tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3692067574614653754.post4951546232088305557..comments2024-03-26T10:24:43.075-07:00Comments on Monday Molly Musings: Before a movement becomes a bandwagonMZMollyTLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17565896547458451347noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3692067574614653754.post-42514041845728723832012-04-15T12:55:09.536-07:002012-04-15T12:55:09.536-07:00Thanks for your comments Brenda.
(*squee! Brenda ...Thanks for your comments Brenda. <br />(*squee! Brenda reads my blog!!* Okay, back to professional Diana now...)<br /><br />Great point about Dewey and project-based learning. Is it the pendulum? Is it the desire to come up with something new, even though these ideas have existed before? <br /><br />My husband once told me that "the golden age" of any hobby is the time when you as an individual first discover it yourself. He's into old-school role-playing games, so for him, the zenith was when he first started playing them in the 1970s. For younger players, it's when they first began to play, be it the 1980s or 1990s. Maybe it's the same for educators who use technology - it didn't start 'til their own eyes were opened or they themselves started using it. <br /><br />My follow-up question is this: how will educators "commit to discourse and [a] community of learning to delve into good pedagogy?" What must they do? What must they give up? Marking their territory (with a good piddle like our canine friends) or one-upmanship won't help the cause but the urge to claim is a tough one to tamper down. Brenda, might this be a blog post topic for you in the future? I hope so!MZMollyTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565896547458451347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3692067574614653754.post-42019833208958689432012-04-09T18:47:53.788-07:002012-04-09T18:47:53.788-07:00Interesting that folks don't realize that educ...Interesting that folks don't realize that educators actually began using computers in classrooms in the '70's! Just ask @peterskillen how frustrating it is to hear teachers talk about 'the beginning' as the beginning of gaming, or twitter, or blogging - when Seymour Papert's Logo was actually the beginning of educational computing - and when teachers like Peter have been using computers (and not in trivial ways) with kids since the '70s. <br /><br />The logo folks went through this angst too Molly, and I'm seeing it all the time. Imagine Dewey's frustration when we haven't even got project-based learning right since he began talking about it in 1918? ;) <br /><br />I do think we are on the cusp of bringing the good stuff into the mainstream and to shift traditional classrooms, but it will mean that educators will need to commit to the discourse and community of learning that is required to go deeper into good pedagogy. That's a commitment that isn't everyone's cup of tea I'm discovering. <br /><br />What about Socrates...wonder what he'd say?Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05370968652493055824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3692067574614653754.post-51350591469470565142012-04-09T14:02:58.110-07:002012-04-09T14:02:58.110-07:00"Artificial" vs authentic - yes, that..."Artificial" vs authentic - yes, that's just the type of split that I fear. I don't want it to just be "the newest educational trend" that people throw into their vocabulary to look progressive. Remember PLCs? I think Richard DuFour and some of the other people who were around in the beginning would be sad to see how warped their original ideas have become. PLCs you are "voluntold" to join aren't genuine - they aren't authentic.MZMollyTLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17565896547458451347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3692067574614653754.post-54769593313414554462012-04-09T12:36:10.337-07:002012-04-09T12:36:10.337-07:00Makes me nervous too! I dunno what to think about ...Makes me nervous too! I dunno what to think about it all yet. It just feels like GBL runs the risk of becoming artifical -a thinly veiled curriculum pusher rather than being used as an educational driver.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683014882115393777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3692067574614653754.post-13073613808335477402012-04-09T12:18:34.333-07:002012-04-09T12:18:34.333-07:00Right on MzMolly! I fear there is little we can do...Right on MzMolly! I fear there is little we can do with the ones showing up and declaring they have discovered games in education. <br /><br />It happened with blogs. It happened with online social networks and it happened with twitter. It also happened with comics and school. It will happen with video games. It is happening with video games. <br /><br />In reality, no one "owns" any of these things and all should be made welcome. But I agree it can be frustrating when all you want to scream is "Yer doing it wrong!!!" <br /><br />Personally, I think we just need to continue to say our piece in blogs, twitters and beyond and hopefully help frame the conversation. Because the conversation is going to happen anyway. <br /><br />You do this every week in this blog and have been gaming in school longer than anyone I know. Keep being outspoken about this! They will hear what you have to say. Getting them to listen, that's a different story . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com