Chapter 4: Learning in the Collective
Quote: “In communities, people learn in order to belong. In a collective, people belong in order to learn.“ It’s a great perspective, in our communities, we learn from others so we can fit in. In a collective, we already belong-we’re already fit in-we’re now looking more into how we can add to the group and make the collective stronger by participating/sharing.
Question: Social media and Internet search engines are great tools for learning but there’s a great deal of responsibility needed on behalf of the user. How can I manage and allow this freedom to search the Internet in a 2nd grade classroom?
Connection: “A collective is a collection of people, skills and talent that produces a result great than the sum of its parts.” I believe our school and teachers are a collective. We all have different skills and talents that we bring together for the greater good of the school/students. For example, we have teachers that are tech savvy and they bring their skills and knowledge to a meeting or via Internet. Sometimes they share a project where technology was integrated, a lesson, a new learning app, a new website, etc.
Epiphany/Aha: “People are free to move in and out of the group at various times for various reasons, and their participation may vary based on topic, interest, experience, or need.” This quote gave me an “aha” moment because I can relate this to our graduate class. We all move in and out through twitter, Google + and/or Weebly. We all collaborate, share and participate with each other (peer to peer learning) by commenting and giving each other feedback based on the projects or reflection we may have an interest or experience.
Chapter 5: The Personal with the Collective
Quote: “Sharing something personal with a collective, therefore is very different from taking something private and putting it into the public domain.” This is very true, I can go on my personal social media account, which is open to the public and share something private than can go viral and open myself up to the world. I actually witnessed this a few weeks ago, when a woman wrote an open letter to Donald Trump on her Facebook account. It was meant for her Facebook audience but then people began to share it and it went viral. Reaching millions of people. Sharing with the collective is like sharing with our cohort. It’s intended for the students in our graduate class and not open to the public.
Question: Report cards are individualized and personal, how do we grade students on projects that are completed as a collective or group?
Connection: In our learning in EDL600 we are constantly sharing with each other (the collective) via blackboard. We read, reflect and share our personal/professional connections on a certain topic. I currently also share my reflections on Weebly and then publish it on twitter. Since I follow more people on twitter than just the people in my cohort, my post may become public. However, I do see it as a larger collective since everyone I follow is in the educational field.
Epiphany/Aha: The “aha” moment I had was the answering of the question of social media in the classroom. I’ve used a social media/blog called Kidblog in the past. It has a similar appearance to facebook however it’s safe, made for the collective and not the public and I as the teacher would be the moderator and can approve/disapprove any comment prior to going live. I didn’t use it last year because I felt a bit overwhelmed with all the new common core curriculum demands (math, science, language arts), professional trainings, etc. but I definitely want to make it a priority this year. It’s an essential skill kids need.
Chapter 6: We Know More Than We Can Say
Quote: “Students learn best when they are able to follow their passion and operate within the constraints of a bounded environment.” I chose this quote because I tend to follow anything I’m passionate about. From education, fitness, nutrition, clothing, social media and my faith. The “bounded” term used in this quote is awesome because if we truly want our students to be successful, we want them to “bounce” things off of each other, to learn from on another and get a glimpse of every ones unique perspective/learning.
Question: How do we measure a students level of tacit knowledge?
Connection: I deeply understand the concept of tacit knowledge and I use it daily as an adult. I constantly go on YouTube, Google and social media platforms and I try to learn something new every day. However, there is a lot of explicit knowledge needed to balance out the tacit. One cannot just go on Google, explore and become a master. There are a lot of stable principles needed to endure the exploration. A student needs to learn about the importance of perseverance, credible sources, how to interpret feedback, learning from mistakes, etc. and that’s where the explicit knowledge comes into play. I explore YouTube and Google daily and I love learning something new but I don’t think I would be able to stabilize that new learning without the explicit learning that preceded it.
Epiphany/Aha: “Different people, when presented with exactly the same information in exactly the same way, will learn different things.” This quote gave me an “aha” moment because it’s true, we can all read the same book but what we get out of it will be different. I see this when I read other peoples work or reflections from our cohort. It’s amazing because we all have different/unique perspectives and experiences. It’s fascinating when someone opens and shares their perspective with the collective because by reading it, it opens up our scope and perspective as well. We not see it from their angle, perspective
Quote: “In communities, people learn in order to belong. In a collective, people belong in order to learn.“ It’s a great perspective, in our communities, we learn from others so we can fit in. In a collective, we already belong-we’re already fit in-we’re now looking more into how we can add to the group and make the collective stronger by participating/sharing.
