tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post1236597779111802284..comments2024-02-15T21:58:26.524+13:00Comments on a musing space; a performance in progress: invisible, inaudible, or in the officeailsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10247094621951852148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post-52364667873728307092008-05-09T10:05:00.000+12:002008-05-09T10:05:00.000+12:00Thanks for the link Stanley, I'm still smiling. I ...Thanks for the link Stanley, I'm still smiling. I confess to having classes where i have told them to switch them on...<BR/>subversive in discarding rules that seem superfluous. There's something in this about teaching and learning about how to care that needs extending to both the form and function of teaching and learning rather than being rule bound. <BR/>Its my preferred replacement for whispering and note passing where txting potentially is least disruptive to other. I confess to telling one class they might take up this choice so as not to be distracting others if they did not want to leave :)<BR/>Engaging as I am sometimes they find each other more so.<BR/>On a more positive application I have encouraged use of cell phones in lectures as a source for discourse analysis and for demonstrating how highly connected the 21st century world is, how quickly a message can be pinged around the world...<BR/>i havent yet harnessed the potential for txting in ...<BR/>can i have an iphone, please, I am sure its an essential teaching and learning tool :) :) :)ailsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247094621951852148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post-81493239699890556722008-05-09T00:34:00.000+12:002008-05-09T00:34:00.000+12:00hi Ailsa - coincidentally, saw this post today... ...hi Ailsa - coincidentally, saw this post today... http://www.goldenswamp.com/2008/05/07/ten-things-cell-phones-could-be-good-for-in-classrooms/<BR/>should we remove the signs outside lecture theatres that say 'switch off your phone" ? :)<BR/>StanleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com