tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post912206397921052047..comments2024-03-26T23:23:06.905-07:00Comments on Blogger in Middle-earth: Workplace LiteracyBlogger In Middle-earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-29442611281474207612008-06-13T20:20:00.000-07:002008-06-13T20:20:00.000-07:00Kia Ora Michele!I'd say you got it in one!I'm not ...Kia Ora Michele!<BR/><BR/>I'd say you got it in one!<BR/><BR/>I'm not a curmudgeon. I'm a teacher/trainer/educator. I'm well aware of the societal need for 'education', and I'd include myself in that group need. The needs are everywhere.<BR/><BR/>But Web 2.0 and all its paraphernalia are just forming. Who would have guessed even 10 years ago where we would be today with all this? It's exciting! But it's still changing. For me that's even more exciting.<BR/><BR/>Just 25 years ago recording technology fast forwarded to cassette tapes. They were top of the range. Where are they now? Even CDs have moved on by light years. My daughter, bless her cotton socks, downloads audio files to her I-pod. Forget CDs she says!<BR/><BR/>You recall my <A HREF="http://newmiddle-earth.blogspot.com/2008/06/qwerty-legacy.html" REL="nofollow">post on the QWERTY legacy</A>? My hunch is that by the time you get your literacy program underway sufficient to see some improvements to workplace (digital) literacy, it will be outmoded and not required, like the typewriter was in the late 80's.<BR/><BR/>Ka kiteBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-48256498413187372482008-06-13T04:04:00.000-07:002008-06-13T04:04:00.000-07:00Ken, if I hear you right, what I think you're expr...Ken, if I hear you right, what I think you're expressing is some concern that we're moving too quickly into thinking about "digital literacy" while not addressing the more fundamental literacies (such as reading and writing). Is that accurate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-63301707646627833282008-06-12T20:08:00.000-07:002008-06-12T20:08:00.000-07:00Kia Ora Tony!I’m sad that you don’t get the point....Kia Ora Tony!<BR/><BR/>I’m sad that you don’t get the point. I’ll try to explain my post. Blogging is still quite new to me, you know. I’ve still a lot to learn.<BR/><BR/>I am not against the idea of looking at workplace literacy at all. Neither am I saying we should wait and see. The whole reason for me posting the notice as I did was entirely to make the point that there IS a need for workplace literacy to improve, and it’s this that should be worked on.<BR/><BR/>If I can use a metaphor here, and I think I can, the NASA Challenger mission had real issues at the end of last century largely through management problems but continued on its progress until disaster gave a heads up in 2003. NASA had to go back to the drawing board and do a bit of rethinking on how it progresses.<BR/><BR/>I have a lot of respect for NASA. I believe they are now addressing the issues that should have been addresses prior to 1986 – way back Tony!<BR/><BR/>I don’t have all the solutions – I admit that, else I’d be a millionaire today. But I do believe that what I’m observing, along a broad front, is society forcing progress before development. Technology is advancing at a terrific rate, sure, and society is pursuing it willy-nilly – I believe this.<BR/><BR/>But I also believe that in many ways we are chasing it rather than taking time to really reflect on what’s happening here so that strategies can evolve for addressing issues. Frankly, I think we are still grappling with literacy issues at the reading and writing stage – forget the digital bit.<BR/><BR/>Ka kiteBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-55590560642797282442008-06-12T09:31:00.000-07:002008-06-12T09:31:00.000-07:00I don't get it. You say "I feel that we are behin...I don't get it. You say "I feel that we are behind the 8-ball already." ... so, we wait and study? We've study a lot of this already in areas like PIM. There's a lot people can do that will help them that's known to researchers. Sure, we don't know it all, but waiting is not a good choice either. Yes, we will be wrong about some things.<BR/><BR/>If I think back to my education vs. my kids education - I'm glad they didn't say - nah, let's not educate Tony - we should wait until we know more about what's the best way.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com