Comments on: By Design: Please keep the toilet seat in the upright position! http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/by-design-keep-the-toilet-seat-up/ Reflections on Education, Technology and Learning Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:42:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ken Allan http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/by-design-keep-the-toilet-seat-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Ken Allan Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:10:50 +0000 http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/?p=124#comment-1081 Kia ora david! All toilet humour aside, what is a meta for? Innovation is not easy, whether positive or not. There have been some notable innovators in history not too far back. Most of their qualities lay not so much in their inventiveness as in their ability as entrepreneurs. Many of those elaborated on extant inventions but it was their ability to sell the idea that made them the originators. Arguably this could be said for Alexander Graham Bell with his version of the phone, and even John Logie Baird with his televisor, though he could have done with a bit less mechanical insight and more innovation. Because Baird held the key patents, he became the TV King. Good on him for recognising the worth of an idea enough to patent it. Ka kite from Middle-earth Kia ora david!

All toilet humour aside, what is a meta for?

Innovation is not easy, whether positive or not. There have been some notable innovators in history not too far back. Most of their qualities lay not so much in their inventiveness as in their ability as entrepreneurs. Many of those elaborated on extant inventions but it was their ability to sell the idea that made them the originators.

Arguably this could be said for Alexander Graham Bell with his version of the phone, and even John Logie Baird with his televisor, though he could have done with a bit less mechanical insight and more innovation. Because Baird held the key patents, he became the TV King. Good on him for recognising the worth of an idea enough to patent it.

Ka kite
from Middle-earth

]]> By: Silvana http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/by-design-keep-the-toilet-seat-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Silvana Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:00:51 +0000 http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/?p=124#comment-1074 Ok so this made me chuckle I mean who makes toilet seat analogies? No matter how I frame it I just can't make it work for me.....must be the British in me I guess! For a long time a group of teachers in the UK argue that assessment should be about the process and not the product...if we are really interested in creating learners for the 21st century then we must teach in a way that helps learners create knowledge, after all it will be the knowledge of the future which creates energy that is not reliant on fossil fuels, repairs the ozone etc etc....I am embarking on a journey where I will be teaching as creatively as possible....for me its not whether the tolet seat is up or down but what I am able to achieve in whatever position it takes.....drat! I used a toilet analogy.Haha Ok so this made me chuckle I mean who makes toilet seat analogies? No matter how I frame it I just can’t make it work for me…..must be the British in me I guess! For a long time a group of teachers in the UK argue that assessment should be about the process and not the product…if we are really interested in creating learners for the 21st century then we must teach in a way that helps learners create knowledge, after all it will be the knowledge of the future which creates energy that is not reliant on fossil fuels, repairs the ozone etc etc….I am embarking on a journey where I will be teaching as creatively as possible….for me its not whether the tolet seat is up or down but what I am able to achieve in whatever position it takes…..drat! I used a toilet analogy.Haha

]]> By: Frances Bell http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/by-design-keep-the-toilet-seat-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Frances Bell Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:09:19 +0000 http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/?p=124#comment-1058 When my (now adult) sons were toddlers, I devised a 'trick' for reminding them to lift the seat. I put a sticker on the part of the lid that would be covered by the seat, with a picture of an alien, who was saying "Before you wea, please hide me". It was moderately effective. What's the lesson for e-learning. Deliver timely reminders privately and with humour. When my (now adult) sons were toddlers, I devised a ‘trick’ for reminding them to lift the seat. I put a sticker on the part of the lid that would be covered by the seat, with a picture of an alien, who was saying “Before you wea, please hide me”. It was moderately effective. What’s the lesson for e-learning. Deliver timely reminders privately and with humour.

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