from:
Lankshear, Colin, and Michele Knobel. “Do-It-Yourself Broadcasting: Writing Weblogs in a Knowledge Society.” Paper. American Education Research Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, April 21, 2003. [my paper copy]
Quotes:
1. [Writing] …tends to get ‘indviduated’ in writing pedagogy. [However,] much of the power in powerful writing lies in affiliation with some larger collective (11).
2. …the fact remains that students in school-based writing classes typically have no authentic, tangible audience (11).
3. …other than the blog there is no efficient digital tool for archiving and tracking information in ways that can narrate paths taken in the systematic exploration and development of a theme, topic or point of view and thereby reveal a structure of knowledge. Blogging lends itself to this kind of memory extension work in ways that produce useful audit trails of ideas that emerge and develop as one searches the internet for information on matters of personal interest (17).
4. …getting beyond the kinds of ‘pretend’ research activities (classroom ‘projects’) that typically prevail in school curriculum work, and beginning from significant problems that call for serious data collection and analysis (18).
5. …blogs as research tools... (18).
6. …promoting reflection on one’s knowledge trails across the internet (18).
7. …research as blogging, and blogging as research… (19).
3.26.2007
3.21.2007
Facebook LOL ?
Okay, all you Facebook face facing people, check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FahBBnfHAQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FahBBnfHAQ
3.18.2007
Homiletics
from you know where...
Homiletics (Gr. homiletikos, from homilos, to assemble together), in theology the application of the general principles of rhetoric to the specific department of public preaching. The one who does or studies homiletics is called homilist.
It may be further defined as the study of the analysis, classification, preparation, composition and delivery of sermons.
Homiletics (Gr. homiletikos, from homilos, to assemble together), in theology the application of the general principles of rhetoric to the specific department of public preaching. The one who does or studies homiletics is called homilist.
It may be further defined as the study of the analysis, classification, preparation, composition and delivery of sermons.
3.17.2007
Project
adapted from that great unreliable resource known as "wikipedia"...
"A project usually needs resources to deliver its results. Most of the time project execution is based on a detailed plan, which considers also external factors and constraints.... For major projects it is necessary sometimes to set up a special temporary organization, consisting of a project team and one or more work teams.
Major projects can be divided into subprojects, and 'program' denotes acollection of related projects."
[For Community Handbook Project: "buddy list" = project/work team, focused on particular subproject (grammar/style point)]
"A project usually needs resources to deliver its results. Most of the time project execution is based on a detailed plan, which considers also external factors and constraints.... For major projects it is necessary sometimes to set up a special temporary organization, consisting of a project team and one or more work teams.
Major projects can be divided into subprojects, and 'program' denotes acollection of related projects."
[For Community Handbook Project: "buddy list" = project/work team, focused on particular subproject (grammar/style point)]
3.16.2007
Alchemy Website
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/texts.html
"Texts primarily dealing with allegorical, philosophical and spiritual alchemy."
"Texts primarily dealing with allegorical, philosophical and spiritual alchemy."
Alchemy
I'm really interested in the subject of alchemy, especially as it relates to education. What's the connection--you might ask--between alchemy (the ancient practice of trying to turn base metals into gold) and education? Well, I've learned from past research that alchemy has often served historically as a controlling metaphor for discussing education as a process of transforming un- or under-developed human beings in hopes of turning them into something better, more "golden." This metaphor is strongly present in the work of Jan Amos Comenius, the 17th century teacher whose "Paradise of the Heart" story is central to the VQ Guidebook. Comenius, among others, viewed education as a modern scientific process rooted nonetheless in premodern traditions, like alchemy, that focused on transforming, refining, and adapting "raw materials" in order to make them more useful to society.
In this model, young students are the "raw material," or "base metals," in pursuit of refinement. The classroom or the school then serves as the specialized device or technology (in alchemical science this is called the "kerotakis") by which raw, unusable human beings can be effectively transformed into more valuable chunks of "gold."
In my CBook I've placed a URL to a website that's interesting in and of itself -- "The Alchemy Web Site." I'm not sure, but in the world of alchemy studies this might be as "refined" as it gets, but there are some incredible texts there, and for that it's a useful database.
The kerotakis drawings are also from that site.
In this model, young students are the "raw material," or "base metals," in pursuit of refinement. The classroom or the school then serves as the specialized device or technology (in alchemical science this is called the "kerotakis") by which raw, unusable human beings can be effectively transformed into more valuable chunks of "gold."
In my CBook I've placed a URL to a website that's interesting in and of itself -- "The Alchemy Web Site." I'm not sure, but in the world of alchemy studies this might be as "refined" as it gets, but there are some incredible texts there, and for that it's a useful database.
The kerotakis drawings are also from that site.
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