tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post6416023813117487943..comments2024-03-22T08:16:45.553-06:00Comments on The Fischbowl: The Most Successful PLCKarl Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121548023409279686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-91065363097436210802007-11-12T16:43:00.000-07:002007-11-12T16:43:00.000-07:00Karl,I like what you said here. Very interesting....Karl,<BR/><BR/>I like what you said here. Very interesting. I think the motivation to learn piece is critical. When it comes to using a personal learning network, I have seen that the power doesn't take hold until someone is engaged and has the drive to use them (extremists are a great example of the motivated). Otherwise, the learning falls flat.<BR/><BR/>So maybe the critical piece of this puzzle - that we are trying to solve is how to motivate. This can be difficult.<BR/><BR/>JimJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479543345527125648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-10774638654894253872007-10-25T05:27:00.000-06:002007-10-25T05:27:00.000-06:00Jim - thanks, I did know that (hey, I check Wikipe...Jim - thanks, I did know that (hey, I check Wikipedia!). But I still left it at RFK because that's how I was exposed to the thought - and most likely everyone reading this - so I am quoting Robert Kennedy, even if he was quoting someone else.<BR/><BR/>I thought about putting something about RFK quoting George Bernard Shaw, but worried it would interfere with the thought itself and - for that matter - I don't know if George Bernard Shaw wasn't quoting his mailman. Of course, Shaw has another quote that is perhaps relevant to schools, "Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parents."Karl Fischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11121548023409279686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-88316923716059089612007-10-24T22:44:00.000-06:002007-10-24T22:44:00.000-06:00Hi Karl,I like what you said here a lot. Just want...Hi Karl,<BR/>I like what you said here a lot. Just want to add a little correction (can't help it, it's the English teacher in me): the quote attributed to Kennedy (which I used for a long time too) is not really his originally. It comes from George Bernard Shaw. Kennedy picked it up and used it in one of his speeches and it has come to be (inaccurately) attributed to him. Kind of like Nelson Mandela's use of the "Our greatest fear" quote in his Presidential inauguration speech. He borrowed it from someone else, but many think it's his (or maybe Coach Carter's from the movie)Jim Lermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677978944587489475noreply@blogger.com