Archive for December, 2006
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
So I started this journal in some attempt to develop some research interests in blogging. It was supposed to be the place where I separated my work from my play. Here I was going to post lofty thoughts and theoretical insights, and be incredibly clever, all the while ...
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
The more I think about the ways in which students (not all but many) approach learning and hence assignments, the more I wonder about the so-called remix culture. The Remix culture is what students are being exposed to. Snippets from here there and everywhere, linking to this and ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Over in (LJ community), there's an interesting discussion which touched on the transferability of skills (thanks . I think this is one of the key points that I really need to think about in what I'm trying to do with Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. One of the ...
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
It seems that every December, I fall into the same trap of trying to prevent yet another dismal xmas where passive aggressive behaviour is the norm. I know it's not, but in my attempts to prevent it, I become a grinch (and perhaps a bit passive aggressive myself). ...
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
What did I expect when I set out to get students to use the wiki? I dont think I really expected much. The minimum they had to do was create two pages and write at least 1500 words in the wiki (this for 40% of their grade). ...
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