Comments on: Do you have time for beauty? http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/ Learning stuff since 1964 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darryl Gennaro http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-33206 Darryl Gennaro Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:50:57 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-33206 I am looking for some material on Alto Saxaphones and I've just stumbled upon this blog! An interesting read which I thought to be of value. I look forward to have more time to read more. I am looking for some material on Alto Saxaphones and I’ve just stumbled upon this blog! An interesting read which I thought to be of value. I look forward to have more time to read more.

]]> By: TigerTom http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30250 TigerTom Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:55:29 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30250 Depends on how good the music is. I speed up to get past guitarists and saxaphone players. Anything else I'll heed for a bit. Depends on how good the music is. I speed up to get past guitarists and saxaphone players. Anything else I’ll heed for a bit.

]]> By: Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » All we are saying, is give Joy a chance http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30223 Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » All we are saying, is give Joy a chance Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:18:43 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30223 [...] get especially idealistic about the possibilities of new learning opportunities for students. First beauty, now [...] [...] get especially idealistic about the possibilities of new learning opportunities for students. First beauty, now [...]

]]> By: Do you have the time? | A Piece of My Mind http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30222 Do you have the time? | A Piece of My Mind Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:12:02 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30222 [...] am re-posting below a blog post from my good friend Dean Shareski entitled “Do you have time for beauty.” I think where [...] [...] am re-posting below a blog post from my good friend Dean Shareski entitled “Do you have time for beauty.” I think where [...]

]]> By: Silvia Tolisano http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30206 Silvia Tolisano Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:40:20 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30206 Dean, It was very interesting to read your take on of the above video. When I saw the video first, I compared it to many conferences that I attended, where presentations of well known people are standing room only, while other "excellent" ones are barely attended. Take a look at the direction the conversation around the same video took on <a href="http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/06/22/who-would-listen/" rel="nofollow">Who Would Listen?</a> Silvia Tolisano aka Langwitches Dean,
It was very interesting to read your take on of the above video.

When I saw the video first, I compared it to many conferences that I attended, where presentations of well known people are standing room only, while other “excellent” ones are barely attended.

Take a look at the direction the conversation around the same video took on Who Would Listen?

Silvia Tolisano
aka Langwitches

]]> By: Dean Shareski http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30197 Dean Shareski Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:23:47 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30197 Dave, I'm not so sure I'd blame the internet for this. I think we all can get a bit jaded and busy and miss really great things that happen everyday. I think it's a choice we make to stop and enjoy life. In the video, there's a woman who stops and while everyone else moves by her, she is focused on the music and drinks it in. Anyone can do that. I agree we have more distractions but it's too easy to blame external things rather than committing individually to make good and right choices. Dave,

I’m not so sure I’d blame the internet for this. I think we all can get a bit jaded and busy and miss really great things that happen everyday. I think it’s a choice we make to stop and enjoy life. In the video, there’s a woman who stops and while everyone else moves by her, she is focused on the music and drinks it in. Anyone can do that.

I agree we have more distractions but it’s too easy to blame external things rather than committing individually to make good and right choices.

]]> By: Dave http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30196 Dave Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:15:06 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30196 One of the worst parts of growing up is becoming comfortable with the idea that interesting things are always at hand, and therefore not so interesting any more. A friend took me out to the country this weekend to show me a donkey she took care of for several months, and it was hard to get excited, even though it was such a fun, fascinating, unique experience. I find the Internet contributes to this. I seek out the best blogs to read and the best articles to base my learning on, which means that the things that I produce, that my peers and friends produce, get judged against the very best in the world, constantly. By shrinking the world, the Internet has raised the bar for everyone, and the higher standard ends up being depressing just as often as it is an inspiration. One of the worst parts of growing up is becoming comfortable with the idea that interesting things are always at hand, and therefore not so interesting any more. A friend took me out to the country this weekend to show me a donkey she took care of for several months, and it was hard to get excited, even though it was such a fun, fascinating, unique experience.

I find the Internet contributes to this. I seek out the best blogs to read and the best articles to base my learning on, which means that the things that I produce, that my peers and friends produce, get judged against the very best in the world, constantly. By shrinking the world, the Internet has raised the bar for everyone, and the higher standard ends up being depressing just as often as it is an inspiration.

]]> By: Sara Kajder http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30192 Sara Kajder Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:07:45 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30192 Oh how I needed that reminder today... This is much of what I find myself telling my preservice teachers, and you've encouraged me to give the tasks a re-read with an eye on slowing them down and helping them to really see students, their teaching context, etc. To that end, I'm changing one of our digital storytelling tasks - using the camera to "read" a school. No faces allowed - but you need to show us what you see. Represent people - use backs of heads, open backpacks, etc. Most importantly, stop and notice what you notice about your teaching space. It is a bit of an experiment - but I'm curious about how reading their images - and across their images - we'll be able to open up a conversation that should tunnel more deeply than what we've done in the past... Oh how I needed that reminder today… This is much of what I find myself telling my preservice teachers, and you’ve encouraged me to give the tasks a re-read with an eye on slowing them down and helping them to really see students, their teaching context, etc. To that end, I’m changing one of our digital storytelling tasks – using the camera to “read” a school. No faces allowed – but you need to show us what you see. Represent people – use backs of heads, open backpacks, etc. Most importantly, stop and notice what you notice about your teaching space. It is a bit of an experiment – but I’m curious about how reading their images – and across their images – we’ll be able to open up a conversation that should tunnel more deeply than what we’ve done in the past…

]]> By: Lauren O'Grady http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30191 Lauren O'Grady Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:22:48 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30191 Thanks Dean for this timely reminder to stop, listen, celebrate and reflect. This made me think about a few students who I have worked with but never really stopped and gave them the recognition they fully deserved. Sometimes we have a habit of accepting amazing talent as commonplace in an attempt to support the student. I see that this is not always the case and that we need to find a balance between appreciating and accepting. Thanks for your sermon, makes me again remember to look for colour not shades of grey Lauren Lauren O'Gradys last blog post..<a href="http://ogrady.globalteacher.org.au/2008/08/31/teacher-20-i-must-have-lost-my-auto-update/" rel="nofollow">Teacher 2.0 ? Have we gone label mad?</a> Thanks Dean for this timely reminder to stop, listen, celebrate and reflect. This made me think about a few students who I have worked with but never really stopped and gave them the recognition they fully deserved. Sometimes we have a habit of accepting amazing talent as commonplace in an attempt to support the student. I see that this is not always the case and that we need to find a balance between appreciating and accepting.
Thanks for your sermon, makes me again remember to look for colour not shades of grey
Lauren

Lauren O’Gradys last blog post..Teacher 2.0 ? Have we gone label mad?

]]> By: John Connell » Blog Archive » Busking, bravery…and beauty http://ideasandthoughts.org/2008/08/31/do-you-have-time-for-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-30190 John Connell » Blog Archive » Busking, bravery…and beauty Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:34:21 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/?p=693#comment-30190 [...] post from Dean Shareski - I’ll let him [...] [...] post from Dean Shareski – I’ll let him [...]

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