Comments on ULearn07 Endnote: Tony Ryan on making it happenTypePad2007-10-05T02:06:42ZEwan McIntoshhttps://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2007/10/ulearn07-endnot/comments/atom.xml/Andy Preston commented on 'ULearn07 Endnote: Tony Ryan on making it happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e54ef47b3a88332007-10-09T20:29:57Z2007-10-09T20:29:57ZAndy Preston http://www.edujam.orgHi Ewan, I know I can create something ingeniously and I think it is wrong to suggest that teachers may...<p>Hi Ewan, I know I can create something ingeniously and I think it is wrong to suggest that teachers may not inspire such outcomes as the example shown. I don't ingene things creatively though. </p>
<p>cheers Andy Preston </p>Ani Rauhihi commented on 'ULearn07 Endnote: Tony Ryan on making it happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e54ef2a47288332007-10-07T08:58:50Z2007-10-07T08:58:50ZAni Rauhihihttp://edu.blogs.comKia Ora Ewan, I really enjoyed your message to us all at the ULearn07 conference and as a starting out...<p>Kia Ora Ewan, <br />
I really enjoyed your message to us all at the ULearn07 conference and as a starting out ICT lead teacher at my school I was really overwhelmed by it all. There were products and programmes I'd heard about or seen in action but some of the items you discussed really intrigued me. In particular the language dancing mats buzzed me out, I want one! I teach in a Māori-medium Junior class and started to visualize my students dancing away (as they LOVE dancing)- which I know will happen one day!Could you tell me how to get one, but probably more importantly, how I can configure one to the Māori Language? I haven't seen anything here yet (unless you know of somewhere?). Having never blogged before I came home and set up by own blog on blogger.com and one for my class as I want the kids to have a wider audience, learning in Te Reo makes our audience very limited. It took me 40 minutes so I was rapt, lets see how we go - http://rumatui.blogspot.com (my class blog) and http://ketewhakaaro.blogspot.com (my blog). Thanks for the inspiration. <br />
Ani</p>MichelleB commented on 'ULearn07 Endnote: Tony Ryan on making it happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e54ef19a9288332007-10-06T07:42:50Z2007-10-06T07:42:50ZMichelleBHi Ewan and others. Great Keynote Wednesday, and also I agree with comments re: Tony's final Keynote. It was a...<p>Hi Ewan and others. Great Keynote Wednesday, and also I agree with comments re: Tony's final Keynote. It was a great way to have us start to focus on setting a goal to implement or change 1 or 2 things as we re-enter the classroom Monday. It really always is a overwhelming amount of info and ideas and affirmation we all get at ULearn and Tony givng us a debrief - focusing us on trying to identify one thing we will put into place certainly helped crystallise the ideas. Keep up the blogging and hope you enjoy your second week here in NZ. I know you have a 6 week old, but hopefully you will get up at 8am to watch the All Blacks beat France tomorrow morning!! </p>John Connell commented on 'ULearn07 Endnote: Tony Ryan on making it happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e54ef197ed88332007-10-06T06:54:41Z2007-10-06T06:54:41ZJohn Connellhttp://www.johnconnell.co.uk/blog/Sounds like things are going well for you in NZ, Ewan. Interesting stuff all round! More power to your baby-cradling...<p>Sounds like things are going well for you in NZ, Ewan. Interesting stuff all round! More power to your baby-cradling elbow! :-)</p>gail.dyer commented on 'ULearn07 Endnote: Tony Ryan on making it happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e54ef148bb88332007-10-05T21:20:32Z2007-10-05T21:20:33Zgail.dyerhttp://www.gaildyer.edublogs.orgSerendipitous is a great sounding word. It is appropriate at this time because you Ewan are just across the Tasman...<p>Serendipitous is a great sounding word. It is appropriate at this time because you Ewan are just across the Tasman Sea (so close and yet so far) while I have not met you I have been a constant ever since visiting Scotland and meeting many of your colleagues earlier this year. <br />
You have now met Tony (serendipity) whom I have known for nigh on 20 years,he has had an influence and impact on helping me move educators and manage mindset changes. He has been part of our planned approach to developing the climate of continual learning that now pervades our school culture.</p>
<p>Tony can be inspiring and is a great people person. Good that you've met him. </p>
<p>I agree we have to be clever in what we change and how we adapt. That has to be part of the role of the leader, be smart, give permission to let go, to take a risk and be proud if it comes off and reflect about how it might work better next time if it doesn't. That's where mentors are so important. They are the ones to whom you can talk and discuss ways of doing things differently or better next time. Mentoring is a vital part of the change structure that exists in our school.</p>
<p>Having sound scaffolds in place ensures the roses each year will be different and more beautiful.</p>
<p>All the creativity in the world would come to nothing without ingenuity.<br />
</p>Anne Fox commented on 'ULearn07 Endnote: Tony Ryan on making it happen'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e54f05753688342007-10-05T17:42:39Z2007-10-05T17:42:39ZAnne Foxhttp://eduspaces.net/annef/weblogYes, mentors for teachers. Suddenly I have to think in very concrete terms about this as you know. And I'm...<p>Yes, mentors for teachers. Suddenly I have to think in very concrete terms about this as you know. And I'm trying to work out a feasible system. One person could not mentor more than a handful of people at a time. This means a very large number of mentors are needed. Danish teachers would say 'where is the time in my timetable to do this?' as they did to me last Friday.</p>