Comments on: Moving Web 2.0 Towards School 2.0 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/towards-school-20/ Learning About Web 2.0 for School Libraries Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:30:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Joanne de Groot http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/towards-school-20/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Joanne de Groot Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:45:24 +0000 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/?p=65#comment-35 Thanks, Cynthia. I really like the notion of professional learning, rather than professional development. You have listed some very reasonable and exciting ideas for promoting this kind of professional learning in any school! Thanks, Cynthia. I really like the notion of professional learning, rather than professional development. You have listed some very reasonable and exciting ideas for promoting this kind of professional learning in any school!

]]> By: Rhonda http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/towards-school-20/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Rhonda Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:15:18 +0000 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/?p=65#comment-34 Thanks for sharing your thoughts on professional development vs professional learning and the model used successfully in your school Cynthia. I think I've been able to interest some staff in my school to look at learning related to the New Literacies. I'll be coming back to this blog again often. Rhonda Thanks for sharing your thoughts on professional development vs professional learning and the model used successfully in your school Cynthia. I think I’ve been able to interest some staff in my school to look at learning related to the New Literacies. I’ll be coming back to this blog again often.

Rhonda

]]> By: Selena Jensen http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/towards-school-20/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Selena Jensen Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:36:53 +0000 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/?p=65#comment-33 Hi Cynthia, Your post is packed with useful, practical tips on integrating Web 2.0 in schools. I couldn't agree with you more about the dangers of 'top down' pro-d. Our school is moving more toward a model of 'find the experts right here in your building', which has been quite effective. I will definitely be coming back to your blog when building my grassroots case for Web 2.0 tools in our school. Thanks! Selena Hi Cynthia,

Your post is packed with useful, practical tips on integrating Web 2.0 in schools. I couldn’t agree with you more about the dangers of ‘top down’ pro-d. Our school is moving more toward a model of ‘find the experts right here in your building’, which has been quite effective. I will definitely be coming back to your blog when building my grassroots case for Web 2.0 tools in our school. Thanks!

Selena

]]> By: Joanie Proske http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/towards-school-20/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Joanie Proske Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:38:09 +0000 http://cjpeterso.edublogs.org/?p=65#comment-32 Cynthia, First off, I want to thank you for the thoughtful collection of posts which you have shared with us this course. Last week the links you shared were fabulous leads for me to develop and enrich my own learning. I had to chuckle at how you describe whole district "flavour of the month" pro-d and the article about attending pro-d as a way of avoiding change. I don't know how many times I've been forced to sit through some boring presentation by a "bigwhig" presenter when all I needed was time to share with colleagues and learn firsthand how to master a new skill which would help me with my job. In my curriculum course I did a project on the Teacher as Change Agent which introduced me to Michael Fullan's work. He does have good ideas about how to create authentic change. However, the climate has to be receptive and establishing this involves a certain amount of finesse, doesn't it? I also appreciated the quote you shared "Beginning quietly, but in inspirational ways, is often the best way to build a climate for sustained efforts that support change.” Selena and I are with you on this - start small, grassroots but with a big end vision in mind. Good luck with your action plan. I am definitely referring to your practical and useful set of directions. Gosh, you've save me tons of time in designing this. Thanks! Joanie Cynthia,

First off, I want to thank you for the thoughtful collection of posts which you have shared with us this course. Last week the links you shared were fabulous leads for me to develop and enrich my own learning.

I had to chuckle at how you describe whole district “flavour of the month” pro-d and the article about attending pro-d as a way of avoiding change. I don’t know how many times I’ve been forced to sit through some boring presentation by a “bigwhig” presenter when all I needed was time to share with colleagues and learn firsthand how to master a new skill which would help me with my job.

In my curriculum course I did a project on the Teacher as Change Agent which introduced me to Michael Fullan’s work. He does have good ideas about how to create authentic change. However, the climate has to be receptive and establishing this involves a certain amount of finesse, doesn’t it?

I also appreciated the quote you shared “Beginning quietly, but in inspirational ways, is often the best way to build a climate for sustained efforts that support change.” Selena and I are with you on this – start small, grassroots but with a big end vision in mind.

Good luck with your action plan. I am definitely referring to your practical and useful set of directions. Gosh, you’ve save me tons of time in designing this. Thanks!

Joanie

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