Comments on: Is it just me? http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/ Learning stuff since 1964 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bill Fennell http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-30885 Bill Fennell Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:34:23 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-30885 Perhaps you have a case of undiagnosed ADD? <abbr><em>Bill Fennells last blog post..<a href="http://williamfennellinternetmarketing.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-makes-great-pizza.html" rel="nofollow">What makes a great pizza?</a></abbr></em> Perhaps you have a case of undiagnosed ADD?

Bill Fennells last blog post..What makes a great pizza?

]]> By: Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Top 5 Blog Posts I Wrote in 2007 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-28224 Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Top 5 Blog Posts I Wrote in 2007 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:09:23 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-28224 [...] Is it just me….this post from April signaled the beginning of many similar posts and thoughts and is helping my structure learning experiences to move away from this model [...] [...] Is it just me….this post from April signaled the beginning of many similar posts and thoughts and is helping my structure learning experiences to move away from this model [...]

]]> By: David Truss http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26363 David Truss Thu, 10 May 2007 04:49:41 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26363 Congratulations on taking ownership for your own learning. Once you do that, you can't go back. It is like leaving Plato's cave, you can't live in the shadows any longer. In the Read/Write web we are masters of our own (and other's) domain! [As a Jerry Seinfeld fan, that doesn't sound right- forgive me.] We choose the topic/the page. We choose the path/the hyperlink. We choose to interact when, and where we wish... We engage and we learn. If a presenter doesn't challenge us like we challenge ourselves... well we just won't sit idly by in the shadows. We can't. Congratulations on taking ownership for your own learning. Once you do that, you can’t go back. It is like leaving Plato’s cave, you can’t live in the shadows any longer. In the Read/Write web we are masters of our own (and other’s) domain!
[As a Jerry Seinfeld fan, that doesn't sound right- forgive me.]
We choose the topic/the page. We choose the path/the hyperlink. We choose to interact when, and where we wish… We engage and we learn.
If a presenter doesn’t challenge us like we challenge ourselves… well we just won’t sit idly by in the shadows. We can’t.

]]> By: Saskboy http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26299 Saskboy Wed, 02 May 2007 00:17:58 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26299 "Am I just lazy? " From the energy in your presentation, it's obvious you're no more lazy than the children who refuse to pay attention to classes that don't interest them. It's just like Ian was saying, if the material presented doesn't engage, and apply to something that both interests the learner, and relats to something they already know, the information is quickly forgotten. We have too many information inputs to retain the details of topics we aren't a part of creating and directing (which I'm thinking is why political participation is so very low among young people). “Am I just lazy? ”

From the energy in your presentation, it’s obvious you’re no more lazy than the children who refuse to pay attention to classes that don’t interest them. It’s just like Ian was saying, if the material presented doesn’t engage, and apply to something that both interests the learner, and relats to something they already know, the information is quickly forgotten. We have too many information inputs to retain the details of topics we aren’t a part of creating and directing (which I’m thinking is why political participation is so very low among young people).

]]> By: Olivia Morris http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26285 Olivia Morris Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:05:10 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26285 No, it’s not just you. I behave the same; for example, if a presenter does not engage me from the beginning my mind takes off on the other things I need to get done after the presentation is over. However, if there is a group discussion or some form of classroom activity after the presentation, I would listen to the content to ensure that I could participate afterwards. The motivation is what I need to do with the content, if all that’s required is just for me to listen, then the presenter has just lost me because I like to multitask and would find other things for my mind to do during the presentation. I like stories, personal experiences, new discoveries and ideas. A presenter, who challenges me to think of creative ways to do something I already know, would definitely gain my attention. There is a price to this, sometimes I come across spacey, but in fact, I am thinking about a great idea for a business or a book or something. No, it’s not just you. I behave the same; for example, if a presenter does not engage me from the beginning my mind takes off on the other things I need to get done after the presentation is over. However, if there is a group discussion or some form of classroom activity after the presentation, I would listen to the content to ensure that I could participate afterwards. The motivation is what I need to do with the content, if all that’s required is just for me to listen, then the presenter has just lost me because I like to multitask and would find other things for my mind to do during the presentation. I like stories, personal experiences, new discoveries and ideas. A presenter, who challenges me to think of creative ways to do something I already know, would definitely gain my attention. There is a price to this, sometimes I come across spacey, but in fact, I am thinking about a great idea for a business or a book or something.

