Comments for Organic Learning

Comment on Grants and Funding Opportunities by Janice Stearns

Janice Stearns — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:09:33 +0000

Thanks Barbara, for the reply. Nice to hear from you. Running a school, the Thin Walls Classroom, creating a culture of change – no wonder things are swirling in your head!

Comment on Graphic Organizers Galore by Janice Stearns

Janice Stearns — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:57:56 +0000

Hi Tara and All,
The new Webspiration, a web based tool from Inspiration, might be just what you are looking for. http://www.mywebspiration.com/ It doesn’t have a venn diagram as one of the template, but you could easily upload one and collaborate with it. I’m excited that Inspiration has added their web based tool to the collection. Let’s hope it remains free!

Comment on Grants and Funding Opportunities by Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:47:18 +0000

Thanks Janice!
Great post…I am taking advantage of the many great links!
I seem to have writer block…can’t blog…its like I have to many things swirling in my head.
Take care

Comment on Graphic Organizers Galore by Tara

Tara — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:02:36 +0000

Hi there,
thank you for a great read!
I’m a middle school teacher in Victoria, BC looking for an editable online venn diagram that is also collaborative. I’ve searched all the above resources with little luck. I can definitely be a little creative to get what I need, but I’m wondering if there is an easy version of what I want.

Any thoughts?

Comment on Awesome Professional Development in LAUSD! by Kip Leland

Kip Leland — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:19:58 +0000

Janice – it was wonderful having you be a part of the Thacher experience of week one! You were a terrific asset to the team and added so much to the week! The energy of that week surpassed all other years! Thanks so much!

Comment on What I Believe… by Antonio Hernandez

Antonio Hernandez — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:47:35 +0000

Thanks for the tag. I have also let time slip away, but here are my thoughts on the subject. I agree that our students need to have freedom of expression and be allowed to use different modalities to express themselves.
It seems that Kindergarten is the only time children have a time to explore and learn by doing. And even that is beginning to dwindle away as we push more standardized testing and assessments for just about anything. Children need to be given their right to be kids. Allow them to learn through exploration, the arts, and through their own uniqueness.
We are living in a time in which we need to embrace technology not as a method of delivery, but as a tool. We are doing a disservice to our children by teaching them in an environment that doesn’t embrace the tools that students are already using. So who are the learners? The students using the technology of the times, or the educators that can’t function without a teachers guide and their students seated in neat rows?

Comment on Dan Schmit, Keynote at Teach the Teachers by Linda Myring

Linda Myring — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:06:25 +0000

Hi Janice,
The keynote by Dan Schmit was excellent. I look forward to the Advanced Podcasting Tonight.
Can you help me create an initial Welcome or Promo Podcast for San Miguel Math/Science/Tech Magnet School. We want to do for our school on an ongoing basis-probably montly. No podfadding-promise.

Comment on The Embed Tag by Janice Stearns

Janice Stearns — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:39:58 +0000

Hi Barbara,
I’m glad you can find these useful. I seem to publish my work in so many places and then forget to post the work to my blog. I missed being at NECC, but with the budget cuts, the funding wasn’t there. It sounds like it was wonderful! Hope we will see each other soon!
Janice

Comment on The Embed Tag by Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:12:24 +0000

Thanks Janice..this is a very useful list! I missed you at NECC but then again we are both here in Ca…just need to make time to connect!

Comment on What I Believe… by Mathew

Mathew — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:43:27 +0000

Thanks for the tag. I responded here: http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=330