Session 2 - Live Blog Live Blogging

Session 2

(07/16/2008)

10:37

Michael Richards:

Finally got enough bandwidth

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:37 Michael Richards

10:38

Michael Richards:

Darren had us take a picture and sent it off to flickr.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:38 Michael Richards

10:38

Michael Richards:

What can I do Know that I couldn't do Before? is the name of the session.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:38 Michael Richards

10:39

Michael Richards:

Watch it Do It Teach it

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:39 Michael Richards

10:39

Michael Richards:

How can I get them (students) to make their thinking more transparent?

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:39 Michael Richards

10:40

Michael Richards:

Galleries of Thought: published work to see their thought

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:40 Michael Richards

10:41

Michael Richards:

Tools: Hyperlinks, tagging, RSS (you can publish and push instead of pull)

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:41 Michael Richards

10:44

Michael Richards:

Here is Darren's wiki for the session http://dkuropatwablc08.pbwiki.com/What+Can+I+Do+Now+That+I+Couldn%27t+Do+Before?

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:44 Michael Richards

10:46

Michael Richards:

Each child has there own tag to store their learning

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:46 Michael Richards

10:47

Michael Richards:

Using cell phones is a very powerful tool in class even though it is banned in many classrooms.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:47 Michael Richards

10:48

Michael Richards:

Darren is troubleshooting

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:48 Michael Richards

10:49

Michael Richards:

Please be patient

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:49 Michael Richards

10:52

Michael Richards:

Darren explains the power of keeping stuff online (he switched computers)

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:52 Michael Richards

10:56

Michael Richards:

Kids in his class took their cell phone and had them take a picture representative of the lessons learned.

Within flickr there are notes embedded to extend the learning.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:56 Michael Richards

10:58

Michael Richards:

Each lesson, each class has a tag and he can search to find which students completed the assignment

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:58 Michael Richards

10:59

[Comment From JenWagnerJenWagner: ]

ustream??? Thanks

Wednesday July 16, 2008 10:59 JenWagner

11:00

Michael Richards:

@Jen We are having major bandwidth issues (new currency). Darren has borrowed someone's cell phone card to present.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:00 Michael Richards

11:01

Michael Richards:

Kids have been creative with their thinking by using photos and embedding notes. They see math in places they never would have thought have before.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:01 Michael Richards

11:02

Michael Richards:

Darren started to work on the rubric and realized that they kids should be creating it. He invited them tot he Google Doc and helped to develop the rubric.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:02 Michael Richards

11:03

Michael Richards:

His kids are well versed in digital ethics

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:03 Michael Richards

11:04

Michael Richards:

Finding the focus...descriptors, weighting, creativity

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:04 Michael Richards

11:05

Michael Richards:

The initial document was messy but powerful

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:05 Michael Richards

11:05

Michael Richards:

darren blogged it "Flick Assignment Rubric"

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:05 Michael Richards

11:06

Michael Richards:

Creativity was not part of the final rubric (as a bonus).

Kids assesed then Darren

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:06 Michael Richards

11:07

Michael Richards:

The kids were told no faces but kids were creative in their workaround

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:07 Michael Richards

11:08

Michael Richards:

They found math everywhere, even a dentist's office.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:08 Michael Richards

11:10

Michael Richards:

Difficulities:

Kids had a hard time finding the picture (just keep an eye out). Ideas were being swallowed up.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:10 Michael Richards

11:11

Michael Richards:

One child was at a Red Hot Chilli Pepper concert and was thinking about the flickr assignement. Too Cool!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:11 Michael Richards

11:11

Michael Richards:

Math is not an isoteric class.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:11 Michael Richards

11:11

Michael Richards:

Kids realized that math is every where!

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:11 Michael Richards

11:13

Michael Richards:

If it doesn't build capacity and thinking he doesn't have time for it. Too much material to cover.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:13 Michael Richards

11:13

Michael Richards:

Kids were able to relate the work in class to their view of the world.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:13 Michael Richards

11:14

Michael Richards:

Push Me Pull You

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:14 Michael Richards

11:14

Michael Richards:

links tags and rss pulls it all together

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:14 Michael Richards

11:15

Michael Richards:

art teacher uses flickr to embed notes within art work to explain concepts and history. Another teacher did the same thing but let the kids embed the notes.

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:15 Michael Richards

11:15

Michael Richards:

Talking about Developing Expert Voices

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:15 Michael Richards

11:17

Michael Richards:

what do grades mean? worth nothing because they don't measure the successes in class

Wednesday July 16, 2008 11:17 Michael Richards

11:17

Michael Richards:

student voices to expert voices