Hi Nellie, I agree with you completely.
I think the Weekly WikiEd Webconferences (WWW) are a really good idea, and a step in the right direction. Also, we need to have a regular events / activities listing - that makes its way onto the main page of WikiEd, so that folks can see what activity is happening, where the clusters of people working on projects are ~ far richer detail than simply checking "Recent Changes" - I spoke to Pankaj Khare of IGNOU in India, and he suggested something of that sort. (I've cc'd him, so he's aware of what we're chatting about...) True, we are a community here, but we need elevate our activities so that we are a Community of Support for each other - dialoguing, sharing, exchanging info, ideas, insights and approaches....and creating awareness about what's happening...I'm not saying that this hasn't happened before, it's just that we have to ramp it up to the next level... This leads naturally into Ownership....our ownership of our community.... To your point about engaging teacher-educators, and shifting mindsets....in a way we as WikiEducators have to shift our own mindsets to talk less about technology per se, and more about the community development, engagement etc..., and draw others into projects that we're working on....in line with mutual interests.... I'm sensing more energy in the community to do this...at this point... As always....your thoughts....? :-) Randy On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:37 AM, nelliemuller < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Randy, > After my conversation with you on SKYPE, I tried to understand what > was missing.; was it the fact that wikispace is easier or something > else? I came to the conclusion that teachers are not ready. We need to > help teachers change their mind sets and pay less attention to > technology. Once educators decide they want to collaborate, they will > see the value of e-learning. For a start, we may wish to model good > collaborative efforts ourselves. Why are we communicating via google, > skype, google chat, msn, and yahoo, and not wikieducator? > > :) > > Nellie > > On Apr 30, 6:08 am, "Randy Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This would be a great resource for teacher-educators within, and > external to > > our community - it would also be useful for keeping folks 'engaged' and > > fostering a sense of belonging, because they are afilliated / connected > to a > > Community of Support. This is an important message to convey, > concomitant > > with the development of these materials.... > > > > Nellie, Leigh et al: Last night I spoke with Pankaj Khare (Skype Chat), > and > > he suggested that we might be able to put up a feed of events on the > WikiEd > > main page - so that teacher-educators could get a sense of the events > and > > Pro-D events / activities happening in our community. (Checking Recent > > Changes isn't the most effective anymore, because of the sheer volume). > I'm > > thinking that the Pro-D web-conferences that Leigh - you run, could be > on > > this list (a page within WikiEd, fed to the main page - and publicized > to > > teacher-educators) and Nellie, your Pro-D events, and just about anyone > > else, in line with our free and open values. > > > > Your thoughts, suggestions? > > > > - Randy > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Leigh Blackall < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I meant YOUR Moodle > > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Leigh Blackall < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello Nellie, > > > > > > We are developing such materials and could use your help. > > > > Are you going to develop resources in Wikied and then use them in > our > > > > Moodle? I think that would be a win win for everyone. Where do you > want to > > > > start? We are starting with a Blogging Handbook: > > > >http://wikieducator.org/Create_and_maintain_a_basic_weblog > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:32 PM, nelliemuller < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Please join me in developing free online professional development > > > > > courses for educators on how to use web 2.0 tools effectively for > > > > > instruction and learning. The courses may be conducted in > different > > > > > languages using Moodle athttp://www.integrating-technology.com/pd > > > > > > > Everyone is welcome! > > > > > > > Warm wishes, > > > > > Nellie Deutsch > > > > > (doctoral student) > > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > Leigh Blackall > > > > +64(0)21736539 > > > > skype - leigh_blackall > > > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > > > >http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > Leigh Blackall > > > +64(0)21736539 > > > skype - leigh_blackall > > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > > >http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > > -- > > ________________ > > Randy Fisher - Improving Performance in Ecosystems - with Measurable > Resultshttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikirandy > > > > + 1 604.684.2275 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Skype: wikirandy > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher - Facilitating Change & Improving Performance - for People, Communities, and Organizations http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikirandy + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hirerandy.com Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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