Comments on: Unschooling

By: What do the Rocky Horror Picture Show, education, and blogging have in common? « Love and Logic

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:01:13 +0000

[...] earlier in the week came up, particularly about unschooly blogging. I wrote about this in my post Unschooled, and I’m going to touch upon the subject again [...]

By: Sustainable Educational Model | Intrepid Classroom

Sustainable Educational Model | Intrepid Classroom — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:44:03 +0000

[...] between the time of our meeting and our initial contact, I noticed that she had written a post on her personal blog about our newly made network connection. She had followed my cyber-trail and [...]

By: lindsea

lindsea — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:03:54 +0000

I’d be honored if you used these ideas in a presentation. I’m glad you like blogging as much as I do. I know that for one case at least (mine), it’s been one of the most education experiences in my life.

By: jennylu

jennylu — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:58:01 +0000

I’d like to use some of your ideas in the post in a presentation I have to make at my school Lindsea – is that all right with you? I share your enthusiasm for blogging – I can see and feel a growth in my learning as a teacher and I want to impart this to my students. Thank you for putting in words the things I feel.

By: Aron

Aron — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:16:31 +0000

Sounds great! :-)

I managed to find (one of?) your emails on your .blogspot account; sent you an email there.

By: lindsea

lindsea — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:50:13 +0000

@kelly, thanks for the compliments :) I look forward to watching your blog grow.

By: lindsea

lindsea — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:49:30 +0000

@soojin, you’re totally right. But I’m not suggesting that everyone HAS to do this type of learning, I’m just saying that it is effective. It’s easy to get lost in the world where everyone has high speed Internet connection and the newest technologies, but like you said, there are tons of underprivileged kids around the world who have never even used a computer before. Right now, blogging is for those who can afford it, but I hope that many more will soon be able to have these opportunities.

@Eeho, I love your examples. People who are passionate about something naturally learn what they love. Blogging definitely is self teaching, and it’s cool because people can comment, like this, have discussions, and grow with each other.

@jabberwockyschlamydia what’s your blog address? It doesn’t show up for some reason.

You did clear the gray water for me. Thank you :)

@Aron, unschooling does sound like it’d be the sink or swim type of thing. I guess there’s always the question of what came first– the student not wanting to learn, or the conventional school method. Maybe we can collaborate on a story sometime? Let’s exchange emails.

@tutu, hehehe, I do love my hyperboles. These connections and possibilities that twitter and blogging provide truly are the “light”. I mean, I met you didn’t I?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:49:22 +0000

Hey Lindsea:) Thanks for visiting my blog, and thanks for the advice of getting a flickr! i might do that, I Really like your blog, ive been looking around and it looks really interesting.

By: diane

diane — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:09:17 +0000

Very beautiful, amazingly intelligent, and incredibly humble young girl from Hawaii,

As an older learner, I find that in the past few years, my most meaningful connections have all been made through unschooling.

I’m a teacher, yet I feel the same sense of frustration and longing that so many of our students express: give us all some time and space to explore, and see how we grow!

Someone recently joked on Twitter about being sucked into the void…I responded that it was more like stepping into the light. You said, “my head has been turned to the light”. We agree again, puna!

Your writing is powerful – I’m very proud of you!

Tutu