As part of my final project, I created 3 screencasts about Delicious and how tagging can be used as a learning tool.
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2009-04-29_1931
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2009-04-29_1958
Category Archives: Education
Screencast #1
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A Culmination of Everything I’ve Ever Learned, in Essay Form
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
At the beginning of this semester, I didn’t know what to expect from the class, having received a description from my adviser that was vague at best. What I did not expect however, was a computer and internet oriented class that would completely change not only the way I viewed new media and the internet, [...]
Dreaming about Delicious
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Last night delicous.com was in my dream, which, while decidedly odd, got me thinking about some things. I’ve been focused mainly on the moment of learning that comes when a site is tagged, but while looking at my delicious tags, I noticed that they are also all connected to each other by their shared tags. [...]
Alien Education?
Thursday, April 9, 2009
I started out this blog originally with just a summary of what we had read, but naturally, I found it hard to push out much further than that. So instead, I decided to ponder: why are we reading this story? Education has been a recurring theme in our class, and pushing the boundaries of modern [...]
The Delicious Library
Friday, April 3, 2009
So after talking with Dr. C about my project, I think I’ve finally got it. I’m going to explore taxonomy vs. folksonomy, specifically, tagging on delicious.com and how tagging organizes the web. Bush mentions in his essay the idea of sharing associative trails. To extend the metaphor, you took a walk in the woods and [...]
Turtles and Legos
Monday, March 2, 2009
So I am currently unable to find my book, though doubtless it will reappear conveniently sometime tomorrow. Consequently, for the moment, I am unable to read Papert’s essay. I have, however, done some research, so hopefully I won’t embarrass myself in class tomorrow. From what I understand, Papert, aside from creating a brilliant programming language, [...]
Polio, White Men, and Web2.0
Monday, February 23, 2009
So today, in the hopes of securing three free passes for my Theater Props class, I went to see the play Iphigenia 2.0, written by Charles Wee. The play is a fusion of the ancient Euripides play Iphigenia, and a modern reworking that puts the play in a suspension of time between the Trojan War [...]
Ted Talks…about Blocks
Monday, February 16, 2009
So last time I wrote about the need for open-ended education, without a pre-designed pathway. And today, while randomly searching TedTalks, I came across a video for a new type of computer called Siftables (watch the talk here). These small blocks are interactive mini-computers that can link to each other and can be controlled through everyday [...]
Please Keep all Hands Inside the Vehicle
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Take a walk in the woods. You can either have a specific start and end point in mind and wander as you choose on the journey or you can follow the pre-marked trail. Part of the problem with education is the pre-marked trail. If we are all stuck on the same path, is there ever [...]
