Comments on: Rising Above the White Noise

By: vvrotny

vvrotny — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:27:08 +0000

Nadine,

Thank you for you comments and future blog post ideas. I will add the goal to establish the visions on how you will impact the future. How important, yet, I made it implicit in my article. Thank goodness that the final article is not due until Monday.

By: Nadine N

Nadine N — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:45:26 +0000

This is a wonderfully descriptive post. I would also add to your four recommendations at the article

Have a clear vision of the how you will impact the future.

It’s clear from being at your workshop at IL-TCE, and from reading about what have accomplished professionally, you are passionate about your vision of inspiring others to engage in their own professional learning networks.

An important follow-up to this article would be specific strategies and action steps to:
Develop your voice

Determine your medium of strength

Establish your reputation

Develop credibility

By: susan

susan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:00:39 +0000

The connectivity, the ability to reach across countries and continents for information, and the powerful networking that occurs when one reaches out is amazing. I wonder if the students aren’t already discovering this on their own, at least socially. The key, now, is to let them see the strength of the networking for professional reasons. (And to help them be aware that the footsteps they are leaving across the web have already started this process. What’s their online identity? Will people want to call on them for professional opportunities when the time comes? You are right–their reputation is being established now.)

By: Tracy Murdach

Tracy Murdach — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:17:52 +0000

I met you this year at ILTCE through Lucy. I, too, have been impressed and impacted by your writings, thoughts, and ideas. This article is no different. The challenge to your students is very realistic and very important. All students at some point need to come to realize who they are and what impact they want to have on others. In education today, the impact that these students will have is potentially on the global level. Your statement about how we are moving away from the industrial age to an age where you will be judged on the content that you can create and how you put it together is baffling to veteran teachers but none the less, the truth. Along with challenging the students, I believe that the teachers must be challenged to provide the opportunities for their students to find that voice and use it to it’s fullest potential. If teachers do not do that, they are doing a disservice to their students. They have to believe in the need for 21st Century literate students and will go above and beyond to teach and reach these students. Without guidance, some of these voices may not be heard. Thanks to you and to all the others who are making a difference! No voice can ever be too loud…

By: mrsdurff

mrsdurff — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:52:39 +0000

How do you propose we develop voice, determine our medium of strength, establish reputation, & develop credibility?

By: Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:09:23 +0000

Great conversation to have with students of all ages. I believe these are the shifts everyone needs to be aware of, and the ability to master these skills will be what sets students apart from their peers. Finding our own voices, participating in the networks available, learning and sharing with others from around the world has increased my personal learning more than I ever imagined. Learning through online communities in the past year has provided me with higher quality professional development than is often offered to me face to face in the area in which I live.

By: Ann Oro

Ann Oro — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:32:09 +0000

I enjoyed your article. It’s great to be able to share your ideas with the school in a way that can still be more easily accessible to the whole school body.

Becoming adept at these skills will give this generation of students more opportunities that others in their peer group. Just like going to college was the ticket in our generation, choosing to build these skills can be their ticket.

By: futura

futura — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:18:33 +0000

I think you’ve provided some excellent examples of this shift that is happening.

And the network seems novel to us(adults) but so natural to our students, most of them, anyway!

But it’s such a powerful way to get ideas, to learn, and to be inspired.

Great advice, and I would add: Ask questions. There’s a whole network out there to help.

By: Lorna Costantini

Lorna Costantini — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:53:19 +0000

I am also part of that culture that played 45′s and played in the street until the street lights came on. There is no age limit to the student that needs to develop voice, strength, reputation and credibility. There is a wealth of models and opportunities. I will share your insights and vision while I work with parents supporting their students in the 21st century