Comments on: Slippery Rocks & Hard Places: Twelve Bridges and Learning Matters https://k12onlineconference.org/2009/12/10/slippery-rocks-hard-places-twelve-bridges-and-learning-matters/ archived presentations 2006 - 2017 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Thing 13: Learning at Home in my PJs | Cliffski's World https://k12onlineconference.org/2009/12/10/slippery-rocks-hard-places-twelve-bridges-and-learning-matters/#comment-2845 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:26:35 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=480#comment-2845 […] first session of the K12 Online Conference I decided to learn from was called Slippery Rocks and Hard Places: Twelve Bridges and Learning Matters by Dennis Richards. After streaming my video and sitting down to follow the video, I was disappointed to find that the […]

]]> By: Laurie Parker https://k12onlineconference.org/2009/12/10/slippery-rocks-hard-places-twelve-bridges-and-learning-matters/#comment-2844 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:21:36 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=480#comment-2844 Nice Job! I like the rock and water metaphors for progressing through the process of change!

]]> By: Dennis Richards https://k12onlineconference.org/2009/12/10/slippery-rocks-hard-places-twelve-bridges-and-learning-matters/#comment-2843 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:06:15 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=480#comment-2843 Hello colleagues,

Thank you for watching my presentation. Now the follow up conversation (and don’t forget the wiki, where you can find more to stimulate your thinking: tr.im/bridginggaps. For your convenience, I’ve provided the list of concepts from the preso.

1) What about the content of the preso do you think is true in your experience?
2) How do you make sense out of what confused you?
3) Why is is important for children, students, even adults (educators especially) that we bridge the gaps and move toward the new story of learning?
4) How can someone who watches this preso move their understanding from informed to wise?
Extra Credit for any stories you can tell that illustrate anything in the preso.

Building Learning Communities: Distant ~ Flat
Community Norms: Reserved ~ Confident
Boot Camp: Learned ~ Learning
Learning and Teaching: Compliance ~ Community
Read-Write Web: Repository ~ Participatory
Building a Network: Possess ~ Share
Leadership and Planning: Consistent ~ Innovative
Mental Models: Informed ~ Wise
Establishing Identity: Directed ~ Autonomous
Presentation Skills: Deliver ~ Engage
Learning Environment: Contained ~ Open
Map of Community Values: Change ~ Transformation

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