Comments on: The Snowball Effect http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/ teaching technology abroad Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mscofino http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-1571 mscofino Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:18:05 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/#comment-1571 Anne, I would love to hear your podcast when you're finished! Isn't it amazing what a little personal attention can do? Christopher, Thanks! Our ESL teachers are always looking for collaborative partners too, if your teachers are interested :) Bill, Thanks for the summary! Anne,

I would love to hear your podcast when you’re finished! Isn’t it amazing what a little personal attention can do?

Christopher,

Thanks! Our ESL teachers are always looking for collaborative partners too, if your teachers are interested :)

Bill,

Thanks for the summary!

]]> By: bill bencik 23 things #3 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-1555 bill bencik 23 things #3 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:56:50 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/#comment-1555 Thing 3 The article the Snowball Effect explains how contagious the use of a new method of communicating can be. by enlisting the aid of other instructors who bought into the project, a support system was developed. Not wanting to let anybody down, the staff felt obligated to continue involving their students in new projects. This encouraged the students to want to do more in the process learning more than was expected. It turned into a win win program Thing 3

The article the Snowball Effect explains how contagious the use of a new method of communicating can be. by enlisting the aid of other instructors who bought into the project, a support system was developed. Not wanting to let anybody down, the staff felt obligated to continue involving their students in new projects. This encouraged the students to want to do more in the process learning more than was expected. It turned into a win win program

]]> By: The Snowball Effect http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 The Snowball Effect Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:11:24 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/#comment-1554 [...] Original post by mscofino [...] [...] Original post by mscofino [...]

]]> By: Christopher D. Sessums http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-1553 Christopher D. Sessums Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:55:21 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/#comment-1553 It is exciting to hear about your successes (plural!). I am going to pass your post on to some ESL colleagues who are still anxious about "entering the stream," if you will. Keep rockin' it! It is exciting to hear about your successes (plural!).
I am going to pass your post on to some ESL colleagues who are still anxious about “entering the stream,” if you will.
Keep rockin’ it!

]]> By: Anne Mirtschin http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 Anne Mirtschin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:35:46 +0000 http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/the-snowball-effect/#comment-1552 We are also witnessing this 'snowballing' effect in our school now, as well. (I call it cyberballing) Staff are working with blogs of their own, establishing class blogs as well as the students having individual blogs. One of our secondary teachers, was asked whether she was interested in embracing web20 but she felt she had missed the boat, was so far out of it that she would never catch up now and had no idea where to start. When asked if she could see a purpose to it, she said 'yes' and gave us some wonderful reasons. So Jess and I immediately took her aside and helped her commence her own blog. That same excitement that we see in classes, in other teachers' faces when they get their first comments, was there to be seen in her.....and she was so surprised at how easy it was. We actually in the process of making a podcast of this incident. We are also witnessing this ‘snowballing’ effect in our school now, as well. (I call it cyberballing) Staff are working with blogs of their own, establishing class blogs as well as the students having individual blogs. One of our secondary teachers, was asked whether she was interested in embracing web20 but she felt she had missed the boat, was so far out of it that she would never catch up now and had no idea where to start. When asked if she could see a purpose to it, she said ‘yes’ and gave us some wonderful reasons. So Jess and I immediately took her aside and helped her commence her own blog. That same excitement that we see in classes, in other teachers’ faces when they get their first comments, was there to be seen in her…..and she was so surprised at how easy it was. We actually in the process of making a podcast of this incident.

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