Comments on: Teaching Old Tricks to New Dogs… http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/ a journey into the interstitial realm of net presence Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: drentlaw http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-670 drentlaw Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:27:42 +0000 http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-670 you`re cool. www.blackshear.hgeorgia.com you`re cool. http://www.blackshear.hgeorgia.com

]]> By: jamesmatthew http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-81 jamesmatthew Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:29:05 +0000 http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-81 Chris, thanks for the heads on that one. I enjoyed reading about Ewan's early recruitment to help out teachers with the whole mac thing... Chris,

thanks for the heads on that one. I enjoyed reading about Ewan’s early recruitment to help out teachers with the whole mac thing…

]]> By: jamesmatthew http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-80 jamesmatthew Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:26:29 +0000 http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-80 Graham, I agree with your idea that students don't necessarily 'name' the terminology they wield...Most are familiar with downloading mp3's and tote the ipods or spinoff mp3 or mp4 players, while they don't know what a 'podcast' is. I guess it is the actual guts of the application that matters to them, as opposed to the label on it (although the popularity of ipods and their slick packaging would suggest otherwise) cheers Graham,

I agree with your idea that students don’t necessarily ‘name’ the terminology they wield…Most are familiar with downloading mp3’s and tote the ipods or spinoff mp3 or mp4 players, while they don’t know what a ‘podcast’ is.

I guess it is the actual guts of the application that matters to them, as opposed to the label on it (although the popularity of ipods and their slick packaging would suggest otherwise)
cheers

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-79 Graham Wegner Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:16:35 +0000 http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-79 James, I had the same experience with some of the terminology and students last year. One student in three classes of 30 knew what a podcast was - maybe educators are better at naming and tagging terminology while the kids might just say, "Oh, that's what you call it?" Kids in my Year 5/6 last year (11/12 year olds) wuld talk about MSNing each other in the evenings while us oldies (or geeks) might call that Instant Messaging. James, I had the same experience with some of the terminology and students last year. One student in three classes of 30 knew what a podcast was – maybe educators are better at naming and tagging terminology while the kids might just say, “Oh, that’s what you call it?” Kids in my Year 5/6 last year (11/12 year olds) wuld talk about MSNing each other in the evenings while us oldies (or geeks) might call that Instant Messaging.

]]> By: Chris http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-78 Chris Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:06:53 +0000 http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-78 You might like to check out my blog - to see where it all began! You might like to check out my blog – to see where it all began!

]]> By: jamesmatthew http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-76 jamesmatthew Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:04:33 +0000 http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-76 Ewan The world is a whole lot smaller. I find it amazing that I posted this initial entry about 15 minutes ago, and your response is here already....amazing. Thanks for the mention of the follow-up post. I will check it out when I grab a minute (and some coffee....) cheers Ewan

The world is a whole lot smaller. I find it amazing that I posted this initial entry about 15 minutes ago, and your response is here already….amazing.

Thanks for the mention of the follow-up post. I will check it out when I grab a minute (and some coffee….)

cheers

]]> By: Ewan McIntosh http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-74 Ewan McIntosh Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:48:44 +0000 http://jamesmatthew.wordpress.com/2006/01/16/teaching-old-tricks-to-new-dogs/#comment-74 Thanks for the enthusiastic comment - I've had a good couple of weeks and managed to get some more fellow Scots onside. Comments like yours help convince more of the virtue in these technologies. Might I also just add that there is a follow-up post that goes with the one you mention, at: http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/01/time_for_knowle.html Thanks for the enthusiastic comment – I’ve had a good couple of weeks and managed to get some more fellow Scots onside. Comments like yours help convince more of the virtue in these technologies. Might I also just add that there is a follow-up post that goes with the one you mention, at: http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/01/time_for_knowle.html

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