Comments on: Making Learning Transparent http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/05/15/making-learning-transparent/ The Magic of Learning Thu, 24 May 2012 03:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andreas Kalt http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/05/15/making-learning-transparent/comment-page-1/#comment-30607 Andreas Kalt Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:37:40 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3899#comment-30607 Thanks for this inspiration! Thanks for this inspiration!

]]> By: Cameron Foster http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/05/15/making-learning-transparent/comment-page-1/#comment-29888 Cameron Foster Sat, 16 May 2009 02:03:53 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3899#comment-29888 Great post with a lot to think about! I really love this idea of leaving a learning trail for students/teachers to reflect on as well as share. Unfortunately, though these ideas are inspiring, whenever I have wanted to go in this direction I get worried about privacy issues and enormous law-suits. A fear supported by scary departmental policy documents AND regular email reminders. The Dept's 'solution' has been to create closed (and cumbersome) online spaces but that means the kids are writing things to the 'same old audience' again.....themselves. Are there solutions? Of course there are - and folk like us don't find them hard to imagine but nor do we want to risk our job in the process when all it takes is one complaint from a parent. Great post with a lot to think about! I really love this idea of leaving a learning trail for students/teachers to reflect on as well as share.

Unfortunately, though these ideas are inspiring, whenever I have wanted to go in this direction I get worried about privacy issues and enormous law-suits. A fear supported by scary departmental policy documents AND regular email reminders.

The Dept’s ‘solution’ has been to create closed (and cumbersome) online spaces but that means the kids are writing things to the ‘same old audience’ again…..themselves.

Are there solutions? Of course there are – and folk like us don’t find them hard to imagine but nor do we want to risk our job in the process when all it takes is one complaint from a parent.

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