Comments for MyWeb4Ed http://www.myweb4ed.com Teachers. Technology. Magic. MyWeb4Ed. Fri, 18 May 2012 01:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on MentorMob Final Workshop is Ready! by Carol Mortensen http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2161#comment-2181 Carol Mortensen Fri, 18 May 2012 01:24:37 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2161#comment-2181 Kevin, Thanks for the post! I'm glad to know it worked well for you. I think this has so much potential to be a powerful learning tool! :) It's visually appealing and seems to allow for great interactivity! Thanks for following us in your reader! We really appreciate it! Kevin,
Thanks for the post! I’m glad to know it worked well for you. I think this has so much potential to be a powerful learning tool! :) It’s visually appealing and seems to allow for great interactivity!

Thanks for following us in your reader! We really appreciate it!

]]> Comment on MentorMob Final Workshop is Ready! by Kevin Hodgson http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2161#comment-2180 Kevin Hodgson Thu, 17 May 2012 17:52:48 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2161#comment-2180 Hi The embedded Mob looks pretty and seemed to work fine. I'll need to explore a bit more, particularly around the step of students using the information for some sort of activity or reflection. Still, thanks for the heads up about the site. I've been following your posts in my RSS reader. Kevin Hi
The embedded Mob looks pretty and seemed to work fine. I’ll need to explore a bit more, particularly around the step of students using the information for some sort of activity or reflection. Still, thanks for the heads up about the site. I’ve been following your posts in my RSS reader.
Kevin

]]> Comment on MentorMob Final Workshop is Ready! by Eric Pitt http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2161#comment-2179 Eric Pitt Thu, 17 May 2012 16:23:21 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2161#comment-2179 Always a great suggestion Carol. We still have a 'Clone feature' in development that will allow you to create a public playlist and then make a copy that is private. This will allow you to take advantage of all the pro account features, and still be able to share your playlist with the world. Always a great suggestion Carol. We still have a ‘Clone feature’ in development that will allow you to create a public playlist and then make a copy that is private. This will allow you to take advantage of all the pro account features, and still be able to share your playlist with the world.

]]> Comment on First 5 Lessons Learned In Our First Year Of BYOT by Carol Mortensen http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2178 Carol Mortensen Wed, 16 May 2012 19:50:48 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2178 Agreed on both accounts! Resources for use are very, very important. In fact, I've put together a bundle of 70 web-based apps that seem to suit the bill on this (it's posted here: http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=1979) and it definitely should be included in the list of lessons to be learned. Many of these have apps for specific mobile devices as well but I tried to make sure they could be accessed from every venue/medium. I'd love your thoughts on them. Thanks for sharing! Agreed on both accounts! Resources for use are very, very important. In fact, I’ve put together a bundle of 70 web-based apps that seem to suit the bill on this (it’s posted here: http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=1979) and it definitely should be included in the list of lessons to be learned. Many of these have apps for specific mobile devices as well but I tried to make sure they could be accessed from every venue/medium.

I’d love your thoughts on them.

Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on First 5 Lessons Learned In Our First Year Of BYOT by Carol Mortensen http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2177 Carol Mortensen Wed, 16 May 2012 19:46:58 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2177 Your comment was an excellent one. I very much agree that the Parent understanding, buy-in, and support makes a huge difference and it's one thing I'd like to see us focus on for next year. I think our 1/2 year start may have impacted us in this area and I hope to rectify it. I'd love to learn more about your BYOT Boot Camps...Please share!!! Thank you for your comments! Your comment was an excellent one. I very much agree that the Parent understanding, buy-in, and support makes a huge difference and it’s one thing I’d like to see us focus on for next year. I think our 1/2 year start may have impacted us in this area and I hope to rectify it.

I’d love to learn more about your BYOT Boot Camps…Please share!!!

Thank you for your comments!

