tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post1487998958038230744..comments2024-03-26T20:17:43.370+13:00Comments on Manaiakalani: Education Outside The ClassroomAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486794203463798461noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post-48363090809130750832009-09-10T17:18:31.538+12:002009-09-10T17:18:31.538+12:00Thanks for the comments and ideas you have added t...Thanks for the comments and ideas you have added to this post Barb, Paul, Derek, Sonja, Naketa, and Danny.<br />It occurs to me that probably most people involved in the Outdoor Education arena aren't bloggers, so there are few forums to express the concerns that some of you have raised here. I agree that it would be a very sad day as Kiwis if we lost the accessibility to the outdoors as partAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486794203463798461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post-70793702873374643802009-09-07T07:40:42.855+12:002009-09-07T07:40:42.855+12:00Just linked here by a reader - good stuff. You are...Just linked here by a reader - good stuff. You are right about "opt-outs" by many teachers - I've commented on it in a recent post too. I think back to my school days and I can't remember anything I learnt in Form One, but I'll never forget going abseiling and tramping the Abel Tasman with my class and teacher. Had I not had that opportunitiy I may not have redone them as anDannyhttp://dannynicholls.edublogs.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post-86054653452008975172009-09-02T10:59:23.448+12:002009-09-02T10:59:23.448+12:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts Dorothy and provo...Thanks for sharing your thoughts Dorothy and provoking the conversation. My son recently went on camp with his school, and I am truly grateful the DP and the teachers from his school were committed to making it all happen. <br /><br />They persevered even with lack of parental support (hardly anyone wanting to go on the camp) and enough funding to subsidise the camp so it was affordable for Naketahttp://blog.core-ed.net/naketanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post-18688737573379022202009-09-02T08:35:07.646+12:002009-09-02T08:35:07.646+12:00Brilliant post Dorothy - and it is a fantastic ana...Brilliant post Dorothy - and it is a fantastic analogy. My Dad - who was an EOTC expert and pretty fanatical about managing risk - would also point out that sometimes accidents will happen no matter how well we prepared we are (that is the nature of an accident). How we react and learn from that is what will help us be safer next time.Sonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870877345405913856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post-58809699958930140312009-09-02T07:59:23.072+12:002009-09-02T07:59:23.072+12:00Excellent post Dorothy - important that we don'...Excellent post Dorothy - important that we don't "throw our brains away" as educators and simply go with the latest trends etc. Working in the digital space requires no less thought, preparation and experience that what we do in the "real world".Derekwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819386576409520232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post-33595802665269579182009-09-02T07:19:15.211+12:002009-09-02T07:19:15.211+12:00Thanks for sharing and for being willing to experi...Thanks for sharing and for being willing to experience/try what you talk about. My recent experience of stepping forward and doing (c.f. only talking about it) has been learning to use a wiki, in this case Wikieducator. How can I, with inegrity, ask others to follow a road that I am not willing to walk myself. Keep on walking yourself, Dorothy.Paul Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317011827994371156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345031115753569060.post-89898230562144194042009-09-01T23:09:44.721+12:002009-09-01T23:09:44.721+12:00I think many teachers want a quick and easy recipe...I think many teachers want a quick and easy recipe for the latest tool so they can say I did that and they are not always clear about what they want the learning to be. I have been asked to run podcasting workshops and when I ask them what it is they really want, they aren't too sure. Blank stares again. It's a term they've heard and think they should have a go. A bit like blogging. Barbnoreply@blogger.com