Hintonblogger

Has anyone felt like that? As I try valiantly to get my understanding around the principles of Learning 2.0 and engage in the discussion I feel so overwhelmed sometimes. The discussion and development of this concept is swirling around so fast that sometimes when you feel you have it in your grasp it moves out of your reach and you're left trying to catch up (with both work and the conversation). I really appreciate Steve Hargadon's efforts to provide some type of unifying location for the conversation to continue and to hopefully form some type of basic structure to all of the development of these "2.0" ideas that a floating around. I'm not sure how it will all shake out in the end, but it seems to be a good start.

In particular, I feel like there is a need to provide some scaffolding for educators who are new to the ideas behind Education et al 2.0 so that they can make the transition to both the technology and the pedagogy that is driving this movement.

Two great tools in this can be classroom20.ning.com and classroom20.net. I think each could benefit from a guiding mission statement. For example, I think classroom20.net could be a great introduction and jumping off point for new educators to introduce and share practical ideas behind this movement. Classroom20.ning.com seems like an ideal point to invite educators into as they begin to incorporate Classroom 2.0 ideas so they can benefit from the dialog and perspective of other educators. Dumping educators into our "ning" community that are new to the concepts and movement, however, might end up overwhelming them. As we continue to develop these ideas, I would like to continue the dialog about how we can aid the process of bringing in educators (old and new).