tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post1461173193640859228..comments2023-10-08T03:40:55.783-04:00Comments on Larry's Opinion Drive-thru: Blog SquadDetroit Sports Dorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507758358144530420noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-61902226011153205962009-05-23T12:55:09.863-04:002009-05-23T12:55:09.863-04:00I hear you Katy. If the club does not have "manda...I hear you Katy. If the club does not have "mandatory" meetings or have an adult moderator who runs the club, it is going against the grain. I'd love to see the Blog Squad operate as a co op and serve as a new model (in our school) for sharing infrmation and mutual interests.Detroit Sports Dorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507758358144530420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-91536048382902035802009-05-23T12:24:43.496-04:002009-05-23T12:24:43.496-04:00Actually, I think this might work better that a re...Actually, I think this might work better that a regular "club" that meets only 4 times during the year. My experience is that the kids that are really interested will maintain that interest only if there is something to keep them involved...something with accountability. A specific task or challenge seems to help. I got very disheartened this year with the GREEN Club responses Katy Koskelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-33005528180280858242009-05-23T00:04:00.282-04:002009-05-23T00:04:00.282-04:00That's wonderful, Lynn. Your Catcher sites were r...That's wonderful, Lynn. Your Catcher sites were really cool and you have given some 9th graders experience with wikis. Maybe they can help next year's frosh through the blog squad.Detroit Sports Dorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507758358144530420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-36285553492670289842009-05-22T21:13:33.066-04:002009-05-22T21:13:33.066-04:00Count me in Larry. Whether it's a club or a networ...Count me in Larry. Whether it's a club or a network or some other name, it doesn't matter. I am interested in participating/learning anything I can because the more I learn the more I realize how much there is to know. Who knows, maybe I'll be a Jing veteran by next semester . . . One can only hope.Lynn Waldsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-75194964182559784302009-05-22T18:05:12.383-04:002009-05-22T18:05:12.383-04:00There is great ambivalence towards technology at s...There is great ambivalence towards technology at schools. Teachers express amazement and anxiety over the alleged wizardry of students. Administrators scold about teachers failing to get on with 21st century technology but are better at talking the talk than walking the walk.<br /><br />But here's the deal: As Mark Pesce says, "We are all participating in a broadly-based cultural Detroit Sports Dorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507758358144530420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-53243745613002424752009-05-22T17:24:20.809-04:002009-05-22T17:24:20.809-04:00To tell you the truth, a "virtual" after-school cl...To tell you the truth, a "virtual" after-school club would prove more valuable in the long run. Your ideas and enthusiasm should span further than the walls of Mercy. My vision of the "Web Warriors" is to create a series of on-line Baker "demos" for students all over North America. And an area where others can share ideas is essential. I'm not surprised at your administration's response. Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-45753182068125559012009-05-22T11:14:52.891-04:002009-05-22T11:14:52.891-04:00I'm very excited about learning networks, because ...I'm very excited about learning networks, because I have experienced their benefits first hand. So I am trying to shift the idea of a "club" to a network of co-learners. As you report, all kinds of unforeseen benefits may come from noodling with others on the Web.<br /><br />But unsurprisingly, this goes very counter to a school culture which is conditioned to viewing extra-curriculars as Detroit Sports Dorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507758358144530420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812217222251052574.post-64681152232857914712009-05-22T07:50:06.514-04:002009-05-22T07:50:06.514-04:00Did I respond about the web design club, or was th...Did I respond about the web design club, or was that only in my head? It's a super idea, and I'll be sorry if it goes by the wayside. When we chose a high school for my son, who had designed his grade school website, one of the deciding factors was the opportunity to do more such work in high school. It was a "class" in which he and other students just worked on the school site for twenty minutesAnn Luschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284650895010763235noreply@blogger.com