Comments for Kelli McGraw http://kellimcgraw.com sharing findings, inviting conversations Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on About by Linden http://kellimcgraw.com/about/#comment-4136 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:21:52 +0000 #comment-4136 Hi Kelli,
our report writing website is really taking off in Australia so thought I’d introduce it to you:

http://www.schoolreportwriter.com/school-report-comment-bank-files.php

All the best,
Linden

]]> Comment on Where I was: The 2013 MILID meeting in Cairo by TroyMartin http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/06/01/where-i-was-2013-milid-in-cairo/#comment-4102 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:52:09 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1596#comment-4102 Wow! Love the reflection on the Australian context and how complacent or passive we can be.

]]> Comment on A ‘rhizomatic’ take on Semester one so far by @malynmawby http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/03/11/a-rhizomatic-take-on-semester-one-so-far/#comment-3810 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:31:28 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1588#comment-3810 Actually, your explanation makes sense!
I haven’t read any Deleuze and have promised Tomaz Lasic and Greg that I would. Problem is, it’s one of those that’s too heavy to digest on one’s own. That is, I’d rather read it and bounce off others as I read it. I’m well and truly a rhizomatic learner!

Apologies too. It wasn’t Siemens. Rather, it was Dave Cormier (I get those 2 mixed up a lot!!!). Here’s his explanation of Rhizomatic Learning fit for a five-year-old…which makes the concept accessible, even for me. haha.

]]> Comment on A ‘rhizomatic’ take on Semester one so far by kmcg2375 http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/03/11/a-rhizomatic-take-on-semester-one-so-far/#comment-3777 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:12:31 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1588#comment-3777 Thanks for the comment Malyn; I hadn’t seen Siemens referencing rhizomatic learning, and I like his connectivism theory so will have to chase it up. Actually, the link between connectivism and this Deleuze stuff hadn’t occurred to me before…but it makes sense now I’m thinking about it!

I’m not confident that ‘entry points’ was a Deleuzian term, of whether Masny constructed the term to describe the different sections of her presentation. I haven’t read enough Deleuze to recognise the term from there, but maybe Greg or Linda can help us?

I think I can explain the concept though. The thing about a rhizome is that it has no beginning and no end. So, this suits our model of learning (no beginning, no end, lifelong etc.), and helps to describe the chaos of everything. That is, we are all linked as parts of the rhizome (we learn from each other and co-construct our world), but those links are not orderly or predictable. You can’t interpret the way we branch off or split, because it’s not like a branching (?) root system, its more like …a rhizome!

So, if things aren’t orderly or predictable, and nothing has a beginning or an end, how can we talk about anything? Mansy’s answer to this was to explore ‘entry points’ into her ideas/practice. The idea, I think, is that we can enter the rhizome at any place, and simply have to choose where, rather than trying to fathom the ‘most important’ points, because interpretation is not the point of the learning.

Yep, I’m really hoping someone else explains this better!

]]> Comment on Making content posters for my classroom walls by James http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/02/13/making-content-posters-for-my-classroom-walls/#comment-3766 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:43:52 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1571#comment-3766 I think I’d like to be a student in that classroom. The mixture of your own work and your students’ works well together, and it well worthy of the blu-tak attack!

]]> Comment on A ‘rhizomatic’ take on Semester one so far by @malynmawby http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/03/11/a-rhizomatic-take-on-semester-one-so-far/#comment-3762 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 05:57:19 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1588#comment-3762 When I first heard of rhizomatic learning (via G Siemens) a couple of years ago, I thought it was a really good way to describe learning; my learning, at least. This is also probably why Inquiry learning appeals to me because inquiry can shoot off in multiple ways and in various directions. It is full of opportunities for serendipitous learning.

That aside, ‘entry points’ as a rhizomatic learning term is new to me. Can you please explain it more?

I like that you have 3 formal assessments and agree that just having 2 is too few. Your portfolio idea has also given me an idea for one of my classes; not sure if I’ll use it as end-of-year assessment activity but it sure fits. Do you provide options for modes of submission for portfolios?

cheers,
Malyn

]]> Comment on Classes start tomorrow! by biancah80 http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/02/26/classes-start-tomorrow/#comment-3735 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:49:37 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1582#comment-3735 awww – love it!

]]> Comment on Classes start tomorrow! by kmcg2375 http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/02/26/classes-start-tomorrow/#comment-3730 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:06:27 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1582#comment-3730 Wow, thanks for the encouragement!

]]> Comment on Classes start tomorrow! by kmcg2375 http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/02/26/classes-start-tomorrow/#comment-3729 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:04:38 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1582#comment-3729 You are welcome to come and hang out any time :D

]]> Comment on Classes start tomorrow! by kmcg2375 http://kellimcgraw.com/2013/02/26/classes-start-tomorrow/#comment-3728 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:03:40 +0000 http://kellimcgraw.com/?p=1582#comment-3728 Steal away! There is even a story behind the unicorn…

One of the students in the class was really committed to study – she always had managed to do ALL the readings, and do all the assessments early, and she had little kids too! Our class that semester was small and friendly, and so this student ended up with the nickname ‘the unicorn’, because the other students decided she was like a mythical, magical, impossible creature, amazing to them, like a unicorn :)

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