tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post5079150008522165671..comments2023-10-26T04:38:06.297-04:00Comments on TeachPaperless: What Blacksmiths Can Teach Us About TeachingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091328599818819777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-16980828079800709722010-01-27T07:25:31.727-05:002010-01-27T07:25:31.727-05:00Great stuff. Just read Ivan Illich, DeSchooling So...Great stuff. Just read Ivan Illich, DeSchooling Society. Maybe if every MD in America trained one apprentice we might solve the health care issue. Just a thought!Norman Constantinehttp://paddy2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-45790945017528724262010-01-26T11:53:36.325-05:002010-01-26T11:53:36.325-05:00As a Tech Ed teacher, I was "trained" in...As a Tech Ed teacher, I was "trained" in some of the old industrial arts like woodwork and metalsmithing, even though all I wanted to do was teach computers. But what I learned was the power of the demonstration, how to manage a lab, and be OK with organized chaos. I find myself going back to these old industrial arts now more than ever in my free time as well. To ability to create and focus on one thing - leaving everything else aside is the best therapy I could ever wish for.Bethany Smithhttp://transparentlearning.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-30957538471555753422010-01-26T11:43:58.916-05:002010-01-26T11:43:58.916-05:00Sounds like you had a great experience with this b...Sounds like you had a great experience with this blacksmithing and sounds like a lot of fun. I like how the blacksmith worked along his students and slowly worked with them. Then put it all in action and then let you as the student actually take charge. As a physical education major working hands on like this is going to be exactly how my class will work. <br />Especially when I am teaching a skill to the elementary students to make sure the get the fundamentals first. I really like the Teachpaperless principle not just going back to blacksmithing but also in our classrooms of today as we are technological advancing on a daily basis.<br />-Ryan HeatonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292972533910132038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029419017923677229.post-28294790480677290922010-01-26T11:14:30.499-05:002010-01-26T11:14:30.499-05:00The new book, Rethinking Education in the Age of T...The new book, Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology, by Collins & Halverson (http://bit.ly/6hiYWi) talks a lot about the side-by-side learning that used to occur pre-industrialization on the farm and/or in an apprenticeship. Sounds like you got a good dose of that. Fun (and powerful)!Scott McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368435018346090846noreply@blogger.com