started ... more...

Comments: 1 Last Comment By Andrew Reid August 4, 2007 -- 01:34 AM

future classrooms?
By Barbara Bray May 15, 2007 -- 10:59 AM
I was looking for information on active boards and was sent some information about multi-user multi-touch screens. Then found several presentations by Jeff Han on his multi-user technology. Too cool so have to share:

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Are you a Change Agent?
By Barbara Bray May 11, 2007 -- 09:00 AM
Technology specialists and coordinators are finding that their jobs are becoming tentative - even librarians are losing hold in some districts - especially in California. So what I�m seeing are more tech people in districts, regional centers, state departments around the country are finding ways to recreate new positions for themselves. Many are creating courses that are hosted on their own servers - blogging with other techies - using Web 2.0 tools. Social networking is cool! Are we using them the right way? I have been talking ... more...

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rethought the title
By Barbara Bray May 7, 2007 -- 08:26 AM
I keep rethinking what learning is all about - so thought - why not change the title of this blog? I know that my focus is on professional development but I think professional development needs to change to reflect learning for students and teachers and administrators and parents and... everyone. This digital landscape is affecting every facet of our lives especially learning. I�m putting this out there to shake things up - do we need schools? At least the schools we have today? I read Marc Prensky�s article in Educational Leadership "Listen to the Natives" and see this with people under 25. ... more...

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Future Set in 2015
By Barbara Bray April 24, 2007 -- 10:11 AM
This was in the Blue Web�n newsletter and shared by Linda Benafel on the techstaffdevelop listserv. Title: Making It Happen URL: http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/new-master1.html Description: Epic 2014 is the original flash online movie made by Robin Sloan for the Museum of Media History. Set in 2014, it charts the history of the Internet, the evolving mediascape and the way news and newspapers were affected by the growth in online news. It coined the word "Googlezon" from a future merger of Google and Amazon to form the Google grid, and speaks of news wars with the Times becoming a print only ... more...

Comments: 1 Last Comment By Barbara Bray May 10, 2007 -- 07:07 AM

RSS as Professional Development?
By Barbara Bray April 24, 2007 -- 08:23 AM
What does Professional Development mean to you? I was reading through different blogs on community, pd, Web 2.0, and decided that with Web 2.0, community can mean anything to you and maybe something completely different to me. So how does community fit with PD? I see how Dean Shareski explains the whole �professional development via RSS�... more...

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Connecting in a Flat World
By Barbara Bray April 3, 2007 -- 07:50 AM
Two issues I would like to explore: a desire for authentic learning opportunities creating learning experiences that are engaging and fun How do you harness the power of like-minded individuals across long distances to reinforce online training, on-site coaching, learning with engagement, ongoing participation, and encourage them to continue coming back to their online community? How do you phase in a community-building approac... more...

Comments: 3 Last Comment By Linda Ullah April 28, 2007 -- 06:25 AM

Blog about Blogging
By Barbara Bray March 28, 2007 -- 08:09 AM
Kimberly Moritz, a high school principal from Gowanda School District, wrote a blog about blogging with students that I wanted to share with you. It�s a mistake to ask teachers to blog with their students. It causes anxiety and worry about too many things. Teachers may worry that their own writing will be judged. They worry about inappropriate comments and linking to undesirable places and people. They also figure they don�t have anything to say. That�s why I say �forget blogging with your kids.� Blog for you, for your own learning. What do you think? more...

Comments: 2 Last Comment By Bill McGrath April 4, 2007 -- 12:53 PM

What's really a Community?
By Barbara Bray January 3, 2007 -- 10:27 PM
Social networks encourage people to find others via tags. What do most people do when they find others? FaceBook lets you build a list of friends. Some teens have over 800 friends listed. Are these friends that they can call on, collaborate with, share stories a real community? There are so many cool Web 2.0 tools that let you do neat things: Digg a news article and see it go to the top of the list; view and share videos on YouTube - why watch TV anymore? - you can even embed the videos on your blog; Bloglines lets you keep tabs on any changes on other blogs. Are you thinking what I�m thinking? ... more...

Comments: 1 Last Comment By Sheri Barker February 9, 2007 -- 08:49 AM

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