Comments on: Networks are about People http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/2008/08/11/networks-are-about-people/ Thoughts on education, technology, and everything in between! Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:06:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: TClarke http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/2008/08/11/networks-are-about-people/comment-page-1/#comment-53 TClarke Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:04:25 +0000 http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/?p=33#comment-53 Rick, The tool is important. I agree. I think it's important to find the right tool for the job though. Knowing what the job is up front helps us to select an appropriate tool. And yes, the tools definitey streamline the process. If not for the tools, we wouldn't have Web 2.0 networks. Rick,

The tool is important. I agree. I think it’s important to find the right tool for the job though. Knowing what the job is up front helps us to select an appropriate tool. And yes, the tools definitey streamline the process. If not for the tools, we wouldn’t have Web 2.0 networks.

]]> By: TClarke http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/2008/08/11/networks-are-about-people/comment-page-1/#comment-52 TClarke Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:30:19 +0000 http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/?p=33#comment-52 Cindy, Thanks for responding to this post. You're right, it's not about the technology. Sheryl was great about taking us through a process of thinking about instructional strategies, content, and how to link that to Web 2.0 tools (or other technology). We should talk about that process and see how it could work for you. Cindy,

Thanks for responding to this post.
You’re right, it’s not about the technology. Sheryl was great about taking us through a process of thinking about instructional strategies, content, and how to link that to Web 2.0 tools (or other technology). We should talk about that process and see how it could work for you.

]]> By: Rick Weinberg http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/2008/08/11/networks-are-about-people/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Rick Weinberg Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:34:21 +0000 http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/?p=33#comment-51 Tim, I'm not the kind of person to comment on every blog I read. Also, I really only comment on things that, like what I’ve heard at Schools Attuned, mystify me. I also comment on blogs that take up a lot of my thinking time. Often I will read a blog post, think and then comment. Every blogger deserves that type of “payment in thought.” I feel one of the powers of a blog is the ability to comment later, when I have really thought out what I want to say. That is what makes asking a question on a blog as opposed to asking a question face to face in class. The reason I am talking about this is that just having a network is totally not enough. The network must add to the conversation. One of the concerns about our week with <a href="//21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/”" rel="nofollow">Sherly Nussbaum Beach</a><a> was “how do you keep up with everyone in your network. Well, I think your network must have something to offer, just like people posting to a blog. Sheryl did a great job at sharing her network with us. And it is a network that has much to offer. Another thought I have is that the tool does matter, not as much as the curriculum, but it does matter. Without the tools of the Internet would networking be so “easy?” We are in an age where web presence and personal learning networks get you hired. The learning is the key but it is no small thing to be using the tools correctly. </a> Tim,
I’m not the kind of person to comment on every blog I read. Also, I really only comment on things that, like what I’ve heard at Schools Attuned, mystify me. I also comment on blogs that take up a lot of my thinking time. Often I will read a blog post, think and then comment. Every blogger deserves that type of “payment in thought.” I feel one of the powers of a blog is the ability to comment later, when I have really thought out what I want to say. That is what makes asking a question on a blog as opposed to asking a question face to face in class. The reason I am talking about this is that just having a network is totally not enough. The network must add to the conversation. One of the concerns about our week with Sherly Nussbaum Beach was “how do you keep up with everyone in your network. Well, I think your network must have something to offer, just like people posting to a blog. Sheryl did a great job at sharing her network with us. And it is a network that has much to offer. Another thought I have is that the tool does matter, not as much as the curriculum, but it does matter. Without the tools of the Internet would networking be so “easy?” We are in an age where web presence and personal learning networks get you hired. The learning is the key but it is no small thing to be using the tools correctly.

]]> By: Cindy http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/2008/08/11/networks-are-about-people/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Cindy Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:33:56 +0000 http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/?p=33#comment-50 I like the network analogy. It makes sense. You keep telling me, "It's not about the technology." I know that, but I need more time to integrate. Watching someone else do it and then doing it myself is not always smooth. I think that's where teachers get caught. They're so busy trying to get to their curriculum that, even though the tools might make it easier, it takes "time" to figure out the tools! I love to hear about what's out there, and my new network on "Plurk" is giving me tons to check out. I hope to start sharing those tools with teachers this year. Thank, Timmy, for keeping me going with technology! It helps, even when you give me that 'comma, DA look!' I like the network analogy. It makes sense. You keep telling me, “It’s not about the technology.” I know that, but I need more time to integrate. Watching someone else do it and then doing it myself is not always smooth. I think that’s where teachers get caught. They’re so busy trying to get to their curriculum that, even though the tools might make it easier, it takes “time” to figure out the tools! I love to hear about what’s out there, and my new network on “Plurk” is giving me tons to check out. I hope to start sharing those tools with teachers this year.
Thank, Timmy, for keeping me going with technology! It helps, even when you give me that ‘comma, DA look!’

]]> By: Mark Carls http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/2008/08/11/networks-are-about-people/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Mark Carls Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:38:56 +0000 http://clarkeee.edublogs.org/?p=33#comment-49 Very nicely stated. I LOVE that Verizon network reference. I knew she could bring in a wide variety of people, but it was such a great, constant mix of students, teachers and technology leaders. I wish I could've seen the last day when you grabbed people from all over the world thanks to your networks. It is a new skill that needs to be learned to understand the technology to acquire your own network nowadays. Thanks for helping with mine. Great blog post...again. Very nicely stated. I LOVE that Verizon network reference. I knew she could bring in a wide variety of people, but it was such a great, constant mix of students, teachers and technology leaders. I wish I could’ve seen the last day when you grabbed people from all over the world thanks to your networks. It is a new skill that needs to be learned to understand the technology to acquire your own network nowadays. Thanks for helping with mine. Great blog post…again.

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