Comments for The LAB-rynth of Science

Comment on Thing 18 – Well, baby,baby,baby! I’ve Got News for You! by mrscunningham

mrscunningham — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:46:23 +0000

hi there,
I really like that neat little rec order you embedded on your page I would like something similar on my school reading blog…is it free?
thanks

Comment on Thing 22 – Ch-Ch-Change, Turn and Face the Strange by atlantapeachteach

atlantapeachteach — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:05:48 +0000

You are right on track, Larry. (Can’t believe you didn’t join Klingon Confederation)

Comment on Thing 19 – We all need – the human touch! by atlantapeachteach

atlantapeachteach — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:27:52 +0000

I SO agree with much of what you said. Teacher Tube is not so great yet – you made a good point about the amount of time it’s been around though. And videos are so passive, and in science the students must be up and about and actively doing things. And thanks for the memories – I was a Rick Springfield fan in the 80’s – had that song on cassette tape.

Comment on Thing 9 – “It’s my Party and I’ll cry it I want to.” by cwkramlich

cwkramlich — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:35:36 +0000

Students don’t know what one C means, much less two! Of course, it is our job to inform them, but I don’t think it would make much difference. The bottom line is this: if you put it on the web, you should EXPECT someone to take it. It doesn’t make me feel any better, though, to know that my hard work is out there being taken from me. I wanted to go to that play last Saturday or go out to eat with friends, or sit and talk with my family, but no. I had to do schoolwork and when I was finished, it was posted to the web and all the world could see it and use it for their own. Someone else saw that wonderful play (with REAL people not on video), someone else went out to eat with my friends, and somebody else sat around my house and talked to my family. That someone copied all my plans and powerpoints and wonderful class handouts and had a wonderful, relaxing weekend. Down with slavery!

Comment on Thing 8 – The Deed is Done – Veni, Vidi, Wiki by marsgirl

marsgirl — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:10:15 +0000

Your thoughts remind me of a recent conversation with my students leading up to frog dissection. The kids all want to know why we don’t just do a virtual dissection. I feel like saying, “Are you CRAZY???” I have tried to explain that all the virtual dissection in the world doesn’t compare to the real thing (although I have found that use of the virtual sites help prepare them for more successful dissections). Hopefully, after the lab we can discuss and they will have a better understanding!

Comment on Thing 6 – If I could keep time in a bottle . . . by cwkramlich

cwkramlich — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:03:35 +0000

Are we spending more time on the computer? The computer itself is addictive. Are we becoming an addictive society, addictive to the instantaneous answer, the instantaneous information? And for what reason? to spend more time on the computer? Are we swapping ignorance for ignorance? Where is the authority? Is there an authority? Are we blind or have we always been blind? These are the questions that keep me up at night, that and hot flashes!

Comment on Things 2 and 3 – Expectation of Blog Use by atlantapeachteach

atlantapeachteach — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:35:36 +0000

Oops – I wrote Thing 7 but I meant THING 8 – so sorry!

Comment on Things 2 and 3 – Expectation of Blog Use by atlantapeachteach

atlantapeachteach — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:34:35 +0000

Commenting on Thing 7 – I agree. We must still have the students up and moving about, working with their fine motor skills whenever possible – especially in science class! Keep on keeping on!

Comment on Thing 8 – The Deed is Done – Veni, Vidi, Wiki by fruschen

fruschen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:20:46 +0000

But it is human nature, that with an sense of anonymity, to blame the other guy, the ubiquitous them. Is there the possibility that the wiki will degenerate to the rule of the mob? As another singer of my youth, Ed Ames, once crooned, “Who will answer?” Will “peer pressure” force the exceptional to be rejected or worse, edited? As Sir Percy Blakeney once remarked, “There is nothing so bad as something observed as not so bad.” I suppose, as the educator, it all comes back to the same concern – Where’s the assessment? “Who will answer?”

Comment on Thing 8 – The Deed is Done – Veni, Vidi, Wiki by Shelley Paul

Shelley Paul — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:54:38 +0000

We all do. For better or worse, we all do. What a concept.