Comments on: Students, Information and Schools

By: Thing 4 – Thoughts on Blogs and Learning | 23 Things

Thing 4 – Thoughts on Blogs and Learning | 23 Things — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:59:46 +0000

[...] “Students today experience the fluidity and availability of information in a different way than we did. … What’s the purpose of school? How has this changed in the last 2-3 years? And how will this change in the next 5 years?” http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/students-information-schools/ [...]

By: Thing 4 – Is Blogging the New Literacy? | elemath

Thing 4 – Is Blogging the New Literacy? | elemath — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:14:48 +0000

[...] And the availability of forums to question, discuss and develop best practices for the classroom are boundless, too. I have been pondering the value of homework for quite some time and there was that very conversation by hundreds of people in a blog. What is the place of rote learning in the classroom? There was a blog for that. How about fostering creativity within those cinderblock walls? There was a blog for that, too. [...]

By: Thing 4 – Edublogosphere Effect | LeadingtoLearn

Thing 4 – Edublogosphere Effect | LeadingtoLearn — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:08:04 +0000

[...] in David Truss‘ post Students, Information and Schools an image exemplifying his point that students today have a different approach to their education and problem solving based upon the technology vocabulary and tools they utilize. I could completely relate to his points; it sounded like a conversation I would have with my son. [...]

By: Kara

Kara — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:56:28 +0000

First of all I believe this young lady is efficient and I am impressed with the connection she made. I do believe that this can of worms needs to be addressed if as educators we are going to remain effective and progressive and truly prepare what students will be facing in the future. There are mny books out now detailing what skills they will need, one in particular that I found as an easy professional reading but very powerful was Daniel Pink’s book titled A Whole New Mind. Check it out, you’ll enjoy it if this topic is one of interest to you.

By: Thing 4: Blogging Begins with Reading | Third Grade Teacher

Thing 4: Blogging Begins with Reading | Third Grade Teacher — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:55:58 +0000

[...] articles that were mentioned in the posts. For example while reading Pair-a-Dimes (David Truss): Students, Information and Schools I opened a post about rote memorization This made the blogg reading interesting but very time [...]

By: Steven C. Thedford

Steven C. Thedford — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:39:51 +0000

For the first time this year my ten-year-old daughter has become interested in the Internet, I think her friends have e-mail accounts. So, she has been spending time visiting sites such a bellasara and Disney. She plays games for the most part. Yet she said something one day that has provided to be true, “In order to use the Internet you have to be able to read.” Thus, student that live in the virtual world have to be active learners, which makes them have ownership of their own education.

By: Thing 4 Reflections | summer09

Thing 4 Reflections | summer09 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:49:35 +0000

[...] Don’t Assign Homework, Is this SSR2.0?, The Myth of the Digital Native, and Spies Like Us was Students, Information, and Schools with its linked blog called What’s the Purpose of School? The first blog by David Truss [...]

By: Thing 4: Blogging Begins with Reading | Corinne's Caper 2.0

Thing 4: Blogging Begins with Reading | Corinne's Caper 2.0 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:16:49 +0000

[...] Students, Information and Schools had me laughing. The only difference between now and then is that students have the technology where they really do not have to copy the information by hand. Why not simply write copy and paste?! There is times I wish I could do that Of course, I would cite my information correctly. Students do have all this access at their hands and they need to be shown how to use accurately and how to get them to think and produce on their own. Uncategorized | Create a free edublog to get your own comment avatar (and more!) [...]

By: Thing 4 - Blogging Begins with Reading | Linda's Moonbeams

Thing 4 - Blogging Begins with Reading | Linda's Moonbeams — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:25:47 +0000

[...] post Students, Information and Schools talked about how easily today’s information is copied, pasted, and accessed. It posed some [...]

By: Thing 4 | My Web 2.0 Journey

Thing 4 | My Web 2.0 Journey — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:54:13 +0000

[...] leave a comment for any except one: David Truss’s, “Students, Information and Schools (http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/students-information-schools/).” I literally laughed out loud at the graphic. Then, I thought about not only how [...]