Comments on: “The Flickering Mind”

By: jlietze

jlietze — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:16:35 +0000

@Paul Harrington ICT definitely brings engagement to a higher level.
A good point about learning styles Paul, we do need to cater for all the children and there are many who thrive using ICT.
I also agree, we need to teach our students to read and be discerning – maybe I was a little hasty with the comment regarding the many opinions on the web. Upon reflection I can see there is also lots of opinion in the library too!
Paul I’m not sure what you meant by “new technology is by its nature not expensive” – you should see our ICT hardware budget!

By: Paul Harrington

Paul Harrington — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:14:44 +0000

Hi there from Wales – A wonderfully thought provoking post, I can see there is going to be a high quality of discussion here – RSS feed (yes).
Regarding The Flickering Mind – I think that from an educational point of view the positives of engagement and collaboration far outweigh the negatives. ~Indeed some of the negatives can be turned into positives – eg while use of the computer may not suit every child’s learning style – not using it will drastically reduce the benefit for those for whom it is a way to free their creativity – we surely need to give opportunity to all pupils to reach their full potential. As for the web being full of opinions – isn’t it our job to allow our pupils to access a range of sources and to react critically to them ??? New technology is by its nature not expensive ( I rarely touch anything in Web 2.0 terms which is going to cost me money. While other sources of information for my pupils certainly do cost.
Thanks for the post – it may well force me to read ‘The Flickering Mind’

By: Rocky

Rocky — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:31:12 +0000

Hey well done Jamin, great start to your blog. Thanks for inspiring me to read ‘The Flickering Mind’.

By: Rachel Boyd

Rachel Boyd — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:05:28 +0000

Hmmm the lure of the “wing dings” is often too great, especially for students in upper primary, luckily this is not too much of a threat for me
A great post to start with Jamin

By: technotuesday

technotuesday — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:31:54 +0000

You are definitely on your way to making heavy contributions to the blogosphere conversations. This was a great post!

By: Jo McLeay

Jo McLeay — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:15:50 +0000

Hello and welcome to the edublogosphere. I really enjoyed your summary of the book and was glad to see both positives and negatives. Thanks for this

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:41:23 +0000

Thanks for this! It looks like an interesting read.
Amanda

By: Allanahk

Allanahk — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:16:57 +0000

I am so proud to be one of the first to comment on your brand new edublog. Welcome to the NZ blogging community.

Thanks also for leaving a comment on our Voicethread.

http://voicethread.com/share/15642/