]]> Comment on First 5 Lessons Learned In Our First Year Of BYOT by JD Ferries-Rowe http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2174 JD Ferries-Rowe Wed, 16 May 2012 16:55:03 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2174 we are one year into our voluntary BYOT implementation and moving to a 1:1 BYOT model with financial aid support mechanisms next year. It was fun to read through your list, find so many similarities, and check them off in my head. One lesson we have learned (are learning) as we have been marketing this system is the need to share with PARENTS what to expect (and what not to expect). Your #5 gets very close to this. BYOT is about empowering students to use the tools they would naturally choose anyway to complete assignments. This can happen in a PBL, a high integration classroom, or even a low-tech classroom where the only device is the one in the student's stylus-filled, note taking hand. -- Our BYOTBootcamps with teachers have also emphasized this to great acceptance. Great reflection. Thanks for sharing. we are one year into our voluntary BYOT implementation and moving to a 1:1 BYOT model with financial aid support mechanisms next year. It was fun to read through your list, find so many similarities, and check them off in my head.

One lesson we have learned (are learning) as we have been marketing this system is the need to share with PARENTS what to expect (and what not to expect). Your #5 gets very close to this. BYOT is about empowering students to use the tools they would naturally choose anyway to complete assignments. This can happen in a PBL, a high integration classroom, or even a low-tech classroom where the only device is the one in the student’s stylus-filled, note taking hand. — Our BYOTBootcamps with teachers have also emphasized this to great acceptance.

Great reflection. Thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on First 5 Lessons Learned In Our First Year Of BYOT by Zach http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2172 Zach Wed, 16 May 2012 12:20:50 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2172 We found lesson 4 to be huge! A well crafted AUP is the jackknife tool of BYOT - it can cover all situations and encourage use. I'd also add a lesson 6 - develop, find, or create web based software tools that are platform neutral and will work on any device, any OS, and any screen size (a bit of a tall order, but becoming more of the norm!). We found lesson 4 to be huge! A well crafted AUP is the jackknife tool of BYOT – it can cover all situations and encourage use.

I’d also add a lesson 6 – develop, find, or create web based software tools that are platform neutral and will work on any device, any OS, and any screen size (a bit of a tall order, but becoming more of the norm!).

]]> Comment on MentorMob: Workshop Creation Day 1 (Updated 5/14/12) by Carol Mortensen http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2122#comment-2169 Carol Mortensen Mon, 14 May 2012 14:07:15 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2122#comment-2169 I knew you all would be responding! Thank you! I'm checking this out right now! :) I knew you all would be responding! Thank you! I’m checking this out right now! :)

]]> Comment on MentorMob: Workshop Creation Day 1 (Updated 5/14/12) by Eric Pitt http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2122#comment-2164 Eric Pitt Mon, 14 May 2012 00:35:42 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2122#comment-2164 Hi Carol, Here is the MentorMob Chrome Extension Bookmarklet. Let me know what you think: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/injlnhfmhbmfeplgpfkbioijgfaebgfj Hi Carol,

Here is the MentorMob Chrome Extension Bookmarklet. Let me know what you think:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/injlnhfmhbmfeplgpfkbioijgfaebgfj

]]> Comment on First 5 Lessons Learned In Our First Year Of BYOT by Carol Mortensen http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2163 Carol Mortensen Sun, 13 May 2012 21:31:01 +0000 http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=2106#comment-2163 Hi Dr. Thornburg. I think you meant to address that to me...Carol. :) However, I think we are agreeing here. I never stated that it could (or SHOULD not be PBL-based) and it's a wonderful and appropriate goal and use of BYOT BUT in the real K-12 world that I deal with, we have teachers who are afraid to even use BYOT to allow students to improve their own organization and planning. My experience tells me that, once these teachers accept BYOT and all that this means in terms of opening up possibilities in the classroom such as PBL, then and only then can the ultimate goal of project-based learning occur. However, if we insist that BYOT means project-based learning only (and I would argue it doesn't), then we will lose them before we ever start. These teachers can do this but they need to be allowed to experience the small successes along the way to get the bigger picture! Hi Dr. Thornburg. I think you meant to address that to me…Carol. :) However, I think we are agreeing here. I never stated that it could (or SHOULD not be PBL-based) and it’s a wonderful and appropriate goal and use of BYOT BUT in the real K-12 world that I deal with, we have teachers who are afraid to even use BYOT to allow students to improve their own organization and planning.

My experience tells me that, once these teachers accept BYOT and all that this means in terms of opening up possibilities in the classroom such as PBL, then and only then can the ultimate goal of project-based learning occur. However, if we insist that BYOT means project-based learning only (and I would argue it doesn’t), then we will lose them before we ever start.

These teachers can do this but they need to be allowed to experience the small successes along the way to get the bigger picture!

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