Comments on: The origins of BSOS – Bright Shiny Object Syndrome http://robwall.ca/2009/05/21/the-origins-of-bsos-bright-shiny-object-syndrome/ Searching for wisdom by exposing my own ignorance Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kiefer http://robwall.ca/2009/05/21/the-origins-of-bsos-bright-shiny-object-syndrome/#comment-649 Kiefer Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:36:48 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=270#comment-649 <p>Here is my typical Bright Shiny Object Disorder day:</p> <p>(wife) "Don't forget to call Grampa today" (me) "Ok" (Now the B.S.O.D. kicks in) 1. Get up to go to the phone 2. Oh look, the coffee pot light is on 3. Pour cup of coffee, turn to get sugar, BUT 4. The cat is at your feet telling you he needs fresh water 5. Set coffee cup down and fill cat water dish 6. Notice that kitchen floor is dirty 7. Go to get swiffer mop. 8. On the way, notice that the bathroom light was left on 9. Go into bathroom to turn light off but, wait, the toothpaste cap is off the tube. 10. Reach for tube and phone rings. 11. Leave bathoom (with light on and cap off of toothpaste tube) to answer phone. 12. Answer phone to be asked by wife if you have called Grampa yet. 13. Hang up phone and start to dial Grampa's number only to see that the dog needs to go potty. 14. Hang up phone to let dog outside. 15. Notice that the bird feeder is empty. 16. Go to wood shop to get bird feed using an old coffee can. Fill feeder, return to wood shop to return empty coffee can only to notice that last week you left the roofing hammer in the wood shop. 17. Hammer in hand, go to main shop to return hammer to correct place. On your way, you hear the phone ring in the house. 18. Run to get phone, but miss it by one ring. Oh look, the bathroom light was left on. 19. Start to turn light off only to see that someone left the cap off of the toothpaste tube. Start to put cap back on, only to see your perscription meds on the sink that you forgot to take. 20. Take meds to kitchen to get water to take them with. Oh look, theres your coffee on the counter! Did you put sugar it in? Don't remember, so pour coffee in sink only to hear dog scratching at the door to come back inside. 21. Go to door to let dog in, but can't open the door because you have a hammer, a coffee cup, a bottle of meds and a tube of toothpaste in your hands.</p> Here is my typical Bright Shiny Object Disorder day:

(wife) “Don’t forget to call Grampa today” (me) “Ok” (Now the B.S.O.D. kicks in) 1. Get up to go to the phone 2. Oh look, the coffee pot light is on 3. Pour cup of coffee, turn to get sugar, BUT 4. The cat is at your feet telling you he needs fresh water 5. Set coffee cup down and fill cat water dish 6. Notice that kitchen floor is dirty 7. Go to get swiffer mop. 8. On the way, notice that the bathroom light was left on 9. Go into bathroom to turn light off but, wait, the toothpaste cap is off the tube. 10. Reach for tube and phone rings. 11. Leave bathoom (with light on and cap off of toothpaste tube) to answer phone. 12. Answer phone to be asked by wife if you have called Grampa yet. 13. Hang up phone and start to dial Grampa’s number only to see that the dog needs to go potty. 14. Hang up phone to let dog outside. 15. Notice that the bird feeder is empty. 16. Go to wood shop to get bird feed using an old coffee can. Fill feeder, return to wood shop to return empty coffee can only to notice that last week you left the roofing hammer in the wood shop. 17. Hammer in hand, go to main shop to return hammer to correct place. On your way, you hear the phone ring in the house. 18. Run to get phone, but miss it by one ring. Oh look, the bathroom light was left on. 19. Start to turn light off only to see that someone left the cap off of the toothpaste tube. Start to put cap back on, only to see your perscription meds on the sink that you forgot to take. 20. Take meds to kitchen to get water to take them with. Oh look, theres your coffee on the counter! Did you put sugar it in? Don’t remember, so pour coffee in sink only to hear dog scratching at the door to come back inside. 21. Go to door to let dog in, but can’t open the door because you have a hammer, a coffee cup, a bottle of meds and a tube of toothpaste in your hands.

]]> By: Samantha Melvin http://robwall.ca/2009/05/21/the-origins-of-bsos-bright-shiny-object-syndrome/#comment-520 Samantha Melvin Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:21:46 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=270#comment-520 <p>I do think teachers and districts, especially, get caught up in the Bright Shiny Object Syndrome... I do catch it myself occasionally--thinking about how "cool" it would be to have a particular tool for the classroom, but then I do sit and play and figure out how it can be integrated seamlessly into the learning/teaching. That is where I think we need to focus: how can we 1) get the tools in our classrooms, 2) find the time to play with them 3) have professional development to support the learning~all the while facilitating the learning with all the other tools we have on hand. I am doing a focus on notebook software for my newish Smartboard~got the software loaded in Feb., but have not had time to play and create lessons until now... I suppose that is what summer is for! Our BSOS is the whiteboard--used as a screen until more recently in most classrooms. I am waiting on the class but I'll get myself going first.</p> I do think teachers and districts, especially, get caught up in the Bright Shiny Object Syndrome… I do catch it myself occasionally–thinking about how “cool” it would be to have a particular tool for the classroom, but then I do sit and play and figure out how it can be integrated seamlessly into the learning/teaching. That is where I think we need to focus: how can we 1) get the tools in our classrooms, 2) find the time to play with them 3) have professional development to support the learning~all the while facilitating the learning with all the other tools we have on hand. I am doing a focus on notebook software for my newish Smartboard~got the software loaded in Feb., but have not had time to play and create lessons until now… I suppose that is what summer is for! Our BSOS is the whiteboard–used as a screen until more recently in most classrooms. I am waiting on the class but I’ll get myself going first.

]]> By: David Truss http://robwall.ca/2009/05/21/the-origins-of-bsos-bright-shiny-object-syndrome/#comment-519 David Truss Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:28:30 +0000 http://robwall.ca/?p=270#comment-519 <p>I've had this post on my iphone for a month now and I'm finally reading and reflecting on it.</p> <p>More than once in the last while I've ranted that 'it's not about the technology, it's about the learning.' Yet I totally get that we need to talk about the tools too!</p> <p>I'm formulating ideas around tool use being like language immersion learning: people need to play with the tools, mess up the order of things, (syntax), and generally 'play' before using the tools effectively. You don't correct every error someone new to a language makes when speaking and writing... How much guidance & 'correction' should we provide to those new to ed tech when they are still so new to the tools?</p> I’ve had this post on my iphone for a month now and I’m finally reading and reflecting on it.

More than once in the last while I’ve ranted that ‘it’s not about the technology, it’s about the learning.’ Yet I totally get that we need to talk about the tools too!

I’m formulating ideas around tool use being like language immersion learning: people need to play with the tools, mess up the order of things, (syntax), and generally ‘play’ before using the tools effectively. You don’t correct every error someone new to a language makes when speaking and writing… How much guidance & ‘correction’ should we provide to those new to ed tech when they are still so new to the tools?

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