Comments on: Playing Piggyback

By: Keri-Lee Beasley

Keri-Lee Beasley — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:40:23 +0000

@Suzie, thanks for your comment . If you have a class, you have some guinea pigs for your ideas, but less time for coming up with ideas in the first place! Part-time must be the way to go! At least, I’m enjoying it!

By: Suzie Vesper

Suzie Vesper — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:26:47 +0000

Hey fellow elf! Almost everything I do is piggy-backing especially as I don’t have a class any more to try things on. I also did that Twitter thing and was surprised to see that some weren’t following me that I thought were. Best not to look perhaps!

By: mrsbuwc

mrsbuwc — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:25:48 +0000

@dragonsinger Twitter’s great for piggy-backing, isn’t it?! Your comment about being innovators is absolutely right. Not everyone is jumping on the bandwagon, and at least we’re on the right track!

Thanks for your comments.

By: dragonsinger

dragonsinger — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:50:40 +0000

Great post – one thing I’ve come to realise, especially this year, is how much learning I’m doing with all the ‘piggy-backing’ that happens via my Twitter PLN …

I think you have to stop and realise one important fact (well – I do anyway) which is that although a lot of people hear the same messages, see the same presentations as us, they don’t all become innovators or practicioners – some people don’t change – by taking a new idea and running with it we ARE the innovators!

cheers and thanks for the post

By: mrsbuwc

mrsbuwc — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:24:59 +0000

Hi there and thank you for your comments, they are much appreciated..

@Chris, I like your ‘ripples of influence’ idea. Once you realise how much you don’t know, it’s a bit overwhelming, but then you do know more than some, which is encouraging!

@Craig, You’re right, we do have enough on our hands being teachers. Perhaps we undersell ourselves sometimes?!

@Dorothy, I agree, it probably is the same for the famous people too. It’s a bit like the circle of life (my, I’m getting all prosaic on you now!).

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:05:27 +0000

Interesting post – I like the way you use piggy backing! I think that even the ‘famous’ eLearning leaders are furiously re-mixing the ideas they have gleaned from other people. In fact I think that the longer you are out of a classroom the more you rely on current practitioners to validate the cutting-edge ideas you have. So really we all need each other and piggy back off each other.
Dorothy

By: Craig Steed

Craig Steed — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:19:06 +0000

You know what, I think that’s most of us. To be honest, as teachers our focus is teaching and I reckon we have enough on our hands reflecting and thinking on our practice without feeling the need to be on the leading edge of ICT developments (which to be honest, we’d have to be in the design/programming etc to do). Our job is to think about the best ways to use tools to enhance learning – that’s where we become leaders. Piggyback away I say, then keep doing what you are doing to lead the way with ‘added value’, utilising tools to enhance learning!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:35:10 +0000

Hi Keri-Lee,
Yes it’s amazing to see the ripples of influence that our smallest actions can have. The whole online community, blogosphere, (call it what you will) works on the principle of sharing and learning from each other. There is no hierarchy here… it’s not a matter of some people knowing more than others, we just all know different stuff. It’s that sharing of the differences that gives it such power.
You’re right, it’s fascinating to experience this sense of learning so much from others while you also act as the conduit for others to learn so much from you.
Thanks for the great post, and keep on piggybacking!
Chris