Archive for September, 2005
Literally Blogging and the Locus of Meaning
b5media is a new blog network that recently launched. One blog in the bunch that I’m interested in - Literally Blogging - a pleasant alternative to the edublogs that I mostly read. I enjoy the variety of topics that Jacob Murphy and Erin Harvey, the editors are bringing forward.
A post called The Inefficacy of [...]The World as Curriculum
I borrowed the title for this entry from a quote I referenced in my last post. It fits here because I’m mired in a problem evaluating whether to go it alone with something that I have next to no experience with - leaky faucets - or paying for expert help.
According to situated learning theory, [...]Etienne Wenger
Serendipitous discovery: I was eating lunch at my desk while the kiddos were out in the schoolyard. I was surfing through some blogmarks I’ve got on the work computer when I saw Learning, Technology and Collaboration: A Journey of the Self on Stepen Downes’ site. I’m always interested in ‘journeys of the self’ since I [...]
Learning and Community
George Siemens, at the Connectivism Blog wrote a thought-provoking post called Meaning-Making. The questions George is asking about where meaning comes from and how it happens address the magic part of teaching. George is developing a definition of learning - a goal that’s imperative for any of us who envision a future for education that [...]
Adults Only
Sign on the door to a restroom in the new school building: Is something inappropriate happening in there?
Who, Me?
Somebody nominated me to be a test item writer for Alaska’s NCLB-mandated science tests. I have the application on my desk. DO THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY DID? Well, I’ve always known the whole NCLB thing is a crock that is being promoted by a bunch of idiots who want to either destroy public education, carry [...]
…Or by Fourth-Graders
This looks normal to me now.
