Comments on: It’s Take Your Students To Conferences Month! http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/09/22/its-take-your-students-to-conferences-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-take-your-students-to-conferences-month Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: sylvia martinez http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/09/22/its-take-your-students-to-conferences-month/comment-page-1/#comment-140848 sylvia martinez Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:08:55 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1610#comment-140848 Angela - it's a crucial point you are making. Empowering students means actually letting them participate in meaningful ways, which is much more difficult. As I've said before, I believe that student voice is about action, not talking. Jim - that's a great story, and really illustrates some of the points I make in the article. Students need to be sharing what they are doing, what they are proudest of, and how they are making their mark on the world. That's real student voice. Angela – it’s a crucial point you are making. Empowering students means actually letting them participate in meaningful ways, which is much more difficult. As I’ve said before, I believe that student voice is about action, not talking.

Jim – that’s a great story, and really illustrates some of the points I make in the article. Students need to be sharing what they are doing, what they are proudest of, and how they are making their mark on the world. That’s real student voice.

]]> By: Jim Beeghley http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/09/22/its-take-your-students-to-conferences-month/comment-page-1/#comment-140838 Jim Beeghley Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:10:13 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1610#comment-140838 My 12 year old daughter and I frequently present to various groups of teachers both locally here in PA and in other states. Yesterday she presented her Civil War Sallie (http://www.civilwarsallie.com) project at the Classroom 2.0 conference here in Pennsylvania and next week she'll present to another large group of teachers. This is a great way for me to spend time with her and also for her to gain valuable experience with public speaking and actually teaching teachers about technology. Thanks, Jim Beeghley My 12 year old daughter and I frequently present to various groups of teachers both locally here in PA and in other states. Yesterday she presented her Civil War Sallie (http://www.civilwarsallie.com) project at the Classroom 2.0 conference here in Pennsylvania and next week she’ll present to another large group of teachers.

This is a great way for me to spend time with her and also for her to gain valuable experience with public speaking and actually teaching teachers about technology.

Thanks,
Jim Beeghley

]]> By: Angela Stockman http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/09/22/its-take-your-students-to-conferences-month/comment-page-1/#comment-140573 Angela Stockman Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:33:07 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1610#comment-140573 Thanks for this fantastic resource, Sylvia. I've shared it in the <a href="http://workingtogether2makeadifference.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-great-resource-for-helping" rel="nofollow">Working Together 2 Make a Difference Ning </a>. We're just getting started there, but I'm hoping that eventually, we'll be able to inspire meaningful student participation there. My daughter is often asked to present at conferences and for different groups of school leaders and students. It's been interesting watching her become more experienced with this....over time, she's grown less interested in receiving pats-on-the-back and kudos for her efforts. That sort of thing grows old pretty quickly, and it also tends to inspire a bit of resentment. Pouring on praise can do that within classroom communities too, I find. Sharing our thoughts and our ideas in order to make a contribution, receive feedback, and serve others authentically is the greater mission, I couldn't agree more. This requires a different skill-set as a teacher or a leader though--your article provides great direction there. Thanks! Thanks for this fantastic resource, Sylvia. I’ve shared it in the Working Together 2 Make a Difference Ning . We’re just getting started there, but I’m hoping that eventually, we’ll be able to inspire meaningful student participation there. My daughter is often asked to present at conferences and for different groups of school leaders and students. It’s been interesting watching her become more experienced with this….over time, she’s grown less interested in receiving pats-on-the-back and kudos for her efforts. That sort of thing grows old pretty quickly, and it also tends to inspire a bit of resentment. Pouring on praise can do that within classroom communities too, I find. Sharing our thoughts and our ideas in order to make a contribution, receive feedback, and serve others authentically is the greater mission, I couldn’t agree more. This requires a different skill-set as a teacher or a leader though–your article provides great direction there. Thanks!

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