Conversations that count
Dean Shareski has put together some wonderful interviews with 3 teachers telling the new stories of teaching and learning. His first three are with a high, a middle, and an elementary school teacher. His first is with Darren Kuropatwa, a high school calculus teacher. His second was with Kathy Cassidy, a first grade teacher and his third with Clarence Fisher, a middle school teacher. He will be having a final podcast with all three. Wow! I can’t wait to hear that! These are invaluable! I was spell bound by each one. It is great to hear the voices straight out of the classroom! They are all very different yet very similar in the sharing of their learning in such reflective ways. The value of the networked learning clearly stands out and all three offer such great insights and suggestions. These conversations count! Thanks Dean for making this possible so others can think possibilities and hear the stories. Dean also shared the technology he used with each educator.
I’ve been taking a break from blogging and using my time reading as many blogs and listening to as many podcasts as time would allow this week. I can’t get enough of it. This ability to connect with anybody on any subject and then the ability to share, rethink, create, collaborate, imagine and learn! Why would some ever think of keeping this kind of learning from our kids?
Clarence asked a great question in one of his posts recently, “How do you measure the wealth of a network?” He ends up his post saying that like most other meaningul things, the wealth of these connections cannot be measured. He’s right. We need these type of connections more than ever now, and this is probably the most important learning our children could have.
Thanks again Dean for making this happen. These are truly conversations that count. They are all about our children…… oh the possiblilities!
May 18th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
Thank you so much for these links. I’ve been learning so much from Darren and Clarence and I’m excited about learning about Kathy. I enjoy listening to other teachers because it is more motivational than any motivational speaker to hear “real people” doing really exciting things!
I love your blog!