Comments on: Circle of Life: the technology-using educator edition http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition Thoughts About Empowering Students with Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Paula Naugle http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142455 Paula Naugle Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:46:57 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142455 Sylvia, my journey began when I attended NECC04 in New Orleans, my hometown. I was amazed by all the new words I was hearing and wondered how long it would take me to really understand them. I felt I had been transported to a different planet. I left that conference with a renewed zeal toward my career (I had almost 30 years of classroom experience) and started to integrate tech into my classroom. Things were going great until the tragedy of Katrina hit. While I was thrown offtrack for about a year and a half, I am still part of the journey. While I took me longer than I had originally planned, I have indeed completed the Circle of Life of Technology Using Educator. I agree with Tom when he says, "No process of this sort is really linear/cyclical. I believe that you go through mini-cycles over and over as you progress along this continuum." May all of us enjoy and learn well as we journey on. Sylvia, my journey began when I attended NECC04 in New Orleans, my hometown. I was amazed by all the new words I was hearing and wondered how long it would take me to really understand them. I felt I had been transported to a different planet. I left that conference with a renewed zeal toward my career (I had almost 30 years of classroom experience) and started to integrate tech into my classroom. Things were going great until the tragedy of Katrina hit. While I was thrown offtrack for about a year and a half, I am still part of the journey.

While I took me longer than I had originally planned, I have indeed completed the Circle of Life of Technology Using Educator. I agree with Tom when he says, “No process of this sort is really linear/cyclical. I believe that you go through mini-cycles over and over as you progress along this continuum.”

May all of us enjoy and learn well as we journey on.

]]> By: Tom McLean http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142423 Tom McLean Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:07:37 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142423 Thank you for a great post. I really loved the way in which you captured the essence of your changing perspective towards ed tech and your conditional optimism towards its use. Thank you for a great post. I really loved the way in which you captured the essence of your changing perspective towards ed tech and your conditional optimism towards its use.

]]> By: Lynn http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142353 Lynn Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:24:04 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142353 Ok..I'm going to get all sappy on you about this, but it honestly choked me up to see my professional life captured so succinctly here. I took a job as an instructional technology coach, and have been wondering lately if I made the biggest mistake of my life...The "circle of life" and two snow days in a row might just get me back on my feet! THANK YOU! Ok..I’m going to get all sappy on you about this, but it honestly choked me up to see my professional life captured so succinctly here. I took a job as an instructional technology coach, and have been wondering lately if I made the biggest mistake of my life…The “circle of life” and two snow days in a row might just get me back on my feet! THANK YOU!

]]> By: Donna Benjamin http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142327 Donna Benjamin Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:33:20 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142327 Fantastic post Sylvia - thanks for digging it out and posting it again - Very much looking forward to hearing you speak, and meeting you, at ACEC2010 in April in Melbourne, AU next year. In many ways I think conferences need reinvention just as much as schools do - what are the alternatives to Stage on the Stage for conferencing and our own peer to peer learning? - Donna (tech and web team acec2010) Fantastic post Sylvia – thanks for digging it out and posting it again – Very much looking forward to hearing you speak, and meeting you, at ACEC2010 in April in Melbourne, AU next year.

In many ways I think conferences need reinvention just as much as schools do – what are the alternatives to Stage on the Stage for conferencing and our own peer to peer learning?

- Donna
(tech and web team acec2010)

]]> By: …. back yet again | ELT Musings and other tidbits http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142318 …. back yet again | ELT Musings and other tidbits Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:11:52 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142318 [...] I am just on an amazing learning curve. I’m perhaps somewhere near the firehose stage of the technology using educator life cycle, and I love every minute of [...] [...] I am just on an amazing learning curve. I’m perhaps somewhere near the firehose stage of the technology using educator life cycle, and I love every minute of [...]

]]> By: Chris http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142316 Chris Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:04:41 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142316 This is right on! I would agree with Tom above though, as I am sure you would too. No process of this sort is really linear/cyclical. I believe that you go through mini-cycles over and over as you progress along this continuum. Well thought out - thanks for posting. I plan to share this with the team of Instructional Technology Coaches I work with. I think it will validate much of what we live and witness. -Chris This is right on!

I would agree with Tom above though, as I am sure you would too. No process of this sort is really linear/cyclical. I believe that you go through mini-cycles over and over as you progress along this continuum.

Well thought out – thanks for posting. I plan to share this with the team of Instructional Technology Coaches I work with. I think it will validate much of what we live and witness.

-Chris

]]> By: Ralph Gallo http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142315 Ralph Gallo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:51:43 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142315 Excellent summary and explanation! You have truly captured the overwhelming feelings that sometimes occur in the life of a user and supporter of ed tech. It's nice to be reminded that it's all whorthwhile in the end and that all of this ever-changing technology really can make a positive difference in education... Excellent summary and explanation! You have truly captured the overwhelming feelings that sometimes occur in the life of a user and supporter of ed tech. It’s nice to be reminded that it’s all whorthwhile in the end and that all of this ever-changing technology really can make a positive difference in education…

]]> By: Immigrants, Natives and Wayfinders « Clyde Street http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142310 Immigrants, Natives and Wayfinders « Clyde Street Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:35:05 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142310 [...] checking of my Twitter account led me to Sylvia’s Generation Yes’s blog post about the Circle of Life:the technology-using educator edition. Her post was the catalyst to write a place holder about the use of educational [...] [...] checking of my Twitter account led me to Sylvia’s Generation Yes’s blog post about the Circle of Life:the technology-using educator edition. Her post was the catalyst to write a place holder about the use of educational [...]

]]> By: Tom Krawczewicz http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142305 Tom Krawczewicz Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:59:06 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142305 Thanks for an excellent post. You have hit the nail right on the head and captured the process quite succinctly with the appropriate stages and the shape. Over the past year my graduate studies brought me in and took me through most of the stages of the circle. At times though, I feel like I am passing through one (or several) stages again, if even very briefly. This is probably a necessary, positive, and healthy process of reexamination. My guess is that this will continue even after I figure out how to provide effective guidance for others (call it sage on the side, guide on the stage, or motivating mentor, maybe?). After all, it is a circle. Thanks for an excellent post. You have hit the nail right on the head and captured the process quite succinctly with the appropriate stages and the shape. Over the past year my graduate studies brought me in and took me through most of the stages of the circle. At times though, I feel like I am passing through one (or several) stages again, if even very briefly. This is probably a necessary, positive, and healthy process of reexamination. My guess is that this will continue even after I figure out how to provide effective guidance for others (call it sage on the side, guide on the stage, or motivating mentor, maybe?). After all, it is a circle.

]]> By: Scott Kemp http://blog.genyes.org/index.php/2009/12/04/circle-of-life-the-technology-using-educator-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-142303 Scott Kemp Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:58:44 +0000 http://blog.genyes.com/?p=1764#comment-142303 The circle of life indeed. As I was reading your piece, I found myself marking the steps I have been through. I am happy to be nearing the end of the circle :-) You have encouraged me to keep on going, keep swimming, even if against the current. Thanks for the great insight. Cheers, Scott The circle of life indeed. As I was reading your piece, I found myself marking the steps I have been through. I am happy to be nearing the end of the circle :-) You have encouraged me to keep on going, keep swimming, even if against the current. Thanks for the great insight.
Cheers,
Scott

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