thinking about education
Sharon has been writing eloquently about Sherry Turkle’s book Simulation and Its Discontents, which I also read as part of the “choose your own reading” part of the course. Go read Sharon’s posts, particularly the one about socks, and then come back…no, really, go…
Turkle’s book is a microcosmic look at experience of the analog [...]
As I read Will Richardson’s response to Jay Mathews’ Washington Post articles related to 21st century skills, I had a lightbulb moment (compact flourescent, of course). Here’s the quote that flipped the switch for me in terms of some of the cognitive dissonance I’ve been experiencing lately:
But this new potential to learn easily and deeply [...]
I receive the IT Security Bulletin from emedia. I generally don’t read it too closely, but one of the headlines caught my eye this morning (plus I’m procrastinating doing some work for an online class): “The Facebook Headache: How to Effectively Block Blogs, MySpace & More.” The problem, it seems, is that [...]
This post was supposed to discuss Chester Finn’s editorial about No Child Left Behind, which appeared in The Washington Post on Sunday. He outlines five myths about the law, taking both Republicans and Democrats to task for the way they mischaracterize the law, while providing some insight into the history of national educational reform.
I [...]
I was planning to post about Finland after reading this article in eSchool News that described a recent visit to Scandanavia by US educators. Finland was of particular interest since they are often first in international tests of math and science. I never got around to the post yesterday because I spent the time I [...]
Brenda Dyck, over at wwwedu, posted a link to this article about a Canadian college student accused of cheating because he organized a Facebook study group where students worked together on their homework. Turns out it is the university’s responsibility to make sure that students do their own homework. As the students rightly [...]
From a colleague of mine as part of a discussion of protecting privacy:
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Sorry, if you’re offended that I embedded it, but you need the effect before the story. Here’s the AP version. And, here’s Doug Feaver’s take on it at the Washington Post. Feaver reviews comments from readers on the story. He [...]
State Contractor Files Federal Lawsuit Against Me » Maine Web Report
So, I keep thinking that I need to get back to reading about media literacy and working on my bibliography. Then, I take “just a second” to check my rss feeds on netvibes and some media story captures my attention. Today, Andy Carvin pointed me [...]
fremonttribune.com, Fremont, Nebraska’s Community Newspaper
Seigenthaler said it took months to get statements about him removed from a Wikipedia page.
This quote is from an article about the most recent Wikipedia flap…a Catholic high school is concerned that someone wrote something bad about them and they are suing Wikipedia. Tim at Assorted Stuff asks the pertinent [...]
Using RL communities as metaphors for the web:
From Nicholas Mirzoeff: Contrasts web addresses with MIT representing the gated community: “By contrast, an address at America Online is the equivalent of living in a tract home in a subdivision.” (Introduction to Visual Culture, p. 105)
From Jonathan Zittrain on net neutrality and government controls and the appeal [...]