Comments for Mark Dunk's Blog http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk Unklar "Klaarified" Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 Comment on Finished reading on 08-10-2008: “Physics of the Impossible” by Michio Kaku, 2008 by Car stereo http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2008/08/12/physics-of-the-impossible-by-michio-kaku-2008/#comment-246 Car stereo Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:09:48 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2008/08/12/physics-of-the-impossible-by-michio-kaku-2008/#comment-246 Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for first aid for a heart attack and your post looks very interesting for me. Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for first aid for a heart attack and your post looks very interesting for me.

]]> Comment on Perseid Meteor Shower for 2009 by pyroguy420 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/08/10/perseid-meteor-shower-for-2009/#comment-141 pyroguy420 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:09:45 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/08/10/perseid-meteor-shower-for-2009/#comment-141 It is 3 a.m., wednesday morning in upstate New York. For those that don't know that is the part of NY that is not nyc. Unfortunately it is much too cloudy to see the shower tonight. I am very disappointed since it was to cloudy last year too. I will try again tomorrow night to see if any stragglers will peak through the clouds then (it's supposed to be cloudy also). It is 3 a.m., wednesday morning in upstate New York. For those that don’t know that is the part of NY that is not nyc. Unfortunately it is much too cloudy to see the shower tonight. I am very disappointed since it was to cloudy last year too. I will try again tomorrow night to see if any stragglers will peak through the clouds then (it’s supposed to be cloudy also).

]]> Comment on Dispatching Two Birds With One eStone by Paula Naugle http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/27/dispatching-two-birds-with-one-estone/#comment-99 Paula Naugle Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:15:18 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/27/dispatching-two-birds-with-one-estone/#comment-99 I thought it was great that you put it out there for your PLN to vote on. I saw your tweet and voted let us know which one was the winner. Don't you just love the ease of Google docs to make polls. It gave me an idea of the first day of school. Come up with three or four activities and let kids decide which one to do. I have already made several polls on Google and plan to use it a lot this year. Check out this idea to make digital clickers http://1to1-on-a-shoestring.wikispaces.com/Google+Forms+&+Digital+Clickers. I thought it was great that you put it out there for your PLN to vote on. I saw your tweet and voted let us know which one was the winner. Don’t you just love the ease of Google docs to make polls.

It gave me an idea of the first day of school. Come up with three or four activities and let kids decide which one to do. I have already made several polls on Google and plan to use it a lot this year. Check out this idea to make digital clickers http://1to1-on-a-shoestring.wikispaces.com/Google+Forms+&+Digital+Clickers.

]]> Comment on “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell by Paula Naugle http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/20/outliers-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-96 Paula Naugle Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:09:48 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/20/outliers-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-96 Hi Mark, I'm glad I had read Outlier before attending his keynote at NECC09. I thought his chapter about birthdays and success has a lot of bearing on the educational community. We are in such a rush to get our kids in school, but is that the right thing to do? I know because of my birthday, I was 5 and 1/2 before I could start Kindergarten. Glad I didn't start at 4 and 1/2 because I was that much more mature when I started. When he chronicled the Beatles "rise to fame" it was interesting to think about all of the performing they had done in Germany before their fame. I really enjoyed reading about the opportunity Bill Gates had as a teenager. Spending 10,000 hours at something sure does give you a level of expertise. Like you, I plan to pick up his other books this summer. Happy reading! Hi Mark,
I’m glad I had read Outlier before attending his keynote at NECC09. I thought his chapter about birthdays and success has a lot of bearing on the educational community. We are in such a rush to get our kids in school, but is that the right thing to do? I know because of my birthday, I was 5 and 1/2 before I could start Kindergarten. Glad I didn’t start at 4 and 1/2 because I was that much more mature when I started.

When he chronicled the Beatles “rise to fame” it was interesting to think about all of the performing they had done in Germany before their fame. I really enjoyed reading about the opportunity Bill Gates had as a teenager. Spending 10,000 hours at something sure does give you a level of expertise.

Like you, I plan to pick up his other books this summer.
Happy reading!

]]> Comment on “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell by Jon Becker http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/20/outliers-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-95 Jon Becker Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:42:08 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/20/outliers-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-95 Say what? What is it about Outliers that provides you an additional teaching tool? Do you intend to tell the students that no matter how hard they work, they'll amount to nothing unless a unique opportunity presents itself to them? Say what? What is it about Outliers that provides you an additional teaching tool? Do you intend to tell the students that no matter how hard they work, they’ll amount to nothing unless a unique opportunity presents itself to them?

]]> Comment on “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell by jdornberg http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/20/outliers-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-94 jdornberg Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:15:06 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/07/20/outliers-by-malcolm-gladwell/#comment-94 I've read both Tipping Point and Blink and enjoyed them both. Very easy reads, but very thought provoking. I'll see if our library has a copy of Outliers yet. I’ve read both Tipping Point and Blink and enjoyed them both. Very easy reads, but very thought provoking. I’ll see if our library has a copy of Outliers yet.

]]> Comment on Top 10 Free Online Digital Photography Editing Tools by Dennis Phillips http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/05/08/top-10-free-online-digital-photography-editing-tools/#comment-92 Dennis Phillips Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:06:43 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/05/08/top-10-free-online-digital-photography-editing-tools/#comment-92 Mark, Thanks for the link to the free tools. I wanted to share another free tool with you. It is www.learningzen.com and it is a free online learning management system that allows anyone to post courses and validate learning. We have been live for just over three months and the response has been surprizing. The variety and quantity of published courses is encouraging. We hope this will be a great supplement to classroom teaching. Thanks again for your blog. Dennis Mark,
Thanks for the link to the free tools. I wanted to share another free tool with you. It is www.learningzen.com and it is a free online learning management system that allows anyone to post courses and validate learning. We have been live for just over three months and the response has been surprizing. The variety and quantity of published courses is encouraging. We hope this will be a great supplement to classroom teaching. Thanks again for your blog.
Dennis

]]> Comment on STS 127 Commander to Tweet During Preparation and During Flight by FredJouldd http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/05/09/sts-127-commander-to-tweet-during-preparation-and-during-flight/#comment-75 FredJouldd Thu, 28 May 2009 18:18:03 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/05/09/sts-127-commander-to-tweet-during-preparation-and-during-flight/#comment-75 Thanks, good article. Thanks, good article.

]]> Comment on STS 127 Commander to Tweet During Preparation and During Flight by Joe Corbett http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/05/09/sts-127-commander-to-tweet-during-preparation-and-during-flight/#comment-71 Joe Corbett Mon, 11 May 2009 17:36:36 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/05/09/sts-127-commander-to-tweet-during-preparation-and-during-flight/#comment-71 Mark, that is so cool! Twitter make it to outer-space, I can't say that I'm surprised. Anyway thanks for signing up for the <a href="http://www.isteconnects.org/2009/04/22/meet-your-tweeps-at-the-necc09-tweet-up-in-dc/" rel="nofollow"> #NECC09 Tweet-Up</a> see you there! Mark, that is so cool! Twitter make it to outer-space, I can’t say that I’m surprised. Anyway thanks for signing up for the #NECC09 Tweet-Up see you there!

]]> Comment on Mr. Dunk Goes Sky Diving by Lor http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/04/01/mr-dunk-goes-sky-diving/#comment-68 Lor Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:51:22 +0000 http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/phs-dunk/2009/04/01/mr-dunk-goes-sky-diving/#comment-68 That was very cool to watch!! Glad you landed safely. That was very cool to watch!! Glad you landed safely.

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