Comments on: Words, Phrases and Acronyms that Bug Me

By: PLNs and OERs and TLAs make Me Want To… - CogDogBlog

PLNs and OERs and TLAs make Me Want To… - CogDogBlog — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:53:15 +0000

[...] not alone lately in the grumbling about PLNs so called “personal learning [...]

By: starcol.org

starcol.org — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:15:50 +0000

bad

By: Word Nonsense of The Present « MimiSaidSo's Blog

Word Nonsense of The Present « MimiSaidSo's Blog — Sun, 30 May 2010 14:32:14 +0000

[...] by my lovely CEP416 teacher at Michigan State, I came across this short but awesome one about annoying words, phrases and acronyms. Though a lot of it was web lingo that I never hear used, a couple of them, like LOL and and [...]

By: rose

rose — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:45:24 +0000

The one I dislike the most is about beating a dead horse
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rose
Outsourcing

By: I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends «Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:56:09 +0000

[...] of Regina, I’m once again grateful for the way a host of people, (known to some as a PLN) are so willing to support my students and me in our [...]

By: Lisa Chamberlin

Lisa Chamberlin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:59:50 +0000

Heard an annoying one on TV last night…"That's dope!" in reference to a quality singing performance – not an arrest by TV detectives. I assume it was "high" praise…
I'm out.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:15:48 +0000

woot is bad.

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:44:39 +0000

I especially hate “woot” especially when used in Twitter by Australians. And only D’Arcy Norman can make the word “borked” sound cool – another one for the Aussie drawl to avoid. And one more while I’m at it – people who only identify their location online by using a US state abbreviation. (WA? Washington or Western Australia?)

By: Claire Thompson

Claire Thompson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:42:03 +0000

Your post reminded me of a conference I attended three and a half years ago. The term (phrase?) web 2.0 was being bandied about by a lot of presenters. No one was really explaining what web 2.0 was though; I didn't know what it meant and so I felt excluded. If we want more of our colleagues to be using technology to enhance their learning and teaching we can't be using exclusive terminology, because, well, it excludes people!
Now here is more for the list:
- "my bad"–especially when uttered by a grown-up
- "24/7"–never liked it
- "very unique"–it is either unique or it isn't
Thanks for making me think and for bringing out my inner grumpy old man (love the photo!)

By: Bill Gaskins

Bill Gaskins — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:50:34 +0000

My skin crawls when a presenter tells us and brags about his/her PowerPoint….You think PowerPoint will change our life or you just said some so powerful…..

By: ink cartridges

ink cartridges — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:47:50 +0000

The one I don't like is LOL…..It sounds ugly…..and take back all the laugh I had.

By: Grant Taylor

Grant Taylor — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:15:09 +0000

As I once heard it put, "When the horse dies, dismount."

BTW, I couldn't reply to a specific post, the comment box had the word "null" and no typing was possible.

By: PowerPoint Templates

PowerPoint Templates — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:22:50 +0000

The one I dislike the most is about beating a dead horse

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:35:51 +0000

Weblog
LOL

By: Jean Tower

Jean Tower — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:44:27 +0000

I think jargon often comes across as trying too hard to sound "in the know" or cool. Everyone had good lists here and some comments were really funny.
I will add a few to the growing list:
in agreeance
sitch (for situation)
drill down
not my zoo, not my zebra
going foward

By: Carolann

Carolann — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:28:47 +0000

Actually let people keep using the words. (I am tired of them too) It makes it much easier to tell who is trying to look like they are smart from those who are. I'm trying to be positive for the month of December.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:00:32 +0000

That’s funny.

By: Rich Washabaugh

Rich Washabaugh — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:35:42 +0000

The latest administrative platitude that drives me up a wall: "it is what it is". Thank you, Mr. Potato Head, for saying nothing and wasting valuable oxygen.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:45:54 +0000

What an excellent blog you have here! In my mission to start my own writing blog this has given me real inspiration!
Thanks

By: LaRon Carter

LaRon Carter — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:32:07 +0000

You blog casted my man in the pic for the right role Dean. I could take mad notes listening to this guy's stories. I'm sure he'd have some phrases I haven't heard.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:07:39 +0000

Mike, I’m assuming you use the term in context with some explanations. My beef with it as well as PLN and digital native is that without some type of discussion, it has little value because either people don’t know what it means or have so many definitions, that it has no value.

By: Mike Caulfield

Mike Caulfield — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:36:28 +0000

I'd just add that I disagree on 21st century skills — while it may not be as useful as it might be internally, of all the things I've tried to use externally to get the point across to students and people outside of teaching, 21st century skills really causes people to think for a minute, rather than just react. I know it annoys some people, but it is just incredible useful at the moment….

By: Mike Caulfield

Mike Caulfield — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:19:34 +0000

I don't know what the solution is, b/c I used it all the time, but the proliferation of "X-based learning" has to end, or at least slow: Team-based Learning, Project-based Learning, Student-based Learning, Inquiry-Based Learning. I don't know what the solution is to this. The recent solution some do is to just replace "based" with "centered", which automatically updates any 80s or 90s theory into a late aughts theory, as in
"Inquiry-based learning is so 90s — I do inquiry-centered learning."
But that's not really solving anything.
I guess why I resent it is I'm forced to use it, b/c these things do refer to meaningful methodologies, but it makes things that are really helpful sound like just the latest model of buzzword. I'd rather say something like "Michaelsen's team approach" than team-based learning (ugh, it feels so HR coming out of my mouth….)
I also hate people using the phrase "What up?" as a variation of "What's up?". I have a good friend that does this all the time and I have never had the courage to tell her that sends me into facial tics.
I also agree that "za", while rare, is a word that could spur me to violence, potentially. It is really weird — I have no idea why I react to it that way, but it just makes me incredibly angry.

By: Chris Bell

Chris Bell — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:07:03 +0000

Hmm…kept trying to reply to a comment above (Digital Natives), but the editor kept producing a 'null' value. Anyways, I agree with Brett. So tired of that conversation–why continue to belabor the point?

By: Alan Levine

Alan Levine — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:55:11 +0000

Beyond being a smart****, I'll add some to the heap.
* "monetize" – educators fortunately don;t use it, but will stop reading almost anything that uses that word
* fluff words people use to sounds more aloof, like using "in order to" when all you have to say is "to"
* anything close to that phrase with "guide/side/sagestage"
* in addtion to PLN, through in PLE,VLE, and heck toss on the fire, LMS
* "technology is just a tool"
* "______ is dead" in referring to anything other than living beings

By: Rob Jacobs

Rob Jacobs — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:35:37 +0000

Response to Intervetion. Makes me look around for the psychologist and the couch. Also, I always capitalize the "t" and that is a major educational mistake.
Dyads and Triads confuse me too. Sounds very tribal. I like pairs or groups of three.
aggregate- I thought that was rock.

Brain Based Learning; is there another kind of learning? Liver based learning or pinky toe learning??
Cohorts- sounds like a skin problem.

By: Kim Cavanaugh

Kim Cavanaugh — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:14:03 +0000

My least favorite phrase is one that is totally overused in the tech industry for some reason: “At the end of the day..,,,”

By: Grant Taylor

Grant Taylor — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:53:20 +0000

Just noticed this. After looking back at the comment regarding "freakin'" and "frickin" I noticed at the bottom of the page that we write these comments with the "fckeditor." Sorry, but I really did lol.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:23:34 +0000

Brett,
I can’t believe I missed that one.

By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:19:33 +0000

What if I told you I’ve never heard that term before? From a 45-year-old Canadian man.