ArtichokeA "place" where I can wrestle with ideas, argue, challenge, think, and rethink. A "space" where I expose my raw and flawed thinking about information communication technology, teaching, and learning for critique.Dr. Zoidberg is preparing to look for a mate- July 29, 2008 Dr. Zoidberg: How do I look Bender: Like whale barf. Dr. Zoidberg: Then the illusion is complete.Ken Sanes Transparency essays provide a fabulous overview for my start up thinking on whale barf in education and whale barf in myself....Whenever it...http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2008/07/dr-zoidberg-is-preparing-to-look-for-a-mate... On the art of dying, shopping in supermarkets and 16 to 19 year olds in schools- July 27, 2008 There were six kinds of apples, there were exotic melons in several pastels. Everything seemed to be in season, sprayed, burnished, bright. People tore filmy bags off racks and tried to figure out which end opened. I realized the place...http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2008/07/on-the-art-of-dying-shopping-in-supermarket... Kay Ryan on lending a hand with Brazil- July 26, 2008 The best bit of this wet and windy weekend lies in reading my bloglines and discovering through 3quarks Daily another poet who delights, Kay Ryan, the new Poet Laureate to the United States. Already I am marvelling over how much...http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2008/07/kay-ryan-on-lending-a-hand-with-brazil.html There is no model of a model.- July 21, 2008 The most basic distinction is, in Clifford Geertz's terms, between an of sense and a for sense of modelling (1973: 93). A model of something is an exploratory device, a more or less poor substitute for the real thing (Groenewold...http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2008/07/there-is-no-model-of-a-model.html On Buying Lowly Worm and Seeking Redemption- July 19, 2008 Most every school I visited last term had bought a worm farm and is the process of establishing a school garden. Youd be surprised by how many NZ Curriculum key competencies are hiding in the worm mulch. So many have...http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2008/07/on-buying-lowly-worm-and-seeking-redemption... Edubloggers: What are their sanctioned ignorances blind spots and contradictions- July 17, 2008 The school holidays are almost over, and the text book revision on hold as the Magnet and I run teacher call back days in schools before the students return on Monday ... You might imagine that teachers would be cranky...http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2008/07/edubloggers-what-are-their-sanctioned-ignor... How do you interact with content ideas and experiences to build new knowledge, be it in a school classroom, a museum space, a community space or an on- July 14, 2008 1. On being disappointed ....I must confess that the educational examples of the use of avatar based virtual worlds for student learning have consistently disappointed me... I remain emotionally distant from any of the New Zealand examples of educational use...http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/2008/07/how-do-you-interact-with-content-ideas-and-... |