Comments on: Two posts diverged in a feed reader, and I took the one marked Unread. http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/two-posts-diverged-in-a-feed-reader-and-i-took-the-one-marked-unread/ my ideas, thoughts, experiences, and lessons learned in education Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:22:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: woscholar http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/two-posts-diverged-in-a-feed-reader-and-i-took-the-one-marked-unread/#comment-62 woscholar Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:46:45 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/two-posts-diverged-in-a-feed-reader-and-i-took-the-one-marked-unread/#comment-62 I seriously thought about rewriting "diverge" to "converge", but I thought converge really meant they were coming together for me. That hasn't happened...yet. Slowly but surely they will. Your comment is true enough. I am concerned that we kill that spirit in kids. Taking chances is frowned upon in so many settings. I challenged my students to take risks in their writing in my English classes all of the time. It is a struggle for them to let go. They try, though. Maybe the opportunities will continue for them in an open-minded setting with the right facilitation of learning. I seriously thought about rewriting “diverge” to “converge”, but I thought converge really meant they were coming together for me. That hasn’t happened…yet. Slowly but surely they will.

Your comment is true enough. I am concerned that we kill that spirit in kids. Taking chances is frowned upon in so many settings. I challenged my students to take risks in their writing in my English classes all of the time. It is a struggle for them to let go. They try, though. Maybe the opportunities will continue for them in an open-minded setting with the right facilitation of learning.

]]> By: sylvia martinez http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/two-posts-diverged-in-a-feed-reader-and-i-took-the-one-marked-unread/#comment-61 sylvia martinez Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:12:02 +0000 http://scottsfloyd.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/two-posts-diverged-in-a-feed-reader-and-i-took-the-one-marked-unread/#comment-61 Hi Scott, thanks for taking a second look at the quote from Alan Kay I posted. I think that actually, these two things are not divergent at all. "Impoverished imagination" can be changed, if someone wants to push past the limits of their own experience to experiment, take risks, and learn something new. Hi Scott, thanks for taking a second look at the quote from Alan Kay I posted.

I think that actually, these two things are not divergent at all. “Impoverished imagination” can be changed, if someone wants to push past the limits of their own experience to experiment, take risks, and learn something new.

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