tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post5534652026919455870..comments2023-03-21T07:51:46.063-04:00Comments on BYOD, ASAP: What you Buy Depends on Where you LiveHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13987609384790057309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-85948396526665240742016-03-28T22:17:55.778-04:002016-03-28T22:17:55.778-04:00I hear ya! It's a constant back and forth with...I hear ya! It's a constant back and forth with me too. I try to get them fired up to run in a direction that interests them, but sometimes I feel like I'm putting too much of myself in their interests to try and make things richer. I guess going to far sometimes is ok, as long as the end result is good, rich learning by them. Colin Jagoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090824489381545230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-78465994752428714432016-03-28T20:16:08.228-04:002016-03-28T20:16:08.228-04:00You're absolutely right in that the learner ca...You're absolutely right in that the learner can contribute much of the richness of the task at hand. Some of the best projects I've seen are where the students jumped in and took things in a completely different direction than I had intended (even with all my brainstorming!). We can't lay out all the details in trying to make the perfect rich task (too structured), but can we come up with something really juicy to hook them? Tailor it just enough to entice them, but still leave it open-ended and able to be interpreted in many ways? I struggle sometimes with finding the balance between too much structure, and too little structure, leaving students unsure of where to even start. Thank you for giving me more to think about!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987609384790057309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-57132452576160046052016-03-28T18:57:22.054-04:002016-03-28T18:57:22.054-04:00You make some good points. Local knowledge and cul...You make some good points. Local knowledge and culture is very important to consider. I wonder if this is one of the reasons that generic resources are often lacking in interest because in order to be accessible to many people, they have to have a baseline experience (read, simple/boring)? I'm starting to think that the 'richness' of a task is best contributed by the learner, rather that have teachers brainstorming different ways to enrich a task (where we'll always miss something of interested to some students). Encouraging creativity in how students explore concepts rather than give them a specific goal to meet? Just an idea... Colin Jagoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090824489381545230noreply@blogger.com