Comments on: Our job. http://nunnone.com/our-job/ Sometimes in the night, when it does get a bit lonely, I reach over and touch it. Then it doesn't seem so lonely any more. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Josh http://nunnone.com/our-job/#comment-301 Josh Fri, 25 May 2007 05:27:55 +0000 http://joshnunn.edublogs.org/2007/05/15/our-job/#comment-301 Not at all Mel, thank you for stopping by, and for weighing in on this subject. I've started reading a few Education/Technology blogs and am sadly discovering that technology is increasingly being seen as the enemy of education. Hopefully you and your son can continue to inspire people to embrace technology for learning. You've inspired me! Not at all Mel, thank you for stopping by, and for weighing in on this subject. I’ve started reading a few Education/Technology blogs and am sadly discovering that technology is increasingly being seen as the enemy of education.

Hopefully you and your son can continue to inspire people to embrace technology for learning. You’ve inspired me!

]]> By: Screenbeard http://nunnone.com/our-job/#comment-4027 Screenbeard Fri, 25 May 2007 05:27:00 +0000 http://joshnunn.edublogs.org/2007/05/15/our-job/#comment-4027 Not at all Mel, thank you for stopping by, and for weighing in on this subject. I've started reading a few Education/Technology blogs and am sadly discovering that technology is increasingly being seen as the enemy of education. Hopefully you and your son can continue to inspire people to embrace technology for learning. You've inspired me! Not at all Mel, thank you for stopping by, and for weighing in on this subject. I’ve started reading a few Education/Technology blogs and am sadly discovering that technology is increasingly being seen as the enemy of education.

Hopefully you and your son can continue to inspire people to embrace technology for learning. You’ve inspired me!

]]> By: mel http://nunnone.com/our-job/#comment-300 mel Tue, 22 May 2007 04:41:03 +0000 http://joshnunn.edublogs.org/2007/05/15/our-job/#comment-300 Holy moly, Josh. I don't even know what to say. That was a great post. I definitely agree with you...and not just because of all the awesome things you wrote about Matthew (and me too!). Computers, and of course the internet, are such a vital part of my everyday life, that I can't imagine not opening up that avenue for my kids. My daughter, who will be four, is already very good at navigating around some select sites - with adult supervision, of course. My 6 year old niece is learning Photoshop. She's pretty darn good at it too! Keeping kids from all that technology has to offer is doing them a great disservice. Allowing them to fumble through learning about the internet themselves dangerous. I aim to help my children learn to navigate the waters of the internet safely and proficiently. Thank you so much for the links. Mel Holy moly, Josh. I don’t even know what to say. That was a great post. I definitely agree with you…and not just because of all the awesome things you wrote about Matthew (and me too!).

Computers, and of course the internet, are such a vital part of my everyday life, that I can’t imagine not opening up that avenue for my kids. My daughter, who will be four, is already very good at navigating around some select sites — with adult supervision, of course. My 6 year old niece is learning Photoshop. She’s pretty darn good at it too!

Keeping kids from all that technology has to offer is doing them a great disservice. Allowing them to fumble through learning about the internet themselves dangerous. I aim to help my children learn to navigate the waters of the internet safely and proficiently.

Thank you so much for the links.

Mel

]]> By: mel http://nunnone.com/our-job/#comment-4026 mel Tue, 22 May 2007 04:41:00 +0000 http://joshnunn.edublogs.org/2007/05/15/our-job/#comment-4026 Holy moly, Josh. I don't even know what to say. That was a great post. I definitely agree with you...and not just because of all the awesome things you wrote about Matthew (and me too!). Computers, and of course the internet, are such a vital part of my everyday life, that I can't imagine not opening up that avenue for my kids. My daughter, who will be four, is already very good at navigating around some select sites - with adult supervision, of course. My 6 year old niece is learning Photoshop. She's pretty darn good at it too! Keeping kids from all that technology has to offer is doing them a great disservice. Allowing them to fumble through learning about the internet themselves dangerous. I aim to help my children learn to navigate the waters of the internet safely and proficiently. Thank you so much for the links. Mel Holy moly, Josh. I don’t even know what to say. That was a great post. I definitely agree with you…and not just because of all the awesome things you wrote about Matthew (and me too!).

Computers, and of course the internet, are such a vital part of my everyday life, that I can’t imagine not opening up that avenue for my kids. My daughter, who will be four, is already very good at navigating around some select sites — with adult supervision, of course. My 6 year old niece is learning Photoshop. She’s pretty darn good at it too!

Keeping kids from all that technology has to offer is doing them a great disservice. Allowing them to fumble through learning about the internet themselves dangerous. I aim to help my children learn to navigate the waters of the internet safely and proficiently.

Thank you so much for the links.

Mel

]]> By: Josh http://nunnone.com/our-job/#comment-299 Josh Fri, 18 May 2007 00:32:36 +0000 http://joshnunn.edublogs.org/2007/05/15/our-job/#comment-299 Thanks for your comment Paul. The time for experimentation and risk taking is slowly happening I think, but it's still only the fringe that are doing it. Educators have been jaded by the promises of technology that has not really delivered or made their lives easier as promised, and they no longer believe it any more. A few teachers can see the potential themselves and are asking for the technology, but mostly they don't want to be fooled again. As for the bigger organisation of 'education', it's going to be a lot harder to convince 'the powers' to take the risks they have to take. I agree about Matt's mother. My fascination with this family started when I read about him at thesneeze.com. <blockquote>Before you start wondering if a 9-year-old kid should really be reading The Sneeze, his mom just started reading select sections to him (cleaning it up here and there).</blockquote> Isn't that dedication to your child's education right there? And as you've said, our kids will educate themselves in this if they have to, but what wisdom we might pass on will be lost if we don't participate. Thanks for your comment Paul. The time for experimentation and risk taking is slowly happening I think, but it’s still only the fringe that are doing it.

Educators have been jaded by the promises of technology that has not really delivered or made their lives easier as promised, and they no longer believe it any more. A few teachers can see the potential themselves and are asking for the technology, but mostly they don’t want to be fooled again.

As for the bigger organisation of ‘education’, it’s going to be a lot harder to convince ‘the powers’ to take the risks they have to take.

I agree about Matt’s mother. My fascination with this family started when I read about him at thesneeze.com.

Before you start wondering if a 9-year-old kid should really be reading The Sneeze, his mom just started reading select sections to him (cleaning it up here and there).

Isn’t that dedication to your child’s education right there? And as you’ve said, our kids will educate themselves in this if they have to, but what wisdom we might pass on will be lost if we don’t participate.

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