Question: Social media and Internet search engines are great tools for learning but there’s a great deal of responsibility needed on behalf of the user. How can I manage and allow this freedom to search the Internet in a 2nd grade classroom?
Connection: “A collective is a collection of people, skills and talent that produces a result great than the sum of its parts.” I believe our school and teachers are a collective. We all have different skills and talents that we bring together for the greater good of the school/students. For example, we have teachers that are tech savvy and they bring their skills and knowledge to a meeting or via Internet. Sometimes they share a project where technology was integrated, a lesson, a new learning app, a new website, etc.
Epiphany/Aha: “People are free to move in and out of the group at various times for various reasons, and their participation may vary based on topic, interest, experience, or need.” This quote gave me an “aha” moment because I can relate this to our graduate class. We all move in and out through twitter, Google + and/or Weebly. We all collaborate, share and participate with each other (peer to peer learning) by commenting and giving each other feedback based on the projects or reflection we may have an interest or experience.
Chapter 5: The Personal with the Collective
Quote: “Sharing something personal with a collective, therefore is very different from taking something private and putting it into the public domain.” This is very true, I can go on my personal social media account, which is open to the public and share something private than can go viral and open myself up to the world. I actually witnessed this a few weeks ago, when a woman wrote an open letter to Donald Trump on her Facebook account. It was meant for her Facebook audience but then people began to share it and it went viral. Reaching millions of people. Sharing with the collective is like sharing with our cohort. It’s intended for the students in our graduate class and not open to the public.
Question: Report cards are individualized and personal, how do we grade students on projects that are completed as a collective or group?
Connection: In our learning in EDL600 we are constantly sharing with each other (the collective) via blackboard. We read, reflect and share our personal/professional connections on a certain topic. I currently also share my reflections on Weebly and then publish it on twitter. Since I follow more people on twitter than just the people in my cohort, my post may become public. However, I do see it as a larger collective since everyone I follow is in the educational field.
Epiphany/Aha: The “aha” moment I had was the answering of the question of social media in the classroom. I’ve used a social media/blog called Kidblog in the past. It has a similar appearance to facebook however it’s safe, made for the collective and not the public and I as the teacher would be the moderator and can approve/disapprove any comment prior to going live. I didn’t use it last year because I felt a bit overwhelmed with all the new common core curriculum demands (math, science, language arts), professional trainings, etc. but I definitely want to make it a priority this year. It’s an essential skill kids need.
Chapter 6: We Know More Than We Can Say
Quote: “Students learn best when they are able to follow their passion and operate within the constraints of a bounded environment.” I chose this quote because I tend to follow anything I’m passionate about. From education, fitness, nutrition, clothing, social media and my faith. The “bounded” term used in this quote is awesome because if we truly want our students to be successful, we want them to “bounce” things off of each other, to learn from on another and get a glimpse of every ones unique perspective/learning.
Question: How do we measure a students level of tacit knowledge?
Connection: I deeply understand the concept of tacit knowledge and I use it daily as an adult. I constantly go on YouTube, Google and social media platforms and I try to learn something new every day. However, there is a lot of explicit knowledge needed to balance out the tacit. One cannot just go on Google, explore and become a master. There are a lot of stable principles needed to endure the exploration. A student needs to learn about the importance of perseverance, credible sources, how to interpret feedback, learning from mistakes, etc. and that’s where the explicit knowledge comes into play. I explore YouTube and Google daily and I love learning something new but I don’t think I would be able to stabilize that new learning without the explicit learning that preceded it.
Epiphany/Aha: “Different people, when presented with exactly the same information in exactly the same way, will learn different things.” This quote gave me an “aha” moment because it’s true, we can all read the same book but what we get out of it will be different. I see this when I read other peoples work or reflections from our cohort. It’s amazing because we all have different/unique perspectives and experiences. It’s fascinating when someone opens and shares their perspective with the collective because by reading it, it opens up our scope and perspective as well. We not see it from their angle, perspective