]]> By: Jamie Tubbs http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26283 Jamie Tubbs Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:39:45 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26283 Love the last few lines of your post. I'm going to quote them in my next presentation. Love the last few lines of your post. I’m going to quote them in my next presentation.

]]> By: Darren Kuropatwa http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26278 Darren Kuropatwa Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:26:34 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26278 It's not just you ... I'm the same way. If I'm not learning something new or having my thinking challenged in some way I get bored ... fast. For all that, I don't agree with Prensky "that engagement is more important than content". Content is king! It sounds to me like part of the problem in the session you were in was the content. Some of Diane's suggestions for the content would have been more engaging. I think engagement flows from strong content delivered in an interactive setting. i.e. Prensky's got it backwards. ;-) Cheers! It’s not just you … I’m the same way. If I’m not learning something new or having my thinking challenged in some way I get bored … fast.

For all that, I don’t agree with Prensky “that engagement is more important than content”. Content is king! It sounds to me like part of the problem in the session you were in was the content. Some of Diane’s suggestions for the content would have been more engaging. I think engagement flows from strong content delivered in an interactive setting. i.e. Prensky’s got it backwards. ;-)

Cheers!

]]> By: Stephen Rahn http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26277 Stephen Rahn Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:07:58 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26277 It's like you were reading my mind when you posted this. As a sometime conference presenter, I have to be careful not to fall into these traps. Your post will help me remember that! It’s like you were reading my mind when you posted this. As a sometime conference presenter, I have to be careful not to fall into these traps. Your post will help me remember that!

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26276 Graham Wegner Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:43:08 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26276 Read <a href="http://pedagogyofthecompressed.blogspot.com/2007/03/scraping-feeding-and-spitting-out-flnw2.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>. You are not alone. Read this. You are not alone.

]]> By: Diane Hammond http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26274 Diane Hammond Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:13:39 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26274 "Part of the issue is the topic. Using Technology in the Cree Classroom." That's a BIG part of the problem. When will we learn that it's so <i>not</i> about the technology? How about "Cree Students - Making Connections across Canada (or North America)"? Or... "Cree Students - Digitizing Our Stories"? Anything with context would be more engaging. “Part of the issue is the topic. Using Technology in the Cree Classroom.”

That’s a BIG part of the problem. When will we learn that it’s so not about the technology? How about “Cree Students – Making Connections across Canada (or North America)”? Or… “Cree Students – Digitizing Our Stories”? Anything with context would be more engaging.

]]> By: Alan http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26273 Alan Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:59:06 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26273 Nothing wrong with you, and you have company. My yardstick when captured in this prison cells is to ask, "Is this content I could have gotten in other media forms instead of listening to someone talk about it?" -- like could I glean as much from reading it, or watching it online. Unless a presenter adds something to the mix, makes it something more than just content I could absorb by other means, well... I am heads down on the laptop. Nothing wrong with you, and you have company.

My yardstick when captured in this prison cells is to ask, “Is this content I could have gotten in other media forms instead of listening to someone talk about it?” — like could I glean as much from reading it, or watching it online.

Unless a presenter adds something to the mix, makes it something more than just content I could absorb by other means, well… I am heads down on the laptop.

]]> By: Jim http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/comment-page-1/#comment-26270 Jim Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:18:03 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/04/26/is-it-just-me/#comment-26270 All of the above! All of the above!

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