Comments on: Lost Sleep in Search of a Big Picture http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460 Common Sense: (noun) The ability to make sensible decisions: judgment, sense, wisdom. Informal gumption, horse sense. See ability/inability. Tue, 25 May 2010 06:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460&cpage=1#comment-4144 Andrew Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:30:30 +0000 http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460#comment-4144 Thanks for the comment Doug! I too am looking forward to this conversation in our schools! GREAT WORK!!! As for jumping the firewall... ahem... don't you think that would be illegal? (smile) Andy Thanks for the comment Doug! I too am looking forward to this conversation in our schools! GREAT WORK!!!

As for jumping the firewall… ahem… don’t you think that would be illegal? (smile)

Andy

]]> By: Vicki Davis http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460&cpage=1#comment-4142 Vicki Davis Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:06:57 +0000 http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460#comment-4142 It is so great to see the conversation this topic has stimulated and how the responses continue to swirl in from around the world! As a teacher, the article challenged my thinking as well (even though I profess to know nothing about running a library.) It is so great to see the conversation this topic has stimulated and how the responses continue to swirl in from around the world! As a teacher, the article challenged my thinking as well (even though I profess to know nothing about running a library.)

]]> By: b http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460&cpage=1#comment-4140 b Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:34:53 +0000 http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460#comment-4140 Andrew, "But will they be called librarians?" This has occurred to me on several occasions. Why? Well, as I have said many time, learning in the classroom is not so much dependent on the books or computers as we might think. A 'master' teacher could teach with a stick in the dirt. However, given the right tools, the master teacher is a perfect shot...they get the most mileage out of every machine and student. However, when it comes to the computer, the "big picture" does come into play. Doing research in cyber space many times leaves me wanting to see the whole chunk of information found only in a book either online (kindle?) or in our hands. Our take on ideas are shaped often by what is written on the edges of our research as much at it's heart. I personally love my computer and all the opportunities it offers...still nothing surpasses the "big picture book" in my hand. I get a feel for who the author is and what they are all about. Some bad ideas often hide out in a few sentences taken out of context. That, I think, is where the guidance of a knowledgeable librarian,information specialist fits into the picture. Just a thought. b http://torristravels.blogspot.com/2009/10/malcolm-gladwells-tipping-points.html Andrew,

“But will they be called librarians?”

This has occurred to me on several occasions. Why? Well, as I have said many time, learning in the classroom is not so much dependent on the books or computers as we might think. A ‘master’ teacher could teach with a stick in the dirt. However, given the right tools, the master teacher is a perfect shot…they get the most mileage out of every machine and student.

However, when it comes to the computer, the “big picture” does come into play. Doing research in cyber space many times leaves me wanting to see the whole chunk of information found only in a book either online (kindle?) or in our hands. Our take on ideas are shaped often by what is written on the edges of our research as much at it’s heart. I personally love my computer and all the opportunities it offers…still nothing surpasses the “big picture book” in my hand. I get a feel for who the author is and what they are all about. Some bad ideas often hide out in a few sentences taken out of context. That, I think, is where the guidance of a knowledgeable librarian,information specialist fits into the picture.

Just a thought.

b

http://torristravels.blogspot.com/2009/10/malcolm-gladwells-tipping-points.html

]]> By: Doug Johnson http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460&cpage=1#comment-4138 Doug Johnson Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:10:40 +0000 http://www.sentimentsoncommonsense.com/?p=460#comment-4138 Hi Andrew, Thanks for the comments about Joyce's and my article. It stirred a lot of comment from many school library folks! I guess we touched a nerve. Hope things are going well in Shanghai. Do you suppose if I stopped saying bad things about MSG my site would be unblocked in China? Do you have a 7th grader who can recommend a proxy server for you? All the best, Doug Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the comments about Joyce’s and my article. It stirred a lot of comment from many school library folks! I guess we touched a nerve.

Hope things are going well in Shanghai. Do you suppose if I stopped saying bad things about MSG my site would be unblocked in China? Do you have a 7th grader who can recommend a proxy server for you?

All the best,

Doug

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