Comments for Exploring Innovation in Education http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully the aim of any argument, or discussion, should not be victory, but progress - Joseph Joubert Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Midsummer Night’s Dream if Hermia had cell phone by Shakespeare « Digital Wave http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2009/04/09/midsummer-nights-dream-if-hermia-had-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Shakespeare « Digital Wave Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:44:46 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=266#comment-22 [...] Midsummer Night’s Dream if Hermia had cell phone – from Matt Scully’s Exploring Innovation in Education I sent the above to a Theatre teacher, and she sent me back another one, source unknown. [...] [...] Midsummer Night’s Dream if Hermia had cell phone – from Matt Scully’s Exploring Innovation in Education I sent the above to a Theatre teacher, and she sent me back another one, source unknown. [...]

]]> Comment on Using scaffolding to define love by admin http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2010/02/12/using-scaffolding-to-define-love/comment-page-1/#comment-18 admin Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:36:15 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=717#comment-18 defininglove.pds.wikispaces.net is the link - I have updated the link and tested it so it should work now. defininglove.pds.wikispaces.net is the link – I have updated the link and tested it so it should work now.

]]> Comment on Using scaffolding to define love by Demetri Orlando http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2010/02/12/using-scaffolding-to-define-love/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Demetri Orlando Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:13:31 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=717#comment-17 Hey Matt, Thanks for posting this. I like your recipe! The link to the wiki didn't work for me. I'd love to see it. I wonder if your students will pick up on the dichotomy between the notion of love expressed in movies/fiction vs. real life? -demetri ps. there is something funky in Google Chrome when trying to comment. I had to switch to IE to be able to type into the anti-spam box. Hey Matt,
Thanks for posting this. I like your recipe! The link to the wiki didn’t work for me. I’d love to see it. I wonder if your students will pick up on the dichotomy between the notion of love expressed in movies/fiction vs. real life?
-demetri
ps. there is something funky in Google Chrome when trying to comment. I had to switch to IE to be able to type into the anti-spam box.

]]> Comment on Using scaffolding to define love by derrickwillard http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2010/02/12/using-scaffolding-to-define-love/comment-page-1/#comment-16 derrickwillard Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:52:02 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=717#comment-16 Matt, I'm sure the kids love you turning over much of the control! Great stuff. Seems a great illustration of some of the shifts described in If We Didn’t Have the Schools We Have Today, Would We Create the Schools We Have Today? by Thomas G. Carroll. We, as teachers, can't do this in all units but can strive for creating more situations like these where we operate more as lead learners WITH our young learners. Matt, I’m sure the kids love you turning over much of the control! Great stuff. Seems a great illustration of some of the shifts described in If We Didn’t Have the Schools We Have Today, Would We Create the Schools We Have Today? by Thomas G. Carroll. We, as teachers, can’t do this in all units but can strive for creating more situations like these where we operate more as lead learners WITH our young learners.

]]> Comment on Intrinsic Motivation by admin http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2010/02/02/intrinsic-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-15 admin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:59:19 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=709#comment-15 I agree that every kid every time is probably not obtainable but I think it is a great target. I wouldn't mind landing somewhere between where I am now as a teacher and creating a learning space where students are self-motivated to learn. Great additions to the conversation - Dweck, Shirky, & Medina. I would also add Stephen Johnson - Everything Bad is Good for You, Invention of Air, & Mind Wide Open and Marc Prensky who coined the phrase digital native. I agree that every kid every time is probably not obtainable but I think it is a great target. I wouldn’t mind landing somewhere between where I am now as a teacher and creating a learning space where students are self-motivated to learn. Great additions to the conversation – Dweck, Shirky, & Medina. I would also add Stephen Johnson – Everything Bad is Good for You, Invention of Air, & Mind Wide Open and Marc Prensky who coined the phrase digital native.

]]> Comment on Intrinsic Motivation by derrickwillard http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2010/02/02/intrinsic-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-14 derrickwillard Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:58:38 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=709#comment-14 Matt, nice vision. I doubt we can ever expect every kid to want to learn every lesson in every subject. I do think there is value in exploring what motivates kids, but don't think we can develop intrinsic motivation in every case. Kids are kids, and sometimes just have favorites (subjects, classes, teachers, methods, etc...). Your mention of other works made me think of 3 that influence me right now: Here Comes Everybody (Shirky), Brain Rules (Medina) and the research of Carol Dweck of Stanford. If we look at social media, Shirky addresses the motivation to use software based on a "promise" and a "bargin." If we read Dweck, motivation my have a good deal to do with our mind set (fixed or growth). It's complex stuff, but worth discussing by teachers everywhere. Matt, nice vision. I doubt we can ever expect every kid to want to learn every lesson in every subject. I do think there is value in exploring what motivates kids, but don’t think we can develop intrinsic motivation in every case. Kids are kids, and sometimes just have favorites (subjects, classes, teachers, methods, etc…).

Your mention of other works made me think of 3 that influence me right now: Here Comes Everybody (Shirky), Brain Rules (Medina) and the research of Carol Dweck of Stanford. If we look at social media, Shirky addresses the motivation to use software based on a “promise” and a “bargin.” If we read Dweck, motivation my have a good deal to do with our mind set (fixed or growth). It’s complex stuff, but worth discussing by teachers everywhere.

]]> Comment on It’s Not About Us: Stepping Outside of Our Comfort Zones by Supra Manohar http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2009/07/21/beyond-our-comfortzones/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Supra Manohar Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=545#comment-12 Liked the post Matt, threaded here from the ESN site. I run an ed social network and often discuss this - one angle I never realized was "student status quo". I also blogged recently about risk aversion - everyone is so afraid of experimenting that we prefer the static existence. Keep em coming. Liked the post Matt, threaded here from the ESN site. I run an ed social network and often discuss this – one angle I never realized was “student status quo”.

I also blogged recently about risk aversion – everyone is so afraid of experimenting that we prefer the static existence. Keep em coming.

]]> Comment on It’s Not About Us: Stepping Outside of Our Comfort Zones by Jason Ramsden http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2009/07/21/beyond-our-comfortzones/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jason Ramsden Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:41:30 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=545#comment-11 Matt - Great post! This could definitely be a wonderful presentation/round table discussion for educational administrators at a conference about teaching and learning for the next century, especially those at the lower and middle school levels. Matt – Great post! This could definitely be a wonderful presentation/round table discussion for educational administrators at a conference about teaching and learning for the next century, especially those at the lower and middle school levels.

]]> Comment on Skype and Tell by Betsye Sargent http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2009/05/06/skype-and-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Betsye Sargent Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:28:03 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=396#comment-10 What a wonderful idea! Would either or both classes like to try this with a school in Massachusetts? What a wonderful idea! Would either or both classes like to try this with a school in Massachusetts?

]]> Comment on Skype and Tell by Claudia Daggett, Elementary School Heads Association http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/2009/05/06/skype-and-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Claudia Daggett, Elementary School Heads Association Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:39:51 +0000 http://pdsblogs.org/mattscully/?p=396#comment-9 I love the idea of Skype and Tell! Thanks for sharing this. I love the idea of Skype and Tell! Thanks for sharing this.

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