http://twelchconsulting.com/blog/2010/01/25/technology-as-a-connection-not-a-solution/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:13:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://twelchconsulting.com/blog/2010/01/25/technology-as-a-connection-not-a-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-6983 Perry Martin Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:41:18 +0000 http://twelchconsulting.com/blog/?p=74#comment-6983 I am a graduate student in adult education and training. A couple of things I would like to say. #1: University of Phoenix requires students to work in teams, some major colleges condem team work as they see it as cheating. Your "whiteboard of ideas" being monitored by educators but not interfering with them makes students a)Step up and say something about what they know or don't know, and b) allows others to step up when someone is wrong; instead of letting the wrongness continue. #2: Outside of the box is where I live. I have a 140 IQ and when tested on standard personality test I score way out of the norm 95%. I have been told that I actually see the world different and much faster then others. This is a problem if you live in the box and want out. I hate the box!!!! Thanks for your blog. I am a graduate student in adult education and training. A couple of things I would like to say. #1: University of Phoenix requires students to work in teams, some major colleges condem team work as they see it as cheating. Your “whiteboard of ideas” being monitored by educators but not interfering with them makes students a)Step up and say something about what they know or don’t know, and b) allows others to step up when someone is wrong; instead of letting the wrongness continue. #2: Outside of the box is where I live. I have a 140 IQ and when tested on standard personality test I score way out of the norm 95%. I have been told that I actually see the world different and much faster then others. This is a problem if you live in the box and want out. I hate the box!!!! Thanks for your blog.

]]> http://twelchconsulting.com/blog/2010/01/25/technology-as-a-connection-not-a-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-5082 Kay Endriss Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:07:47 +0000 http://twelchconsulting.com/blog/?p=74#comment-5082 Hi there. I originally found you through a Latin teacher (I'm a math teacher) who connected with me through a ning, and through my blog, which he cited on his blog. Due to this connection, I've been reading your blog off and on for the past month or two. Tonight, I was typing very similar words with almost the same sentiment, that technology needs to shift from a technical focus to a social focus. The idea is expressed in the document, "The Future of Learning Agents and Disruptive Innovation" from the KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the Institute for the Future. If you haven't yet connected with this document, I think its ideas would resonate with you, and it is available online. Let me know what you think! Hi there.
I originally found you through a Latin teacher (I’m a math teacher) who connected with me through a ning, and through my blog, which he cited on his blog. Due to this connection, I’ve been reading your blog off and on for the past month or two.
Tonight, I was typing very similar words with almost the same sentiment, that technology needs to shift from a technical focus to a social focus. The idea is expressed in the document, “The Future of Learning Agents and Disruptive Innovation” from the KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the Institute for the Future. If you haven’t yet connected with this document, I think its ideas would resonate with you, and it is available online. Let me know what you think!

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