tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16814123.post114366675673667070..comments2023-08-02T09:58:02.508-06:00Comments on BH's Weblog o' blog: VacationHatakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12809409284770263323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16814123.post-1143692029441173132006-03-29T21:13:00.000-07:002006-03-29T21:13:00.000-07:00Well I, of course, think that we can take our PLC'...Well I, of course, think that we can take our PLC's outside of AHS and connect with other schools and teachers. I think blogging and podcasting (and soon vodcasting or video conferencing) are both ways we can do that (with RSS as the connecting technology).<BR/><BR/>But I'm not sure how to address the time issue. Obviously I wrote the two grants to help address the time issue for AHS, but apparently that's not enough time for our teachers. And then when you talk about working collaboratively across time and distance with other schools, that throws in a whole nother issue.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately - and I hate to say this to you because you're already stretched so thin - I think it's just going to come down to teachers who are willing to go that extra mile. It will come down to those teachers who see that this is absolutely critical for their students and the only way that it's going to happen is if they (the teacher) finds a way to make it happen. No matter what the other teachers in their school (or on their "team") say. No matter how much of the curriculum they have to juggle and shift and sometimes skip. No matter how many times they will end up wondering if it is all worth it.<BR/><BR/>To use a quote from that calendar I saw on your desk:<BR/><BR/>"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers."<BR/><BR/>M. Scott Peck (March 14th on that calendar).Karl Fischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11121548023409279686noreply@blogger.com