Comments on: Digital Holidaymakers http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521 the digital home of andrew brown Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:52:45 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ab http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-19910 ab Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:41:40 +0000 http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521#comment-19910 <em>John</em> - it's a shame that the pioneers are often forgotten. We need to learn far more from them. They weren't afraid of failing or being seen to fail - something I worry about with a Curriculum for Excellence. I'm very much reminded of Thomas Edison and his attitude to failure! <em>Marlyn</em> - like many out there, and many before her, Maggie decided blogging wasn't for her. She does however have a great website full of ideas, tools, resources and perhaps above all help and challenges which serves her needs (and the needs of her audience) far more than a blog does. FWIW, I'm sorry I boxed her into a corner by quoting her in this post, as there is only one thing worse that bating someone in a blogpost (that being not attributing sources?) To set the record straight though, she has commented on blog posts in the past, present and no doubt the future! With such a wealth of means of communication, each of us makes our own choices about how we interact with others. I would hope we are all facilitators - regardless of our point of entry into using technology. For me, it's not really the moment of revelation that counts, it's what we do beyond that, and how we encourge others? John – it’s a shame that the pioneers are often forgotten. We need to learn far more from them. They weren’t afraid of failing or being seen to fail – something I worry about with a Curriculum for Excellence. I’m very much reminded of Thomas Edison and his attitude to failure!

Marlyn – like many out there, and many before her, Maggie decided blogging wasn’t for her. She does however have a great website full of ideas, tools, resources and perhaps above all help and challenges which serves her needs (and the needs of her audience) far more than a blog does. FWIW, I’m sorry I boxed her into a corner by quoting her in this post, as there is only one thing worse that bating someone in a blogpost (that being not attributing sources?) To set the record straight though, she has commented on blog posts in the past, present and no doubt the future! With such a wealth of means of communication, each of us makes our own choices about how we interact with others.

I would hope we are all facilitators – regardless of our point of entry into using technology. For me, it’s not really the moment of revelation that counts, it’s what we do beyond that, and how we encourge others?

]]> By: Marlyn Moffat http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-19897 Marlyn Moffat Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:17:21 +0000 http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521#comment-19897 Hey `Maggie Irving' Pioneer of blogging (how many years ago was that?)in Argyll was finally constrained to write upon a blog. :D As to the issue, I think it is called professionalism. If the holidaymakers get just a wee thing to take home to use, then the job is done. It might not be anything that had been on the agenda, course notes, but something the holiday maker picked up over lunch! John..from an immigrant. position..I cannot agree with you more. I was one such! I think I might now be in dinosaur category!! 1994 'Art and the mac' That's what got me hooked. So in this realm, I am now a facilitator.....I teach what I know and encourage forward movement, and applaud it. Hey `Maggie Irving’ Pioneer of blogging (how many years ago was that?)in Argyll was finally constrained to write upon a blog. :D
As to the issue, I think it is called professionalism. If the holidaymakers get just a wee thing to take home to use, then the job is done. It might not be anything that had been on the agenda, course notes, but something the holiday maker picked up over lunch!
John..from an immigrant. position..I cannot agree with you more. I was one such! I think I might now be in dinosaur category!! 1994 ‘Art and the mac’ That’s what got me hooked. So in this realm, I am now a facilitator…..I teach what I know and encourage forward movement, and applaud it.

]]> By: John Connell http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-19745 John Connell Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:38:45 +0000 http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521#comment-19745 Andrew, I also think that Prensky, in his quest for publishable simplicity, forgot about the digital pioneers (for want of a better expression) - those from the 'immigrant' population who were early on the scene to explore and map the digital world. They were naive, they often got things badly wrong, but they did - intuitively - know that this technology thing would one day be of fundamental importance to education. Andrew,

I also think that Prensky, in his quest for publishable simplicity, forgot about the digital pioneers (for want of a better expression) – those from the ‘immigrant’ population who were early on the scene to explore and map the digital world. They were naive, they often got things badly wrong, but they did – intuitively – know that this technology thing would one day be of fundamental importance to education.

]]> By: ab http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-19690 ab Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:01:52 +0000 http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521#comment-19690 <em>Maggie</em> - here's to the supporters! In whatever guise they take - colleagues, LA personnel, pupils and even friends? Help and advice comes from the most unlikely of places sometimes. <em>Ian</em> - I don't know why your comment got wiped - it was there yesterday, and today it's not... I'm having major problems with SPAM filtering at the moment - I can feel a blog upgrade coming on... Maggie – here’s to the supporters! In whatever guise they take – colleagues, LA personnel, pupils and even friends? Help and advice comes from the most unlikely of places sometimes.

Ian – I don’t know why your comment got wiped – it was there yesterday, and today it’s not… I’m having major problems with SPAM filtering at the moment – I can feel a blog upgrade coming on…

]]> By: Maggie Irving http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521&cpage=1#comment-19669 Maggie Irving Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:44:52 +0000 http://www.whereisab.co.uk/blog/?p=521#comment-19669 I think that all of us who support our colleagues, immigrants or holidaymakers, are digital travel agents. We try to make the trip pleasant, rewarding and stress-free in the hope that our holidaymakers will return often and perhaps even consider immigrating! I think that all of us who support our colleagues, immigrants or holidaymakers, are digital travel agents. We try to make the trip pleasant, rewarding and stress-free in the hope that our holidaymakers will return often and perhaps even consider immigrating!

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