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Weekly Links (20 November 2006)
86 CommentsAll weekend at the parents’ means that I didn’t have time to put together my Weekly Roundup. Instead, then, some Weekly Links. This time it’s mostly about pedagogy and I’ve tried my best not to launch into a long tirade about the purpose of education… ;)
In Reflections on Ewan’s Keynote on Professional Development, Wes Fryer links together nicely Ewan McIntosh’s presentation from the K12 Conference (Professional Development… With Fries) with a book which has been on my reading list for a while by an author whose surname I can’t pronounce! (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience)
Chris Sessums, whose posts are always worth reading, shares with us Schools on a Diet: what Weight Watchers can tell us about school improvement:
Weight Watchers is successful because it is built on the notion of sustainability and realistic expectations. It uses sound principles of nutrition that focuses on a balanced lifestyle and an individual’s health and well being. Participants in the program share a common goal (losing weight via adopting a healthy lifestyle) and there is a mutually supporting social network of people and technology that is non-judgmental.
Although I still haven’t read all of it, George Siemens’ response (Connectivism: learning theory or pastime for the self-amused?) to someone who reviewed his work negatively is worth reading – even if just for his trademark clarity in explaining sometimes difficult-to-understand concepts. Helpfully, he’s made the rather long piece available as a Word document as well for printing or offline purposes. (Aside: I used to object to people sending me Word documents or making it the sole method of publication. I don’t mind so much now that OpenOffice is around – at least (unlike most PDFs) they’re editable!)
Although not from this week, Kathy Sierra’s post Crash Course in Learning Theory caught my eye this week. Kathy always uses great graphics in her blog, and this one is no exception:
The post contains some excellent tips and I would recommend it to every teacher, new or old! :)
And finally, the EducationGuardian ran a story entitled We must support staying on in which the author – Mike Ion, a former deputy headteacher – gives his opinion on Gordon Brown’s support for Alan Johnson’s plan to keep young people in compulsory education until 18. I’m not going to go into detail here, but it should be the carrot instead of the stick we’re offering. Some people, to be quite honest, because of their home background, because of the teachers they’ve had, because of their skills in other areas, are ready to leave school at 14, never mind 16 or 18. To suggest otherwise and to compel all teenagers to stay in education until 18 shows how out of touch some people in control of our country actually are…
Published on November 20, 2006 · Filed under: Uncategorized;
86 Responses to “Weekly Links (20 November 2006)”
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Steve said on November 24th, 2006 at 9:39 am
I think you will find it was Ewan McIntosh not Ewan McGregor :) who did the K12 Conference presentation.
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