Comments on: Taking a telescope to my orbit… http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/07/taking-a-telescope-to-my-orbit/ education + technology = connection Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Virtually Scholastic http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/07/taking-a-telescope-to-my-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Virtually Scholastic Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:04:10 +0000 http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/?p=873#comment-2351 The physical environment would definitely be another interesting context on which to base the maps. I was thinking about that as I was conceptualising these, but I realised that as long as I have my laptop on me and I can access the Internet, the maps stay the same. For example, I'm in the UK at the moment, while a few days ago I was in California, and the maps haven't changed. I supposed that not having my laptop while still having access to a connected computer might change them a bit though. I can also see how, if I were more of an auditory learner or even more of a mobile learner, the environmental context could potentially change the maps' dimensions quite significantly. Thanks for your thoughts :) The physical environment would definitely be another interesting context on which to base the maps. I was thinking about that as I was conceptualising these, but I realised that as long as I have my laptop on me and I can access the Internet, the maps stay the same. For example, I’m in the UK at the moment, while a few days ago I was in California, and the maps haven’t changed.

I supposed that not having my laptop while still having access to a connected computer might change them a bit though. I can also see how, if I were more of an auditory learner or even more of a mobile learner, the environmental context could potentially change the maps’ dimensions quite significantly.

Thanks for your thoughts :)

]]> By: Chris kaplan http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/07/taking-a-telescope-to-my-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Chris kaplan Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:56:41 +0000 http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/?p=873#comment-2350 I wonder what might happen to your maps if you changed context to mean how your environment or what you were doing at the time impacted your learning environment. For instance a context might be 'commuting' where some of us auditory learners ;) PLE's would look different than while at home. Regards, chris I wonder what might happen to your maps if you changed context to mean how your environment or what you were doing at the time impacted your learning environment.

For instance a context might be ‘commuting’ where some of us auditory learners ;) PLE’s would look different than while at home.

Regards,

chris

]]> By: Virtually Scholastic http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/07/taking-a-telescope-to-my-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-2345 Virtually Scholastic Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:23:28 +0000 http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/?p=873#comment-2345 This sparks an interesting idea about evaluating students' skills prior to starting a course of study. Instead of getting them to take tests to evaluate their profiles, wouldn't it be more interesting to have them create PLE maps instead? They could create them using whatever tools they like, which would, in itself be a test of their capabilities. Very interesting... This sparks an interesting idea about evaluating students’ skills prior to starting a course of study. Instead of getting them to take tests to evaluate their profiles, wouldn’t it be more interesting to have them create PLE maps instead? They could create them using whatever tools they like, which would, in itself be a test of their capabilities. Very interesting…

]]> By: Les http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/2009/07/taking-a-telescope-to-my-orbit/comment-page-1/#comment-2340 Les Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:38:02 +0000 http://www.virtuallyscholastic.com/?p=873#comment-2340 Thank you for this I like your three part model. Like you I keep remembering things that I have forgotten. Really this could be thought of as more of a journal and a one off exercise. You raise an interesting point about purpose. For me, along with other posts etc. my view of the interconnectedness of a PLE is very noticeable. In terms of my teaching I wonder what my students 'maps' would look like. Finding this out would be very useful and I am thinking about how best to achieve this. Les Thank you for this I like your three part model. Like you I keep remembering things that I have forgotten. Really this could be thought of as more of a journal and a one off exercise. You raise an interesting point about purpose. For me, along with other posts etc. my view of the interconnectedness of a PLE is very noticeable. In terms of my teaching I wonder what my students ‘maps’ would look like. Finding this out would be very useful and I am thinking about how best to achieve this. Les

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