Thursday, September 30, 2010

@anitsirk Thank you for the he...

@anitsirk Thank you for the heads up on ipadio, will let you know how tests from the field to Mahara go!

Monday, September 27, 2010

UVIC IGOV site used to have th...

UVIC IGOV site used to have the most amazing indigenous singers in opening flash, Namsing Singers?

My life was changed forever me...

My life was changed forever meeting Taiaiake Alfred http://bit.ly/choREa after organizing a talk in Washington in 2006. Still listening....

Two week project set out, esse...

Two week project set out, essential questions focus on the space of indigenous peoples in North American cultural heritage#globalciv

This eve, intergenerational bo...

This eve, intergenerational book group meeting on R. Carson's Silent Spring. 15 year old and the 96 year old facilitated the 30ish and 50ish

Amazing web writing intensive...

Amazing web writing intensive with Global Civ Fellow today in Mahara|37 signals mashup.....

@mayacrosby Take to ACTEM!!

@mayacrosby Take to ACTEM!!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Worked on place based project ...

Worked on place based project today for Global Civ focus: indigenous studies |pre-contact North America: with critical education tie

Global Civ design based resear...

Global Civ design based research project. ...Further lit review and first intervention happening together! Collaborative team is growing!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

My copy of the Routledge Inter...

My copy of the Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education is here, all I expected and more. Thanks to Dr. Apple, Au, and Gandin!

@ericaamerica @coolcatteacher ...

@ericaamerica @coolcatteacher EDT 400 is a course on teaching and learning with technology I teach at University of Maine in Orono.

A reminder that the wise learn...

A reminder that the wise learner in #EDT 400 will take notes on next weeks reading via Diigo or Evernote.....

@sharonbetts Project is sailin...

@sharonbetts Project is sailing http://globalciv.org much to connect on, my query was about ACTEM

@sharonbetts RE: ACTEM I have...

@sharonbetts RE: ACTEM I have not heard back from you since our conversation of ago!

Info on Sharon Betts amazing...

Info on Sharon Betts amazing tech integrator in Maine http://bit.ly/cwgsCa#EDT400

http://bit.ly/9i1Idn#EDT400

http://bit.ly/9i1Idn#EDT400

RT @FairTestOffice: Deb Meier'...

RT @FairTestOffice: Deb Meier's 25th Anniversary Challenge http://conta.cc/cWwfmJ via #constantcontact EDT400

http://bit.ly/cAT4rE a blog to...

http://bit.ly/cAT4rE a blog to read!#EDT400

Constructing a group wiki in E...

Constructing a group wiki in EDT 400 to deliberate on the usefulness of twitter and blogging for teaching and learning#EDT400

RT @debwhite: Top 10 Sites for...

RT @debwhite: Top 10 Sites for Bookmarking & Annotation: http://tinyurl.com/2wcjcls again a big thank you@debwhite from EDT400

RT @web20classroom: Connecting...

RT @web20classroom: Connecting Social Studies And Literature-Google Lit Trips: http://bit.ly/9EMATF thank you @debwhite!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Learning vs Dealing

I have had multiple conversations on a few points brought up in this post as of late.  In a recent interview ( for a eLearning pilot project I am a part of), the topic of young people learning to "cope" with  the many facets of the traditional school came up. "How will these students learn to cope in the real world". was a theme of one question and a position in this post.  I would argue that  "Dealing" with professors, colleagues, and peers outside of the "school" will entail freedoms that the traditional school does not allow.  In so many ways the school strips the power of young people away and then expects them to "deal" in there subaltern group.  Coping then becomes at best harmful to practicing things like deliberation (where young people to world leaders find themselves most empowered to learn, fail and imagine the better with peers) and democracy, and at worst psychologically damaging to the self determination of young people.  We must stop blaming young people for the archaic power structures and norms of the 20th century and look to new ways of engaging young people.  Learning is what we care about as educators, not controlling or shaping the young.  They deal with the people outside of school all there lives, and learn to navigate (even if sheltered). Why do we not look at our traditions, many irrelevant to young people (over-"parented" or not) and seek to construct spaces for learning that have learning at heart, not acculturation in the 20th century managerial structures they will not likely encounter in the information economy.

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Monday, September 13, 2010

On the lake where our pilot pr...

On the lake where our pilot program fellow grew up, digital ethnography with Qik and flip video, simply brilliant....

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Tools for field work: iPhone: ...

Tools for field work: iPhone: evernote, Qik, camera, and flip. Data will be uploaded to many sources. Then to ePortfolio, then shared.

Start digital ethnography proj...

Start digital ethnography project today with pilot program! Will tweet from the field as I can. FW:Place based observation and field notes

Will blog again soon

Thanks to all who are checking! 

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Light reading for your morning...

Light reading for your morning evening or afternoon http://bit.ly/axceDN

Also reveling at the research ...

Also reveling at the research tool that I have here. Amazing resources on PBL still being used from @courosa!

A fine weekend to a close, qua...

A fine weekend to a close, quantitative methods, an overnight in national park, reading insights from some amazing pre-service teachers!

A fine weekend to a close, qua...

A fine weekend to a close, quantitative methods, an overnight in national park, reading insights from some amazing pre-service teachers!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Mahara: an excellent wiki tutorial....


Gave an introduction to Mahara today....hands on but quick and with more to come. This afternoon I read through an excellent Mahara Tutorial and look forward to integrating it into the courses I am teaching for further Mahara tutorials down the line.  Mahara is so intuitive and I am happy to see people using it and developing PD opportunities for user groups, thank you.  I also give thanks to an excellent Mahara community member for the information!

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RT @gsiemens: An open educatio...

RT @gsiemens: An open education primer: http://bit.ly/cJD7Lu (thx @duncankinney)

RT @gsiemens: An open educatio...

RT @gsiemens: An open education primer: http://bit.ly/cJD7Lu (thx @duncankinney)